Whenever an owner wants to move a team out of the bay area, we are told that this area's population base can't support two Major League teams. But the numbers indicate clearly that attendance is simply a function of winning. Notice that both teams had high attendance in the same year when they both won.

Year	Giant's Attendance	Happenings	Record	A's Attendance	Happenings	Record
1958	1,272,625	Seals Stadium	80-74
1959	1,422,130	Seals Stadium	83-71
1960	1,795,356	Candlestick /Mays	79-75
1961	1,390,679	Cepeda/McCovey	85-69
1962	1,592,594	NL Champs/Alou	103-62
1963	1,571,306	Marichal	88-74
1964	1,504,364	Dark fired/scandal	90-72
1965	1,546,075	Marichal /suspended	95-67
1966	1,657,192	Cepeda traded.	93-68
1967	1,242,480		91-71
1968	837,220	A's to Oakland	88-74	837,466	Oakland	82-80
1969	873,603		90-72	778,232		88-70
1970	740,720		86-76	778,355		89-73
1971	1,106,043	NL Champs	90-72	914,993	Division Ch	101-60
1972	647, 744	Mays sold to Mets	69-86	921,323	World S Ch	93-62
1973	834,193		88-74	1,000,763	World S Ch	94-68
1974	519,987	Stoneham sells team	72-90	845,693	World S Ch	90-72
1975	522,919	Moscone saves team	80-81	1,075,518	Division Ch	98-64
1976	626,868	Lurie buys team	74-88	780,593	Finley's fire sale	87-74
1977	700,056		75-87	495,412		63-98
1978	1,740,477		89-73	526,999		69-93
1979	1,456,402		71-91	306,763	Finley sells	54-108
1980	1,096,115		75-86	842,259	Haas Owners	83-79
1981	632,274	Strike	56-55	1,311,761	Strike	64-45
1982	1,200,948		87-75	1,735,489	Rickey	68-94
1983	1,251,530		79-83	1,294,941	Rickey	74-88
1984	1,001,545		66-96	1,353,281	Rickey traded	77-85
1985	818,697		62-100	1,334,599	La Russa	77-85
1986	1,528,748	Craig/Will Clark	83-79	1,314,646	Canseco ROY	76-86
1987	1,917,168	NL Champs	90-72	1,678,921	McGwire ROY	81-81
1988	1,785,297		83-79	2,287,335	WeissROY/ALC	104-58
1989	2,059,701	NL Champs	92-70	2,667,225	World S Ch	99-63
1990	1,975,528		85-77	2,900,217	AL Ch	103-59
1991	1,737,478		75-85	2,713,493		84-78
1992	1,561,987	Sale to Florida blocked	72-90	2,494,160	Division Ch	96-66
1993	2,606,354	Bonds/new owners	103-59	2,035,025		68-94
1994	1,704,608	Strike	55-60	1,242,692	Strike	51-63
1995	1,241,500	cx w.s.	67-77	1,174,310	Schotman	67-77
1996	1,413,922		68-94	1,148,380		78-84
1997	1,690,869	NL Champs	90-72	1,261,219		65-97
1998	1,925,367	NL playoffs	89-74	1,232,339		76-85
1999	2,078,399		86-76	1,434,610		87-75
2000	3,318,800	NLDS, Pac Bell opens	97-65	1,728,888	ALDS	91-70
2001	3,311,958	Bonds 73HR	90-72	2,133,277	ALDS	102-60

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