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Old 01-25-2014, 09:26 PM   #1
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Question about ballpark factors

If you add up all the ballpark factors in a category, should the average equal 1.0?
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Old 01-25-2014, 10:49 PM   #2
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No, Here is a general description of how Park factors affect the game.


Ball Park Factors are a +/- % to the norm. So if the average # of HR's hit in a Park was 100, a park factor of 1.100 would produce 110 HR's in that park. A factor of .900 would produce 90 HR's But it is a generalized stat in the fact that plenty of other factors play a part in how many are actually hit. Park Factors are a good way to give you an Idea of what kind of team you want to build. If your HR for LHB was 1.250 It you might want to get some Solid LH Power Hitters to take advantage of that.


On the same note if all your factors were below 1.000 You have a Pitchers Park and should take that into consideration when putting your team together.


All factors work the same for every category, so what they add up too is irrelevant
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Nice, clear answer.

I think I know the answer to this, but since it sort of relates, the fence height and dimensions mean nothing in the ballpark consideration, correct?

It's based on "factors" only?
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Nice, clear answer.

I think I know the answer to this, but since it sort of relates, the fence height and dimensions mean nothing in the ballpark consideration, correct?

It's based on "factors" only?
That is correct.
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No, Here is a general description of how Park factors affect the game.


Ball Park Factors are a +/- % to the norm. So if the average # of HR's hit in a Park was 100, a park factor of 1.100 would produce 110 HR's in that park. A factor of .900 would produce 90 HR's But it is a generalized stat in the fact that plenty of other factors play a part in how many are actually hit. Park Factors are a good way to give you an Idea of what kind of team you want to build. If your HR for LHB was 1.250 It you might want to get some Solid LH Power Hitters to take advantage of that.


On the same note if all your factors were below 1.000 You have a Pitchers Park and should take that into consideration when putting your team together.


All factors work the same for every category, so what they add up too is irrelevant
Thanks, for the answer but how is "normal" calculated? If there are 3000 HR in MLB then that's 100 per ballpark. Some parks will have more and some less, but it all adds up to 1.0 per park, unless several seasons of data are added together. Since in OOTP, ballpark factors are set once and fixed for all-time, should ballpark in OOTP average to 1?
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If you add up all the ballpark factors in a category, should the average equal 1.0?
Yes. I think Painmantle may have misunderstood your question. To make sure I'm understanding you correctly if you add up all the HR park factors across MLB should they average 1? Answer yes. Put another way adding all park factors in one category should equal the number of teams in the league in this case 30.

Park factors are relative to the average. Imagine a weird season in which the average HR/park was 100 but 15 parks had 90HR and 15 had 110HR the park factors by definition would be 0.90 in 15 parks and 1.10 in 15 parks. If a change occurred in one park only the park factors would change by the amount of the change X/29 in the other 29 parks.

See this simple spreadsheet.

Edit; here is an alternate spreadsheet that's even simpler. Take 29 HR from one park means the other parks would average one more HR. That could be distributed in many ways not just evenly as demonstrated.
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