FCM Stadium Effects

***mattynokes*** · (This post was last modified: 10-09-2019, 10:00 PM by mattynokes.)

Team	Seats	HR....	BA....	2B....	3B....	K.....	DP....	E.....	PF....	BABIP	XBH...	Grade	Evaluation
Colorado	50,200	125	115	102	112	86	95	100	129	117.9	113.8	122.6	Hitter's Paradise
Arizona	52,000	125	109	90	102	93	95	100	109	110.7	107.5	109.2	Hitter's Paradise
Cincinnati	40,000	119	109	95	102	86	95	100	108	111.3	106.9	108.8	Hitter's Paradise
Los Angeles Angels	53,550	98	112	99	110	86	95	100	107	114.6	100.0	107.8	Hitter's Paradise
St. Louis	47,000	115	107	102	100	86	105	100	107	108.8	107.6	107.7	Hitter's Paradise
Seattle	45,000	103	108	98	114	86	95	100	105	110.2	102.5	106.0	Hitter's Paradise
Texas	49,812	108	106	100	105	86	95	100	105	108.0	104.3	105.8	Hitter's Park
Detroit	53,832	101	105	105	119	86	95	100	105	106.9	105.1	105.6	Hitter's Park
San Francisco	40,000	102	107	102	107	93	95	100	105	108.5	102.7	105.6	Hitter's Park
Chicago Cubs	45,000	113	105	94	111	86	95	100	104	106.9	105.0	105.1	Hitter's Park
New York Yankees	72,500	107	109	89	92	93	95	100	104	110.7	97.6	104.7	Hitter's Park
Minnesota	64,250	111	102	100	108	93	95	100	103	103.0	106.1	103.6	Hitter's Park
Montreal	44,995	110	100	107	100	86	105	100	103	101.2	107.4	103.4	Hitter's Park
Kansas City	50,000	117	102	93	104	100	95	100	103	102.3	105.4	103.3	Hitter's Park
Boston	65,000	105	104	93	99	86	95	100	102	105.8	99.3	102.6	Neutral Park
Atlanta	53,000	103	99	110	118	100	95	100	102	99.1	107.9	102.3	Neutral Park
Cleveland	51,000	103	101	106	107	114	95	100	102	99.9	104.8	102.0	Neutral Park
San Diego	45,000	102	102	98	103	107	95	100	101	101.7	100.5	101.1	Neutral Park
Houston	50,000	101	101	95	115	93	95	100	100	101.9	100.5	100.7	Pitcher's Park
Pittsburgh	50,000	113	99	92	107	93	95	100	100	99.7	103.6	100.6	Pitcher's Park
Baltimore	50,000	107	102	87	93	86	95	100	100	103.7	96.9	100.5	Pitcher's Park
Chicago White Sox	40,615	114	99	93	98	107	95	100	100	98.4	103.2	100.2	Pitcher's Park
Milawaukee	42,000	98	98	108	121	114	95	100	100	96.7	105.2	100.1	Pitcher's Park
Los Angeles Dodgers	52,000	100	100	98	104	100	95	100	100	100.2	99.7	100.0	Pitcher's Park
Toronto	65,416	101	98	105	100	107	105	100	100	97.0	102.5	99.6	Pitcher's Paradise
Philadelphia	75,000	109	100	88	93	100	95	100	99	100.2	98.2	99.2	Pitcher's Paradise
Oakland	49,000	100	100	96	102	107	95	100	99	99.5	98.6	99.1	Pitcher's Paradise
Washington	54,000	112	100	84	84	114	95	100	99	98.8	96.7	98.5	Pitcher's Paradise
New York Mets	65,000	99	96	97	105	93	95	100	97	96.4	99.0	97.2	Pitcher's Paradise
Florida	117,000	101	92	94	103	114	95	100	94	90.1	98.4	93.7	Pitcher's Paradise

Team	Seats	HR....	BA....	2B....	3B....	K.....	DP....	E.....	PF....	BABIP	XBH...	Grade
FCM Average	54,406	107.4	102.9	97.3	104.6	96.0	96.0	100.0	103.1	103.7	102.9	103.2
FCM Median	50,100	106.0	102.0	97.5	104.0	93.0	95.0	100.0	102.0	103.0	102.3	102.3

Notes:
Grade: This is my own personal spin to try to figure out how Mogul calculates the Park Factor. I've been more precise than Mogul, showing the differences in parks that have the same Park Factor. For example, 102. Each park truly does play different than the others of the same rating and I've shown where each rank among themselves.

BABIP: It's not exactly Batting Average on Balls In Play, it's just how I titled the calculation. It's more to show how much of a contact stadium you have.

XBH: How well does your park play to extra base hits?

Neither BABIP or XBH effect the Park Factor or my personal Grade.

First Class Mogul
League-wide, the stadiums favor hitting over pitching and defense. This is especially noticeable with Home Runs and Strikeouts. Only three teams have a HR effect below 100 and very few teams have a K effect above 100, while many have 86 or 93 in Strikeouts.

I do feel that a "100" Park Factor is still a pitching park as Mogul has always seemed tough to get a stadium to drop below 100. If you have a stadium below "100" Park Factor, then you certainly have a pitcher's park. Also, if you haven't already figured it out, BA has the highest effect to how your stadium plays. A 105 BA to a 100 BA has a much bigger effect than a 105 HR to a 100 HR, because BA (Batting Average) is involved in every play.

***mattynokes*** · 01-13-2021, 03:45 PM

2104 Update

Team	Seats	HR....	BA....	2B....	3B....	K.....	DP....	E.....	PF....	BABIP	XBH...	Grade	Evaluation
Colorado	50,200	125	115	102	112	86	95	100	129	117.9	113.8	122.6	Hitter's Paradise
Arizona	52,000	125	109	90	102	93	95	100	109	110.7	107.5	109.2	Hitter's Paradise
Cincinnati	40,000	119	109	95	102	86	95	100	108	111.3	106.9	108.8	Hitter's Paradise
St. Louis	47,000	115	107	102	100	86	105	100	107	108.8	107.6	107.7	Hitter's Paradise
Los Angeles Dodgers	50,000	125	105	94	100	93	95	100	106	106.3	108.9	106.7	Hitter's Paradise
Minnesota	64,250	115	106	97	106	93	95	100	106	107.4	106.4	106.5	Hitter's Paradise
Seattle	50,000	105	108	96	112	86	95	100	105	110.2	102.3	106.0	Hitter's Paradise
Chicago White Sox	50,000	112	106	97	106	86	95	100	105	108.0	105.0	105.9	Hitter's Park
Texas	49,812	108	106	100	105	86	95	100	105	108.0	104.3	105.8	Hitter's Park
Detroit	53,832	101	105	105	119	86	95	100	105	106.9	105.1	105.6	Hitter's Park
San Francisco	40,000	102	107	102	107	93	95	100	105	108.5	102.7	105.6	Hitter's Park
Chicago Cubs	45,000	113	105	94	111	86	95	100	104	106.9	105.0	105.1	Hitter's Park
New York Yankees	72,500	107	109	89	92	93	95	100	104	110.7	97.6	104.7	Hitter's Park
Los Angeles Angels	56,000	100	106	97	105	93	95	100	103	107.4	99.5	103.6	Hitter's Park
Kansas City	50,000	117	102	93	104	100	95	100	103	102.3	105.4	103.3	Hitter's Park
Montreal	45,526	125	101	84	101	86	95	100	102	102.6	105.0	102.8	Neutral Park
Boston	65,000	105	104	93	99	86	95	100	102	105.8	99.3	102.6	Neutral Park
Atlanta	58,000	103	99	110	118	100	95	100	102	99.1	107.9	102.3	Neutral Park
Cleveland	56,000	103	101	106	107	114	95	100	102	99.9	104.8	102.0	Neutral Park
San Diego	45,000	102	102	98	103	107	95	100	101	101.7	100.5	101.1	Neutral Park
Baltimore	50,000	107	102	87	93	86	95	100	100	103.7	96.9	100.5	Pitcher's Park
Philadelphia	75,000	94	100	103	122	100	95	100	100	100.2	101.5	100.4	Pitcher's Park
Pittsburgh	50,000	115	99	88	97	93	95	100	100	99.7	101.5	100.2	Pitcher's Park
Toronto	65,416	101	98	105	100	107	105	100	100	97.0	102.5	99.6	Pitcher's Park
Oakland	49,000	100	100	96	102	107	95	100	99	99.5	98.6	99.1	Pitcher's Park
Washington	54,000	112	100	84	84	114	95	100	99	98.8	96.7	98.5	Pitcher's Paradise
New York Mets	65,000	99	96	97	105	93	95	100	97	96.4	99.0	97.2	Pitcher's Paradise
Houston	50,000	104	97	92	102	107	95	100	97	96.2	98.8	97.1	Pitcher's Paradise
Milawaukee	50,000	97	91	106	114	114	95	100	96	89.0	103.0	95.4	Pitcher's Paradise
Florida	117,000	101	92	94	103	114	95	100	94	90.1	98.4	93.7	Pitcher's Paradise

Team	Seats	HR....	BA....	2B....	3B....	K.....	DP....	E.....	PF....	BABIP	XBH...	Grade
FCM Average	55,518	108.6	102.9	96.5	104.4	95.8	95.7	100.0	103.2	103.7	103.1	103.3
FCM Median	50,000	106.0	103.0	96.5	103.5	93.0	95.0	100.0	102.5	104.1	101.8	102.8

***mattynokes*** · (This post was last modified: 07-25-2026, 11:35 PM by mattynokes.)

2153 Update

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Notes:
Grade: This is my own personal spin to try to figure out how Mogul calculates the Park Factor. I've been more precise than Mogul, showing the differences in parks that have the same Park Factor. For example, 102. Each park truly does play different than the others of the same rating and I've shown where each rank among themselves.

BABIP: It's not exactly Batting Average on Balls In Play, it's just how I titled the calculation. It's more to show how much of a contact stadium you have.

XBH: How well does your park play to extra base hits?

Neither BABIP or XBH effect the Park Factor or my personal Grade.

First Class Mogul
League-wide, the stadiums favor hitting over pitching and defense. This is especially noticeable with Home Runs and Strikeouts. Only five teams have a HR effect below 100 and few teams have a K effect above 100, while many have 86 or 93 in Strikeouts.

I do feel that a "100" Park Factor is still a pitching park as Mogul has always seemed tough to get a stadium to drop below 100. If you have a stadium below "100" Park Factor, then you certainly have a pitcher's park. Also, if you haven't already figured it out, BA has the highest effect to how your stadium plays. A 105 BA to a 100 BA has a much bigger effect than a 105 HR to a 100 HR, because BA (Batting Average) is involved in every play.