This is not exactly the most scientific work, but I was bored and wanted to see how Pablo would fare if he had the benefit of playing his home games in Philadelphia. So, I took Pablo’s hit-chart at ATT and super-imposed Citizens Bank over it. Looks like about 9 more clear-cut homeruns, possibly more.
Potential inaccuracies include:
1. Are both ballparks to scale?
2. Are hits marked where they land on a fly and not where they eventually end up after rolling?
3. How accurately are the hits marked?
The charts are taken from MLB.com, so I would assume that they maintain some level of accuracy on all 3 of the above points. Again, this may be wildly inaccurate, but it’s sorta fun to think about nonetheless.
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panda dingerz
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha
He’d have as many dingerz as anyone in that lineup. Panda Ball = Sluggerific!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Aug 6, 2009 2:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This also doesn’t account for the height of the fences at CBB or the trajectory of Pablo’s hits.
Cool idea, though.
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Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 3.58 ERA, .273 BAA, 50 K and 30 BB in a tad over 100 innings. Meh.
by rhys on Aug 6, 2009 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I thought about that too, but couldn’t think of how to word it…Trajectory was the word I was looking for.
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And how the ball travels in each location – mostly a factor of wind, but also temperature/humidity and such…
by Missing Barry on Aug 6, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pablo on the phillies = second to pujols award for the mvp
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Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 6, 2009 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My stat sonar was going off, and now I know why
Seriously though, this is really cool. Park effects are important!
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@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
by marcello on Aug 6, 2009 2:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Now if we can do the same type of study
instead plot Werth and VIctorino in SF. humm.
by jctGamer on Aug 6, 2009 3:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Next time I’m bored at work, I’ll give it a go =]
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
mind if I steal this and post the werth one?
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And give me less to do when I’m bored at work? Pfff.
Haha just kidding, by all means.
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
here it is folks
Of course this is in a vacuum, but look at where some of those homers are
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I counted potentially 10 that may not go out in ATT
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so, uh, i’m guessing these aren’t to scale since our “309” is right on top of their “330” and our “399” is farther than their “400”.
by FPTV on Aug 6, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and just for fun, here is Werth at Petco
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
right yeah. 4 homers instead of 13 at home
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's already been done
just look at Scot’s numbers
Tim is good enough for 2
by ktice on Aug 6, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again, this is all in a vacuum, but if a player is a FA and just saw things like these images or whatever, I’m sure he’d be picking the smaller ballpark
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it might not be to scale. From the look of the diagram the CF wall in Philly is 380 feet, which doesn’t sound right.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Aug 6, 2009 4:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
are distances measured the distance straight from home to the wall, or is it the distance the ball has to travel to make it over the wall?
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it does look strange that in the petco overlay, you see 369 at CBP, and 367 at Petco, yet the Petco wall is further out.
by jctGamer on Aug 6, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed, I just looked at the original and noticed the same contradictions
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Size wise they look and seem accurate though. I am not sure what the measurements are, but size wise those can’t be that far off. Like, we know our outfield is big and has triples alley, which juts out past RCF at Citizens
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
where is the source of data? I’d like to take a look at it if possible. This sounds interesting enough for me to waste an hour.
by jctGamer on Aug 6, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
These are from mlb.com If you search for any player, you can click on his hit chart where it shows how he does in each stadium
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish hittrackeronline.com included fly balls and extra base hits. They have very detailed information on home runs, but as far as I can tell not other hits.
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Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 6, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here are the park comparisons, according to that site:
As you said, it’s too bad they don’t have information other than home runs…
by ryanmiles on Aug 6, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess the difference in parks is much less drastic than we though, particularly to left center.
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Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Aug 6, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats semi ridiculous that mlb.com’s diagram is that bad
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by heimy25 on Aug 6, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but the RF wall is also like 5 ft high
Minor White > Ansel Adams
by say hey nation on Aug 7, 2009 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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