MLB BEER PRICES CHEAPEST TO THE STEEPEST
IRISHOOLIGAN
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04/28/2015
COST OF A BEER AT MLB BALLPARKS
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The Halos have the seventh-highest payroll in all of baseball for the 2015 season, but the organization certainly isn’t asking its fans to pay a fortune for beer in order to foot the bill. The Angels’ per-ounce price of $0.28 for beer is the cheapest in the Majors. -
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Not a lot has gone right for the desert-dwelling Diamondbacks since winning the World Series in 2001, but there are at least three positives to taking in a game at Chase Field: 1. Watching Paul Goldschmidt hit. 2. Seeing if Jake Lamb is the real deal. 3. Getting to drink the second-cheapest beer in the Majors. -
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It turns out the “Everything’s Bigger in Texas” mantra doesn’t apply to inflated beer prices at Rangers games. In fact, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is a haven for one of the cheapest beers on MLB’s market. A $5.00 price tag for the smallest size and a palatable $0.31 per ounce is not too shabby at all. -
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On the surface, the Dodgers’ beer price of $6.25 doesn’t appear too favorable…until you factor in size. The smallest beer you can purchase at Dodger Stadium is a whopping 20 ounces. That factors into a $0.31 price-per-ounce figure. Dodger fans are getting bang for their buck at the concessions, but the roster on the field has been a different story. With the highest payroll in MLB, anything short of a World Series finish will be a disappointment—especially following a 3-1 Division Series loss in 2014. -
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Indians fans are notably terrified of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. At least they can take the edge off with brews at a price of $4.00 for a small—tied for the lowest in the league with Arizona. Even when factoring in price per ounce, Cleveland falls into the top five for cheapest beers. -
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No need to plunder the beer being sold at Pirates games, as Pittsburgh only charges $0.34 per ounce. Coupled with the fact that the Pirates on-field product has made the playoffs for two straight seasons following a 20-year drought, things are looking up for the fanbase. -
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From the “Killer B’s” (primarily, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman) to killer beer prices, there’s still good reason to see the Houston Astros in person—even though the on-field product has finished 83 games under .500 for the past two seasons. Houston’s mark of $0.36 per ounce is comfortably in the top 10 cheapest in baseball. -
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The new-look San Diego Padres boast the same beer price figures as the Astros: $5.00 for the smallest size at $0.36 per ounce. For the first time in about a decade, the Padres also feature a roster talented enough to make a playoff run. That may ultimately trump cheap beer for baseball fans in San Diego. -
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Philadelphia’s $7.75 beer is actually tied with two other MLB teams for the priciest small brew you can buy at a baseball game. When accounting for the bang you get for your buck, however, Phillies fans actually can’t complain (the same can’t be said for this year’s on-field product, but hey). The smallest beer you can buy at Citizens Bank Park is a league-leading 21 ounces in size. Paying nearly $8.00 for a beer at a ballgame may turn fans’ noses up, but the per-ounce price of $0.37 is cheaper than all but eight organizations around the baseball landscape. -
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The Colorado Rockies are poised to face stiff competition in the NL West, where the Dodgers, Padres and defending-champion San Francisco Giants all reside. With a healthy Tory Tulowitzki, though, Colorado may surprise folks in 2015. And if Tulo gets hurt again, fans can take solace in the fact that buying a beer or two won’t hurt their bottom line. -
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The aptly named—at least for the purposes of this list—Milwaukee Brewers are in the same boat as Colorado with a per-ounce beer price of $0.38 to accompany their $6.00 small beer. Cue up a Bernie Brewer slide in celebration of those top-10 figures. -
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The Minnesota Twins provide another case study where the actual sticker price of a small beer ($7.50) could come across as rather alarming. When noting that a “small” beer in Minny is 20 ounces, though, the price per ounce is a much more tolerable $0.38. Given that the Twins were projected as one of the worst teams in baseball before Ervin Santana was slapped with an 80-game suspension for a positive steroid test, season ticket holders may already be leaning on those beer prices to get them through nine innings. -
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The South Side of Chicago beats out its cross-town rival in terms of beer prices with a middle-of-the-road $0.41 per ounce. That’s hardly a consolation prize for White Sox fanatics, though, provided that the ChiSox play in the same division as the Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians—three teams that could all stake a claim to the division lead at season’s end. -
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Another team with so-so beer prices are the Royals, who came agonizingly close to winning their first World Series title since 1985 before falling to the Giants in a do-or-die Game 7 last year. Only time will tell if that impressive run was a fluke or the start to a streak of prominence the franchise hasn’t endured since the late 1970s. -
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The third straight organization to charge $6.50 for a small beer at $0.41 per ounce, the Washington Nationals were a popular preseason World Series pick for fans and pundits alike. They certainly have the talent to compete at an elite level, but injuries may ultimately hold them back. -
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Even though the Detroit Tigers don’t boast a favorable per-ounce beer price compared to other teams around the league, it’s tough for fans to complain. The Tigers have leapt out to a scorching-hot start in 2015 thanks to a threatening batting order lead by former Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. Perhaps this will be the year Miggy and Co. will get over the hump by attaining World Series glory. -
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The Oakland Athletics are known in baseball circles for their famed “Moneyball” mantra of finding underrated players who can contribute without breaking the bank. (Oakland’s team payroll of $85.4 million in 2015 is above only four teams: Arizona, Tampa Bay, Houston and Miami). That competitive underdog nature hasn’t translated to the concession stands, where the A’s post rather ho-hum numbers across the board—including their $0.42 price per ounce for beer. -
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Playing in a ballpark named Busch Stadium certainly connotes friendly confines for beer-loving Cardinals fans, but the seemingly cheap $5.00 price tag is negated in value by a lackluster 12-ounce size ($0.42 per ounce). St. Louis has been a mecca for competitive baseball in recent years, though, so fans can take the good with the mediocre. -
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Tampa Bay, the only AL East team operating on a shoestring budget, matches the beer prices in Detroit, St. Louis and Oakland. That $5.00 beer may seem like a bargain, but Rays fans really aren’t getting much bang for their buck (unlike the roster from 2010-2013). -
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The Baltimore Orioles charge the same price per ounce of beer when compared to the previous four teams. Since the value is the same and fans are having to dish out $6.75 (rather than a flat $5.00) for a small, Baltimore lands on the more expensive end of the spectrum. The plus side? A hot dog at Camden Yards costs a measly $1.50. Only the Cincinnati Reds boast a cheaper hot dog price. Speaking of whom… -
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Cincy only charges $1.00 apiece for a hot dog and a small soda, but a beer at a Reds game doesn’t have nearly the same bang for your buck. In fact, at $0.44 per ounce, Cincinnati cracks the top 10 of most expensive MLB beers. -
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Despite trading what feels like their entire roster during the offseason, the Atlanta Braves actually raised ticket prices by 3.3 percent compared to a season ago (though, to be fair, they still have one of the cheapest average ticket prices in the league). If the increase in ticket pricing upsets you, it might be best to avoid seeing Atlanta’s beer prices. The cheapest beer you can buy at a Braves game is $7.25, a number that only gets uglier when accounting for the $0.45 price per ounce of booze -
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New York is an expensive place to reside. There’s simply no way around that tidbit. So while the Mets’ price per ounce of $0.48 isn’t ideal, at least the smallest beer is below $6.00. You may not get great value for the beer, but only Cincinnati features a “cheaper” option for the smallest size available among the top 10 most expensive teams by beer price -
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The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908—a fact that gives Cubbies fans every reason to order a beer at Wrigley Field’s concession stands. Unfortunately for the tormented fanbase, the smallest size available will run you a league-high $7.75 (at $0.48 per ounce). But hey, at least team president Theo Epstein has injected some much-needed life into the franchise with a variety of savvy personnel moves. -
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The lone MLB representative in Canada joins the fray of AL East teams charging a pretty penny for beer. At $0.49 per ounce, only five teams trump the price gouge for alcoholic beverages in Toronto -
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At roughly $70.4 million, the Miami Marlins’ 2015 payroll is the lowest in baseball. Moving forward, however, they’re set to pay slugging outfielder Giancarlo Stanton a stunning $325 million. Miami will be cutting Stanton fat checks through 2028. Given how much the Marlins are charging fans for beer, they should have no trouble scrounging up the cash. Okay, that comment is made in jest, but $0.50 per ounce of beer is tied for the second-highest mark in all of MLB. That’s a tough price to justify considering that the Marlins haven’t made the playoffs since winning the World Series in 2003 -
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Getting Yankees tickets a season ago through the secondary market during Derek Jeter’s year-long farewell tour was a fool’s errand for anyone of normal financial standing. Ticket prices ran up into the thousands, making prices at concessions seem downright negligible. Ticket prices have come back down to earth sans the Captain, but $0.50 per ounce of beer is still rather steep. You won’t get much bang for your buck at Yankee Stadium, but that’s to be expected in the Big Apple. -
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The third of three teams charging $6.00 for a beer at $0.50 per ounce is the Seattle Mariners. Maybe Seattle locals and tourists taking in a baseball game should just stick to coffee -
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As the defending World Series champs—who just so happen to play in one of the most expensive U.S. cities to live—the San Francisco Giants can justify high prices in a variety of ways. Still, SF chimes in at No. 2 on the list of most expensive beers in baseball by charging $0.50 per ounce with the smallest option taking $7.00 out of fans’ wallets. You have to travel to the East Coast to find the most expensive beer in MLB, which belongs to… -
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Both by price of the smallest beer option ($7.75) and price per ounce ($0.65), the Boston Red Sox charge the Fenway faithful the most for beer compared to every other MLB organization. On the price-per-ounce basis, it’s not particularly close, as the Red Sox charge a whopping $0.15 more than any other team in the Majors. Sure, you can’t match the ambiance of Fenway Park—which has the feel of watching a baseball game inside a museum—but those beer prices sting
The Halos have the seventh-highest payroll in all of baseball for the 2015 season, but the organization certainly isn’t asking its fans to pay a fortune for beer in order to foot the bill. The Angels’ per-ounce price of $0.28 for beer is the cheapest in the Majors.
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