Baseball Engineer » Greg Rybarczyk http://baseballengineer.com Analyzing the career numbers of ballplayers throughout history. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:57:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Meet the new Park Factors – Part II http://baseballengineer.com/2010/04/13/meet-the-new-park-factors-%e2%80%93-part-ii/ http://baseballengineer.com/2010/04/13/meet-the-new-park-factors-%e2%80%93-part-ii/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:14:05 +0000 John Cappello http://baseballengineer.com/?p=577 [In Part I, we saw that traditional Park Factors do have a place in baseball—just not for measuring ballpark impact. In Part II here, we’ll mix some physics with home run trajectories to help us understand how a future system for rating ballparks might be designed. In Part III, we'll see what this system might [...]]]> http://baseballengineer.com/2010/04/13/meet-the-new-park-factors-%e2%80%93-part-ii/feed/ 9 Meet the new Park Factors – Part I http://baseballengineer.com/2010/03/28/meet-the-new-park-factors-part-i/ http://baseballengineer.com/2010/03/28/meet-the-new-park-factors-part-i/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:49:18 +0000 John Cappello http://baseballengineer.com/?p=481 “It’s a park that could make you a hero or a bum.”

– Stan Musial on the Polo Grounds, 1957

Stan Musial was truly one of the most consistently great hitters baseball has ever seen. With a lifetime average of .331, his slumps were like comets—showing up every few years, then disappearing in a flash.

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