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Originally Posted by fhomess
I'd imagine there are two ways to adress this:
1. Use a physics based model that understands how far a ball can really travel.
2. Add an ISTP homer park factor to stadiums, perhaps as a percentage of total home runs, but have this based heavily on player speed.
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I think you'd want #2, but have it based on a combination of gap power, HR power, and speed.
You'd have to be careful to balance speed and power. Someone like Eric Davis would get a ton of ISTPers in a place with 500 ft fences. But what about Albert Pujols vs Brian Roberts? Pujols would be much, much more likely to hit a ball over the OFers' heads, but less likely to leg it out if it didn't go all the way to the wall. Roberts is much faster, but much less likely to get one to the wall.
The list
here seems to be a pretty good mix of sluggers and fast guys:
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Top 20 Career
Inside the Park Home Run Hitters
Jesse Burkett 55
Sam Crawford 51
Tommy Leach 48
Ty Cobb 46
Honus Wagner 46
Jake Beckley 38
Tris Speaker 38
Rogers Hornsby 33
Edd Roush 31
Jake Daubert 30
Willie Keeler 30
Chief Wilson 29
Fred Clarke 28
Ed Konetchy 28
Ginger Beaumont 27
Max Carey 27
Mike Donlin 27
Hobe Ferris 27
Harry Stovey 27
Buck Freeman 24
Cy Seymour 24
Chief Wilson was a great triple and inside-the-park hitter, and he stole 12 bases a year in an era where everyone stole bases all the time. Rogers Hornsby never stole 20 bases in a season.