This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

(03-26-2018 11:28 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

UTSA also has an alternate ballpark, Nelson Wolf Stadium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_W._...al_Stadium

(03-26-2018 11:39 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(03-26-2018 11:28 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

UTSA also has an alternate ballpark, Nelson Wolf Stadium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_W._...al_Stadium

Yeah, but you guys haven’t played any conference games there from what I can tell. I used CUSA league games from 2015-2017 for this project.

(03-26-2018 11:28 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

Seems like the last few years Middle Tennessee's pitching may have aided in the run scoring by our opponents, because it doesn't seem like our offensive output is that great...

(03-26-2018 11:46 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  

(03-26-2018 11:39 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(03-26-2018 11:28 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

UTSA also has an alternate ballpark, Nelson Wolf Stadium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_W._...al_Stadium

Yeah, but you guys haven’t played any conference games there from what I can tell. I used CUSA league games from 2015-2017 for this project.

fair enough

Better teams seem to (generally) be in the bottom half and (typically) have superior pitching staffs.

(03-26-2018 11:28 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  This is something I've been working on for awhile but just got around to completing it. I took all Conference USA league games from 2015-2017 and calculated a 3-year park factor for 14 ballparks (12 primary stadiums + 2 alternate stadiums).



https://www.sportingcharts.com/dictionar...actor.aspx

I was very surprised to see USM's Pete Taylor Park as the #1 pitcher-friendly park in the league. According to this, PTP decreases run scoring by 24%. The most hitter-friendly park (according to the park factor stat) in C-USA, MTSU's Reese Smith Jr. Field, increases run scoring by 22%.

When I first started this, I figured USM, LT, and UTSA, would have the most hitter-friendly parks. I thought Rice would have the most pitcher-friendly park. Not so.

This is just one metric and there are some more advanced ways to do this. There are also park factors for specific stats (such as HRs), but that might take a little longer to do.

I love baseball, but the analytics stuff just kills me.

clt says this is interesting. Can you factor in the weather?

(03-26-2018 01:30 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Better teams seem to (generally) be in the bottom half and (typically) have superior pitching staffs.

It takes into account runs scored too, though. USM scores more on the road than we do at home, for example. That factors into the rating.

(03-26-2018 10:52 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  

(03-26-2018 01:30 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Better teams seem to (generally) be in the bottom half and (typically) have superior pitching staffs.

It takes into account runs scored too, though. USM scores more on the road than we do at home, for example. That factors into the rating.

Ah, okay. My mistake.

Interesting. JC Love is not a large place! I figured the numbers would be higher. Thanks for posting

(03-28-2018 07:57 AM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  Interesting. JC Love is not a large place! I figured the numbers would be higher. Thanks for posting

I'm equally surprised.

I bet it has something to do with orientation of the field. During baseball season, the wind tends to be out of the south and east, ie blowing into the plate.

(03-28-2018 12:42 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 07:57 AM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  Interesting. JC Love is not a large place! I figured the numbers would be higher. Thanks for posting

I'm equally surprised.

I bet it has something to do with orientation of the field.

Is that you Tommy John?

(03-28-2018 12:42 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 07:57 AM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  Interesting. JC Love is not a large place! I figured the numbers would be higher. Thanks for posting

I'm equally surprised.

I bet it has something to do with orientation of the field. During baseball season, the wind tends to be out of the south and east, ie blowing into the plate.

This will make the CUSA tournament in Biloxi a little more troubling for USM in my opinion. I remember in last year's tourney the wind always seemed to be blowing in from right field towards home plate OR straight out towards left field. I think there were only 2-3 HRs hit to right field all week while there were probably 20+ to left (strictly a guess here). USM has 6 of it's 9 starters as LH hitters including our 3, 4 and 5 hitters who have combined to hit 17 of our 28 HRs so far.

(03-28-2018 04:23 PM)usm99 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 12:42 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 07:57 AM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  Interesting. JC Love is not a large place! I figured the numbers would be higher. Thanks for posting

I'm equally surprised.

I bet it has something to do with orientation of the field. During baseball season, the wind tends to be out of the south and east, ie blowing into the plate.

This will make the CUSA tournament in Biloxi a little more troubling for USM in my opinion. I remember in last year's tourney the wind always seemed to be blowing in from right field towards home plate OR straight out towards left field. I think there were only 2-3 HRs hit to right field all week while there were probably 20+ to left (strictly a guess here). USM has 6 of it's 9 starters as LH hitters including our 3, 4 and 5 hitters who have combined to hit 17 of our 28 HRs so far.

yep......except when Burdeaux 'almost went yard' that was caught at the wall against Rice.....as soon as it left the bat, it was at that moment I knew it would hit the 'wall of wind' howling from the east....it's funny how the winds swirl with all the surrounding architecture at that joint....it's like playing a tree lined golf course in 15 mph winds when the 8-iron could've been a 7 or 9-iron if a fade or a hook...

there is no question the prevailing wind there doesn't favor our lefty lineup at the plate looking at the fence....however, once you know that going in, you swing for base hits to the gap center/opposite field.....

if you're a pure hitter, you do what is req'd to get on base....

I interpreted this as ODU is a defensive friendly park? Is that accurate?