Top Pitcher / Batter Parks.

[RJCarrot]

Ok, this is my first year doing fantasy baseball and I have picked up alot so far.

However I always hear people talking about the dreaded Coors field, and pitcher / batter parks.

As someone who is having some trouble with pitching, could some of the pros out there answer me a couple questions.

What makes a park a pitchers park?
What makes a park a batters park?
What would you say are the top 5 pitchers parks in order?
What would you say are the top 5 batters parks in order?

Thanks for the info.

[SaintsOfTheDiamond]

What makes a park a pitchers park?

Lots of things really, but mainly the amount of foul territory, the dimensions of the park, and in some cases (Coors and a few others) the weather/envinronment

What makes a park a batters park?

Pretty much the opposite of what makes a park a pitchers park.

What would you say are the top 5 pitchers parks in order?

For Runs:
SD
SEA
TB
CIN
LAD

For HR:
CLE
SD
KC
NYN
STL

What would you say are the top 5 batters parks in order?

For Runs:
COL
TEX
CHC
ARI
BOS

For HR:
COL
CHA
CHC
ARI
PHI

Those were based on the 2004 numbers, with some slight adjustments by me. Hope that helps a little bit.

[mtryanks12]

A good pitcher/hitter park web page:

http://www.sportfanatics.net/Baseball/F ... istics.htm

[RJCarrot]

Very cool link. Thanks.

[Rirruto]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor

[HoodedMonkey3]

here's another one.
http://fantasy.sportingnews.com/baseball/ballparks/stats/rpg.html