It’s been nearly a month since the Columbia Fireflies closed out their 2019 season, and we’re already missing #ThirstyThursdays, singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch, and the Fly Guys.

As we count down to Opening Night 2020 (April 9, a.k.a. 128 days from now), we’re taking a look back at the 2019 Fireflies season, by the numbers:

Concessions 🌭

This season at Segra Park, Columbia consumed:

6 tons of hot dogs
7 tons of chicken tenders
13 tons of french fries
2.5 tons of pulled pork
1,800 kegs of beer, which equals about 222,000 pints

Schedule 📆

The team typically plays a 140-game season, which can be affected by rainouts. Here are the numbers from the 2019 season:

136: Total number of games
66: Home games
4: Home-game rainouts
56: Total number of different players that appeared in games

Fans 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

Take me out to the croooowds.

1,073,276: Total attendance at games from 2016-2019 (We eclipsed the 1 million fan mark during the 2019 season – WTG, Cola 👏)
268,319: Average attendance per season
172,414: Attendance at non-Fireflies Baseball events at Segra Park from 2016-Aug. 2019
611: Total number of special events held at Segra Park from Mar. 2016-Aug. 2019

Stats ⚾

Stats from home games this season + all seasons:

34: Home runs hit by the Fireflies in 2019
588: Strikeouts thrown by Fireflies pitchers in 2019
136: Home runs hit by the Fireflies from 2016-2019
2,361: Strikeouts thrown by Fireflies pitchers from 2016-2019

Good work, everybody. Now, click below to start planning for next season (we recommend printing the schedule + sticking it on the office fridge), and follow the team on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter for updates. Ⓟ

2020 Fireflies season schedule