Please note that collecting sports data is an "inexact science."  It is common for these files to be corrected and/or updated when new information is found.  Please do email me with any issues.

 

Lately, I've been collecting some data on European football and the WNBA as well.  These data appear after the "Big 4" North American Leagues.

Major League Baseball

Attendance (1890-2007)

Fan Cost Index (1991-2006)

Income and Expenses  (1898-2007, sporadically prior to 1990; break outs for a few teams)

Payroll (1929-2007; sporadically prior to 1985)

Player Salaries (Oldies; 1964-1977, 1985-2007; Team and league descriptive statistics; Early Yankees comparisons, 1914-1937; Post season shares 2004 and 2007; First round draft bonuses, 1965-1996 and 2002-03)

Manager Salaries (2000-01, 2007)

Rival Leagues (Union Association, American Association, Players League, American League, Federal League:  Attendance and winning percents; some team prices)

Team Moves (Beginning with the Milwaukee Brewers I move to the St. Louis Browns, 1902)

Team Valuations and Sale Prices (Team valuations 1990-2008; Sale Prices 1900-present)

Ticket Prices (Simple averages:  1950-62, 1964-85, 2007-08; Weighted averages:  1952, 1971, 1975-88, 1991-2006)

TV Revenue (Local revenues 1951, 1952-1994; National revenues 1962-2006; WS Ratings 1968-2006)

Winning Percents (1871-2007)

National Basketball Association

Attendance (1949-50 to 2006-07)

Fan Cost Index (1991-92 to 2006-07)

Income and Expenses (1951-52 to 2006-07; sporadically prior to 1989-90; break outs for some teams)

Payroll (1951-52 to 2006-07; sporadically prior to 1985-86)

Player Salaries (1967-68 to 2006-07; Team and league descriptive statistics)

Head Coaches Salaries (2004-05)

Rival Leagues (American Basketball Association:  Attendance, winning percents, and ticket prices for 1970-71)

Team Moves (Beginning with the Tri Cities Hawks move to the Milwaukee Hawks in 1951)

Team Values and Sale Prices (Team valuations, 1991-2008; Sale Prices 1951-present)

Ticket Prices (Simple averages: 1952-53 to 1956-57, 1970-71; Weighted averages: 1970-71, 1991-92 to 2006-07)

TV Revenue (National Revenues 1964-5 to 2007-8; sporadic local revenue)

Winning Percents (1946-47 to 2006-07)

National Football League

Attendance (1922-1924, 1934-1991, 1993-1997, 1999-2007)

Fan Cost Index (1991-2005)

Income and Expenses (1952-1956, 1990-2006; the LA Times "leak" 1989-99; the "average team" 1968-1970, 1974; NFL Combined 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975; Packers income-Expense and Balance Sheets in detail 1997-2003)

Payroll (1952-1956, 1981-2007; League combined 1970-2000)

Player Salaries  (1985, 1988-2007; Team and league descriptive statistics; First-round draft compensation 2003-2005)

Head Coaches Salaries (1999, 2003; Assistants 2005)

Rival Leagues (American Football League (AFL), AFL II, AFL III, All-America Football Conference, AFL IV, World Football League, U.S. Football League:  Various attendance, winning percents, TV rights fees, and team prices)

Team Moves (Beginning with the Duluth Eskimos move to the Newark Tornadoes in 1929)

Team Values and Sale Prices (Team valuations, 1991-2007; Sale prices 1922-present)

Ticket Price (Simple averages, 1952-1956, 1983-1999; Weighted average 1985-2005; Denver Broncos simple average, 1960-1995)

TV Revenue (Early team revenues, 1952-56; National contract revenues 1960-2013)

Winning Percents (1922-2007)

National Hockey League

Attendance (1963-64 to 1990-91, 1998-99 to 2007-08; Combined league totals 1960-61 to 1990-91; Detroit Red Wings 1926-27 through 1990-91)

Fan Cost Index (1994-95 to 2007-08)

Income and Expenses (1951-52 to 1955-56, 1989-90 to 1996-97, 1999-2000 to 2006-07; Combined gate 1946-47 to 1950-51; the "average team" 1970-71; 2002-03 from the Levitt Report)

Payroll (1952-53 to 1955-56, 1989-90 to 1995-96, 1998-99 to 2006-07; Unidentified teams 1956-57)

Player Salaries (1989-90 and 1990-91, 1993-94 to 2006-07; Team and league descriptive statistics)

Head Coaches Salaries (1996-97 to 1999-2000)

Rival Leagues (World Hockey Association:  Attendance and final standing points)

Team Moves (Beginning with the Quebec Bulldogs to the Hamilton Tigers in 1920)

Team Values and Sale Prices (Team valuations 1991-1997, 1999-2008; Sale Prices 1920-present)

Ticket Price (Weighted average 1994-95 to 2005-06, 2007-08)

TV Revenue (By team, 1951-52 to 1955-56; National contract, 1988-89 to 2003-04)

Final Standings Points (1917-18 to 2006-07)

European Leagues

Income and Expenses  (and other finances; English Football Association, 1907-1999; Various European teams 2002-03 through 2004-05)

Payrolls  (English Football Association, 1907-1999)

Salaries  (English Football Association, top earners 2003)

Team Values  (Various European teams 2004-2006)

Final Standings  (English Football Association, x to x)