Hot Dogs
Hot Dogs
How many hot dogs are eaten at major league baseball games during a season?
It's a question almost as haunting as "Why are we here?" Many have long since pondered the specific number, but none have come up with an answer as good as ours.
Major League Games per Season
The current MLB season consists of 162 games per team.
Major League Teams
There are currently 30 major league teams.
Total MLB Games
There are a total of 2,430 major league games in a season.
Total Hot Dogs sold in 2014
According to national hot dog and baseball experts, approximately 21,357,316 hot dogs were sold during baseball season last year (2014), which would lead rational people to believe that approximately 21,357,316 hot dogs were also consumed. This estimate accounts for every game across every team.
"Dollar Dog Nights"
Also note that there is this little thing called "Dollar Dog Nights", during which every hot dog sold at any given game costa one dollar. This was somewhat important to determining how many hot dogs were sold during a season, as there are three of these nights every month for the six months that make up a normal season.
Personal Estimates
Grant and I based our estimate off of last year's numbers, and we ended up agreeing on there being about 21,000,000 hot dogs sold during a single year's season.
Dollar Dog Night ($1 Hot Dogs)
We estimated that, at any one "Dollar Dog Night", about 45,000 hot dogs are sold.
Regular Games ($5 Hot Dogs)
We then estimated that there are about 10,000 hot dogs sold at every game (all six) in one day.
All Dollar Dog Nights
We estimated that there are about 810,000 hot dogs sold over the course of every "Dollar Dog Night" throughout the season.
All Regular Games
We estimated that there are about 24,300,000 hot dogs sold across all regular season games (excluding any and all "Dollar Dog Nights").
All Season Long
We estimated that there are about 25,010,000 hot dogs sold during a single season (including all "Dollar Dog Nights").