New Yankee Stadium and foul ground acreage

[bardos]

reading about field dimensions i am struck by the fact that the distance from home plate to the backstop will be reduced by 20 feet. this will also have repercussions for foul ground area along the first and third baselines.

how much is this going to affect foul balls turned into outs? what will this affect be on runs per game? on batting averages and ERA?

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

reading about field dimensions i am struck by the fact that the distance from home plate to the backstop will be reduced by 20 feet. this will also have repercussions for foul ground area along the first and thrid baselines.

how much is this going to affect foul balls turned into outs? what will this affect be on runs per game? on batting averages and ERA?

It seems that overall foul ground will be increased. The seats are angled towards the infield in the new stadium, and it creates a lot of space. The amount of wall that's close to and parallel to the foul lines is greatly reduced.

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[bardos]

so you're saying that this works out to be more square footage of real estate in foul ground than before... again, i have the same question. enough to be noticeable statistically?

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

so you're saying that this works out to be more square footage of real estate in foul ground than before... again, i have the same question. enough to be noticeable statistically?

Noticeable, I don't know...but it definitely looks like anything not fouled off behind the plate has a better chance of being caught.

[26 and counting]

In the new stadium, I guess that means that Jeter won't have to dive into the stands.

[fredgmuggs]

Noticeable, I don't know...but it definitely looks like anything not fouled off behind the plate has a better chance of being caught.

It looks like the amount of foul territory behind the plate is going to be reduced, though. I'm glad to see that.

[JL25and3]

So when we were told that the dimensions of the field would be identical to the current Stadium's, that wasn't quite exactly true. The configuration of the foul territory may not be technically part of "the field," but it is an integral part of how the Stadium plays.

This also means that seats down the lines will be further away from the field.

[SoCal Pinstriper]

I'm going to move this to OTL. It is a good discussion, and will get more play there.

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

So when we were told that the dimensions of the field would be identical to the current Stadium's, that wasn't quite exactly true. The configuration of the foul territory may not be technically part of "the field," but it is an integral part of how the Stadium plays.

This also means that seats down the lines will be further away from the field.

I was surprised when I learned that the foul ground was different, although the HR markers are still the same.

[Sam18]

How disgraceful.

[bardos]

i started this thread in the sabrmetrics area hoping to read some data pertaining to foul grounds acreage effects on run scoring environment.

from what i can find, it appears that mcafee coliseum, home to the oakland a's, suffered an extreme makeover in 1995 in order to accommodate the Oakland Raiders football team and turn the field into a combo type stadium with baseball in summer and football in winter.

many changes, too many to list, were instituted in the construction and eventual configuration of the stadium towards this end. however, one important change apparently was a large increase in foul ground acreage.

since then this stadium in Oakland has been well known as the best pitcher’s park in the american league. or has it always been known as such?

[ymike673]

Whats kind of funny is that the plate was moved farther out from the backstop when the Stadium was renovated and now its being moved closer to the backstop at the new park.

[SoCal Pinstriper]

i started this thread in the sabrmetrics area hoping to read some data pertaining to foul grounds acreage effects on run scoring environment.

Sorry if I sabotaged your original intent. Feel free to start a new (non-YS specific) thread in that forum (It's not like it is crowded in there). If you put the question like you did above, I'll bet somebody can lead you to some answers (or at least info).

[bardos]

no problem SP... any chance of using the magic teleporter once again?

[Murcer1]

We already knew the fans in the upper deck would be further away from the action than they are now....but from your diagrams it certainly seems like those in the lower bowl will also be further back. A real shame.

[PeteRFNY]

This is such a minimal change that it will be barely noticeable. This improves site lines for all patrons. It's not like they are moving the front row to the area in front of Stan's!

The foul ground change behind home plate is an improvement.

The foul area was changed during the 70's renovation anyway. This is not a big deal at all.