Dodgers fans consume extraordinary number of calories on game day

There’s nothing like a hot summer night at Dodger Stadium. 

The sun slowly melts away behind the San Gabriel Mountains, the cotton candy skies full of pink, orange and blue are so cinematic it feels like it was hand-painted just for Dodgers fans. 

Inhale and the aroma of hot dogs, popcorn and garlic fries tickles the nostrils like a memory. And if you’re like most fans, somewhere between first pitch and the seventh-inning stretch, all dietary discipline and restraint disappears.

According to a recent study by The Lines, Dodgers fans aren’t just watching baseball — they’re devouring it. Literally.

On average, Dodgers fans consume an extra 1,140 calories per game day, one of the highest marks in Major League Baseball. That’s the equivalent of two Dodger dogs, a basket of garlic fries and a couple of cold beers. 

And fans do it often. 

Dodgers fans surveyed said they watch 3 ½ games per week, which means this isn’t an occasional splurge, it’s more like a ritual. Granted, fans said they consume more calories when they are at Chavez Ravine than they do watching from home or at a sports bar. 

Over the course of a 162-game season, that caloric surge stacks into something heavier — roughly 29.2 pounds of potential weight gain. Add October, where the games tighten and the nerves spike, and suddenly that number pushes past 30.

Baseball, it turns out, isn’t just a pastime in Los Angeles. It’s a full-body experience.

League-wide, fans average an extra 753 calories per game. But Dodgers fans live louder than most fans. Only Rangers fans consume more extra calories per game than Dodgers fans with 1,265, because everything is bigger in Texas, even the waistlines. 

Here in California, Padres fans are not far behind with 1,015 extra calories consumed. But the Friar faithful also watch more games per week than any other fan base at 4.1 games, meaning they have a potential weight gain of 31.1 pounds during the regular season alone. 

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Angels fans, perhaps worn down by their team’s 11-year playoff drought, report just 340 extra calories per game and watch the fewest number of games per week at 2.6. 

Giants fans fall somewhere in between. At Oracle Park, fans consume an extra 843 calories on game day. Respectable but still more than the league average. 

But Dodgers fans? They lean in.

Because being a Dodgers fan has never been about moderation. It’s about moments and celebrating with a Dodger dog and a Michelada with the loyal fans around you that bleed blue.  

And if that communion comes with an extra thousand calories?

So be it.