Ballpark Factors

Ballpark Factors: 1998 Major League

1998 American League 1998 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	92.8	96.2	95.6	92.6	107.3	93.8	95.8
Arlington	Rangers Ballpark	108.9	102.9	104.6	108.7	111.9	107.9	103.1
Baltimore	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	94.2	95.2	96.0	93.0	96.6	101.3	98.7
Boston	Fenway Park	103.6	103.8	102.5	106.5	105.4	94.6	104.1
Chicago	U.S. Cellular Field	101.9	101.6	101.0	103.5	105.9	96.3	115.7
Cleveland	Jacobs Field	110.4	106.8	105.4	105.0	90.6	102.1	98.7
Detroit	Tiger Stadium	99.7	99.8	99.8	89.5	88.6	107.9	97.4
Kansas City	Kauffman Stadium	104.0	101.1	103.0	93.5	113.3	114.8	104.2
Minneapolis	Metrodome	100.5	102.8	101.3	101.1	108.8	94.7	100.2
New York	Yankee Stadium	96.6	96.1	96.1	101.8	91.3	93.3	93.2
Oakland	Oakland Coliseum	93.7	96.6	95.6	97.5	92.9	90.3	107.6
Seattle	Kingdome	98.0	100.9	100.0	100.5	93.7	96.9	93.9
St. Petersburg	Tropicana Dome	100.4	99.0	101.7	104.0	95.1	112.3	96.1
Toronto	Skydome	95.4	97.3	97.4	102.7	98.8	93.9	91.2

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Anaheim Angels	96.2	97.9	97.7	96.0	102.7	97.0	98.0
Baltimore Orioles	97.1	97.7	98.0	96.5	98.8	100.1	99.2
Boston Red Sox	101.5	101.7	101.1	103.0	103.2	97.3	102.2
Chicago White Sox	100.9	100.8	100.6	102.1	102.6	98.5	107.4
Cleveland Indians	105.1	103.3	102.6	102.5	95.2	100.9	99.4
Detroit Tigers	100.3	100.0	100.1	95.7	94.6	104.0	99.0
Kansas City Royals	101.8	100.5	101.4	97.4	106.0	106.9	101.9
Minnesota Twins	100.3	101.3	100.7	101.2	104.0	97.6	100.2
New York Yankees	98.0	98.1	98.0	100.6	96.2	96.2	97.0
Oakland Athletics	97.6	98.6	98.2	98.8	96.6	96.1	103.4
Seattle Mariners	98.8	100.3	99.9	99.8	96.7	98.7	97.0
Tampa Bay Rays	100.1	99.5	100.8	101.8	98.5	105.6	98.0
Texas Rangers	104.7	101.5	102.3	104.0	106.1	104.3	101.0
Toronto Blue Jays	97.4	98.7	98.6	101.0	99.8	96.5	96.2

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	Turner Field	96.3	101.2	99.4	97.3	106.4	91.7	115.3
Chicago	Wrigley Field	100.1	102.3	101.7	104.4	87.1	99.5	102.6
Cincinnati	Riverfront Stadium	97.3	98.0	97.7	104.7	87.3	93.5	93.2
Denver	Coors Field	138.5	111.1	113.5	107.7	130.8	124.9	81.5
Houston	Astrodome	97.3	99.9	101.2	112.7	101.7	99.4	101.3
Los Angeles	Dodger Stadium	91.5	97.1	96.0	92.0	63.1	98.8	107.9
Miami	Pro Player Stadium	91.5	96.9	96.5	95.9	114.0	92.7	98.8
Milwaukee	County Stadium	109.6	104.0	102.5	103.2	88.3	97.8	98.6
Montreal	Olympic Stadium	84.8	96.1	92.2	88.2	114.1	74.2	105.9
New York	Shea Stadium	98.7	99.4	98.7	94.3	106.0	97.5	90.9
Philadelphia	Veterans Stadium	105.8	102.6	102.6	103.3	115.2	99.7	102.0
Phoenix	Bank One Ballpark	101.8	98.6	99.3	104.1	103.4	98.6	93.8
Pittsburgh	Three Rivers Stadium	103.4	101.2	104.3	120.3	104.8	107.9	103.6
San Diego	Jack Murphy Stadium	82.3	90.2	89.6	74.5	79.9	98.1	103.5
San Francisco	Candlestick Park	97.2	100.6	101.4	88.8	95.1	114.1	100.1
St. Louis	Busch Stadium II	103.9	100.7	103.3	108.6	103.1	111.6	101.2

Team	Runs	OBP	SLG	D	T	HR	DP
Average Ballpark Factors by Team
		Relative Factor (100=avg, higher is better for hitting)
Arizona Diamondbacks	100.8	99.3	99.6	101.4	101.4	99.4	97.0
Atlanta Braves	98.0	100.3	99.6	99.3	103.9	95.8	106.9
Chicago Cubs	100.5	101.2	101.0	102.4	94.4	100.3	101.2
Cincinnati Reds	98.8	99.1	99.0	101.9	93.3	97.4	96.8
Colorado Rockies	117.8	105.1	106.2	103.2	114.4	111.5	91.2
Florida Marlins	96.2	98.5	98.4	98.7	107.7	96.5	99.1
Houston Astros	98.9	100.0	100.6	106.1	100.0	99.8	100.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	96.2	98.7	98.2	96.2	82.9	100.1	103.6
Milwaukee Brewers	105.1	102.2	101.5	102.2	94.8	99.3	99.6
Montreal Expos	92.5	98.2	96.3	94.2	106.2	87.7	103.1
New York Mets	98.6	99.5	99.1	96.7	102.7	98.0	96.1
Philadelphia Phillies	101.8	100.9	100.7	100.8	106.2	98.6	101.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	101.7	100.7	102.1	109.7	101.7	103.8	101.7
San Diego Padres	91.9	95.4	95.1	88.0	90.3	99.2	101.7
San Francisco Giants	98.7	100.2	100.6	94.5	97.3	106.7	100.1
St. Louis Cardinals	102.6	100.7	102.0	104.4	101.6	106.0	100.5