Archive for the “park factors” Category

Dan Szymborski released his park factors for 2008, helping us put performances in context for this past season. Check it out:

                     R       H      2B      HR      BB       K

Memphis               0.99    0.97    0.95    0.99    1.00    1.03
Springfield           1.10    1.01    1.05    1.32    1.03    1.06
Palm Beach            0.93    0.98    1.00    0.82    0.96    1.00
Quad Cities           0.96    0.98    0.97    0.99    0.98    0.98
Batavia               1.04    0.99    1.10    0.92    0.98    0.99

Holy cow! Is it time to break out the humidor at Hammons Field? At the the other extreme, you have Roger Dean. This is important to remember when a player makes a jump from Palm Beach to Springfield, not only is it moving up to face more difficult competition, it’s like moving from Petco Park to Coors Field. This helps to explain the struggles that Tyler Herron and Adam Ottavino experienced in AA, as well as Daryl Jones‘ power spike when he moved up.