Where do LA Angels fans rank amongst MLB's biggest comfort eaters?

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Matchday Calories: The MLB’s Biggest Comfort Eaters

• A new report from Bookmakers.com reveals how many calories MLB fans consume on game day depending on their team’s win-loss record.
• The Baltimore Orioles’ on-field performances over the last five years has prompted fans to potentially consume 128,880 extra calories than the American average.
• Fans of the LA Dodgers, who have the best record in the league over the last 5 years, still consumed 24,840 more calories across all game days than the average American, even with their stellar performances.

Major League Baseball oldest major professional sports league in the world, and the highest level of baseball in the world as well. With 30 teams currently in the league, there are millions of fans across the globe that follow their team through thick and thin. Whilst team performance undoubtedly has a significant effect on fans’ moods, have you ever wondered how results might affect their eating habits?

A new report from Bookmakers.com reveals how the on-field performances of all current MLB teams has influenced fans’ calorie consumption. Through the utilisation of findings from Cornil and Chandon’s (2013¹) academic paper, ‘From Fan to Fat’, Bookmakers.com has highlighted the MLB’s biggest comfort eaters.

To understand the data, the average adult in America eats around 3,600² calories a day. Using the Baltimore Orioles as an example, this means each fan, over the course of the last five years, has consumed on average 3,186,720kcal during MLB game days (885 games played on average x 3,600 calories each day).

This number (3,186,720kcals) acts as the comparison point for revealing the calorie change and percentage change for the team – an example of the working can be found in the methodology below.

The Baltimore Orioles are the league leaders!

With the research suggesting that fans are more likely to overeat when their team loses (10% increase), it’s not good news for Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers fans. With some of the worst records in the league, both sets of fans were likely consuming more game day calories than any other team - over 3.75% more than the national average, in fact. This equates to around 116,000 additional calories over the course of the last few seasons!

The research also reveals that fans are inclined to cut out calories by 5% after their team wins. This means LA Dodgers fans experienced the healthiest game day calorie count. Thanks to an impressive record over the last five years, LA Dodgers fans, on average, have each eaten just 24,840 (0.73%) more calories than the typical American.

The table below shows each MLB team in order of greatest calorie % change vs. average:

Rank	Team	W-L-D	Calorie Change vs. Average	Calorie % Change vs. Average
1	Baltimore Orioles	342-529-0	128,880	4.1%
2	Detroit Tigers	361-505-0	116,820	3.7%
3	Miami Marlins	376-497-0	111,240	3.5%
4	Kansas City Royals	378-492-0	109,080	3.5%
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	384-484-1	105,120	3.4%
6	San Diego Padres	393-483-0	103,140	3.3%
7	Cincinnati Reds	392-480-0	102,240	3.3%
8	Texas Rangers	400-473-0	98,280	3.1%
9	Arizona Diamondbacks	407-467-0	94,860	3.0%
10	Chicago White Sox	409-467-0	94,500	3.0%
11	Philadelphia Phillies	408-462-0	92,880	3.0%
12	LA Angels	409-461-0	92,340	2.9%
13	NY Mets	423-448-0	85,140	2.7%
14	Colorado Rockies	425-450-0	85,500	2.7%
15	Toronto Blue Jays	433-448-0	83,340	2.6%
16	Minnesota Twins	432-444-0	82,080	2.6%
17	SF Giants	441-439-0	78,660	2.5%
18	Seattle Mariners	438-432-0	76,680	2.4%
19	Atlanta Braves	472-433-0	70,920	2.2%
20	Oakland Athletics	463-416-0	66,420	2.1%
21	Washington Nationals	474-423-0	66,960	2.1%
22	Milwaukee Brewers	475-413-0	63,180	2.0%
23	St. Louis Cardinals	472-409-0	62,280	2.0%
24	Tampa Bay Rays	489-411-0	59,940	1.9%
25	Chicago Cubs	494-406-1	57,240	1.8%
26	Cleveland Guardians	507-387-0	48,060	1.5%
27	Boston Red Sox	512-390-0	48,240	1.5%
28	NY Yankees	521-384-0	44,460	1.4%
29	Houston Astros	561-382-0	36,540	1.1%
30	LA Dodgers	586-362-0	24,840	0.7%

Further information and the results of other leagues around the world can be found onsite here: https://bookmakers.com/news/matchday-calories-the-biggest-comfort-eaters-in-sport.

Source:

• *Cornil, Y. and Chandon, P., 2013. From fan to fat? Vicarious losing increases unhealthy eating, but self-affirmation is an effective remedy. Psychological science, 24(10), pp.1936-1946.
• https://www.businessinsider.com/american-calorie-intake-last-52-years-diet-food-eating-increase-science-2017-6?r=US&IR=T

Methodology

For this campaign, we looked to identify which sports fans have consumed the most additional calories based on their team’s performances over the last five years.

To figure this out, findings from Cornil and Chandon’s (2013) academic paper ‘From Fat to Fan’ were utilized. The study concludes that, after a loss, fans ate 10% more calories than usual. However, after a win, fans consumed 5% fewer calories. Based on these findings, win/loss records for each team were acquired from the last five years and the below calculations were made.

To establish each fanbase’s calorie consumption in relation to the average person, we first determined the average daily calorie intake of a typical adult: 3,600kcals a day. This figure was then multiplied by the number of games played over the last five years, to reveal ‘Average Game Day Calories’.

For example: Baltimore Orioles

• 871 Games x 3,600kcals = 3,135,600 Average Game Day Calories

Understanding that losing = a 10% increase (3,960kcals) and winning = a 5% decrease (3,420kcals) in calorie consumption, the number of wins and losses per team were multiplied by these figures and combined, to reveal the total calories consumed by the average fan of that particular team.

For example: Baltimore Orioles

• 3,420kcals x 342 wins = 1,169,640kcals
• 3,960kcals x 529 losses = 2,094,840kcals
• 3,600kcals x 0 draws = 0kcals

‘Total Game Day Calories’ consumed over 5 seasons for a Baltimore Orioles fan:

• 1,169,640kcals + 2,094,840kcals + 0kcals = 3,264,480 Total Game Day Calories

The ‘Average Game Day Calories’ was then subtracted from ‘Total Game Day Calories’ to reveal the overall calorie difference.

For example: Baltimore Orioles

• 3,264,480kcal - 3,135,600kcals = 128,880 additional calories consumed (4.11% above the average game day consumption).

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