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Originally Posted by RonCo
Look at the St. Loius Cardinals of that time, and you'll find a ballclub about perfectly tailored to a park--consistently in the upper regions of the league in OBP, doubles, triples, and SB, and at the bottom in HR...while winning a world series and a couple NL pennants. They played in a park that accentated speed and defense...and that's what they built their team around. Back then, if you couldn't run and get on base, you didn't play much for the Cardinals.
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The 1987 Cardinals, who I think are the team you're referring to, finished 49-32 at home and 46-35 on the road, a much smaller home/road split than we've seen historically. Contrast that to the 1998 Cardinals (built around power without much emphasis on speed or defense) who had an extreme home/road split of 48-34/35-45.
Anyone have an example of a team tailored to its home park that actually exhibits a more extreme home/road split than normal?