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Originally Posted by Neal
Like County Stadium throughout the prime of his career? Not to take anything away from Mays, but hitting in the Polo Grounds and Candlestick is much different than the park factors at County.
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This is not true. Aaron's rookie season County Stadium gave up 72 HR'S. The next 4 season it averaged 126. The last 7 seasons, it was one of the easiest parks averaging 158 HR'S per season. 3 of those 7 seasons it gave up the 2nd most HR'S in the NL and was never lower than 4th. Over those 12 seasons there were an average of 140 HR'S hit, a lot compared to the most difficult park to hit HRs, Forbes Field, which averaged 86 per season. Over that same period Mays home park averaged 164 per season with the difference being the years played in the Polo Grounds.
In 1966 Aaron moved from one of the easiest parks to the easiest. Mays last 7 years in SF, his home park averaged 138 HRS, where Aaron's averaged 169. So, over the years their careers overlapped 54-72, Aaron had the easier park to hit HRS in. That doesn't even factor the Braves moving the fences in in the power alleys where Aaron liked to hit balls.