Thrilling Cards win scores ratings victory
ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals' 10-9, 11-inning win over the Texas Rangers in Game 6 earned the best World Series TV rating since 2009.
ST. LOUIS - The Cardinals' 10-9, 11-inning win over the Texas Rangers in Game 6 earned the best World Series TV rating since 2009.
Thursday night's game got a 12.7 fast national rating and 21 share, Fox said Friday. It was the highest-rated World Series game since the New York Yankees' Series clincher against the Phillies got a 13.4 two years ago, and it was the highest-rated game not involving the Yankees since the finale of the 2005 Series between the White Sox and Houston received a 13.0/21.
The rating is the percentage of households with televisions tuned to a program, and the share is the percentage watching among those households with TVs on at the time.
This year's Series is averaging a 9.3/15, up 11 percent over the 8.4/14 for San Francisco's five-game win over the Rangers last year.
Thursday's game received a 49.4/70 in St. Louis, with a share peaking at 82 in the final 30 minutes, and drew a 47.1/67 in Dallas.
It was Fox's highest prime-time rating since the finale of American Idol in May.
Broken Records
Several one-year, offensive playoff records fell or were tied this postseason.
Most Home Runs
Player Year HRs
Nelson Cruz 2011 8
Carlos Beltran 2004 8
Barry Bonds 2002 8
Most RBIs
Player Year RBIs
David Freese 2011 21
Total Bases
Player Year TB
Freese 2011 50
Doubles
Player Year 2B
Albert Pujols 2011 8
Freese 2011 8
Source: Baseball-reference.comEndText