Below is a listing of the unadjusted ballpark ratings for all OOSL and American Association parks. First, here are the rules for ballparks in both leagues, taken directly from the OOSL Constitution:
X. Ballparks
A. Each team has a historical ballpark which is affiliated with the city that team currently resides in and was used in the actual history of their franchise.
B. A team can switch to a different historical ballpark in their home city, but must remain in the same ballpark for at least three seasons after changing from one to another.
C. Each ballpark has been assigned a historical rating to reflect the effect that park had on hitters over its history.
D. Team owners can elect to "move the fences" a bit: any of the four ballpark components can be moved up to two (2) numbers in either direction away from the historical assignment.
E. Teams that share a ballpark with a team in the other league can only change ballparks or shift their existing ballpark if the other team using the ballpark agrees.
Abiding by the above guidelines (particularly the fact that you can only change parks once every three years) you must declare your OOSL and AA ballpark choices by Friday, February 19. At that time, we will ascertain whether any two teams are sharing the same park and then set a new deadline for announcing how much you want to "move the fences" (tweak your ratings) for 1999. So, pick one of the available parks for each of your franchises. If there is a park that you want to use that is not listed, let me know and I will ask Lon to get the numbers for 2000. The announcement has already been made and the deadline past to request ballpark information for this year.
OOSL BALLPARKS: --------------- SL SR HRL HRR BAA Camden Yards 8 4 12 12 BAA Memorial Stadium 6 6 6 6 BOA Fenway Park I 7 7 0 0 BOA Fenway Park II 12 10 8 14 CHA Comiskey Park 7 7 4 6 CHA New Comiskey Park 5 8 6 8 CLA League Park II 10 10 0 0 CLA Municipal Stadium 7 9 11 9 CLA Jacobs Field 8 9 8 8 DEA Briggs Stadium I 8 8 5 7 DEA Briggs Stadium II 10 8 16 14 HMA Forbes Field 7 9 0 0 NYA Hilltop Park 12 12 20 20 NYA Yankee Stadium I 6 6 11 7 NYA Yankee Stadium II 10 6 14 8 PHA Shibe Park 9 7 11 17 BON Braves Field 5 5 0 0 BRN Ebbets Field 8 8 10 10 CHN Wrigley Field 9 9 11 13 CIN Crosley Field 8 8 5 5 CIN Riverfront Stadium 10 8 11 9 KCN Municipal Stadium I 13 7 10 10 NYN Polo Grounds I 6 6 1 1 NYN Polo Grounds III 7 7 16 16 NYN Polo Grounds IV 5 9 20 20 PIN Exposition Park 8 8 0 0 PIN Forbes Field 7 9 0 0 PIN Three Riverís Stadium 8 8 6 6 SLN Sportsmans Park IV 10 9 17 10 SLN Busch Stadium 8 8 3 3 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION BALLPARKS: ------------------------------- SL SR HRL HRR BAM Bacharach Park 8 8 8 8 BAM Orioles Field V 10 10 12 15 BIM Rickwood Field 8 8 0 0 BRM Union Grounds 3 3 4 7 BRM Capitoline Grounds 19 19 20 20 BFM Olympic Park I 11 11 7 7 BFM Riverside Park 9 9 0 0 DEM Recreation Park 8 8 10 10 INM ABCís Field 8 8 8 8 LOM Eclipse Park 6 6 14 14 MIM Metropolitan Stadium 11 9 9 11 MIM Metrodome 12 12 10 7 NEM Ruppert Stadium 8 8 8 8 PHM Baker Bowl 13 9 19 20 PHM Shibe Park 9 7 11 17 PHM Veterans Stadium 9 9 11 9 PIM Greenlee Field 8 8 8 8 PRM Messer Street Grounds 6 6 0 0 SLM Sportsmans Park III 6 6 9 9 SLM Sportsmans Park IV 10 9 17 10 TDM League Park 10 10 0 0 TDM Speranza Field 9 9 19 19 TOM Exhibition Stadium 10 10 9 9 TOM Skydome 8 8 8 10 WAM Griffith Stadium I 5 7 0 0 WAM Griffith Stadium II 8 8 8 8 WAM RFK Stadium 7 7 8 6 TEAM CODES: ----------- AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE -------------------------------------------------------------- BAA Baltimore Orioles BON Boston Braves BOA Boston Red Sox BRN Brooklyn Dodgers CHA Chicago White Sox CHN Chicago Cubs CLA Cleveland Indians CIN Cincinnati Red Legs DEA Detroit Tigers KCN Kansas City Monarchs HMA Homestead Grays NYN New York Giants NYA New York Yankees PIN Pittsburgh Pirates PHA Philadelphia Athletics SLN St. Louis Cardinals AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ------------------------------- BAM Bacharach Giants BIM Birmingham Black Barons BRM Brooklyn Atlantics BFM Buffalo Bisons DEM Detroit Wolverines INM Indianapolis ABC's LOM Louisville Colonels MIM Minnesota Twins NEM Newark Eagles PHM Philadelphia Phillies PIM Pittsburgh Crawfords PRM Providence Grays SLM St. Louis Browns TDM Toledo Blue Stockings TOM Toronto Blue Jays WAM Washington Senators
These figures are available at the Important League Player Usage Information and Ballpark Changes page.
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