MLB Merchandise Sales Stats Measure Fans’ REAL Team Pride!

With Major League Baseball wrapping up the bottom ninth of its regular season, everyone is excited to “root root root for the home team” by snapping up hats, jerseys and dozens of other lifestyle items emblazoned with their local team’s logo and player’s name.

While everyone can see the official standing of their favorite club, team pride isn’t as easy to measure. Now Fanatics.com, a leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise,can share the stats for which teams have been winning sports fans’ hearts all season long, as well as which teams are gaining in popularity this month:

Top Selling MLB Teams for the 2012 Season (April 1-Sept 30, 2012): 1.       Yankees 2.       Red Sox 3.       Cardinals 4.       Giants 5.       Rangers	MLB Teams with Highest Increase in Merchandise Sales for the 2012 Season (April 1-Sept 30, 2012 vs. 2011):1.       Nationals 248%2.       Marlins 208% 3.       Rangers 152% 4.       Orioles 96% 5.       Athletics 79%
Top Selling MLB Teams in the month leading to post-season (Sept 1-30, 2012):1.       Yankees2.       Giants 3.       Braves 4.       Orioles 5.       Red Sox	MLB Teams with Highest Increase in Merchandise Sales in the month leading to post-season (Sept 1-30, 2012 vs. 2011):1.       Orioles 571%2.       Nationals 390% 3.       Reds 319% 4.       Athletics 207% 5.       Marlins 130%
Top Selling MLB Teams Last Week (Sept 24-30, 2012): 1.       Giants 2.       Yankees 3.       Braves 4.       Reds 5.       Orioles	MLB Teams with Highest Increase in Merchandise Sales WOW (Sept 24-30 vs. Sept 17-23, 2012):1.       Reds 14%2.       Orioles 13% 3.       Tigers 12% 4.       Blue Jays 8% 5.       Braves 7%