[Pelican]

I see several issues here. One is what I call. The Chuck Klein issue. When the Phillies moved from Baker Bowl to Shibe Park, in the middle of the 1938 Season, it seemed to contribute to a sharp decline in HR, particularly by Klein. Or, he was getting old and slowing down.

Klein still has very good OOTP ratings in 1938, and of course part of that comes from hitting in a tiny park with a short RF (with a high fence). For half the season. Despite his power ratings, he is not slugging much at Shibe. That is how park ratings should affect the game.

But your park ratings look flawed to me. I don’t believe that Shibe was over 500 feet to CF, ever. LF also looks too deep.

One thing that bothers me is how the game recomputes park ratings based on a change in dimensions. Long story short, it you move back the fences, you’ll see an expected increase in HR, but when you move them back to where they were, the park ratings will be different from where you started. Don’t get that.

The other issue I have with the park ratings generator is that it associates 2B and 3B and average with large parks. Even a small park like Baker Bowl, which caused pop fly doubles and triples with its high RF fence, has ratings well below 1.00. And the AVG rating below 1.00 makes no sense. Teams (even the Phillies) raked at Baker Bowl.

I love the old ballparks and the crazy results from their odd irregular fences. (I like the new retro parks like Camden Yards and Citizens Bank for the same reason.) So I won’t be switching to across-the-board 1.000 settings anytime soon. But I can understand the temptation to do that, and neutralize the park factors. Chuck Klein would not have liked it.