Target Field | Ballpark Pal

December 8, 2023

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Home Runs

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.03	0.99	0.86	0.74	0.74	0.68	0.84	0.85

Doubles and Triples

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	0.91	0.88	0.94	0.87	1.10	1.24	1.45	0.92

Singles

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.12	1.03	1.05	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.02	1.20

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

Temperature	71°	23
Humidity	57%	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	737	730	-7	-1%	3%	-4%	0.58	3.27
Hits	1370	1383	13	1%	1%	1%	-0.32	3.08
1B	825	869	44	5%	3%	8%	0.52	1.73
2B/3B	323	327	4	1%	3%	0%	0.33	1.04
HR	222	187	-35	-16%	-11%	-20%	-0.31	1.16
BB	643	611	-32	-5%	6%	-13%	1.16	1.98
K	1702	1610	-92	-5%	-1%	-10%	-0.54	2.73

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
9/28	OAK	Medina	Gray	3	9.52	6.52	8	16.39	8.39	6	9.95	3.95	1	4.09	3.09	1	2.35	1.35	10	8.72	-1.28	19	20.90	1.90
9/27	OAK	Estes	Lopez	9	8.85	-0.15	22	16.20	-5.80	14	9.71	-4.30	6	4.01	-1.99	2	2.48	0.48	5	7.37	2.37	23	19.79	-3.21
9/26	OAK	Blackburn	Ober	14	8.84	-5.16	16	16.23	0.23	10	10.30	0.30	3	3.57	0.57	3	2.35	-0.65	11	7.66	-3.34	23	19.91	-3.09
9/24	LAA	Wantz	Ryan	12	9.83	-2.18	21	17.01	-3.99	12	9.81	-2.19	6	4.36	-1.64	3	2.83	-0.17	7	7.69	0.69	20	19.80	-0.20
9/23	LAA	Rosenberg	Gray	1	8.49	7.49	12	16.46	4.46	9	10.42	1.42	2	3.87	1.87	1	2.18	1.18	5	6.73	1.73	20	18.34	-1.66
9/22	LAA	Suarez	Lopez	14	9.13	-4.87	16	17.04	1.04	9	10.73	1.73	4	3.93	-0.08	3	2.39	-0.61	13	6.90	-6.10	20	18.70	-1.30
9/13	TB	Bradley	Keuchel	9	8.96	-0.04	14	17.28	3.28	4	11.26	7.26	7	4.18	-2.82	3	1.84	-1.16	7	7.59	0.59	19	17.74	-1.26
9/12	TB	Littell	Ryan	5	8.73	3.73	12	16.97	4.97	7	10.31	3.31	2	4.41	2.41	3	2.26	-0.74	4	6.20	2.20	20	20.29	0.29
9/11	TB	Glasnow	Gray	11	7.73	-3.27	19	15.89	-3.11	13	10.17	-2.83	2	3.89	1.89	4	1.83	-2.17	12	6.18	-5.83	21	20.98	-0.02
9/10	NYM	Megill	Lopez	2	9.82	7.82	8	17.65	9.65	4	10.93	6.93	4	4.34	0.34	0	2.38	2.38	9	7.70	-1.30	25	18.57	-6.43
9/9	NYM	Peterson	Maeda	12	9.86	-2.14	20	16.88	-3.12	12	10.42	-1.58	4	3.96	-0.04	4	2.50	-1.50	7	8.81	1.81	21	20.06	-0.94
9/8	NYM	Senga	Keuchel	7	9.38	2.38	12	17.14	5.14	6	10.81	4.81	5	4.23	-0.77	1	2.10	1.10	8	8.34	0.34	19	18.86	-0.14
8/30	CLE	Bibee	Gray	7	8.49	1.49	11	16.61	5.61	7	10.62	3.62	3	4.15	1.15	1	1.84	0.84	10	7.13	-2.87	21	17.92	-3.08
8/29	CLE	Williams	Lopez	6	8.90	2.90	18	16.99	-1.01	11	10.84	-0.16	4	4.10	0.10	3	2.05	-0.95	7	7.35	0.35	12	20.60	8.60
8/28	CLE	Curry	Maeda	16	8.92	-7.08	19	16.19	-2.81	9	9.85	0.85	6	3.87	-2.13	4	2.47	-1.53	7	7.22	0.22	18	18.29	0.29
8/27	TEX	Montgomery	Ober	13	9.63	-3.37	18	17.30	-0.70	14	10.12	-3.88	1	4.34	3.34	3	2.84	-0.16	14	6.87	-7.14	25	19.16	-5.84
8/26	TEX	Scherzer	Ryan	7	8.74	1.74	14	15.63	1.63	8	8.59	0.59	3	4.35	1.35	3	2.69	-0.31	9	7.62	-1.38	23	23.07	0.07
8/25	TEX	Dunning	Gray	14	10.23	-3.77	20	17.90	-2.11	10	10.81	0.81	6	4.27	-1.73	4	2.82	-1.18	12	7.84	-4.16	14	20.27	6.27
8/24	TEX	Heaney	Lopez	12	10.22	-1.78	21	17.76	-3.25	10	10.63	0.63	3	3.89	0.89	8	3.23	-4.77	6	7.17	1.17	17	19.39	2.39
8/20	PIT	Borucki	Keuchel	2	9.30	7.30	7	17.24	10.24	4	10.96	6.96	3	4.04	1.04	0	2.24	2.24	3	7.63	4.63	23	18.71	-4.29
8/19	PIT	Keller	Gray	11	10.33	-0.67	19	18.51	-0.49	13	11.76	-1.24	5	4.02	-0.98	1	2.74	1.74	13	7.73	-5.27	24	20.50	-3.50
8/18	PIT	Jackson	Lopez	6	8.67	2.67	19	16.69	-2.31	11	10.07	-0.93	7	4.34	-2.66	1	2.28	1.28	11	6.56	-4.44	24	21.76	-2.24
8/16	DET	Olson	Maeda	15	9.26	-5.74	25	16.80	-8.20	16	9.62	-6.38	3	4.79	1.79	6	2.38	-3.62	7	7.42	0.42	19	18.57	-0.43
8/15	DET	Faedo	Ober	8	9.21	1.21	14	17.09	3.09	9	10.19	1.19	2	4.13	2.13	3	2.78	-0.22	9	6.47	-2.53	19	17.55	-1.45
8/6	ARI	Gallen	Keuchel	8	9.61	1.61	17	18.22	1.22	11	11.59	0.59	3	4.14	1.14	3	2.48	-0.52	11	6.58	-4.42	15	17.46	2.46
8/5	ARI	Nelson	Maeda	13	7.64	-5.37	19	14.85	-4.16	11	9.06	-1.94	3	3.90	0.90	5	1.88	-3.12	6	7.09	1.09	22	16.95	-5.05
8/4	ARI	Kelly	Ober	5	8.52	3.52	16	16.14	0.14	11	10.05	-0.95	1	3.88	2.88	4	2.20	-1.80	7	7.04	0.04	19	18.71	-0.29
7/26	SEA	Miller	Ryan	15	8.58	-6.42	22	15.63	-6.37	9	9.10	0.10	6	3.68	-2.32	7	2.85	-4.15	4	6.53	2.53	21	22.53	1.53
7/25	SEA	Kirby	Lopez	16	8.77	-7.24	18	16.88	-1.12	6	10.34	4.34	7	4.23	-2.77	5	2.31	-2.70	10	6.76	-3.25	29	21.24	-7.76
7/24	SEA	Castillo	Maeda	6	9.21	3.21	17	16.74	-0.26	10	9.99	-0.01	5	4.13	-0.87	2	2.63	0.63	6	7.53	1.53	22	21.56	-0.44
7/23	CHW	Giolito	Ober	9	7.85	-1.15	24	14.89	-9.11	17	8.85	-8.15	5	3.66	-1.34	2	2.38	0.38	10	6.58	-3.42	28	20.26	-7.75
7/22	CHW	Cease	Gray	5	8.86	3.86	16	17.20	1.20	12	11.19	-0.81	4	3.83	-0.17	0	2.18	2.18	7	7.15	0.15	19	20.14	1.14
7/21	CHW	Lynn	Ryan	13	7.98	-5.02	17	15.58	-1.42	8	9.18	1.18	3	4.17	1.17	6	2.24	-3.77	7	6.44	-0.56	19	20.63	1.63
7/9	BAL	Gibson	Ryan	17	7.64	-9.36	21	14.50	-6.50	10	8.56	-1.44	4	3.73	-0.27	7	2.21	-4.79	7	6.80	-0.20	28	18.21	-9.79
7/8	BAL	Wells	Gray	8	8.58	0.58	15	15.56	0.56	10	9.54	-0.46	5	3.52	-1.48	0	2.50	2.50	7	7.58	0.58	13	19.62	6.62
7/7	BAL	Irvin	Ober	4	9.31	5.31	10	17.39	7.39	7	10.77	3.77	3	3.99	0.99	0	2.63	2.63	6	6.16	0.16	19	17.94	-1.06
7/5	KC	Marsh	Lopez	5	8.86	3.86	9	15.53	6.53	4	9.53	5.53	3	3.66	0.66	2	2.33	0.33	7	8.61	1.61	21	19.55	-1.45
7/4	KC	Greinke	Maeda	12	8.83	-3.17	15	17.00	2.00	9	11.01	2.01	2	3.88	1.88	4	2.11	-1.89	5	6.93	1.93	15	17.76	2.76
7/3	KC	Cox	Ryan	12	9.23	-2.77	23	17.08	-5.92	17	10.61	-6.39	3	3.99	0.99	3	2.48	-0.52	7	6.66	-0.34	20	17.98	-2.02
6/22	BOS	Garza	Ryan	6	7.88	1.88	13	15.49	2.49	8	9.52	1.52	2	3.92	1.92	3	2.05	-0.95	3	6.53	3.53	14	17.75	3.75
6/21	BOS	Whitlock	Gray	8	9.42	1.42	19	18.28	-0.72	11	11.84	0.84	6	4.44	-1.56	2	2.00	0.00	7	7.01	0.01	20	17.40	-2.60
6/20	BOS	Crawford	Ober	14	8.08	-5.92	26	15.63	-10.37	17	9.26	-7.74	3	4.26	1.26	6	2.11	-3.89	6	6.65	0.65	14	18.68	4.68
6/19	BOS	Paxton	Lopez	12	8.79	-3.21	17	16.68	-0.32	10	10.30	0.30	5	4.12	-0.88	2	2.27	0.27	12	7.25	-4.75	20	20.22	0.22
6/18	DET	Vest	Varland	10	8.71	-1.30	18	17.05	-0.95	9	10.61	1.61	7	4.43	-2.57	2	2.01	0.01	7	6.48	-0.52	21	17.38	-3.62
6/17	DET	Wentz	De Leon	2	8.39	6.39	6	16.42	10.42	4	10.13	6.13	2	4.17	2.17	0	2.12	2.12	4	6.74	2.74	16	19.06	3.06
6/16	DET	Vest	Ryan	8	7.82	-0.18	16	15.55	-0.45	9	9.74	0.74	3	3.90	0.90	4	1.91	-2.09	2	6.53	4.53	18	18.67	0.67
6/15	DET	Boyd	Gray	12	7.63	-4.38	19	15.46	-3.55	12	9.95	-2.05	6	3.79	-2.21	1	1.71	0.71	5	7.05	2.05	18	18.94	0.94
6/14	MIL	Rea	Ober	6	7.62	1.62	11	14.15	3.15	5	8.58	3.58	4	3.38	-0.62	2	2.19	0.19	8	7.69	-0.31	19	19.95	0.95
6/13	MIL	Burnes	Lopez	11	7.24	-3.76	22	14.39	-7.61	13	9.20	-3.80	5	3.16	-1.84	4	2.03	-1.97	5	7.08	2.08	25	20.23	-4.77
6/4	CLE	McKenzie	Ryan	3	7.35	4.35	8	15.31	7.31	4	9.87	5.87	3	3.33	0.33	1	2.11	1.11	4	5.40	1.40	22	17.57	-4.43
6/3	CLE	Allen	Gray	6	9.04	3.04	20	17.69	-2.31	14	11.26	-2.74	3	4.15	1.15	3	2.28	-0.72	6	6.10	0.10	13	18.07	5.07
6/2	CLE	Civale	Ober	1	8.11	7.11	14	16.55	2.55	10	10.49	0.49	4	4.04	0.04	0	2.01	2.01	6	5.96	-0.04	13	17.55	4.55
6/1	CLE	Bibee	Lopez	12	8.73	-3.27	19	16.73	-2.27	13	10.33	-2.67	4	4.22	0.22	2	2.18	0.18	6	6.72	0.72	14	20.02	6.02
5/28	TOR	Berrios	Ober	3	8.24	5.24	12	15.96	3.96	11	9.81	-1.19	1	4.08	3.08	0	2.07	2.07	9	6.99	-2.01	23	19.77	-3.23
5/27	TOR	Bassitt	Lopez	16	8.00	-8.00	24	15.70	-8.30	14	9.84	-4.17	3	3.99	0.99	7	1.88	-5.12	7	7.49	0.49	21	20.75	-0.25
5/26	TOR	Gausman	Varland	4	7.00	3.00	13	15.86	2.86	7	10.95	3.95	4	3.39	-0.61	2	1.52	-0.48	10	5.50	-4.50	18	20.21	2.21
5/24	SF	DeSclafani	Ryan	8	6.85	-1.15	17	15.04	-1.96	9	9.62	0.62	6	3.74	-2.26	2	1.68	-0.32	8	5.68	-2.32	25	21.61	-3.39
5/23	SF	Cobb	Gray	7	7.55	0.55	16	15.28	-0.72	10	10.09	0.09	3	3.19	0.19	3	2.01	-0.99	6	6.87	0.87	23	20.79	-2.21
5/22	SF	Brebbia	Ober	5	7.23	2.23	9	15.21	6.21	3	10.05	7.05	4	3.42	-0.58	2	1.74	-0.26	11	6.28	-4.73	26	20.48	-5.53
5/14	CHC	Stroman	Varland	19	7.81	-11.19	24	15.87	-8.13	11	10.61	-0.39	8	3.56	-4.44	5	1.70	-3.30	6	7.38	1.38	17	19.62	2.62
5/13	CHC	Wesneski	Ryan	12	8.30	-3.70	19	16.14	-2.86	10	10.18	0.18	4	4.17	0.17	5	1.78	-3.22	11	7.36	-3.64	23	19.16	-3.84
5/12	CHC	Smyly	Gray	8	7.68	-0.32	16	15.06	-0.94	10	10.03	0.03	5	3.22	-1.78	1	1.82	0.82	6	7.74	1.74	17	19.15	2.15
5/11	SD	Darvish	Ober	7	8.54	1.54	12	15.08	3.08	4	9.04	5.04	5	3.64	-1.36	3	2.40	-0.60	8	8.30	0.30	19	18.46	-0.54
5/10	SD	Lugo	Lopez	7	8.31	1.31	13	15.44	2.44	8	9.98	1.98	3	3.33	0.33	2	2.14	0.14	15	8.31	-6.69	19	19.38	0.38
5/9	SD	Wacha	Varland	7	8.53	1.53	16	15.61	-0.39	11	9.72	-1.28	4	3.62	-0.38	1	2.28	1.28	10	7.83	-2.17	18	17.24	-0.77
4/30	KC	Singer	Gray	12	8.84	-3.16	17	15.76	-1.24	11	9.89	-1.11	5	3.55	-1.45	1	2.32	1.32	8	8.16	0.16	24	17.92	-6.08
4/29	KC	Keller	Ober	5	9.30	4.30	16	16.05	0.05	12	10.40	-1.60	3	3.35	0.35	1	2.30	1.30	14	8.94	-5.06	14	17.06	3.06
4/28	KC	Lyles	Lopez	14	8.62	-5.38	20	15.66	-4.35	8	9.81	1.81	8	3.35	-4.65	4	2.50	-1.50	8	7.41	-0.59	22	17.29	-4.71
4/27	KC	Greinke	Mahle	8	7.83	-0.17	13	15.03	2.03	7	9.66	2.66	3	3.30	0.30	3	2.08	-0.92	4	6.92	2.92	22	15.28	-6.72
4/26	NYY	German	Maeda	18	7.43	-10.58	19	14.68	-4.32	9	9.75	0.75	6	3.30	-2.70	4	1.62	-2.38	8	7.97	-0.03	22	17.97	-4.03
4/25	NYY	Cortes Jr.	Ryan	8	7.13	-0.87	16	14.03	-1.97	9	9.52	0.52	5	2.87	-2.13	2	1.65	-0.35	3	8.20	5.20	18	19.25	1.25
4/24	NYY	Brito	Gray	7	8.10	1.10	16	14.81	-1.20	12	9.61	-2.39	3	3.37	0.37	1	1.83	0.83	10	9.15	-0.85	15	18.57	3.57
4/23	WAS	Corbin	Ober	4	7.49	3.49	12	15.85	3.85	9	10.70	1.70	1	3.79	2.79	2	1.37	-0.63	7	6.35	-0.65	13	15.73	2.73
4/22	WAS	Kuhl	Lopez	14	7.60	-6.40	24	14.44	-9.56	15	9.14	-5.87	7	3.43	-3.57	2	1.88	-0.12	11	7.48	-3.52	23	16.87	-6.13
4/21	WAS	Williams	Mahle	5	7.47	2.47	12	15.62	3.62	7	10.94	3.94	3	3.03	0.03	2	1.65	-0.35	3	6.64	3.64	13	17.18	4.18
4/12	CHW	Giolito	Gray	4	9.62	5.62	16	17.82	1.82	11	11.50	0.50	4	3.89	-0.11	1	2.43	1.43	6	7.26	1.26	15	17.29	2.29
4/11	CHW	Lynn	Lopez	6	9.13	3.13	13	17.92	4.92	7	12.26	5.26	3	3.51	0.51	3	2.16	-0.84	2	6.62	4.62	29	18.33	-10.67
4/10	CHW	Cease	Maeda	7	8.54	1.54	12	17.35	5.35	9	12.23	3.23	2	3.38	1.38	1	1.75	0.75	7	7.26	0.26	19	17.71	-1.29
4/9	HOU	Brown	Mahle	6	8.22	2.22	13	16.23	3.23	8	10.95	2.95	4	3.45	-0.55	1	1.82	0.82	7	7.66	0.66	17	18.93	1.93
4/8	HOU	Garcia	Ryan	15	9.45	-5.55	19	17.94	-1.06	13	11.73	-1.27	2	4.22	2.22	4	1.99	-2.01	6	7.41	1.41	23	16.83	-6.17
4/7	HOU	Urquidy	Gray	5	8.57	3.57	16	17.26	1.26	13	11.63	-1.37	3	3.83	0.83	0	1.80	1.80	7	6.87	-0.13	28	17.73	-10.27
10/11	HOU	Urquidy	Ryan	5	9.31	4.31	9	16.91	7.91	4	10.22	6.22	1	4.39	3.39	4	2.31	-1.70	2	7.67	5.67	24	16.28	-7.72
10/10	HOU	Javier	Gray	10	8.96	-1.04	17	16.10	-0.91	10	10.12	0.12	3	3.52	0.52	4	2.45	-1.55	11	8.02	-2.98	26	16.89	-9.11
10/4	TOR	Berrios	Gray	2	9.19	7.19	16	16.55	0.55	16	10.30	-5.70	0	3.43	3.43	0	2.82	2.82	8	7.30	-0.70	22	18.57	-3.43
10/3	TOR	Gausman	Lopez	4	9.46	5.46	11	16.48	5.48	8	9.56	1.56	1	4.26	3.26	2	2.66	0.66	10	7.98	-2.03	18	20.01	2.01