Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1959 Major League

1959 American League 1959 National League

American League

City	Ballpark	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Ballpark Factors by Ballpark
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore	Memorial Stadium	94.9	96.2	96.4	95.3	96.6	97.6	90.8
Boston	Fenway Park	102.6	103.1	103.2	109.7	105.7	99.5	103.1
Chicago	Comiskey Park	98.2	101.0	99.6	96.5	95.4	95.6	102.0
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	96.8	98.4	98.3	98.5	89.2	99.5	96.7
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	106.8	101.6	103.8	106.2	101.7	113.2	113.1
Kansas City	Municipal Stadium	105.7	103.3	102.6	103.4	96.0	99.7	102.3
New York	Yankee Stadium	96.0	98.1	96.6	89.5	106.2	91.8	96.4
Washington	Griffith Stadium	99.0	98.4	99.7	101.0	109.3	103.3	95.6

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore Orioles	97.8	98.4	98.4	98.0	98.5	99.0	96.0
Boston Red Sox	101.1	101.3	101.4	104.2	102.5	99.8	101.4
Chicago White Sox	99.2	100.4	99.8	98.5	98.0	98.1	100.8
Cleveland Indians	98.7	99.3	99.3	99.4	95.4	99.8	98.6
Detroit Tigers	102.9	100.7	101.6	102.7	100.7	105.7	105.6
Kansas City Athletics	102.4	101.4	101.1	101.5	98.3	99.9	101.0
New York Yankees	98.3	99.2	98.5	95.5	102.6	96.5	98.5
Washington Senators I	99.6	99.3	99.9	100.4	104.0	101.4	98.1

National League

City	Ballpark	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Ballpark Factors by Ballpark
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Chicago	Wrigley Field	98.1	97.1	99.0	100.0	102.4	105.9	90.4
Cincinnati	Crosley Field	111.7	104.6	107.0	105.8	67.5	126.9	101.2
Los Angeles	Memorial Coliseum	103.4	98.7	101.6	84.0	119.0	121.8	97.1
Milwaukee	County Stadium	88.1	95.2	93.9	79.9	72.3	101.3	111.1
Philadelphia	Connie Mack Stadium	97.8	99.6	99.4	108.8	136.0	84.7	103.7
Pittsburgh	Forbes Field	103.2	102.3	99.7	106.5	132.9	76.5	95.5
San Francisco	Seals Stadium	91.8	97.6	95.8	95.3	76.9	92.4	105.1
St. Louis	Sportsman's Park III	106.2	104.9	103.7	120.3	92.9	90.4	95.6

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Chicago Cubs	99.2	98.8	99.6	100.1	101.3	102.4	95.9
Cincinnati Reds	105.1	102.0	103.0	102.5	86.1	111.5	100.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	101.4	99.4	100.7	93.1	108.0	109.4	98.8
Milwaukee Braves	94.9	97.9	97.4	91.2	88.1	100.7	104.8
Philadelphia Phillies	99.1	99.8	99.8	103.8	115.6	93.4	101.6
Pittsburgh Pirates	101.3	101.0	99.9	102.7	113.8	90.0	98.1
San Francisco Giants	96.5	99.0	98.2	98.0	90.1	96.7	102.1
St. Louis Cardinals	102.7	102.1	101.6	108.7	97.0	95.9	98.1