Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1978 Major League

1978 American League 1978 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	104.5	102.9	102.5	100.7	103.1	101.1	92.4
Arlington	Arlington Stadium	92.3	96.2	94.8	88.6	96.2	91.3	86.8
Baltimore	Memorial Stadium	91.5	96.1	96.9	107.1	88.2	96.2	110.3
Bloomington	Metropolitan Stadium	93.7	97.9	96.9	89.1	104.3	95.1	99.3
Boston	Fenway Park	107.7	104.5	105.5	111.1	104.6	107.1	111.0
Chicago	Comiskey Park	103.6	102.3	102.2	99.6	100.7	103.9	96.9
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	95.6	98.3	96.2	89.6	94.2	90.1	108.7
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	104.7	102.0	103.0	103.9	98.6	109.0	93.0
Kansas City	Kauffman Stadium	103.5	99.8	100.3	112.6	115.9	90.3	104.1
Milwaukee	County Stadium	104.3	101.4	101.3	105.9	94.7	98.7	104.2
New York	Yankee Stadium	95.4	97.4	98.1	92.1	104.2	105.1	98.3
Oakland	Oakland Coliseum	99.4	99.8	99.2	99.1	92.0	97.7	105.3
Seattle	Kingdome	103.1	100.6	101.8	97.0	98.4	113.0	91.6
Toronto	Exhibition Stadium	100.5	100.8	101.2	103.1	104.5	101.2	98.3

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore Orioles	96.1	98.2	98.6	103.4	94.3	98.2	105.1
Boston Red Sox	103.5	102.1	102.5	105.3	101.9	103.3	105.4
California Angels	102.1	101.3	101.1	100.1	101.5	100.4	96.1
Chicago White Sox	101.7	101.0	101.0	99.7	100.5	101.6	98.3
Cleveland Indians	98.0	99.2	98.3	95.6	97.4	95.6	104.2
Detroit Tigers	102.0	100.9	101.4	101.9	99.1	104.2	97.2
Kansas City Royals	101.5	99.9	100.1	105.4	107.4	95.4	101.4
Milwaukee Brewers	102.0	100.7	100.6	102.8	97.5	99.6	102.2
Minnesota Twins	97.2	99.1	98.6	94.9	102.1	97.8	99.4
New York Yankees	98.0	98.8	99.2	96.7	101.7	102.5	99.7
Oakland Athletics	99.7	99.9	99.6	99.4	96.6	98.7	102.0
Seattle Mariners	101.5	100.3	100.9	98.6	99.5	105.9	95.8
Texas Rangers	96.4	98.2	97.5	94.5	98.4	95.9	93.6
Toronto Blue Jays	100.3	100.4	100.6	101.7	101.9	100.7	99.5

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	120.2	106.6	111.4	102.7	91.1	154.3	108.2
Chicago	Wrigley Field	116.9	107.3	108.9	108.3	103.0	121.0	96.8
Cincinnati	Riverfront Stadium	102.8	98.4	100.6	100.3	107.7	112.2	92.4
Houston	Astrodome	88.0	93.9	90.3	80.0	103.4	72.8	85.9
Los Angeles	Dodger Stadium	98.1	102.1	100.8	90.6	68.1	112.4	103.9
Montreal	Olympic Stadium	93.1	97.9	94.9	95.4	110.0	71.2	102.4
New York	Shea Stadium	100.1	100.3	99.5	103.2	84.4	96.1	90.3
Philadelphia	Veterans Stadium	106.1	101.0	104.7	99.6	114.5	128.8	108.8
Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium	109.5	103.1	105.9	114.5	112.8	114.0	85.7
San Diego	Jack Murphy Stadium	85.6	96.6	93.4	97.9	78.3	74.3	108.7
San Francisco	Candlestick Park	86.7	93.7	92.9	105.4	105.7	73.7	101.3
St. Louis	Busch Stadium II	92.7	99.1	96.6	102.1	120.9	68.3	115.4

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Atlanta Braves	108.6	102.8	104.8	100.8	95.2	124.1	103.6
Chicago Cubs	107.9	103.4	104.2	104.1	102.3	109.4	98.6
Cincinnati Reds	100.9	99.1	100.1	99.7	102.5	105.4	96.7
Houston Astros	94.3	97.1	95.5	90.7	100.6	87.9	93.7
Los Angeles Dodgers	98.8	100.7	100.2	95.4	84.9	105.5	101.7
Montreal Expos	97.3	99.2	98.0	98.4	105.3	87.5	101.1
New York Mets	100.5	100.3	100.0	101.9	94.0	98.4	95.7
Philadelphia Phillies	103.1	100.6	102.3	100.3	107.3	113.1	103.9
Pittsburgh Pirates	104.6	101.5	102.8	106.9	106.5	106.1	93.6
San Diego Padres	93.3	98.3	96.9	98.6	89.5	88.5	103.9
San Francisco Giants	93.7	97.0	96.6	102.0	101.7	88.3	100.6
St. Louis Cardinals	97.1	99.8	98.7	101.4	110.1	85.9	106.8