It’s no secret that there is a Tale of Two Loneys: Road Loney and Home Loney. In his career, Loney has hit .270/.335/.378 at home and .323/.379/.532 on the road. We can speculate why he has had so much success on the road. Maybe the dimensions of Dodger Stadium don’t suit his approach. Maybe he doesn’t see as well at Dodger Stadium. Maybe there are too many off-the-field distractions in LA. So I set out to look at some batted ball data to see whether we could pinpoint what his problems might be at home.

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