On the whole, each division ended up with natural balance of parks this year. This is especially true in the National Division where the teams will average a park factor of (lefty/righty)
1B - 101/103
2B - 103/103
3B - 106/100
HR - 97/99
However, the division arrives at this average in the extreme. Helena Handbasket chose 1905 Exposition park and it's 20 park factor for home runs, while PlaneT 10 calls 1914 Sportsman's park home with it's 160 factor for HR's. The rest of the teams feature more common factors across the board.
Over in the Federal Division, the only extreme park may be the Hathsin Survivors in 1972 Busch Stadium. Look for high batting averages with the 125/115 factor for singles. Overall, here are the averages:
1B - 105/104
2B - 104/110
3B - 114/104
HR - 100/100
Lastly the American Division, which indeed has some quirkiness too it. Four parks suppress home runs, often extremely; another is the most prolific homer hitting park of all time.
The DC Chips will play their home games in the 1976 Astrodome (80 HR factor). This seems significant until looked at in the light of 1970 Three Rivers Stadium for John McDonald (54 HR Factor) and 1926 Forbes Field for Rusty Kuntz (52 HR factor). These in turn look extreme until one notices 1922 Griffith Stadium, home of the Gold Country Gossamers and a 22 HR park factor.
Offsetting these stadiums is the 300 (!) HR factor of the 1915 Baker Bowl. And lest you think one owner decided to have a standard stadium, the Downsouth Brews chose a park with an historically low singles rate, 1956 Yankee Stadium (84/87).
On the whole, the averages are fairly reasonable:
1B - 101/99
2B - 106/107
3B - 136/139
HR - 107/97
Someone is going to hit a lot triples though.
Full data, along with images of each stadium, are available here (or linked on the right).
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