June 18, 2007
Nats Factors
Capitol Punishment looks at park factors at RFK by vectors.
Needless to say, you won't be surprised to see that the easiest place to hit homers at RFK is down the line, where the factor is about 102. A dead pull hitter, as Soriano demonstrated, is not harmed by RFK. It's -- as Guillen and Vidro and many other showed us -- when you move to the gaps and center where it's a problem. The gaps have a factor of about 79 and dead center is at 51. 20% fewer balls are go out to the gaps, and nearly half as many leave to center field.
Of course, with Washington moving into a new park in a couple of years, this isn't something you can build around.
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