INFOGRAPHIC: Major League Baseball 9-9-9 Challenge

INFOGRAPHIC: Major League Baseball 9-9-9 Challenge

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If you haven’t heard of the “9-9-9 Challenge” yet, go ahead and do a quick Google search because it’s going viral. It’s a simple challenge: Drink nine beers and eat nine hot dogs within the first nine innings of an MLB game.

Former NFL superstar J.J. Watt completed the challenge at a Brewers game this past weekend (in just 5 1/2 innings, of course), celebrities have also done it and thousands of baseball fans are participating daily across the country. 

BetOnline.ag wanted to find out which fanbase is attempting the 9-9-9 Challenge the most, so it compiled geotagged data from Instagram and X (Twitter) by tracking MLB fan posts and tweets about attempting the infamous challenge. The sampling goes back to the beginning of the season through this past Monday.

The team with the most posts/challenge videos is at the top of the infograph provided below by BetOnline

The top spot should come as no real surprise as Philadelphia Phillies fans are known to be the rowdiest. With nearly 5,000 attempts over the course of this season, roughly 45 Philly fanatics per game are giving it a shot.

The fanbases with the fewest attempts…no surprise there either as those Florida teams don’t have many fans attending the games!

Here are the raw numbers for each team:

Philadelphia Phillies – 4868

New York Yankees – 4586

Los Angeles Dodgers – 4028

Washington Nationals – 3993

Houston Astros – 3871

Milwaukee Brewers – 3463

New York Mets – 3361

Los Angeles Angels – 2689

Toronto Blue Jays – 2689

San Francisco Giants – 2670

Minnesota Twins – 2633

Seattle Mariners – 2479

Texas Rangers – 2446

Chicago Cubs – 2263

Atlanta Braves – 1915

Cleveland Guardians – 1899

Detroit Tigers – 1878

Oakland Athletics – 1864

San Diego Padres – 1728

St. Louis Cardinals – 1678

Kansas City Royals – 1656

Chicago White Sox – 1628

Colorado Rockies – 1503

Pittsburgh Pirates – 1435

Boston Red Sox – 1372

Cincinnati Reds – 1268

Baltimore Orioles – 1245

Arizona Diamondbacks – 1112

Miami Marlins – 1067

Tampa Bay Rays – 1032

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