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16 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I think we would have to look at parks over years.  Fenway has been looked at as a homer run/high scoring park for years.  But now the Red Sox are not built to hit homers and the pitching staff is  much better than it has been so Fenway is one of the lowest scoring parks in the league.

The team has a lot to do with the way the park plays.

This is the best reflection of a park's effect. However, teams sometimes change their parks' dimensions. Stadium structures outside of the field of play or buildings erected nearby that can change wind paths can also affect ballpark factors .

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19 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Hellcikson:  Camden is definitely not a pitchers park.  I haven't liked to pitch here. I don't feel a lot of guys like pitching here.

http://www.masnsports.com/media.php?show_id=3381516&p=7

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“I never liked coming here. I think that had to do more with the offense I was going to have to face than the park, but it’s definitely not a pitchers park. I definitely agree that a lot of guys don’t like pitching here,” said the newcomer.

I tend to agree with you: OPACY is more of a hitter's park. But I don't think it is so much of a hitter's park that any pitcher -- other than the rare ones who can choose whatever team they desire to play for -- would turn down a contract because of the ballpark's effect..

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Just now, Beef Supreme said:

Good one. Hoping there are more. The complete quote:

I tend to agree with you: OPACY is more of a hitter's park. But I don't think it is so much of a hitter's park that any pitcher -- other than the rare ones who can choose whatever team they desire to play for -- would turn down a contract because of the ballpark's effect..

In many cases the bidding is pretty close.   Camden Yards can be the deciding factor.

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Let's look at Home Park Factor over the last 10 years.


Camden ranks
19th  most hitter friendly park this year 
19th last year
3rd in 2015
22nd in 2014
10th in 2013
5th in 2012
12rh in 2011
5th in 2010
11th in 2009
10th in 2008

That's 116 over 10 years so on average we are the 11.6th most hitter friendly park in the majors. 

Seems about right, I mean we are no where close to Coors, Wrigley, Fenway, Globe Life, etc. 

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6 hours ago, thezeroes said:

http://www.parkfactors.com/BAL

Read it and weep, laugh, cry or whatever floats your boat.

 

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

Conclusion:This is an extreme hitter's park.

This means that in the years 2010-2016, Camden Yards produced 108 runs for every 100 runs produced in the average MLB park, and 122 HRs for every 100 homers, for a mean Park Factor of 115.

This is an extreme hitter's park.

Isn't this backwards?

Those park factors are based on homeruns and runs scored in the parks.  That's dependent on the makeups of the teams that play in them.

The Orioles hit lots of home runs, the Giants don't-- that's because we've built the lineup for home run/strikeout artists with terrible home rotations while the Giants manufacture runs with small ball and also have a dynamite pitching staff. 

Is it an extreme hitters park because we have extreme hitters? Or do we have extreme hitters because it's a hitters park?

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