Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1956 Major League

1956 American League 1956 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	91.7	94.8	95.1	96.8	97.2	95.0	97.6
Boston	Fenway Park	105.2	103.8	103.9	110.8	92.3	103.5	102.8
Chicago	Comiskey Park	103.4	102.7	101.0	96.3	101.4	95.1	100.1
Cleveland	Municipal Stadium	101.0	100.9	100.2	94.4	101.3	100.1	105.5
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	97.9	98.8	98.9	99.5	100.6	98.5	100.3
Kansas City	Municipal Stadium	101.9	100.1	101.6	102.8	98.9	109.5	96.5
New York	Yankee Stadium	94.8	98.2	97.7	95.2	111.7	93.0	103.0
Washington	Griffith Stadium	104.1	100.7	101.5	104.1	96.8	105.2	94.1

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Baltimore Orioles	96.4	97.8	97.9	98.6	98.8	97.9	99.0
Boston Red Sox	102.3	101.6	101.7	104.7	96.7	101.5	101.2
Chicago White Sox	101.5	101.2	100.4	98.4	100.6	97.9	100.0
Cleveland Indians	100.4	100.4	100.1	97.7	100.5	100.1	102.4
Detroit Tigers	99.1	99.5	99.5	99.8	100.2	99.3	100.1
Kansas City Athletics	100.8	100.0	100.7	101.2	99.5	104.1	98.5
New York Yankees	97.8	99.2	99.0	97.9	105.0	97.0	101.3
Washington Senators I	101.7	100.3	100.6	101.7	98.6	102.2	97.5

National League

City	Ballpark	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Ballpark Factors by Ballpark
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Brooklyn	Ebbetts Field	105.6	99.2	103.9	106.4	106.9	121.5	103.9
Chicago	Wrigley Field	99.7	100.9	100.2	109.9	92.4	94.1	107.5
Cincinnati	Crosley Field	109.6	103.7	106.0	110.1	67.6	122.6	91.0
Jersey City	Roosevelt Stadium	68.9	88.0	85.4	79.9	75.5	79.4	112.4
Milwaukee	County Stadium	94.3	99.0	95.1	97.6	93.1	78.3	120.2
New York	Polo Grounds V	98.7	96.4	100.6	72.0	76.3	138.4	91.1
Philadelphia	Connie Mack Stadium	94.1	98.9	97.1	89.1	112.9	90.2	99.9
Pittsburgh	Forbes Field	100.9	101.3	96.8	98.6	138.4	67.1	85.7
St. Louis	Sportsman's Park III	100.5	101.4	101.9	118.2	114.9	92.4	99.8

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Brooklyn Dodgers	101.0	99.2	101.0	101.7	101.7	107.6	102.0
Chicago Cubs	99.9	100.4	100.1	104.3	96.6	97.4	103.3
Cincinnati Reds	104.1	101.6	102.6	104.3	86.1	109.7	96.2
Milwaukee Braves	97.6	99.6	97.9	98.9	97.3	90.6	108.5
New York Giants	99.5	98.5	100.3	88.0	89.8	116.5	96.2
Philadelphia Phillies	97.5	99.5	98.8	95.3	105.5	95.8	100.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	100.4	100.6	98.6	99.5	116.4	85.9	93.9
St. Louis Cardinals	100.2	100.6	100.8	107.8	106.3	96.7	100.0