He has nine home runs against the Orioles in his career. It's the most he has against any American League team. From Day 1, since the moment they finished it, [Camden Yards has] has been one of the premier hitters' parks in baseball.Camden Yards, which opened 25 years ago this month, certainly has a solid reputation as a hitters' park, both in scoring runs and when it comes to hitting home runs. But I wondered (naturally!) whether what O'Brien was saying was actually true.
ESPN has Park Factors going back to 2001. This is how Camden Yards ranked among the 30 major league teams in frequency of hits, runs scored, and home runs.
MLB Rank Hits Runs HRs 2001 23rd 24th 24th 2002 18th 15th 8th 2003 18th 21st 14th 2004 10th 7th 12th 2005 24th 27th 15th 2006 7th 17th 8th 2007 4th 6th 3rd 2008 7th 10th 1st 2009 3rd 11th 5th 2010 3rd 5th 5th 2011 15th 12th 8th 2012 4th 5th 5th 2013 18th 10th 4th 2014 17th 22nd 20th 2015 3rd 3rd 2nd 2016 18th 19th 18th 2017 17th 20th 26thCamden Yards has been below-average when it comes to both hits and runs in eight of the last 16 full seasons (2001-2016).
Fangraphs' Park Factors are different from those at ESPN. Fangraphs calculates 100 as league average (similar to ERA+ and OPS+). For example, a Park Factor of 105 regarding doubles would mean that doubles are hit in that park 5% more than in a league-average park.
Runs 2Bs HRs 1992 101 96 104 1993 101 96 104 1994 101 96 104 1995 101 95 105 1996 99 94 103 1997 98 93 102 1998 97 91 101 1999 97 91 101 2000 96 91 101 2001 96 91 101 2002 97 93 102 2003 97 95 101 2004 98 95 103 2005 99 97 103 2006 101 97 106 2007 100 97 107 2008 102 98 110 2009 102 100 109 2010 103 101 110 2011 103 100 110 2012 102 100 107 2013 103 99 108 2014 102 99 108 2015 102 99 108 2016 102 99 108According to Fangraphs, Camden Yards has never been a good park for doubles, though it has always been above-average for home runs.
Finally, Baseball Reference also calculates 100 as league average and offers a "batting" number and a "pitching" number.
BAT PIT 1992 99 98 1993 105 104 1994 108 107 1995 103 102 1996 95 94 1997 102 100 1998 95 94 1999 95 97 2000 95 96 2001 94 95 2002 96 97 2003 96 97 2004 105 104 2005 94 95 2006 98 99 2007 104 105 2008 101 102 2009 99 100 2010 102 104 2011 96 97 2012 109 109 2013 103 103 2014 92 96 2015 109 109 2016 101 101
3 comments:
Yankee fans and Yankee announcers do same thing. It is sort of a northeast myth.
You and your facts, getting in the way of O'Brien's story.
Yankee fans and Yankee announcers do same thing. It is sort of a northeast myth.
Most things that come out of announcers' mouths are myths. With the possible exception of play-by-play.
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