New Yankee Stadium's Statistical Effect: Are The Yankees' Stats Inflated?

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(This article is 6 pages of length.  There is a lot of statistical data and numbers.  If you are interested only in the results and analysis of those results, I would read only the last two pages)

A lot of ink has been spilled discussing the power numbers being put up at the New Yankee stadium. The most criticism is aimed at the right field fence which is considered by many to be far too short.

The Yankees list the dimensions the new park as identical to those of the old park.  This, however, is the result of strategic measuring. The distances are taken at certain points in the park which are identical.

In fact, the new ball park is smaller overall. Here, you can view the two park's dimensions superimposed on each other. These dimensions were taken using high resolution satellite photos.

Right field is the same in the corner. However, in the old park, right field would just be a few feet from the foul line and keep on an outward trajectory. In the new park, the fence juts out less than the old park and then continues straight across, without getting any deeper. There is an electronic scoreboard in the right field fence, preventing much trajectory change.

The fence is also slightly shallower in a small section of left field. 

Baseball commentators have blamed the boom in home runs at the New Yankee Stadium on it's dimensions. Not only did I want to find out if that was true, but I also wanted to see how the individual Yankees' stats were affected by the new ball park.  This paper analyzes how the new stadium has effected Yankee offensive output.

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