'Cell' ranked high in Home Run Park Factor (as expected)

The Scoper — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:20:19 -0000

The statistic used to measure a park's propensity for home runs is called, 'Home Run Park Factor'.

Park Factor compares the rate of stats at home vs. the rate of stats on the road. A rate higher than 1.000 favors the hitter. Below 1.000 favors the pitcher.

The calculation: PF = ((homeRS + homeRA)/(homeG)) / ((roadRS + roadRA)/(roadG))

I sorted only the HRPF on ESPN from 2001-2008. Below you will find the top 10 home run hitting ballparks for each year. Ballparks ranked one is the homer friendliest ballpark for that year.

Note that US. Cellular Field was rated during such time period as 6, 10, 3, 1, 1, 2, 4, 2.

The only other stadium ranked in top ten for each of those years is Coors Field in Colorado, which I highlited as well. Note that Coors has ranked below 'The Cell' from 2004-present.

Here is the espn link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor?sort=HRFactor&season=2008

In addition, there is a more in-depth article from Hardball Times in case you really wanted to get into the calculation.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/home-run-park-factor-a-new-approach/

2001

Park Name

Progressive Field (Cleveland, Ohio)

2.031

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.457

Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri)

1.442

McAfee Coliseum (Oakland, California)

1.372

Chase Field (Phoenix, Arizona)

1.372

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.257

Miller Park (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

1.207

Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Quebec)

1.154

Angel Stadium (Anaheim, California)

1.117

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)

1.075

2002

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.6

Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)

1.462

Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri)

1.44

Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)

1.369

Cinergy Field (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.359

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.359

Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)

1.254

Wrigley Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.252

Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland)

1.207

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.2

2003

Olympic Stadium (Montreal, Quebec)

1.539

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.369

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.329

Miller Park (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

1.268

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, California)

1.261

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.222

Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)

1.213

Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts)

1.204

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

1.162

Chase Field (Phoenix, Arizona)

1.157

2004

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.402

Wrigley Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.329

Chase Field (Phoenix, Arizona)

1.29

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.235

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1.134

Turner Field (Atlanta, Georgia)

1.128

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

1.117

McAfee Coliseum (Oakland, California)

1.089

Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)

1.087

Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas)

1.075

2005

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.375

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1.289

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.263

Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)

1.263

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

1.255

Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas)

1.195

Busch Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri)

1.148

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.119

Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)

1.106

Miller Park (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

1.085

2006

Chase Field (Phoenix, Arizona)

1.343

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.307

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.275

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

1.272

Wrigley Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.212

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1.201

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, California)

1.194

Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland)

1.184

Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas)

1.171

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.167

2007

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1.418

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.351

Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland)

1.228

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.22

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.218

Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)

1.161

Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)

1.153

Wrigley Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.15

Comerica Park (Detroit, Michigan)

1.14

Miller Park (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

1.119

2008

Comerica Park (Detroit, Michigan)

1.521

U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Illinois)

1.479

Coors Field (Denver, Colorado)

1.473

Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland)

1.388

Great American (Cincinnati, Ohio)

1.342

Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas)

1.287

McAfee Coliseum (Oakland, California)

1.277

Rangers Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)

1.27

Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

1.122

Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)

1.154

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