June 28, 2007
Phlying in Philadelphia
The balls are flying out of Citizens Bank Park tonight. Four long balls, two by Phillies and two by the Reds accounted for seven of the nine runs tonight. Dunn hit his 23rd, while Utley launched a pair, bringing his season total to 15. There have now been 114 home runs hit in the Phillies home park, passing GAB for the most in the majors. (They have played two more games in Philadelphia.)
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re: home runs in Phillies Citizens Bank Park
guess leading the league in homers and homes allowed at home is how you earn a home run ball park index of 130 in the Bill James Handbook.
If you adjust for that home factor, you can slice about ten-15 homers and 1/2 a run of era off of every phils starter in order to normalize them to league.
That Cole Hamels actually has an ERA under 4.00 under these conditions is incredible.
That Eric Milton gave up nearly 40 homers in a year here three years ago is not surprising, but was not necessarility indicative of a decline.
Robin Roberts himself would give up 30 or more homers a year in this ballpark, maybe even 40, and have a high era, while winning games.
--art k
