The St. Joseph Mustangs set a new attendance record this season as St. Joe’s summer college baseball team saw a total of 61, 261 fans comes through the gates of Phil Welch Stadium.

General Manager Ky Turner released the season attendance numbers Monday and the Mustangs averaged 2,356 fans per game, which is the most in the organization’s seven year history.  Last year was the first season in which St. Joseph averaged over 2,000 fans per game.

The biggest crowd of 2015 came on June 6 when it was Super Hero night.  Captain America and Iron Man were at the ballpark and 5,176 fans came out to the game.

In 26 home dates this season, St. Joseph drew 3,000 fans 10 different times and had 4,000 fans twice.

The Mustangs are 35-15 this season and won their second consecutive MINK League championship, the organizations fourth in five seasons.

St. Joe will play in the NBC World Series at Wichita, Kansas for the fifth time.  The opponent, time and date are yet to be determined but they’ll likely open up on Friday or Saturday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.