Which Baseball Parks Are Best for Left Handed Hitters

This seems to be a very specific AL thing. On the other hand pitchers thrive at San Franciscos ATT Park with its expansive outfield of 339 feet in left and 399 feet in center along with a 25-foot wall to clear in the shorter right field.

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New York Yankees left fielder Giancarlo Stanton.

. The last lefty to win an AL MVP Award was Josh Hamilton in 2010. Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a strong park for home runs especially left-handed power bats because it is only 318 down the line and the fence is higher but not enough to negate power. Camden Yards power alleys are among the most advantageous in baseball but its best for left-handed power despite the 25-feet fence in right field.

No left-handed hitter has finished in the Top 5 since 14 when Michael Brantley finished third. Park Factor compares the rate of stats at home vs. In fact 318 to left is only behind Tropicana Field Minute Maid Park Houston and Fenway Park Boston the last two having stories-high walls to overcome.

The fences in both left and right field are scrunched in at 318 feet and 314 feet respectively making them easy to clear for power hitters. One thing to remember is that not all lefty hitters are actually left handedCobb and Ted Williams for example were both righty throwers. The advantage that lefty hitters have in compiling good numbers as hitters is hugeI think that a typical platoon differential is about 100 for OPS which is a LOT.

Right-handed hitters have also enjoyed strong power numbers in Baltimore. So without further adieu here are the top 5 best hitters against left-handed pitchers this season. The National League has all of the top left-handed hitters in the game right now -- Bryce Harper Joey Votto Freddie Freeman Anthony Rizzo.

Louis Cardinal fan who attended Stan the Mans last ball game at Sportsmans Park in 1963. As Kansas City and Boston are two of the toughest parks to hit home runs in all of baseball. The rate of stats on the road.

Yet of those 22 just seven throw lefty while 15 or more than two-thirds throw righty. First its coming over his shoulder but second he hasnt seen that many left-handed pitchers because hes mostly learned. There is a premium on lefthanders for a number of reasons.

Giancarlo got off to somewhat of a slow start this season but he has had some success recently mainly coming from left-handed. Theres also Seattle first base prospect Evan White who boasts the rarely seen righty hitter lefty thrower toolset though thats another discussion entirely. At MLB Pipeline 22 of the top 100 prospects are left-handed hitters.

A left-handed hitter facing a left-handed batter means double trouble. Below 1000 favors the pitcher. The short porch in right with second and third decks overhanging so close allows for left-handed power hitters to crank some upper-deck homers when hitting perfect flyballs.

As SF decreased home runs for left-handed batters an. Yankee Stadium is of course one of the smaller parks in baseball. In Major League Baseball about 25 percent of players are lefties.

Generally speaking Coors Field is far and away the best park for hitters while places like Guaranteed Rate Field Great American Ball Park Camden Yards SunTrust Park and PNC Park are hitter. A rate higher than 1000 favors the hitter. In the general public about 10 percent of people are left-handed.

HITTERS PARKS Runs Scored 2018. Ninety percent of the human population is right-handed but in baseball 25 percent of the players both pitchers and hitters are left-handed said Peters a devoted St. Okay first up on this list is Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton.

Thats more than double.

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