Target Field | Ballpark Pal

March 27, 2025

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Home Runs

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.06	1.02	1.00	1.00	0.89	0.78	0.93	0.97

Doubles and Triples

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	0.95	0.94	1.04	0.98	1.05	1.23	1.36	0.98

Singles

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.04	0.97	0.96	0.97	1.00	1.02	1.04	1.12

Typical Conditions

For games played outdoors during the regular season

Wind Direction


18%	18%	11%	14%	11%	8%	6%	14%

Wind Speed (mph)

0 - 3	4 - 7	8 - 12	13 - 20	21 +
6%	34%	48%	12%	0%

Temperature (°F)

< 50	51 - 60	61 - 70	71 - 80	81 - 90	> 90
11%	11%	17%	32%	25%	5%

Humidity (%)

0 - 20	21 - 40	41 - 60	61 - 80	81 - 100
1%	16%	42%	32%	9%

Averages and Measurements

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

	Value	Rank
Runs	-3 %	19
Home Runs	-14 %	27
Doubles & Triples	-2 %	18
Singles	+5 %	7
Strikeouts	0 %	16
Walks	+1 %	5
Batter Contact	+0.2 %	15

Wind Speed	9.0 mph	8
Blowing Out	+1.8 %	3
Blowing In	-0.5 %	25
Wind Receptiveness	+2.3 %	13

Temperature	71.0°	23
Humidity	57.0%	21
Altitude	812 ft	4
Carry	-0.1 %	14
Variation	6.4 %	13

It's not often that a baseball team replaces a fully enclosed dome with an outdoor stadium, but that's what the Twins did in 2010. Many were skeptical of the decision to not include a retractable roof at the new venue as 40-degree days in April and September are all too common in Minneapolis. But the low temperatures are not as extreme as some may have anticipated as only about 10% of games at Target Field are played below 50 degrees throughout the season.

As much as Target Field is different than the Metrodome, the new field included a few prominent design characteristics that paid homage to its predecessor. Most notable is the 23-foot wall that extends across the entire right side of the field, which matches both the height and placement of 'the baggy' at the old dome. There's even a section of bleachers on that side uniquely hanging over the warning track that was designed to emulate its former.

Target Field can be solidly characterized as a pitchers park. While the left side measures further than average at all points, the right side's shallower dimensions are protected by the aforementioned wall measuring 23 feet in height. While the tall RF fence can be a good target for doubles and triples, every part along the outfield perimeter is at least a moderately difficult home run spot. Ballpark Pal ranks Target Field 27th for home runs and 18th for doubles and triples.

An interesting tidbit about Target Field is that its 8.5 acre footprint is the smallest in MLB. As a result of the small plot of land it sits on, the stadium architects were forced to creatively stack and angle the bleachers vertically, which creates somewhat of a bowl shape. This likely makes fly balls less receptive to wind as Ballpark Pal rates it 15th for wind effect (below average for fully outdoor stadiums). The venue does tend to vary a decent amount throughout the season (10th in park variation). This has a lot to do with the varying temperature in Minneapolis as about 40% of games are played either below 60 or above 80 degrees.

	Totals		Difference		% Dif		Median Dif
	Act	Sim	#	%	Away	Home	Med	Abs
Runs	742	687	-55	-7%	-13%	-2%	0.41	3.00
Hits	1371	1323	-48	-4%	-5%	-2%	-0.43	3.06
1B	862	854	-8	-1%	-5%	3%	0.52	2.19
2B/3B	309	294	-15	-5%	3%	-11%	0.17	1.14
HR	200	175	-25	-13%	-15%	-10%	-0.26	1.04
BB	564	543	-21	-4%	-9%	1%	1.21	2.04
K	1396	1408	12	1%	-2%	5%	-0.02	2.60

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
9/29	BAL	Suarez	Ober	8	7.79	-0.21	16	15.57	-0.43	11	9.93	-1.07	1	3.55	2.55	4	2.10	-1.90	4	5.97	1.97	16	17.30	1.30
9/27	BAL	Povich	Lopez	9	9.70	0.70	16	18.33	2.33	10	11.50	1.50	4	4.19	0.19	2	2.65	0.65	6	6.02	0.02	15	16.09	1.09
9/28	BAL	Bowman	Matthews	11	8.50	-2.50	23	16.77	-6.23	16	10.95	-5.05	3	3.56	0.56	4	2.26	-1.74	6	6.16	0.16	16	17.24	1.24
9/24	MIA	Weathers	Ober	5	7.54	2.54	18	15.68	-2.32	13	9.91	-3.09	4	3.79	-0.21	1	1.97	0.97	11	4.90	-6.10	15	17.46	2.46
9/15	CIN	Lowder	Festa	11	9.80	-1.21	19	17.44	-1.57	13	10.74	-2.26	5	4.04	-0.96	1	2.65	1.65	9	7.27	-1.74	18	18.83	0.83
9/26	MIA	Bellozo	Festa	14	9.10	-4.90	25	17.09	-7.91	18	10.50	-7.51	6	4.26	-1.74	1	2.34	1.34	17	6.38	-10.62	26	15.90	-10.10
9/25	MIA	Cabrera	Woods Rich.	10	9.38	-0.62	19	17.50	-1.50	11	11.24	0.24	6	3.85	-2.15	2	2.40	0.40	5	6.82	1.82	22	17.45	-4.56
9/13	CIN	Aguiar	Ober	12	8.95	-3.05	14	16.29	2.29	7	9.88	2.88	4	3.97	-0.03	3	2.44	-0.56	6	7.02	1.02	13	17.84	4.84
9/10	LAA	Canning	Lopez	15	8.08	-6.92	20	15.81	-4.19	14	10.01	-3.99	2	3.74	1.74	4	2.06	-1.95	6	6.78	0.78	18	18.02	0.02
9/11	LAA	Kochanowicz	Matthews	10	8.64	-1.36	21	16.99	-4.01	13	11.11	-1.89	4	3.84	-0.16	4	2.04	-1.96	10	6.65	-3.35	19	17.84	-1.17
9/14	CIN	Martinez	Woods Rich.	12	9.79	-2.21	20	18.23	-1.77	12	11.52	-0.48	6	4.00	-2.00	2	2.71	0.71	7	6.22	-0.78	14	17.86	3.86
8/31	TOR	Berrios	Matthews	15	9.99	-5.01	27	18.22	-8.78	17	11.52	-5.49	6	4.20	-1.80	4	2.51	-1.49	6	7.31	1.31	17	17.26	0.26
9/9	LAA	Detmers	Festa	8	7.78	-0.22	14	15.39	1.39	7	9.63	2.63	4	3.73	-0.27	3	2.04	-0.96	9	6.41	-2.59	20	18.96	-1.04
9/1	TOR	Rodriguez	Ober	7	7.41	0.41	9	15.01	6.01	7	9.97	2.97	0	3.15	3.15	2	1.89	-0.11	12	6.49	-5.51	15	18.38	3.38
8/30	TOR	Gausman	Lopez	2	8.25	6.25	11	15.89	4.89	10	9.71	-0.29	1	3.90	2.90	0	2.28	2.28	5	6.33	1.33	10	16.04	6.04
8/25	STL	Fedde	Matthews	4	10.38	6.38	14	18.65	4.65	11	12.09	1.09	1	4.05	3.05	2	2.51	0.51	5	7.62	2.62	20	14.00	-6.01
8/27	ATL	Schwellenbach	Woods Rich.	13	8.47	-4.53	25	16.21	-8.80	15	9.90	-5.10	9	3.54	-5.46	1	2.76	1.76	9	5.83	-3.17	20	20.75	0.75
8/26	ATL	Fried	Ober	16	9.00	-7.00	22	16.60	-5.40	13	10.13	-2.87	5	3.64	-1.36	4	2.83	-1.17	5	6.44	1.44	20	18.91	-1.09
8/28	ATL	Sale	Festa	6	8.52	2.52	15	16.75	1.75	8	10.54	2.54	6	3.90	-2.10	1	2.31	1.31	5	6.18	1.18	23	20.79	-2.21
8/13	KC	Lugo	Matthews	16	10.17	-5.83	22	19.27	-2.73	11	12.77	1.77	6	4.57	-1.43	5	1.93	-3.07	3	7.04	4.04	16	13.72	-2.28
8/24	STL	Gray	Lopez	6	9.61	3.61	14	18.63	4.63	6	12.04	6.04	5	4.04	-0.96	3	2.55	-0.45	5	5.96	0.96	21	18.00	-3.00
8/14	KC	Ragans	Varland	5	10.33	5.33	18	19.68	1.68	12	12.95	0.95	3	4.18	1.18	3	2.56	-0.44	4	6.28	2.28	14	16.31	2.31
8/23	STL	Pallante	Festa	7	9.25	2.25	14	17.11	3.11	11	10.73	-0.27	2	3.82	1.82	1	2.56	1.56	12	6.94	-5.06	14	16.14	2.14
8/9	CLE	Cobb	Varland	9	9.27	0.27	19	18.27	-0.73	17	12.51	-4.49	0	3.74	3.74	2	2.02	0.02	4	6.55	2.55	13	15.15	2.15
8/11	CLE	Bibee	Festa	8	8.56	0.56	20	16.69	-3.31	11	10.67	-0.33	5	3.70	-1.31	4	2.33	-1.67	9	6.47	-2.53	16	17.78	1.78
8/10	CLE	Williams	Woods Rich.	3	8.99	5.99	8	16.61	8.61	5	10.46	5.46	1	3.95	2.95	2	2.19	0.19	1	7.49	6.49	15	16.97	1.97
8/12	KC	Singer	Lopez	11	9.50	-1.50	18	18.32	0.32	13	11.65	-1.35	2	4.60	2.60	3	2.07	-0.93	4	6.38	2.38	21	15.18	-5.82
8/2	CHW	Martin	Ryan	11	8.96	-2.04	12	17.20	5.20	5	11.20	6.20	3	3.52	0.52	4	2.48	-1.52	12	5.95	-6.05	19	17.48	-1.53
8/3	CHW	Crochet	Ober	8	8.76	0.76	11	16.87	5.87	6	10.19	4.19	2	4.31	2.31	3	2.38	-0.63	10	5.67	-4.33	14	19.50	5.50
7/24	PHI	Nola	Okert	9	8.34	-0.66	18	16.33	-1.67	9	10.43	1.43	7	3.85	-3.15	2	2.05	0.05	11	6.96	-4.04	22	19.77	-2.23
7/23	PHI	Wheeler	Woods Rich.	3	8.94	5.94	9	16.72	7.72	6	10.60	4.60	3	3.80	0.80	0	2.32	2.32	8	7.35	-0.65	17	19.11	2.11
8/4	CHW	Flexen	Woods Rich.	20	9.33	-10.67	26	16.77	-9.23	15	10.21	-4.79	9	4.08	-4.92	2	2.48	0.48	15	7.12	-7.89	24	15.66	-8.34
7/20	MIL	Peralta	Lopez	12	9.21	-2.80	18	17.06	-0.94	14	10.70	-3.31	3	4.19	1.19	1	2.18	1.18	8	7.61	-0.39	21	18.95	-2.05
7/22	PHI	Suarez	Ober	8	9.54	1.54	16	18.17	2.17	11	11.36	0.36	4	4.20	0.20	1	2.61	1.61	7	6.16	-0.84	14	18.97	4.97
7/21	MIL	Civale	Ryan	15	8.55	-6.45	20	16.63	-3.37	9	10.62	1.62	4	3.74	-0.26	7	2.27	-4.73	9	6.10	-2.90	19	17.18	-1.82
7/7	HOU	Arrighetti	Woods Rich.	5	8.45	3.45	16	16.48	0.48	14	10.44	-3.56	1	4.01	3.01	1	2.03	1.03	7	6.90	-0.10	15	16.50	1.50
7/5	HOU	Dubin	Lopez	25	8.05	-16.95	33	16.03	-16.97	23	10.29	-12.71	7	3.78	-3.22	3	1.96	-1.04	13	6.51	-6.49	18	16.24	-1.76
7/6	HOU	Brown	Ryan	12	7.69	-4.31	21	15.76	-5.24	14	10.18	-3.82	4	3.48	-0.52	3	2.10	-0.90	5	5.66	0.66	20	15.91	-4.10
7/2	DET	Skubal	Woods Rich.	8	9.29	1.29	12	17.52	5.52	6	11.49	5.49	2	3.27	1.27	4	2.77	-1.23	7	6.15	-0.85	15	16.51	1.51
6/19	TB	Bradley	Ryan	5	7.89	2.89	17	15.54	-1.46	11	9.21	-1.79	4	4.12	0.12	2	2.20	0.20	11	5.93	-5.07	14	18.33	4.33
7/3	DET	Montero	Festa	11	9.18	-1.82	19	17.53	-1.47	9	11.44	2.44	5	3.90	-1.10	5	2.18	-2.82	5	6.79	1.79	15	16.59	1.59
6/20	TB	Littell	Woods Rich.	13	8.72	-4.28	21	16.90	-4.10	7	10.56	3.56	9	4.10	-4.90	5	2.24	-2.76	8	6.12	-1.88	23	16.53	-6.47
6/16	ATH	Estes	Paddack	15	9.45	-5.55	25	17.82	-7.18	14	10.76	-3.24	6	4.71	-1.29	5	2.35	-2.65	6	6.29	0.29	15	16.22	1.22
6/14	ATH	Spence	Woods Rich.	10	7.86	-2.14	15	15.89	0.89	11	10.49	-0.52	2	3.53	1.53	2	1.88	-0.12	14	6.24	-7.76	14	17.08	3.08
6/18	TB	Civale	Lopez	13	10.76	-2.24	21	18.53	-2.47	12	10.92	-1.08	5	4.12	-0.88	4	3.50	-0.50	4	6.67	2.67	18	18.41	0.41
6/13	ATH	Medina	Ryan	8	9.39	1.39	17	16.86	-0.14	15	10.50	-4.50	0	4.02	4.02	2	2.35	0.35	3	7.38	4.38	10	17.63	7.63
6/16	ATH	Sears	Ober	8	9.42	1.42	21	16.83	-4.17	15	9.67	-5.34	1	4.45	3.45	5	2.72	-2.28	8	6.81	-1.19	13	16.75	3.75
6/12	COL	Gomber	Lopez	26	8.72	-17.28	36	16.75	-19.26	20	10.71	-9.29	13	3.66	-9.34	3	2.37	-0.63	5	5.96	0.96	12	17.41	5.41
6/10	COL	Hudson	Paddack	5	8.78	3.78	13	17.10	4.10	9	11.83	2.83	3	3.52	0.52	1	1.74	0.74	3	7.19	4.19	12	15.21	3.21
5/30	KC	Lynch	Paddack	13	8.28	-4.73	16	17.11	1.11	10	11.23	1.23	2	3.91	1.91	4	1.97	-2.03	8	5.41	-2.59	13	13.34	0.34
6/11	COL	Quantrill	Varland	9	9.62	0.62	15	17.86	2.86	9	11.75	2.75	2	3.77	1.77	4	2.34	-1.66	6	7.25	1.25	14	19.12	5.12
5/29	KC	Lugo	Ober	7	8.05	1.05	18	16.21	-1.79	12	10.12	-1.88	3	4.14	1.14	3	1.96	-1.04	5	5.98	0.98	12	16.77	4.77
5/25	TEX	Lorenzen	Paddack	8	9.60	1.60	12	16.92	4.92	7	10.47	3.47	3	3.95	0.95	2	2.50	0.50	9	8.23	-0.77	14	16.58	2.58
5/26	TEX	Garabito	Lopez	8	8.90	0.90	12	16.48	4.48	6	10.32	4.32	4	4.07	0.07	2	2.09	0.09	8	7.67	-0.33	16	16.83	0.83
5/28	KC	Ragans	Woods Rich.	6	8.30	2.30	16	16.84	0.84	10	11.38	1.38	6	3.50	-2.50	0	1.96	1.96	5	6.28	1.28	19	16.37	-2.64
5/27	KC	Marsh	Ryan	11	8.52	-2.48	17	16.19	-0.81	14	10.55	-3.45	1	3.27	2.27	2	2.37	0.37	3	6.51	3.51	18	16.56	-1.44
5/24	TEX	Urena	Ober	5	9.11	4.11	14	17.07	3.07	9	11.20	2.20	3	3.61	0.61	2	2.26	0.26	11	7.43	-3.57	14	16.01	2.01
5/8	SEA	Kirby	Paddack	9	7.04	-1.96	17	14.89	-2.12	9	10.17	1.17	4	2.86	-1.14	4	1.86	-2.14	3	6.17	3.17	22	19.26	-2.74
5/16	NYY	Schmidt	Ryan	5	8.46	3.46	12	16.30	4.30	6	10.82	4.82	5	3.20	-1.80	1	2.27	1.27	3	6.87	3.87	16	18.87	2.87
5/15	NYY	Stroman	Lopez	4	9.22	5.22	17	16.90	-0.10	10	11.15	1.15	6	3.82	-2.18	1	1.94	0.94	6	8.44	2.44	10	18.02	8.02
5/14	NYY	Rodon	Paddack	6	8.76	2.76	20	16.95	-3.06	15	11.23	-3.77	3	3.84	0.84	2	1.87	-0.13	4	7.67	3.67	14	16.87	2.87
5/9	SEA	Gilbert	Lopez	12	6.15	-5.85	17	13.35	-3.65	12	8.91	-3.09	3	2.75	-0.25	2	1.70	-0.30	7	6.15	-0.85	23	20.60	-2.40
5/4	BOS	Bernardino	Lopez	4	6.88	2.88	16	15.09	-0.91	13	10.62	-2.38	2	2.80	0.80	1	1.67	0.67	5	6.00	1.00	20	18.18	-1.82
5/6	SEA	Castillo	Woods Rich.	4	7.85	3.85	8	15.82	7.82	4	10.48	6.48	4	3.34	-0.66	0	2.00	2.00	6	6.84	0.84	23	20.16	-2.84
5/5	BOS	Criswell	Ryan	11	6.86	-4.14	20	14.24	-5.76	9	9.89	0.89	8	2.61	-5.39	3	1.75	-1.25	6	6.62	0.62	16	17.02	1.02
5/3	BOS	Houck	Paddack	7	8.05	1.05	12	15.93	3.93	8	11.06	3.06	4	2.90	-1.10	0	1.97	1.97	6	7.62	1.62	20	19.19	-0.81
5/7	SEA	Hancock	Ober	16	7.64	-8.36	19	14.86	-4.14	10	9.70	-0.30	6	3.09	-2.91	3	2.07	-0.94	10	7.09	-2.91	15	18.19	3.19
4/22	CHW	Cannon	Paddack	7	8.47	1.47	19	16.32	-2.68	14	11.28	-2.72	4	3.21	-0.79	1	1.84	0.84	3	8.21	5.21	18	17.29	-0.72
4/23	CHW	Fedde	Lopez	10	7.47	-2.53	18	15.17	-2.83	9	10.56	1.56	6	2.98	-3.02	3	1.63	-1.37	5	7.40	2.40	27	17.43	-9.57
4/25	CHW	Soroka	Woods Rich.	9	8.50	-0.50	19	16.20	-2.80	13	11.36	-1.64	1	3.22	2.22	5	1.63	-3.37	8	8.93	0.93	12	16.72	4.72
4/24	CHW	Crochet	Ryan	9	6.35	-2.65	17	14.39	-2.61	9	10.08	1.08	5	2.93	-2.07	3	1.37	-1.63	7	5.94	-1.06	23	18.50	-4.51
4/21	DET	Mize	Varland	7	7.47	0.47	14	15.13	1.13	9	10.74	1.74	3	2.61	-0.39	2	1.78	-0.22	11	7.57	-3.43	14	19.12	5.12
4/20	DET	Olson	Ober	7	6.46	-0.54	12	13.35	1.35	8	8.69	0.69	4	2.97	-1.03	0	1.69	1.69	8	6.98	-1.03	16	18.87	2.87
4/19	DET	Flaherty	Ryan	9	7.12	-1.88	17	14.92	-2.08	12	10.21	-1.79	4	3.08	-0.92	1	1.64	0.64	5	6.76	1.76	23	19.61	-3.39
4/10	LAD	Miller	Paddack	5	8.41	3.41	15	15.35	0.35	10	10.07	0.07	2	3.15	1.15	3	2.13	-0.87	8	8.44	0.44	21	22.09	1.09
4/9	LAD	Glasnow	Varland	9	7.71	-1.29	15	13.93	-1.07	7	9.03	2.03	3	2.66	-0.34	5	2.24	-2.76	6	8.69	2.69	29	23.21	-5.79
4/8	LAD	Paxton	Ober	6	9.21	3.21	13	16.36	3.36	8	10.35	2.35	2	3.40	1.40	3	2.62	-0.38	4	8.33	4.33	19	19.78	0.78
4/6	CLE	Carrasco	Ryan	4	8.85	4.85	9	16.47	7.47	6	11.32	5.32	2	3.37	1.37	1	1.78	0.78	11	8.45	-2.55	25	16.31	-8.70
8/9	CLE	Cantillo	Ober	6	8.11	2.11	13	16.21	3.21	7	10.47	3.47	3	3.69	0.69	3	2.06	-0.94	5	6.21	1.21	17	16.87	-0.13
4/4	CLE	Bibee	Lopez	6	8.01	2.01	14	15.90	1.90	10	10.89	0.89	3	3.34	0.34	1	1.67	0.67	8	7.50	-0.50	22	16.57	-5.43