Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1972 Major League

1972 American League 1972 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)
Anaheim	Angel Stadium	89.0	95.0	93.6	89.9	90.5	88.6	107.3
Arlington	Arlington Stadium	96.5	100.0	99.1	93.8	89.9	98.8	115.8
Baltimore	Memorial Stadium	97.3	99.0	98.1	99.9	91.2	92.6	94.5
Bloomington	Metropolitan Stadium	106.9	103.5	104.2	106.7	112.9	104.8	111.2
Boston	Fenway Park	107.4	103.7	105.0	112.9	100.8	108.0	102.5
Chicago	Comiskey Park	103.4	102.8	103.5	99.0	110.6	109.4	105.7
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	105.8	98.5	101.2	106.0	88.9	116.7	86.1
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	107.5	101.6	103.9	108.9	105.4	113.9	94.0
Kansas City	Municipal Stadium	99.4	102.1	99.5	96.8	107.4	84.0	86.8
Milwaukee	County Stadium	97.9	100.9	98.4	94.7	101.4	85.2	100.4
New York	Yankee Stadium	93.7	96.6	96.6	94.7	109.7	95.6	95.3
Oakland	Oakland Coliseum	95.7	96.6	97.3	97.2	91.8	103.0	100.4

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore Orioles	99.2	99.7	99.3	100.5	95.8	97.1	97.2
Boston Red Sox	103.3	101.7	102.3	105.9	100.5	103.4	100.9
California Angels	94.7	97.6	96.9	95.0	95.3	94.8	103.9
Chicago White Sox	101.2	101.2	101.4	99.1	104.5	104.0	102.9
Cleveland Indians	102.8	99.3	100.6	103.0	95.1	107.7	93.4
Detroit Tigers	103.4	100.6	101.7	104.0	102.4	106.3	96.8
Kansas City Royals	99.7	100.9	99.7	98.4	103.6	92.8	94.3
Milwaukee Brewers	99.3	100.4	99.4	97.9	100.9	93.6	99.9
Minnesota Twins	102.8	101.5	101.7	102.5	105.6	101.8	105.3
New York Yankees	97.3	98.5	98.6	97.9	104.2	98.2	97.5
Oakland Athletics	97.9	98.4	98.7	98.5	96.3	100.9	100.6
Texas Rangers	98.5	100.1	99.6	97.1	95.9	99.3	107.5

National League

City	Ballpark	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Ballpark Factors by Ballpark
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Atlanta	Fulton County Stadium	113.5	103.3	106.4	95.1	106.1	130.9	105.5
Chicago	Wrigley Field	116.2	106.3	110.4	110.4	121.3	130.4	95.4
Cincinnati	Riverfront Stadium	88.1	93.2	95.8	102.3	119.7	100.0	104.8
Houston	Astrodome	102.9	103.7	99.9	102.6	90.1	79.9	109.8
Los Angeles	Dodger Stadium	93.9	98.5	96.7	93.2	66.2	97.1	91.4
Montreal	Jarry Park	102.3	99.1	99.4	85.7	90.6	112.4	103.5
New York	Shea Stadium	93.3	99.1	96.5	100.3	87.8	82.2	115.6
Philadelphia	Veterans Stadium	96.0	98.6	98.9	100.9	92.4	100.4	101.5
Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium	103.5	103.4	101.5	120.1	97.5	79.9	98.5
San Diego	Jack Murphy Stadium	82.5	94.6	92.4	91.2	86.6	82.6	72.4
San Francisco	Candlestick Park	102.8	100.1	102.9	96.3	114.4	120.1	100.5
St. Louis	Busch Stadium II	105.3	100.2	99.2	102.1	127.4	84.6	101.7

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Atlanta Braves	105.9	101.4	102.9	97.6	103.2	114.2	102.5
Chicago Cubs	107.4	102.9	104.7	105.1	109.9	113.0	98.3
Cincinnati Reds	94.6	96.9	98.1	100.8	108.9	100.3	102.0
Houston Astros	100.7	101.5	99.7	100.9	95.0	90.5	103.9
Los Angeles Dodgers	97.2	99.3	98.5	96.7	85.2	99.0	96.0
Montreal Expos	101.4	99.8	99.9	94.0	96.1	105.4	101.9
New York Mets	97.3	99.7	98.5	100.1	95.0	92.3	107.3
Philadelphia Phillies	98.3	99.5	99.6	100.7	96.3	100.1	101.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	101.6	101.5	100.6	109.1	98.9	90.4	99.7
San Diego Padres	91.4	97.3	96.3	95.6	93.3	92.1	86.7
San Francisco Giants	101.2	100.0	101.3	98.0	105.6	109.1	99.8
St. Louis Cardinals	102.7	100.2	99.8	101.3	112.4	93.3	100.9