Broken Bat - Help: Whats a hitting-neutral distance for fences?

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#49028	05/09/2017 11:36:51 am
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 545 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	In 2031 it seems like my team as a whole hit much better at home than on the road. Additionally, my pitchers pitched worse at home. The natural conclusion, in my opinion, is that my ballpark is a hitters' park. Except that when I went to adjust my fences this offseason, I found that they were already basically in the middle. Looking around, it seemed like many teams in the league even had shorter fences. So, what does a neutral park look like? Current measurements are 330-375-400-375-330 at 10' tall all around. Updated Tuesday, May 9 2017 @ 11:37:05 am PDT

#49032	05/09/2017 12:21:31 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Your walls are a little short. Good if you have more bullet power than your opponents. If you have more bombers I'd got with higher walls.

#49035	05/09/2017 2:55:15 pm
cbstatic Joined: 04/05/2014 Posts: 106 North El Dorado Pay Dirt VI.20	I run 320 - 370 - 405 - 380 - 320... with 8' walls. My starting line-up hit between 18-28 dingers each. I don't have many South Paws or Switchies... so I have my right field fence a little further out than my left field. Since we are only getting pitching average stats vs LHP/RHP & batting average stats vs LHP/RHP as well as batting averages at home & away it makes it difficult to get exact numbers on the dingers you give up or get at home. Unless I have been missing some information here and there, which could be a possibility since I don't always pay attention to what is happening within the forums. Currently we can't even get the actual split numbers against the LHP/RHPs so it does make it tough to determine the actual number of dingers you are giving up or getting at home/away or vs LHP/RHP. But with the information we do get, there is more than enough stats to put together the batting line-ups using basic Sabremetrics. Charley

#51284	07/20/2017 5:30:25 pm
Geech Joined: 01/12/2014 Posts: 545 San Luis Obispo Turtles IV.8	To follow up on this, I raised my fences by two feet all around, and the park was a bit of a pitchers' park this season. My hitters overall hit noticeably better on the road, and my pitchers played a smidge better at home. I'm trying to decide between leaving it alone next season or lowering the centerfield wall back down to 10'. Updated Thursday, July 20 2017 @ 5:32:08 pm PDT

#51287	07/20/2017 7:40:09 pm
Huaraches25 Joined: 05/01/2016 Posts: 151 Inactive	I heard that lefty righty doesnt make a difference according to which side of the field theyre hitting.

#51301	07/21/2017 7:47:40 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	One person claimed that, but Steve has never confirmed nor denied that hypothesis.

#51600	07/26/2017 9:34:00 pm
TexasSeraphim Joined: 07/05/2017 Posts: 32 Inactive	I got as close to the oldcTigers Stadium as possible: 340'- 365'- 415' - 370' - 325' 12' 8' 10' It is truly a thing of beauty! I did keep the foul territories normal. Sadly, CF could not be as deep as the original. My home games are usually close. There might be 1 - 2 HR on both sides of the pitching is poor though mostly the park produces a lot of doubles and some triples for the speed demons. Great forum community. Happy to be a part of it. Updated Thursday, July 27 2017 @ 5:44:39 am PDT

#51612	07/27/2017 4:12:59 am
LeeRyan Joined: 12/16/2016 Posts: 24 Inactive	Great forum community. Happy to be a part of it. One of the best I've ever seen. All it takes is a little respect for your fellow gamer.

#51615	07/27/2017 6:14:21 am
Alyksandur Joined: 07/19/2017 Posts: 228 Boca Raton Gryphons II.2	I'm going to be running 12' walls of 325' - 370' - 400' - 370' - 325' and a 5 for foul territory -- basically the middle option for everything. Not tiny, not ginormous, and no monstrosity for a left field wall. I figure that's the closest I'm going to get for batter/pitcher neutrality.