Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1940 Major League

1940 American League 1940 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)
Boston	Fenway Park	101.6	102.0	100.7	102.6	91.5	94.2	92.8
Chicago	Comiskey Park	101.2	100.0	100.8	99.2	102.3	106.8	93.2
Cleveland	League Park IV	104.9	103.0	104.3	116.5	107.4	99.9	106.1
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	87.5	93.3	92.1	89.5	96.7	84.7	103.3
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	103.4	100.1	101.6	105.0	104.0	106.4	106.7
New York	Yankee Stadium	96.3	96.9	97.3	89.6	100.5	105.6	101.1
Philadelphia	Connie Mack Stadium	100.8	101.7	101.3	102.5	99.5	97.8	94.8
St. Louis	Sportsman's Park III	107.4	104.6	105.6	110.2	93.8	112.9	107.0
Washington	Griffith Stadium	95.1	97.6	95.9	90.4	107.4	85.8	99.3

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Boston Red Sox	100.5	100.8	100.2	100.8	96.2	97.3	96.8
Chicago White Sox	100.5	100.0	100.3	99.6	101.0	102.9	97.0
Cleveland Indians	97.5	98.7	98.6	100.1	100.5	95.9	102.0
Detroit Tigers	101.6	100.1	100.8	102.3	101.8	103.0	103.0
New York Yankees	98.4	98.7	98.8	95.5	100.2	102.3	100.4
Philadelphia Athletics	100.3	100.7	100.5	101.0	99.7	99.0	98.0
St. Louis Browns	103.2	102.0	102.4	104.4	97.4	105.4	103.0
Washington Senators I	98.0	99.1	98.4	96.1	103.2	94.0	99.7

National League

City	Ballpark	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Ballpark Factors by Ballpark
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Boston	Braves Field	99.4	99.4	98.4	109.7	111.1	73.2	111.9
Brooklyn	Ebbetts Field	108.9	99.8	102.2	123.3	110.1	95.0	92.6
Chicago	Wrigley Field	97.1	101.5	98.8	92.9	95.3	85.6	110.8
Cincinnati	Crosley Field	96.5	98.5	100.3	110.6	83.8	111.4	91.8
New York	Polo Grounds V	99.7	98.1	100.6	74.6	97.8	148.2	85.5
Philadelphia	Connie Mack Stadium	95.5	98.7	97.3	92.8	93.7	93.1	91.8
Pittsburgh	Forbes Field	96.6	101.1	96.5	86.5	105.9	66.9	114.4
St. Louis	Sportsman's Park III	105.9	102.9	105.7	108.2	102.3	126.2	102.3

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Brooklyn Dodgers	104.0	99.9	101.0	110.5	104.5	98.1	96.6
Boston Braves	99.7	99.8	99.3	104.0	104.7	88.7	105.1
Chicago Cubs	98.7	100.6	99.5	96.8	98.0	93.8	104.7
Cincinnati Reds	98.5	99.3	100.1	104.4	93.1	104.9	96.4
New York Giants	99.8	99.2	100.2	88.9	99.0	120.6	93.9
Philadelphia Phillies	98.0	99.4	98.8	96.6	97.2	97.2	96.3
Pittsburgh Pirates	98.7	100.5	98.6	94.8	102.6	86.2	105.8
St. Louis Cardinals	102.5	101.2	102.4	103.7	101.0	110.6	101.1