Sitting out for the batting title...

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I was only talking about the general proposition that batting averages seem higher at Coors, not about the extent to which it factored into this particular batting title.

Can't we just prove this one way or another with metrics?

But seriously... I think there is something there, just that we can't be certain to what extent (as you noted). Too small, too many home runs. Too large, (maybe) too many base hits? Taken to the extreme though, you will obviously hit a point of diminishing returns as the size of the playing surface expands. If it was 1000 down the line to left and right, and 1400 to center, I doubt you would need your outfielders positioned at 600 out from home plate to effectively cover the entire playing surface.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Fangraphs probably does have analyses of park effects.