ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Although St. Louis may be a bit disappointed with not being named No. 1 on this list – another Missouri town impressed everyone to crack the top-50 of "Best Baseball Cities" in America.
The ranking from WalletHub says St. Louis is the No. 3 overall baseball town, including No. 2 of all MLB cities (behind only New York). But what dragged it down a bit was that it's No. 229 out of 258 NCAA baseball cities.
Springfield, Missouri was named the No. 47 baseball city in the US. The home of the Springfield Cardinals, AA affiliate of St. Louis, was touted for having the cheapest price for a season ticket in all of Minor League Baseball.
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Here's how St. Louis ranked in a few other specific categories:
8th – Performance Level of MLB Team(s)
74th – Performance Level of College Baseball Team(s)
16th – Avg. Ticket Price for MLB Game
1st – MLB Fan Engagement
1st - MLB stadium accessibility
To rank 332 of the largest U.S. cities with at least one professional or college baseball team, they looked 31 key indicators of baseball fan-friendliness, including: performance level of team(s), average ticket price per game and stadium accessibility.
Here's where a few other Missouri and Illinois cities ranked:
Chicago - 6th
Kansas City - 19th
Carbondale - 118th
Columbia - 159th
Edwardsville - 186th
Cape Girardeau - 203rd
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