Park Factor Changes - Coming November/December Topic

Good afternoon HBD players.

It has been a long time since the park factors for HBD have been updated. What this means is a lot of stadiums will be changed to reflect more up to date park factors. We took these park factors from the original source of these which are ESPN’s park factors and were taken over a 5 year average because there can be outliers in certain seasons.

Additionally, there were some cities and ball parks that didn’t exist. We adjusted some of them to reflect the parks that exist in those cities in real life. Lastly we are adding 4 cities to HBD, Tokyo, London, Havana, and Seoul. We will probably add some more cities in the future but wanted to start with a couple new teams.

These changes will occur in the November/December release at WIS giving all owners an opportunity to consume the new park factors and adjust their franchises if needed. As stated in the previous post, there is no way to do this in the offseason because there is no versioning of the worlds, this means that updates will occur in the middle of the season for most users so you will need to be mindful when picking a park for your next season or two. It was not our first choice but it was unfortunately how they developed the games.

Park Name

Park Location

Rating HR LF

Rating HR RF

Rating 1B

Rating 2B

Rating 3B

Globe Life Field

Arlington, TX

1

1

1

1

4

Angel Stadium

Anaheim, CA

0

0

0

-1

-2

Chase Field

Phoenix, AZ

0

0

1

1

4

Busch Stadium

St. Louis, MO

-2

-2

0

-1

-2

Citizens Bank Park

Philadelphia, PA

2

2

0

-1

-1

Comerica Park

Detroit, MI

0

0

0

0

4

Coors Field

Denver, CO

3

3

3

4

4

Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles, CA

0

0

0

0

-4

Fenway Park

Boston, MA

0

-1

1

4

2

Great American Ball Park

Cincinnati, OH

2

2

0

0

-2

Target Field

Minneapolis, MN

0

0

0

1

1

Progressive Field

Cleveland, OH

0

0

0

2

-3

Kauffman Stadium

Kansas City, MO

-2

-2

0

2

3

American Family Field

Milwaukee, WI

1

2

0

0

-1

Minute Maid Park

Houston, TX

0

0

0

-2

0

RingCentral Coliseum

Oakland, CA

-1

-1

0

-2

-3

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Baltimore, MD

2

2

0

-1

-2

Petco Park

San Diego, CA

-1

-1

-1

0

-2

PNC Park

Pittsburgh, PA

-1

-1

0

1

1

Marlins Park

Miami, FL

-3

-3

-1

-1

2

T-Mobile Park

Seattle, WA

0

0

-1

-2

-3

Oracle Park

San Francisco, CA

-4

-4

0

0

4

Citi Field

New York, NY

0

0

-1

-2

-4

Tropicana Field

St. Petersburg, FL

-1

-1

-1

-2

0

Truist Park

Atlanta, GA

-2

-2

0

-2

-2

Guaranteed Rate Field

Chicago, IL

1

1

0

-2

-2

Wrigley Field

Chicago, IL

0

0

0

0

2

Yankee Stadium

New York, NY

2

2

0

-2

-4

Rogers Centre

Toronto, Ontario

0

0

0

1

0

Isotopes Park

Albuquerque, NM

1

1

1

2

4

Fort Marcy Ballfield

Santa Fe, NM

3

3

0

2

4

Kino Sports Complex

Tucson, AZ

1

1

0

1

3

Breese Stevenes Field

Madison, WI

1

1

0

1

2

Arvest Ballpark

Springdale, AR

0

0

0

1

2

Eble Park

Huntington, WV

1

2

0

1

2

Victory Field

Indianapolis, IN

0

1

0

0

2

Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium

Montgomery, AL

0

0

0

0

2

Dell Diamond

Round Rock, TX

0

0

0

0

1

Olympic Stadium

Montreal, QC

0

0

0

0

1

Memorial Stadium

Boise, ID

0

0

0

0

1

Durham Athletic Park

Durham, NC

2

1

0

1

1

Shrine on Airline

Metairie, LA

0

0

0

0

1

UCHealth Park

Colorado Springs, CO

0

0

0

0

1

Powers Field

Cheyenne, WY

0

0

0

0

1

Smith's Ballpark

Salt Lake City, UT

0

0

0

0

1

Dunkin' Donuts Park

Hartford, CT

1

1

0

1

1

Louisville Slugger Field

Louisville, KY

1

0

0

0

1

First Horizon Park

Nashville, TN

0

0

0

0

0

Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey

Monterrey, MX

0

0

0

0

0

Nat Bailey Stadium

Vancouver, BC

0

0

0

0

0

Kindrick Legion Field

Helena, MT

0

0

0

0

0

Newman Outdoor Field

Fargo, ND

0

0

0

0

0

Soldier Field

Dover, DE

0

0

0

0

0

Huntington Park

Columbus, OH

-1

0

0

0

0

PNC Field

Moosic, PA

0

0

0

0

0

Dickey-Stephens Park

Little Rock, AK

0

0

0

0

0

Hiram Bithorn Stadium

San Juan, PR

1

1

0

1

0

Volcanoes Stadium

Keizer, OR

0

0

0

0

0

Momentum Bank Ballpark

Midland, TX

-1

-1

0

0

0

Arm & Hammer Park

Trenton, NJ

0

0

0

0

0

Frontier Field

Rochester, NY

0

0

0

0

0

Fifth Third Field

Toledo, OH

0

0

0

0

0

NBT Bank Stadium

Syracuse, NY

0

0

0

0

0

McCoy Stadium

Pawtucket, RI

0

0

0

0

0

Raymond Chabot Grant thornton Park (RCGT Park)

Ottawa, ON

0

0

0

0

0

Smith-Wills Stadium

Jackson, MS

0

0

0

0

0

Chukchansi Park

Fresno, CA

-1

-1

0

0

0

Harbor Park

Norfolk, VA

0

0

0

0

0

Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark

Oklahoma City, OK

-3

-3

0

-1

0

The Diamond

Richmond, VA

0

0

0

0

0

Knights Stadium

Fort Mill, SC

0

0

0

0

-1

Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium

Mexico City, MX

0

0

0

0

-1

Aloha Stadium

Honolulu, HA

-1

0

0

0

-1

121 Financial Park

Jacksonville, FL

0

0

0

0

-1

Sahlen Field

Buffalo, NY

0

0

0

0

-1

Sutter Health Park

Sacramento, CA

-1

-1

0

0

-1

TD Ameritrade Park

Omaha, NE

-1

-1

0

-1

-1

Sioux Falls Stadium

Sioux Falls, SD

-1

-1

0

-1

-1

New Britain Stadium

New Britain, CT

0

0

0

0

-1

Joseph P. Rily Jr. Park

Charleston, SC

1

0

0

0

-1

Vaniglia Stadium

Santa Cruz, CA

-1

-1

0

-1

-2

Principle Park

Des Moines, IA

-1

-1

0

-1

-2

Riverfront Stadium

Wichita, KS

-2

-1

-1

-1

-2

Las Vegas Ball Park

Las Vegas, NV

0

0

0

-1

-2

Cobb Park

Augusta, ME

0

0

0

-1

-2

AutoZone Park

Memphis, TN

-1

-1

0

-1

-3

Centennial Field

Burlington, VT

-3

-2

-1

-1

-3

Providence Park

Portland, OR

0

-1

0

-1

-3

Cheney Stadium

Tacoma, WA

-2

-2

0

-1

-4

Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium

San Antonio, TX

0

-1

0

-1

-4

Excite Ballpark

San Jose, CA

-1

-1

-1

-1

-4

Dolphins Stadium

Miami, FL

-2

-2

0

-1

3

Nationals Park

Washington, D.C.

1

1

1

1

-2

Tokyo Dome

Tokyo, JP

0

0

0

2

2

London Stadium

London, UK

0

0

0

1

0

Estadio Latinoamericano

Havana, Cuba

-2

-2

0

-2

-2

Jamsil Baseball Stadium

Seoul, KR

-1

-1

0

0

-2

Thank you,

The WIS Team

5/26/2021 4:29 PM (edited)
Apologies about the formatting, I share some of the same frustration as you all about the site, when the site flat out won't let me drop a simple table into the forums.

Sincerely,

Adam
5/26/2021 4:28 PM
New cities!? Awesome!

Thanks for posting this early. If the changes need to occur all at once for previously explained reasons, at least we have time to plan a bit.
5/26/2021 4:45 PM
Nice!
5/26/2021 4:46 PM
Cool. But I'll be very sad to lose my Tacoma -4,-4,-4,-4,-4.
5/26/2021 4:59 PM
So you cut +2/+3/+1/+4/+4 Welsh Park, but be sure to leave 18 (!!!!!!!) parks at 0/0/0/0/0 ??? Snore!
5/26/2021 6:17 PM
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Thanks for the update, especially the expansion!

My Wisconsin roots and former Madison residency make me want to note that Breese Stevens Field is a soccer facility, while Warner Park is the current home of the Madison Mallards baseball team and former home of the Madison Muskies, an affiliate of the A's. Breese Stevens did temporarily host the Muskies.
5/26/2021 7:15 PM
You should sort the list by city, not ballpark name. And instead of "Park Location," it should the city that the team represents (i.e., Austin and not Round Rock, TX).

One problem I see is that some owners have built their teams up over time to fit a specific park dynamic, but now that dynamic may have changed. You should give people the option of keeping their old park ratings if they want to.

At least one of the new international stadiums should have a plus HR factor. I'm also not crazy about that idea because it's not at all realistic. You would have been much better off to add historic parks, some of which might have some very interesting ratings, such as the Polo Grounds, Griffith Stadium, Tiger Stadium, Sportsmans Park, etc.

There are WAY too many neutral parks now. The park list is blander now. Many owners like extreme parks, which can be both fun and strategic, but you're taking much of that away now. I don't think that's a good marketing move for getting people to play the game more.

To the new team that is making these changes: I appreciate your desire to change and update the game for the better, but so far most of your tinkering has been a negative. You broke the colored button system, for example, and I'm still ****** about that. To your credit, at least you did have the good sense to fix what did to the waiver page. Maybe you haven't played the game enough yet to understand it?
5/26/2021 9:19 PM (edited)
If anyone wants access to it, here is a sortable spreadsheet of this new ballpark list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lYZhyGVIdvo-9397yfnYABkvkrX40p3eazVS1mWrpIE/edit?usp=sharing
5/26/2021 8:32 PM
Thanks for the updates!! especially the foreign stadiums

Rbedwell - Absolutely love the idea of Polo Grounds and other older parks. And yeah, I personally build my teams around the parks they play in. Luckily, Great American is still a little sand box or else I’d be in the same Boat
5/26/2021 9:16 PM
Posted by bjschumacher on 5/26/2021 4:59:00 PM (view original):
Cool. But I'll be very sad to lose my Tacoma -4,-4,-4,-4,-4.
Same with my Petco stadium. Baseballs no longer go there to die. I’ll either have to change my strategy or move the team after 40 seasons.
5/26/2021 10:30 PM
They seem to think that eliminating more extreme park ratings will improve the consumer experience. Au contraire mon frère.
5/27/2021 12:24 AM
Why are there two different Miami ballparks?
5/27/2021 1:32 AM
rbedwell's absolutely correct, too many neutral parks now. And yes I noticed it right away because both of my pitcher's parks are being nerfed. Not cool.

5/27/2021 7:32 AM
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