With 30 unique stadium designs, MLB stands out among its major professional counterparts.
In that sense, the playing field is not level.
Peter Hamlington, a University of Colorado professor of mechanical engineering, explained last summer that spin rates decrease at altitude, which negatively affects the ball’s ability to travel.
Using Statcast’s environmental factors, we know these West Coast venues are two of the three coldest in the sport.
The simplest explanation is the short porches: 328 feet in left field and 325 feet in right.
A healthy gust of wind can aid a long ball in the Bay Area, but it can just as easily knock one down.
Oracle Park has a curiously short wall in the right-field corner , but that’s offset by the wall’s 24-foot height …
Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium hosted all-star festivities in 2012, which led to an all-time disastrous home run derby performance.
Take this June 9, 2021 knock by Isaac Paredes, whose deep fly found the grass in the deepest part of the park.
The Green Monster, Fenway’s 37-foot wall in left field, gobbles up would-be home runs and spits out doubles.
Fenway is 37% more favourable for doubles than the average park, and 15% ahead of its closest contender .
T-Mobile is not a particularly large park, and we’ve already discussed how chilly temperatures and lack of elevation sap its power.
Like the Mariners’ home, Guaranteed Rate is rather symmetrical and lacks any notable wall distances or heights.
