300 wins attendance

so a 45year old man can still chuck 92+mph cheese, and he's gotten 300 wins. if i don't have to have knee replacement surgery by 45, i'll be happy.

sadly, the great fete of this feat had to happen in nationals park, the first game of a twi-night double header. they never listed the paid attendance for this game in the box scores, so i looked to the second (rain-shortened) game for the data. result?

16,787

so that got me thinking, how does this compare against other 300 game winning games...

who                date of 300th  attendance  % of capacity  H/A
Randy Johnson         6/ 4/2009      16,787       40%         A
Tom Glavine           8/ 5/2007      41,599      101%         A
Greg Maddux           8/ 7/2004      42,578      103%         A
Roger Clemens         6/13/2003      55,214       96%         H
Nolan Ryan            7/31/1990      51,533       97%         A
Don Sutton            6/18/1986      37,044       57%         H
Phil Niekro          10/ 6/1985      44,422      102%         A
Tom Seaver            8/ 4/1985      54,032       94%         A
Steve Carlton         9/23/1983      27,266       55%         A
Gaylord Perry         5/ 6/1982      27,369       46%         H
Early Wynn            7/13/1963      13,565       85%         A
Warren Spahn          8/11/1961      40,775       94%         H
Lefty Grove           7/25/1941      unknown                  A
Pete Alexander        9/20/1924      18,000       33%         A
Walter Johnson        5/14/1920      unknown                  H
Eddie Plank           9/11/1915      unknown                  A
Christy Mathewson     6/28/1912      unknown                  H
Cy Young              7/ 3/1901      unknown                  H
Kid Nichols           9/ 7/1900      unknown                  H
John Clarkson         9/21/1892      unknown                  H
Charley Radbourn      5/14/1891      unknown                  A
Mickey Welch          8/11/1890      unknown                  H
Tim Keefe             6/ 4/1890      unknown                  H
Pud Galvin            6/ 4/1888      unknown                  A

so, only three times in recorded history has the 300th victory elicited fewer than 50% attendance. to be thorough, i imagine i should pull the failed attempts at 300 also.


also, bud "756" selig sucks.