Comerica Park | Ballpark Pal

December 8, 2023

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Diagram not yet updated to reflect 2023 wall changes

Home Runs

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.00	1.00	0.92	0.39	0.32	0.63	0.95	1.00

Doubles and Triples

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.11	0.87	0.87	0.79	0.81	0.87	0.88	0.99

Singles

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.01	1.07	1.07	1.05	1.06	1.04	1.04	1.10

Typical Conditions

For games played outdoors during the regular season

Wind Direction


14%	19%	14%	5%	14%	11%	15%	8%

Wind Speed (mph)

0 - 3	4 - 7	8 - 12	13 - 20	21 +
4%	40%	45%	11%	0%

Temperature (°F)

< 50	51 - 60	61 - 70	71 - 80	81 - 90	> 90
9%	10%	23%	36%	21%	1%

Humidity (%)

0 - 20	21 - 40	41 - 60	61 - 80	81 - 100
0%	9%	42%	41%	8%

Averages and Measurements

Rankings out of 30 active MLB parks (1=high, 30=low)

	Value	Rank
Runs	-5%	24
Home Runs	-16%	28
Doubles & Triples	-4%	19
Singles	+6%	6
Strikeouts	-1%	25
Walks	-2%	29
Batter Contact	+0.6%	9

Wind Speed	9 mph	12
Blowing Out	+1.5%	4
Blowing In	-1.9%	9
Wind Receptiveness	+3.3%	4

Temperature	70°	25
Humidity	60%	14
Altitude	596 ft	10
Carry	-1.0%	28
Variation	7.5%	8

When Comerica Park hosted its first Tigers game in 2000, the outfield was nothing short of massive. �Comerica National Park�, as it was nicknamed by Detroit OF Bobby Higginson, ranked 2nd to Coors Field for the most square footage of fair territory. But even Coors couldn�t touch Comerica�s LF dimensions, which made Triples Alley at Oracle Park look shallow.

But that didn�t last long. In 2004, nearly the entire LF fence was brought in a full 25 feet. The decision likely had to do with the Tigers� inability to attract left-handed sluggers in the free agent market. The most prominent of which was Juan Gonzalez, who refused to sign a record extension deal during the 2000 season unless the LF dimensions were shortened.

As it stands today, Comerica is still a top-tier pitchers park. If each field in MLB were broken into equal thirds, CF at Comerica would easily be the most difficult spot to hit a home run. It measures 420 straight-away (the furthest in MLB) and the fence extends horizontally making the corners even deeper. The 15-foot-tall wall just right of center doesn�t make things any easier for home run hitters. One solace for batters is that Comerica tends to play fairly neutral for home runs down the line as the right and left-field fences take a notably vertical path back toward the foul poles.

Outside of its pitcher-friendly dimensions, Comerica Park�s next most distinguishing feature is its receptiveness to wind. It tends to blow at above average-speeds in Detroit (10 mph on average) and other than the huge scoreboard in left, the area beyond the outfield perimeter is wide open with no upper deck bleachers and a clear view of the Detroit skyline. As a result, gusts of wind can easily make their way to the playing surface. Ballpark Pal rates the wind at Comerica as 4th most influential, and its direction tends to nudge the advantage towards pitchers as it blows in (39%) more often than it blows out (27%). That along with below-average temperatures tend to reduce expected carry (rated 28th).

	Totals		Difference		% Dif		Median Dif
	Act	Sim	#	%	Away	Home	Med	Abs
Runs	729	706	-23	-3%	-14%	10%	-0.32	2.98
Hits	1338	1351	13	1%	0%	2%	0.41	2.99
1B	878	900	22	2%	5%	0%	0.20	3.00
2B/3B	283	294	11	4%	-1%	9%	0.21	1.41
HR	177	157	-20	-11%	-19%	-2%	-0.14	1.13
BB	571	581	10	2%	0%	3%	1.15	1.97
K	1412	1368	-44	-3%	0%	-6%	-0.59	2.45

Date	Away	Away SP	Home SP	Runs	Sim	Dif	Hits	Sim	Dif	1B	Sim	Dif	2B/3B	Sim	Dif	HR	Sim	Dif	BB	Sim	Dif	Ks	Sim	Dif
10/1	CLE	Giolito	Rodriguez	7	8.84	1.84	14	16.54	2.54	7	10.99	3.99	5	3.50	-1.51	2	2.06	0.06	7	7.71	0.71	15	16.89	1.89
9/30	CLE	McKenzie	Vest	8	8.43	0.43	17	16.26	-0.74	13	11.39	-1.61	4	3.28	-0.72	0	1.60	1.60	12	8.09	-3.91	10	15.99	5.99
9/29	CLE	Quantrill	Wentz	12	10.05	-1.95	26	18.38	-7.62	14	12.64	-1.36	8	3.93	-4.07	4	1.81	-2.19	7	8.07	1.07	13	14.40	1.40
9/28	KC	Ragans	Gipson-Long	10	7.95	-2.05	16	15.97	-0.04	11	10.49	-0.51	3	3.94	0.94	2	1.54	-0.46	7	6.89	-0.11	18	18.72	0.72
9/27	KC	Bowlan	Skubal	8	8.99	0.99	12	17.32	5.32	7	11.05	4.05	2	4.48	2.48	3	1.80	-1.20	7	6.49	-0.52	18	17.67	-0.33
9/26	KC	Greinke	Olson	8	8.95	0.95	15	17.48	2.48	11	11.85	0.85	2	3.76	1.76	2	1.87	-0.13	7	6.72	-0.28	18	15.75	-2.25
9/14	CIN	Law	Olson	10	7.79	-2.21	14	14.76	0.76	10	9.74	-0.26	0	3.51	3.51	4	1.51	-2.49	9	8.35	-0.65	17	19.40	2.40
9/13	CIN	Phillips	Rodriguez	7	8.53	1.53	12	16.36	4.36	9	10.92	1.92	2	3.65	1.65	1	1.80	0.80	15	7.66	-7.34	19	17.23	-1.77
9/12	CIN	Williamson	Wentz	10	9.46	-0.54	18	17.24	-0.76	13	10.97	-2.03	4	3.94	-0.06	1	2.33	1.33	7	7.43	0.43	21	18.42	-2.59
9/10	CHW	Scholtens	Gipson-Long	5	9.82	4.82	14	18.89	4.89	9	12.83	3.83	5	4.11	-0.89	0	1.95	1.95	3	6.64	3.64	16	14.49	-1.51
9/9	CHW	Urena	Skubal	4	9.53	5.53	10	17.74	7.74	8	11.83	3.83	1	3.96	2.96	1	1.95	0.95	9	7.35	-1.65	23	16.83	-6.17
9/8	CHW	Clevinger	Olson	6	9.48	3.48	11	18.28	7.28	6	12.33	6.33	4	4.09	0.09	1	1.87	0.87	5	6.97	1.97	16	15.78	-0.22
8/31	NYY	Schmidt	Manning	7	7.86	0.86	13	15.27	2.27	8	9.72	1.72	3	3.71	0.71	2	1.84	-0.17	10	7.19	-2.81	20	17.79	-2.22
8/30	NYY	Cole	White	8	8.24	0.24	12	15.81	3.81	5	10.23	5.23	2	3.61	1.61	5	1.97	-3.03	9	7.27	-1.73	24	20.96	-3.04
8/29	NYY	King	Skubal	6	8.54	2.54	13	15.87	2.87	9	10.26	1.26	1	3.49	2.49	3	2.13	-0.87	7	7.77	0.77	21	21.75	0.75
8/28	NYY	Severino	Olson	5	8.97	3.97	14	16.84	2.84	8	10.75	2.75	3	4.23	1.23	3	1.86	-1.15	6	7.71	1.71	26	19.07	-6.93
8/27	HOU	Verlander	Faedo	21	8.24	-12.76	30	16.00	-14.00	19	10.17	-8.83	5	3.82	-1.18	6	2.02	-3.99	12	6.63	-5.37	18	17.18	-0.83
8/26	HOU	Brown	Rodriguez	11	11.13	0.13	22	19.75	-2.25	15	12.91	-2.09	6	4.20	-1.80	1	2.64	1.64	10	7.53	-2.47	19	16.64	-2.36
8/25	HOU	Valdez	Manning	4	11.24	7.24	6	19.60	13.60	5	12.64	7.64	0	4.10	4.10	1	2.86	1.86	8	7.39	-0.61	14	15.27	1.27
8/23	CHC	Taillon	Skubal	10	8.94	-1.06	14	17.11	3.11	11	11.20	0.20	2	4.00	2.00	1	1.91	0.91	7	7.03	0.03	20	17.68	-2.32
8/22	CHC	Smyly	Olson	14	8.77	-5.23	17	16.37	-0.63	8	10.31	2.31	5	4.20	-0.80	4	1.87	-2.13	13	7.79	-5.21	19	19.15	0.15
8/21	CHC	Assad	Faedo	12	9.53	-2.47	20	17.21	-2.79	10	11.43	1.43	7	3.89	-3.11	3	1.89	-1.11	6	8.40	2.40	15	16.61	1.61
8/10	MIN	Maeda	Olson	3	9.21	6.21	10	16.73	6.73	7	10.41	3.41	2	3.73	1.73	1	2.59	1.59	4	7.01	3.01	16	18.64	2.64
8/9	MIN	Ober	Faedo	14	7.91	-6.09	24	15.94	-8.06	14	10.24	-3.76	6	3.48	-2.52	4	2.22	-1.78	8	5.43	-2.57	22	16.79	-5.21
8/8	MIN	Gray	Rodriguez	5	10.16	5.16	17	18.30	1.30	12	11.94	-0.06	4	3.65	-0.35	1	2.71	1.71	4	7.25	3.25	21	18.62	-2.39
8/7	MIN	Lopez	Wentz	12	11.43	-0.57	20	20.42	0.42	13	13.28	0.28	4	4.61	0.61	3	2.53	-0.47	7	7.61	0.61	19	18.02	-0.98
8/6	TB	Ramirez	Manning	16	9.36	-6.64	24	17.52	-6.48	16	11.62	-4.38	4	3.71	-0.29	4	2.19	-1.81	8	7.11	-0.89	22	14.84	-7.16
8/5	TB	Civale	Skubal	6	7.83	1.83	19	15.86	-3.14	14	10.07	-3.93	4	4.04	0.04	1	1.74	0.74	6	6.06	0.06	19	17.74	-1.26
8/4	TB	Littell	Olson	8	9.18	1.18	16	17.33	1.33	12	11.23	-0.77	3	3.85	0.85	1	2.25	1.25	4	6.56	2.56	15	16.96	1.96
7/27	LAA	Ohtani	Lorenzen	6	9.54	3.54	12	17.03	5.03	6	10.75	4.75	4	3.71	-0.29	2	2.57	0.57	4	7.50	3.50	20	19.49	-0.51
7/27	LAA	Sandoval	Manning	15	10.11	-4.89	21	17.91	-3.09	14	11.45	-2.55	3	3.91	0.91	4	2.55	-1.45	10	7.82	-2.18	13	15.92	2.92
7/25	LAA	Canning	Rodriguez	13	8.39	-4.61	24	15.57	-8.43	16	9.64	-6.36	7	3.60	-3.40	1	2.33	1.33	6	7.02	1.02	25	19.75	-5.25
7/23	SD	Musgrove	Faedo	4	7.37	3.37	11	15.10	4.10	7	9.66	2.66	2	3.65	1.65	2	1.79	-0.21	6	5.93	-0.07	11	16.94	5.94
7/22	SD	Wolf	Manning	17	8.94	-8.06	26	16.47	-9.53	18	10.69	-7.31	5	3.95	-1.05	3	1.83	-1.17	7	8.01	1.01	13	14.70	1.70
7/21	SD	Lugo	Olson	9	8.74	-0.26	17	16.81	-0.19	9	11.02	2.02	4	3.74	-0.26	4	2.04	-1.96	5	6.59	1.59	16	17.39	1.39
7/9	TOR	Bassitt	Skubal	7	10.27	3.27	16	18.99	2.99	9	12.19	3.19	5	4.52	-0.48	2	2.29	0.29	4	6.92	2.92	20	16.28	-3.72
7/8	TOR	Gausman	Manning	2	8.94	6.94	5	17.18	12.18	3	11.36	8.36	2	3.89	1.89	0	1.93	1.93	7	7.15	0.15	17	17.50	0.50
7/7	TOR	Manoah	Faedo	14	9.29	-4.71	21	17.43	-3.57	16	11.21	-4.79	3	4.33	1.33	2	1.90	-0.10	8	7.13	-0.87	14	15.65	1.65
7/6	OAK	Harris	Lorenzen	9	9.30	0.30	17	17.98	0.98	12	11.91	-0.09	4	3.96	-0.04	1	2.11	1.11	5	6.47	1.47	18	15.01	-2.99
7/5	OAK	Pruitt	Rodriguez	15	7.41	-7.59	18	15.37	-2.63	11	10.19	-0.82	4	3.36	-0.64	3	1.83	-1.17	5	5.74	0.74	18	16.49	-1.51
7/4	OAK	Sears	Skubal	0	8.74	8.74	8	16.69	8.69	8	10.39	2.39	0	4.09	4.09	0	2.20	2.20	4	6.58	2.58	22	17.34	-4.66
6/25	MIN	Ober	Lorenzen	9	7.66	-1.34	18	15.20	-2.80	14	9.36	-4.64	3	3.69	0.69	1	2.15	1.15	7	5.74	-1.26	22	17.36	-4.64
6/24	MIN	Lopez	Olson	5	7.98	2.98	16	15.38	-0.62	13	9.51	-3.49	1	3.80	2.80	2	2.06	0.06	4	6.41	2.41	24	18.87	-5.13
6/23	MIN	Maeda	Wentz	5	10.37	5.37	13	18.97	5.97	8	12.24	4.24	3	4.32	1.32	2	2.42	0.42	8	7.02	-0.98	26	16.64	-9.36
6/21	KC	Singer	Boyd	13	9.17	-3.83	22	17.13	-4.87	14	10.83	-3.17	7	4.41	-2.59	1	1.89	0.89	2	7.41	5.41	14	16.46	2.46
6/20	KC	Lynch	Lorenzen	1	9.16	8.16	8	17.11	9.11	6	11.07	5.07	2	3.95	1.95	0	2.09	2.09	10	7.03	-2.97	14	15.15	1.15
6/19	KC	Lyles	Olson	10	8.56	-1.45	15	15.78	0.78	9	9.89	0.89	3	4.02	1.02	3	1.87	-1.14	5	7.88	2.88	16	15.92	-0.09
6/14	ATL	Strider	Olson	17	8.33	-8.67	26	16.51	-9.49	18	10.85	-7.15	3	3.73	0.73	5	1.93	-3.07	8	6.66	-1.35	16	20.96	4.96
6/14	ATL	Dodd	Lorenzen	11	9.43	-1.57	16	18.07	2.07	9	11.80	2.80	1	4.10	3.10	6	2.16	-3.84	7	6.24	-0.76	15	14.56	-0.44
6/12	ATL	Morton	Englert	11	8.89	-2.11	23	16.59	-6.41	15	10.89	-4.11	5	3.52	-1.48	3	2.18	-0.83	8	7.62	-0.38	18	18.08	0.08
6/11	ARI	Gallen	Vest	12	9.96	-2.04	20	19.21	-0.80	10	13.06	3.06	8	4.16	-3.84	2	1.99	-0.01	10	6.62	-3.38	16	16.40	0.40
6/10	ARI	Nelson	Boyd	5	8.45	3.45	13	16.36	3.36	7	11.20	4.20	4	3.32	-0.68	2	1.84	-0.16	5	7.19	2.19	16	14.61	-1.39
6/9	ARI	Kelly	Lorenzen	17	8.17	-8.83	22	15.79	-6.21	12	10.29	-1.71	5	3.80	-1.20	5	1.70	-3.30	6	7.45	1.45	11	17.39	6.39
5/31	TEX	Dunning	Wentz	5	8.54	3.54	22	16.90	-5.10	17	11.53	-5.47	5	3.54	-1.46	0	1.83	1.83	4	6.72	2.72	18	14.48	-3.52
5/30	TEX	Perez	Faedo	16	9.62	-6.38	21	17.92	-3.08	12	11.93	-0.07	6	3.92	-2.08	3	2.07	-0.93	9	7.18	-1.82	18	14.72	-3.28
5/29	TEX	Eovaldi	Boyd	5	8.44	3.44	15	16.29	1.29	13	10.66	-2.34	1	3.43	2.43	1	2.20	1.20	9	6.22	-2.78	12	15.67	3.67
5/28	CHW	Cease	Rodriguez	11	8.58	-2.42	14	16.97	2.97	8	11.92	3.92	4	3.10	-0.90	2	1.95	-0.05	13	6.67	-6.33	21	16.88	-4.12
5/27	CHW	Scholtens	Lorenzen	10	7.92	-2.08	15	15.67	0.67	7	10.83	3.83	6	3.16	-2.84	2	1.68	-0.32	5	7.32	2.32	10	16.56	6.56
5/26	CHW	Lynn	Wentz	15	8.75	-6.25	20	17.85	-2.15	13	12.62	-0.38	6	3.48	-2.52	1	1.74	0.74	11	6.25	-4.75	12	16.07	4.07
5/25	CHW	Giolito	Faedo	9	8.41	-0.59	14	17.26	3.26	11	12.18	1.18	1	3.25	2.25	2	1.83	-0.17	12	6.04	-5.96	23	15.28	-7.72
5/17	PIT	Hill	Rodriguez	8	7.22	-0.78	15	15.37	0.37	11	10.99	-0.01	3	2.85	-0.15	1	1.53	0.53	5	6.24	1.24	23	16.03	-6.97
5/16	PIT	Ortiz	Lorenzen	4	8.91	4.91	15	16.02	1.02	11	11.21	0.21	4	2.78	-1.22	0	2.04	2.04	7	8.92	1.92	19	16.52	-2.48
5/14	SEA	Gilbert	Wentz	8	7.68	-0.32	19	15.49	-3.51	15	11.09	-3.91	4	2.85	-1.15	0	1.55	1.55	10	7.34	-2.66	14	16.63	2.63
5/13	SEA	Miller	Faedo	5	9.02	4.02	9	16.25	7.25	6	10.33	4.33	1	3.85	2.85	2	2.07	0.07	3	8.19	5.19	19	16.17	-2.83
5/12	SEA	Gonzales	Boyd	11	9.02	-1.98	18	16.76	-1.24	14	10.91	-3.09	2	3.99	1.99	2	1.86	-0.14	7	7.89	0.89	8	15.31	7.31
5/4	NYM	Verlander	Rodriguez	2	7.14	5.14	8	14.72	6.72	5	10.08	5.08	1	2.90	1.90	2	1.74	-0.26	4	6.37	2.37	19	18.46	-0.54
5/3	NYM	Scherzer	Lorenzen	9	8.07	-0.93	17	15.62	-1.38	11	10.53	-0.47	4	3.31	-0.69	2	1.78	-0.22	4	7.75	3.75	7	18.19	11.19
5/3	NYM	Lucchesi	Wentz	11	7.74	-3.27	17	15.12	-1.88	9	10.54	1.54	3	2.84	-0.16	5	1.74	-3.26	3	7.38	4.38	11	16.36	5.36
4/30	BAL	Bradish	Turnbull	8	8.37	0.37	16	15.62	-0.38	7	11.26	4.26	6	2.82	-3.18	3	1.54	-1.46	7	9.19	2.19	18	16.48	-1.52
4/29	BAL	Kremer	Rodriguez	11	7.06	-3.94	25	13.99	-11.02	16	9.79	-6.21	6	2.52	-3.48	3	1.67	-1.33	6	7.33	1.33	20	16.30	-3.71
4/29	BAL	Rodriguez	Boyd	10	8.08	-1.92	16	15.56	-0.44	13	10.78	-2.22	1	3.05	2.05	2	1.74	-0.27	5	7.95	2.95	17	18.02	1.02
4/27	BAL	Gibson	Wentz	11	7.45	-3.55	17	14.80	-2.20	13	10.00	-3.00	3	3.34	0.34	1	1.45	0.45	14	7.47	-6.54	17	16.41	-0.59
4/19	CLE	Quantrill	Turnbull	5	7.79	2.79	13	15.74	2.74	8	11.60	3.60	2	2.98	0.98	3	1.16	-1.84	7	7.90	0.90	16	14.74	-1.26
4/18	CLE	Gaddis	Boyd	7	7.32	0.32	22	14.41	-7.60	17	10.33	-6.68	3	2.55	-0.45	2	1.53	-0.47	3	8.17	5.17	11	16.52	5.52
4/18	CLE	Battenfield	Rodriguez	1	6.99	5.99	9	15.00	6.00	8	11.08	3.08	0	2.46	2.46	1	1.47	0.47	3	6.75	3.75	19	14.86	-4.14
7/24	SF	Stripling	Skubal	6	8.94	2.94	16	17.07	1.07	12	11.05	-0.95	2	3.65	1.65	2	2.36	0.36	1	6.58	5.58	20	16.83	-3.17
4/15	SF	DeSclafani	Lorenzen	13	8.78	-4.22	19	16.37	-2.63	13	11.40	-1.60	3	3.09	0.09	3	1.87	-1.13	7	8.32	1.32	19	17.97	-1.03
4/14	SF	Manaea	Wentz	11	9.20	-1.80	21	17.76	-3.24	12	12.19	0.19	6	3.66	-2.34	3	1.91	-1.09	9	7.01	-1.99	28	16.59	-11.41
4/9	BOS	Crawford	Boyd	5	7.94	2.94	16	16.68	0.68	11	12.21	1.21	4	3.28	-0.72	1	1.19	0.19	7	7.52	0.52	19	17.48	-1.52
4/8	BOS	Houck	Wentz	19	8.10	-10.90	18	16.18	-1.82	10	11.46	1.46	4	3.33	-0.67	4	1.38	-2.62	11	7.66	-3.34	13	16.07	3.07
4/6	BOS	Sale	Turnbull	9	7.23	-1.77	13	16.35	3.35	7	12.61	5.61	3	2.43	-0.57	3	1.31	-1.69	10	6.19	-3.81	12	16.63	4.63