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Pittsburgh Ranked 2nd Best Baseball City In America

PITTSBURGH (KDKA)-  Pittsburgh has been ranked as the second best baseball city in America.

That is at least according to a study by Wallet-Hub -- a web-based personal finance company.

According to their website, "To rank the cities, we looked at 11 key metrics such as the performance level of each city's teams, average ticket and minimum season ticket prices, stadium accessibility and more."

The Pirates and Pitt Panthers baseball team were represented in the study.

Pittsburgh ranked second in the study, trailing only Saint Louis. The Pirates were also ranked as having the fourth-lowest average ticket prices in MLB.

Wallet-Hub ranked a total of 272 cities in the report.

Here's the top 10:

  1. St. Louis
  2. Pittsburgh
  3. Cincinnati
  4. Atlanta
  5. Cleveland
  6. Stanford, California
  7. Cullowhee, North Carolina
  8. Anaheim
  9. Oakland
  10. Minneapolis


You can find all the details to the study online: http://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-baseball-fans/12864/

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