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Ceej · 03-18-2013, 08:16 PM

PITTSBURGH
Exposition Park I: 20% (1884)
Recreation Park: 25% (1890)
Exposition Park III: 100% (1893), 83% (1895), 95% (1899), 67% (1900), 87% (1901), 100% (1902), 95% (1903), 100% (1905), 90% (1907), 79% (1915)
Most write-ups of Exposition Park seem to concentrate on all the flooding problems it had, making it seem like a nondescript park that writers can't find much else to say about. But there's at least one other thing: inside-the-parkers were very common as this park had a massive outfield. It was 400 down the left field line and 380 down the right.

Forbes Field: 52% (1910), 67% (1913), 80% (1915), 50% (1917), 80% (1919), 80% (1920), 30% (1921), 24% (1923), 23% (1925), 22% (1931), 7% (1938), 1% (1948), 2% (1958), 2% (1966)
Another big park that continued to give up a lot of ITPHRs well into the lively ball era. The 1% low in 1948 was during '47-'53 when the Kiner's Korner fence was erected in left.

ST. LOUIS
Sportsman's Park I: 21% (1884), 1% (1890)
Sportsman's Park II: 30% (1902), 17% (1903), 25% (1905), 33% (1907), 21% (1908)
A pretty small park so the below average rate is not too surprising.

Sportsman's Park III: 29% (1910), 17% (1913), 0% (1915), 17% (1917), 10% (1919), 11 and 0% (1920), 5 and 4% (1921), 1 and 2% (1923), 3 and 0% (1925), 1 and 0% (1931), 2 and 0% (1938), 0 and 3% (1948), 1% (1958), 0% (1966 partial season)
It was bigger after the renovation in 1909 but still wasn't a particularly good park for ITPHRs.

Robison Field: 33% (1893), 17% (1895), 9% (1899), 40% (1900), 81% (1901), 100% (1902), 80% (1903), 63% (1905), 78% (1907), 94% (1908), 83% (1910), 65% (1913), 59% (1915), 80% (1917), 53% (1919), 33% (1920)
The jump in 1900 corresponds with pushing the right field wall back, and it was a good park for ITPHRs from that year on. It was still pretty short to right, but left and center were always deep.

WASHINGTON
Capitol Grounds: 0% (1884)
Boundary Field: 20% (1893), 35% (1895), 9% (1899)
American League Park I: 19% (1901), 22% (1902), 21% (1903)
Below average park. It was pretty deep to right but short to left (290 down the line, 315 to short left, 362 to left center).

American League Park II: 63% (1905), 40% (1907), 72% (1908), 33% (1910)
The dimensions were about average for the era and the rate hops around above and below the overall rate from season to season, so this is probably an average park.

Griffith Stadium: 61% (1913), 100% (1915), 50% (1917), 43% (1919), 58% (1920), 52% (1921), 52% (1923), 19% (1925), 19% (1931), 8% (1938), 17% (1948), 0% (1958)
A very good home run park for many years with a deep left field. Left was reduced in the mid-1950s though, so that 0% tally in 1958 might not be a fluke.

03-18-2013, 08:16 PM	#64
Ceej Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 190	PITTSBURGH Exposition Park I: 20% (1884) Recreation Park: 25% (1890) Exposition Park III: 100% (1893), 83% (1895), 95% (1899), 67% (1900), 87% (1901), 100% (1902), 95% (1903), 100% (1905), 90% (1907), 79% (1915) Most write-ups of Exposition Park seem to concentrate on all the flooding problems it had, making it seem like a nondescript park that writers can't find much else to say about. But there's at least one other thing: inside-the-parkers were very common as this park had a massive outfield. It was 400 down the left field line and 380 down the right. Forbes Field: 52% (1910), 67% (1913), 80% (1915), 50% (1917), 80% (1919), 80% (1920), 30% (1921), 24% (1923), 23% (1925), 22% (1931), 7% (1938), 1% (1948), 2% (1958), 2% (1966) Another big park that continued to give up a lot of ITPHRs well into the lively ball era. The 1% low in 1948 was during '47-'53 when the Kiner's Korner fence was erected in left. ST. LOUIS Sportsman's Park I: 21% (1884), 1% (1890) Sportsman's Park II: 30% (1902), 17% (1903), 25% (1905), 33% (1907), 21% (1908) A pretty small park so the below average rate is not too surprising. Sportsman's Park III: 29% (1910), 17% (1913), 0% (1915), 17% (1917), 10% (1919), 11 and 0% (1920), 5 and 4% (1921), 1 and 2% (1923), 3 and 0% (1925), 1 and 0% (1931), 2 and 0% (1938), 0 and 3% (1948), 1% (1958), 0% (1966 partial season) It was bigger after the renovation in 1909 but still wasn't a particularly good park for ITPHRs. Robison Field: 33% (1893), 17% (1895), 9% (1899), 40% (1900), 81% (1901), 100% (1902), 80% (1903), 63% (1905), 78% (1907), 94% (1908), 83% (1910), 65% (1913), 59% (1915), 80% (1917), 53% (1919), 33% (1920) The jump in 1900 corresponds with pushing the right field wall back, and it was a good park for ITPHRs from that year on. It was still pretty short to right, but left and center were always deep. WASHINGTON Capitol Grounds: 0% (1884) Boundary Field: 20% (1893), 35% (1895), 9% (1899) American League Park I: 19% (1901), 22% (1902), 21% (1903) Below average park. It was pretty deep to right but short to left (290 down the line, 315 to short left, 362 to left center). American League Park II: 63% (1905), 40% (1907), 72% (1908), 33% (1910) The dimensions were about average for the era and the rate hops around above and below the overall rate from season to season, so this is probably an average park. Griffith Stadium: 61% (1913), 100% (1915), 50% (1917), 43% (1919), 58% (1920), 52% (1921), 52% (1923), 19% (1925), 19% (1931), 8% (1938), 17% (1948), 0% (1958) A very good home run park for many years with a deep left field. Left was reduced in the mid-1950s though, so that 0% tally in 1958 might not be a fluke.