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Originally Posted by DawnBTVS
Thanks for the correction, Garlon.
With that said, Roger Hornsby's 2B and 3B were 8.4% of his PA at Sportsman's Park (keeping in mind that he hit there the majority of his career outside of 5 seasons at the end of his full time career). Compare that to other ballparks he hit in.
Sportsman's Park: 8.4%
Robison Field: 6.7%
Cubs Park: 6.9%
Polo Grounds: 6.1%
Braves Field: 7.7%
Baker Bowl: 8.0%
Ebbets Field: 7.4%
That doesn't look like a big difference but it's also pretty clear that Hornsby, as a right handed hitter, took advantage of Sportsman's Park and the propensity for extra bases. That is largely what seems to be missing from OOTP's Historical Leagues especially if every ballpark treats 2B/3B as a league average 1.000 number.
So giving him 308 AB for Sportsman's Park = roughly 26 2B and 3B. Compare that to just 21 at a Robison Field or 23 at Ebbets Field doesn't sound like a big difference but it adds up in BA, OBP, SLG, and career wise.
Over a 12 year run that equates to 312 at Sportsman's Park against 252 (Robison Field) or 276 (Ebbets Field).
Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium is another extreme example of how ballparks did effect the importance of RH vs. LH but that aspect isn't quite carried over into OOTP which does hurt historical league play through IMO.
He hit 7.1% of his HR per PA at Yankee Stadium compared to a miserable 3.9% at Fenway Park. Even at the Polo Grounds and Navin Field, he hit well over 7.7% of his HR per PA. Keep Ruth in Fenway Park and he doesn't come close to his total career HR numbers because he hit LH in a park that was and still is incredibly tough on power hitting LH.
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Sorry, but Babe Ruth hit MORE home runs on the road than at home in his career:
http://research.sabr.org/journals/hi...-a-on-the-road
And when he hit 54 to make the new record, the Yankees played in the Polo Grounds. And only 259 of his 714 were hit at Yankee Stadium. 455 were hit in other ballparks:
http://www.baberuthcentral.com/babe-...tics/#Ballpark