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College Baseball Park Factors
The idea that the park in which a game is played affects baseball statistics, both individual and team, has been accepted for years. There is plenty of literature available on park effects at the major league level, but to my knowledge only Boyd Nation has tackled the idea at the college level. ...
Playing in Parks: Component Park Factors 2006-2010
Park Factors are numbers we use to understand, and sometimes also to adjust for, the effects of parks on hitter or pitcher statistics. Much of the time, we tend to be interested in park factors at the level of runs per game: hitters parks will cause more runs per game than pitcher's parks, given...
Sunday Morning Royals Links: Sample, Arguelles, Osuna, and Disengaged Germany
Royals: KoK Prospect #15: Tyler Sample | Kings of Kauffman | A Kansas City Royals Blog Royal Revival: Top Prospects #7.5: Noel Arguelles 14 for 77: Prospect Make or Break Time Royals Prospects " Draft profile LHP Chris Sale Royals Prospects " Prospect #35 Edgar Osuna Royals Junkie:...
NLDS Preview: Ballpark
A playoff series deserves more attention than a regular season series. For that reason, I will be adding more information to my previews. To make things easier to digest, it will be a three part series. The first will be the ballpark. Later today, the offense and defense. Some time tomorrow,...
Hitter's Parks Versus Homerun Hitter's Parks
Yesterday's post about Citi Field versus Shea Stadium got me thinking about homerun parks versus hitter's parks and what kind of correlation exists from one to the other. Unfortunately, my high-level math skills are, much like the clutch hitter, virtually non-existent. I barely know what a...
What factors have an effect on runs scored at MLB Parks? Part 2
Question:"> What factors have an effect on runs scored at MLB Parks? Part 2 Why I asked the question: I was trying to find why Chase Field had such a high Park Factor over the years and the research expanded to all stadiums from that point. Analysis: I did some research on effects on all MLB...
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