A baseball question - 10 clues added

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

This is all I can figure out:

The relationship between the first number in each set of six is that the second set's first number is lower than the first set's and the third set's first number is lower than the second. This is true for the first, second, fifth and sixth numbers in each set.

For the third number in each set, the succeeding set's third number is more than the previous set.

For the fourth number in the first set, the second set's fourth number is lower, but the third set's fourth number is higher than the second set's.

...so much for numeric patterns...
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I'm headed to the medicine cabinet now...my brain hurts.
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The asterisks are important. Take two asterisks and call me in the morning.

[clydepepper]

If it wasn't for the fourth number in each set being so high, I would lean toward attendance figures with the lowest numbers being strike years.

The only number over 7 million I can think of associated with baseball would be an individual player's chronological numeric assignment - as in Joe was the 7,891,957 ML player, etc.
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[clydepepper]

I don't HAVE 13 years.
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[cool-vintage]

It was bothering me so I looked it up, but I will not spoil it for anyone. (I may not even be right)

[the 'stache]

2,479,015

The total distance, in feet, of Mickey Mantle's 536 home runs.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

2,479,015

The total distance, in feet, of Mickey Mantle's 536 home runs.

....or 2,071,605 - projected total of empty seats at 2016 Braves' games.
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Clearly population figures. Probably a list of the same cities at different points in time as the numbers are relatively close. 7 million has to be NYC. 3 million has to be Chicago. Moon must mean one is LA. Ashburn must mean one is Philadelphia. In general, the asterisks seem to reflect a decline from the above list. But that does not explain the asterisk in the first list.