Aren't the HR factors for the NY ground out of whack? I would've thought they would stay within reasonable constraints (i.e. .890 to 1.25 or similar).
I really don't know here. How is NY's stadium out of whack? I thought the dimensions and factors were mostly cosmic. It factors for both sides playing.
The dimensions are cosmetic. The factors are not. The factors impact how the park plays. Yes it is equal for both teams. Anyway, Gambo on the OOTP boards has compiled a bunch of old, real stadiums and he has a ballpark factor generator included as well. It generates realistic factors based on the dimensions and wall heights. I used it with NY's listed dimensions and got the following factors:
Left BA - 0.897, Right BA - 0.946, 2B - 1.027, 3B - 1.274, Left HR - 0.787, Right HR - 0.888
That would be about what I would expect from a park with that much room in the outfield - a few more doubles, a lot more triples, way less homeruns and fewer hits overall resulting in lower batting averages. NY's numbers might be a little off, but not completely out of character given the dimensions.