Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Old Vs. New

What happens to major-league teams' win-loss records when they abandon old ballparks for new?

With the help of Baseball-Reference.com, I made a list of the win-loss records, both overall (home and away) and just home records, of every team (I hope) since 1961 that moved to a new stadium within the same home market.

I listed the stats of the last season in the old stadium and the first year in the new. In cases where a team switched stadiums during the middle of a season, I split that season's records between the two venues (an exception being the '66 Cards, who, since they played only 10 games in their old park that year, I added the '65 results to those early games). I counted the away games played after the last home game at the old ballpark but before the first home game in the new park as part of the old stadiums' overall stats.

I'm not including temporary moves, like when the Yanks played in Shea in 1974, but only moves to new 'permanent' home parks.

Here's the data...

Wins-Losses
Team Old Ballpark New Ballpark
Year Ballpark Overall- Home Overall- Home
---- -------- - ------------------------------
Senators
1961 Griffith - 61-100- 33-46
1962 DC Stdim - - - - - - - - - 60-101- 27-53
Dodgers
1961 LAMemCol - 89-65 - 45-32
1962 Dodger S - - - - - - - - -102-63 - 54-29
Mets
1963 Polo Grs - 51-111- 34-47
1964 Shea Std - - - - - - - - - 53-109- 33-48
Colt 45s/Astros
1964 Colt Std - 66-96 - 41-40
1965 Astrodme - - - - - - - - - 65-97 - 36-45
Cardinals
1965 Busch I - 80-81 - 42-39
1966 Busch I - 9-14 - 3- 7
1966 Busch II - - - - - - - - - 74-65 - 40-31
Pirates
1970 Forbes F - 50-39 - 26-16
1970 3 Rivers - - - - - - - - - 39-34 - 24-16
Reds
1970 CroslyFi - 52-21 - 28- 8
1970 RvrfrtSt - - - - - - - - - 50-39 - 29-16
Phillies
1970 ConnMacS - 73-88 - 40-40
1971 VeteranS - - - - - - - - - 67-95 - 34-47
Royals
1972 Municipl - 76-78 - 44-33
1973 Kauffman - - - - - - - - - 88-74 - 48-33
Expos
1976 PrcJarry - 55-107- 27-53
1977 StOlmpiq - - - - - - - - - 75-87 - 38-43
Twins
1981 Metro St - 41-68 - 24-36
1982 Mtrodome - - - - - - - - - 60-102- 37-44
Blue Jays
1989 Exhib St - 23-31 - 12-14
1989 SkyDome - - - - - - - - - 66-42 - 34-21
White Sox
1990 Comiskey - 94-68 - 49-31
1991 CmiskyII - - - - - - - - - 87-75 - 46-35
Orioles
1991 Memorial - 67-95 - 33-48
1992 Camden Y - - - - - - - - - 89-73 - 43-38
Indians
1993 ClvlndSt - 76-86 - 46-35
1994 JacobsFl - - - - - - - - - 66-47 - 35-16
Rangers
1993 ArlgtnSt - 86-76 - 50-31
1994 BllpkArl - - - - - - - - - 52-62 - 31-32
Rockies
1994 MileHgSt - 53-64 - 25-32
1995 Coors Fi - - - - - - - - - 77-67 - 44-28
Braves
1996 FultonCS - 96-66 - 56-25
1997 Turner F - - - - - - - - -101-61 - 50-31
Mariners
1999 Kingdome - 42-45 - 20-19
1999 Safeco F - - - - - - - - - 37-38 - 23-19
Astros
1999 Astrodme - 97-65 - 50-32
2000 Enron Fl - - - - - - - - - 72-90 - 39-42
Giants
1999 Candlstk - 86-76 - 49-32
2000 Pac Bell - - - - - - - - - 97-65 - 55-26
Tigers
1999 Tiger St - 69-92 - 38-43
2000 Comerica - - - - - - - - - 79-83 - 43-38
Brewers
2000 CountySt - 73-89 - 42-39
2001 MillerPk - - - - - - - - - 68-94 - 36-45
Pirates
2000 3 Rivers - 69-93 - 37-44
2001 PNC Park - - - - - - - - - 62-100- 38-43
Reds
2002 CinergyF - 78-84 - 38-43
2003 GrAmerBP - - - - - - - - - 69-93 - 35-46
Phillies
2003 VeteranS - 86-76 - 49-32
2004 CitiznBP - - - - - - - - - 86-76 - 42-39
San Diego
2003 Qualcomm - 64-98 - 35-46
2004 Petco Pk - - - - - - - - - 87-75 - 42-39
Cardinals
2005 Busch II -100-62 - 50-31
2006 BuschIII - - - - - - - - - 83-78 - 49-31
Nationals
2007 RFK Stad - 73-89 - 40-41
2008 Nats Prk - - - - - - - - - 59-102- 34-46
Mets
2008 Shea Std - 89-73 - 48-33
2009 Citi Fld - - - - - - - - - 70-92 - 41-40
Yankees
2008 YnkeeSt2 - 89-73 - 48-33
2009 YnkeeSt3 - - - - - - - - -103-59 - 57-24
Twins
2009 Mtrodome - 87-76 - 49-33
2010 Target F - - - - - - - - - 94-68 - 53-28

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Totals
| OLD STADIUM NEW STADIUM
| Overall At Home Overall At Home
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W/L | 2300-2445 1251-1114 2337-2406 1270-1112
Win% | .4847 .5290 .4927 .5332

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