Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1979 Major League

1979 American League 1979 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	91.5	98.5	95.2	89.6	84.5	85.2	97.5
Arlington	Arlington Stadium	98.2	101.0	98.8	96.1	90.5	91.6	105.0
Baltimore	Memorial Stadium	97.4	96.4	95.8	101.9	90.5	90.2	90.9
Bloomington	Metropolitan Stadium	107.5	102.9	103.0	95.0	110.6	107.2	101.2
Boston	Fenway Park	109.8	104.6	106.2	109.1	97.3	113.6	105.4
Chicago	Comiskey Park	103.8	101.9	101.9	102.3	105.1	101.1	99.4
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	107.8	101.7	103.4	108.6	99.6	108.7	106.4
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	95.7	98.8	100.0	91.4	99.4	111.9	105.1
Kansas City	Kauffman Stadium	103.1	101.1	102.2	107.2	115.1	101.6	103.7
Milwaukee	County Stadium	99.1	100.1	99.7	100.8	105.0	96.1	97.2
New York	Yankee Stadium	93.3	96.8	97.8	105.7	96.1	97.7	101.3
Oakland	Oakland Coliseum	90.5	95.5	93.8	88.0	102.2	87.5	97.9
Seattle	Kingdome	101.6	101.5	103.7	102.1	96.7	116.8	98.5
Toronto	Exhibition Stadium	100.7	99.0	98.4	102.4	107.1	91.0	90.4

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore Orioles	98.8	98.3	98.1	100.9	95.6	95.7	95.9
Boston Red Sox	104.5	102.1	102.8	104.3	98.8	106.2	102.4
California Angels	96.1	99.4	97.8	95.2	93.0	93.3	98.9
Chicago White Sox	101.6	100.8	100.8	100.9	102.2	100.3	99.7
Cleveland Indians	103.7	100.8	101.6	104.1	99.8	104.1	103.0
Detroit Tigers	98.1	99.5	100.0	96.1	99.8	105.5	102.3
Kansas City Royals	101.4	100.5	101.0	103.3	107.0	100.8	101.7
Milwaukee Brewers	99.5	100.0	99.8	100.4	102.3	98.0	98.6
Minnesota Twins	103.5	101.4	101.4	97.7	105.0	103.3	100.6
New York Yankees	96.9	98.6	99.0	102.6	98.3	99.1	100.8
Oakland Athletics	95.6	97.9	97.1	94.3	101.0	94.3	99.0
Seattle Mariners	100.8	100.7	101.7	100.9	98.5	107.8	99.3
Texas Rangers	99.1	100.4	99.4	98.1	95.6	96.0	102.3
Toronto Blue Jays	100.3	99.5	99.3	101.2	103.2	95.8	95.5

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	111.5	106.0	107.9	98.9	76.2	135.0	108.0
Chicago	Wrigley Field	113.7	104.7	107.5	115.3	112.6	115.7	121.3
Cincinnati	Riverfront Stadium	96.2	97.1	98.8	103.2	75.6	111.7	99.5
Houston	Astrodome	85.0	96.6	93.7	103.6	100.9	67.8	110.5
Los Angeles	Dodger Stadium	100.9	99.8	99.7	79.8	71.2	123.0	101.7
Montreal	Olympic Stadium	98.0	98.0	99.6	114.2	131.5	87.8	94.6
New York	Shea Stadium	95.0	96.6	94.9	95.0	96.6	85.2	86.9
Philadelphia	Veterans Stadium	99.6	99.1	101.3	101.5	127.2	105.7	84.4
Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium	110.3	103.8	104.4	97.8	75.4	121.2	88.9
San Diego	Jack Murphy Stadium	90.5	97.9	95.1	90.6	124.1	74.8	102.5
San Francisco	Candlestick Park	89.2	97.1	93.3	88.8	91.4	76.0	96.3
St. Louis	Busch Stadium II	110.2	103.5	103.9	111.3	116.2	97.3	105.8

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Atlanta Braves	104.6	102.5	103.2	98.9	88.4	115.1	103.9
Chicago Cubs	106.6	102.2	103.5	107.4	106.7	107.3	109.1
Cincinnati Reds	97.8	98.6	99.3	100.7	88.1	105.0	100.1
Houston Astros	92.9	98.4	97.0	100.9	99.3	85.5	105.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	99.9	99.8	99.7	90.4	86.0	110.1	101.1
Montreal Expos	99.5	99.1	99.9	107.1	115.6	94.4	97.2
New York Mets	98.3	98.6	98.0	98.4	99.5	93.6	93.8
Philadelphia Phillies	100.4	99.7	100.8	101.4	113.2	102.8	92.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	105.0	101.8	102.1	99.7	90.2	109.6	94.7
San Diego Padres	95.3	99.0	97.6	95.1	109.8	88.5	101.5
San Francisco Giants	94.7	98.6	96.8	94.4	95.0	89.2	98.7
St. Louis Cardinals	105.0	101.7	102.0	105.7	108.3	99.1	102.3