Stats
New SFIA Single-Sport Participation Reports provide insight into the state of the games.
Stats
New SFIA Single-Sport Participation Reports provide insight into the state of the games.
The recently released Sports & Fitness Industry Association Single Sport and Fitness Report offers accurate data on sports participation. Here, we take a look at some baseball stats. Visit sfia.org for more info.
• There are 15.5 million baseball players in the U.S.
• Of those 15.5 million, 48.9 percent (7.6 million)are considered core participants who play baseball 13-plus days a year. (Basketball and court volleyball are the only sports to have a higher percentage of core players than baseball.)Even though the number of baseball players in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s is growing, baseball is predominantly played by younger people, as 51 percent of all baseball players are between the ages of 6 and 17. Nearly 70 percent of all ‘core’ baseball players are between the ages of 6 and 17. Just more than 40 percent of all ‘core’ baseball players are in the youngest age group, which is between the ages of 6 and 12.
• Even though the number of baseball players in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s is growing, baseball is predominantly played by younger people, as 51 percent of all players are between the ages of six and 17.
• Nearly 70 percent of all of those core baseball players are between the ages of six and 17.
• Just more than 40 percent of all core baseball players are in the youngest age group, between the ages of six and 12.
• While baseball remains a game dominated by younger players, the game remains very popular with adults — 24 percent of all players are age 25 and older and 17 percent of all core baseball players actually have a college degree or higher.
• A review of male baseball players in the U.S. finds that 54 percent are between the ages of six and 17 and 31 percent are between the ages of 25 and 54.
• From a household income perspective, 36 percent of male baseball players come from households that make more than $100,000 a year.
• Geographically, the four most popular regions for baseball players in the U.S. are the South Atlantic (FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, DE and WV — 19 percent of all players), Pacific (CA, WA and OR – 17 percent), Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ and PA — 17 percent) and East North Central (OH, IN, IL, WI and MI — 16 percent).
• From an education perspective, 49 percent of all baseball players have not graduated from high school, while another 24 percent have at least a college degree.
• Finally, 70 percent of all baseball players in the U.S. are white/Caucasian and 10 percent are black/African-American.
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