Ballpark Factors & Dimensions For 2012-14 Seasons

Calculated using the methodology spelled out in this piece, here are runs-scored park factors for the 2012, 2013 and 2014 MMDA seasons.

We close with a review of three-year averages for the 17 teams that competed in the MMDA continuously from 2012 to 2014

MMDA Ballparks • 2014

No	Team	Division	SI-L	SI-R	HR-L	HR-R	Factor	Multiplier
1	Miami	Northeast	7	7	9	9	111	1.055
2	Wilmington	Atlantic	8	8	14	8	108	1.038
3	Goldenrod	Central	8	4	16	4	107	1.037
4	Death Valley	Atlantic	12	12	12	12	107	1.036
5	West Side	Northeast	10	10	11	11	107	1.034
6	Elysian Fields	Pacific	7	7	8	8	106	1.030
	Northeast	Northeast	12	6	9	4	106	1.030
8	St. Louis	Central	7	7	7	9	105	1.023
9	Brooklyn	Pacific	12	12	8	12	104	1.020
10	Columbus	Central	2	8	2	7	103	1.017
11	Rochester	Atlantic	10	10	8	8	102	1.012
12	Fighting Irish	Northeast	10	10	5	5	101	1.006
13	Lake County	Central	7	7	9	9	101	1.005
14	Jersey	Atlantic	7	5	2	5	100	1.000
15	Cape Cod	Northeast	4	10	16	2	96	0.981
16	Rosehill	Central	5	5	5	5	95	0.974
17	Mohawk Valley	Atlantic	2	2	6	6	92	0.962
18	California	Pacific	2	2	2	5	87	0.935
19	Spokane	Pacific	5	9	2	2	82	0.912
20	Northwest	Pacific	8	6	7	5	80	0.902

Based on the weighted value for ballpark singles and home runs—and the league's left/right split of 28/72—we would expect Death Valley (107) to finish with the highest park factor and California (87) with the lowest.  They didn't miss by much.

2014 Season: League Leaders & Award Winners

LEAGUE LEADERS FOR 2014 MMDA                                          

 ----BATTING AVERAGE----   --------AT BATS--------   ------RUNS SCORED------  
 M.Cabrera     BRK  .343   A.Beltre      ROC   675   M.Trout       BRK   138   
 M.Trout       BRK  .342   A.Ramirez     JER   666   C.Davis       GOL   120   
 M.Scutaro     DVD  .323   M.Machado     EFD   665   M.Cabrera     BRK   120   
 V.Martinez    FIR  .316   D.Span        MIA   662   A.Soriano     BRK   101   
 M.Cuddyer     WSB  .316   A.Jones       NWS   657   P.Goldschmidt FIR    98   
 D.Ortiz       HUS  .313   E.Andrus      NWS   656   D.Ortiz       HUS    98   
 Y.Molina      RAZ  .308   E.Hosmer      DVD   651   A.McCutchen   MVL    98   
 J.Ellsbury    HOR  .307   D.Pedroia     CCB   643   J.Upton       HUS    94   
 B.Lawrie      FIR  .295   P.Fielder     MVL   638   S.Choo        CCB    93   
 T.Hunter      GOL  .295   E.Longoria    HUS   636   E.Hosmer      DVD    92   
 D.Nava        FIR  .295   N.Markakis    HOR   633   J.Kipnis      MVL    87   
 J.Lowrie      DVD  .292   OTHERS TIED WITH    632   OTHERS TIED WITH     86   

 ----------HITS---------   --------DOUBLES--------   --------TRIPLES--------  
 M.Trout       BRK   198   M.Machado     EFD    54   C.Gomez       DVD    19   
 M.Cabrera     BRK   195   R.Cano        HUS    46   J.Ellsbury    HOR    13   
 E.Hosmer      DVD   190   M.Trout       BRK    45   D.Span        MIA    12   
 D.Span        MIA   185   G.Parra       FIR    44   W.Venable     MVL    11   
 T.Hunter      GOL   184   A.Ramirez     JER    44   J.Dyson       GOL    10   
 V.Martinez    FIR   182   D.Ortiz       HUS    44   M.Trout       BRK    10   
 R.Cano        HUS   182   M.Carpenter   JER    43   S.Marte       MIA    10   
 J.Ellsbury    HOR   182   C.Davis       GOL    42   C.Gonzalez    RAZ     9   
 A.Ramirez     JER   181   B.Posey       HOR    42   B.Miller      CAL     9   
 P.Goldschmidt FIR   180   Y.Molina      RAZ    42   B.Gardner     CLP     9   
 C.Davis       GOL   180   D.Murphy      ROC    40   OTHERS TIED WITH      8   
 J.Lowrie      DVD   178   OTHERS TIED WITH     39                             

 --------HOMERUNS-------   -----RUNS BATTED IN----   ---------WALKS---------  
 C.Davis       GOL    64   M.Cabrera     BRK   152   M.Trout       BRK   135   
 M.Cabrera     BRK    53   C.Davis       GOL   145   J.Votto       LCN   128   
 P.Alvarez     GOL    44   A.Soriano     BRK   120   P.Goldschmidt FIR   112   
 A.Soriano     BRK    43   R.Cano        HUS   115   S.Choo        CCB   106   
 E.Longoria    HUS    39   P.Goldschmidt FIR   109   M.Carpenter   JER   106   
 D.Ortiz       HUS    33   E.Longoria    HUS   109   C.Santana     NWS    97   
 B.Moss        RAZ    33   M.Trout       BRK   108   M.Cabrera     BRK    94   
 N.Cruz        CLP    31   P.Alvarez     GOL   103   P.Fielder     MVL    84   
 J.Upton       HUS    30   D.Ortiz       HUS    96   E.Encarnacion WSB    79   
 OTHERS TIED WITH     29   J.Lowrie      DVD    96   D.Pedroia     CCB    78   
                           G.Stanton     FIR    91   J.Upton       HUS    78   
                           OTHERS TIED WITH     89   B.Zobrist     WSB    77   

MMDA Final Power Ranking & Award Winners For 2014 Season

An attempt to rank the league's best teams at the conclusion of the season, after all 162 games have been played. Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential.

Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order. The playoff brackets appear further down the page.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	101	61	Northeast	5.02	4.17	+137
2	Brooklyn	99	63	Pacific	5.67	4.31	+221
3	Fighting Irish	93	69	Northeast	4.89	4.11	+126
4	Goldenrod	91	71	Central	4.62	4.35	+44
5	Northwest	88	74	Pacific	4.01	3.56	+73
6	Mohawk Valley	87	75	Atlantic	4.35	3.80	+88
7	Rochester	86	76	Atlantic	4.42	3.90	+84
8	Death Valley	86	76	Atlantic	4.58	4.22	+59
9	Spokane	84	78	Pacific	3.68	3.55	+21
10	West Side	80	82	Northeast	4.60	4.12	+77
11	Wilmington	80	82	Atlantic	4.37	4.64	-43
12	Miami	80	82	Northeast	4.06	4.37	-51
13	Rosehill	79	83	Central	3.94	4.29	-57
14	California	78	84	Pacific	4.38	4.65	-44
15	Jersey	76	86	Atlantic	4.14	4.37	-38
16	St. Louis	75	87	Central	3.65	4.25	-97
17	Cape Cod	71	91	Northeast	4.38	5.02	-104
18	Elysian Fields	69	93	Pacific	3.72	4.56	-135
19	Columbus	61	101	Central	3.33	4.40	-173
20	Lake County	56	106	Central	3.40	4.56	-188

Playoff Bracket A 

No. 1 Northeast (101)

No. 8 Rochester (86)

No. 4 Goldenrod (91)

No. 5 Northwest (88)

Playoff Bracket B

No. 2 Brooklyn (99)

No. 7 Death Valley (86)

No. 3 Fighting Irish (93)

No. 6 Mohawk Valley (87)

MMDA Power Ranking After Block Five

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block five (138 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

Power Ranking 

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Brooklyn	88	50	Pacific	5.75	4.15	+221
2	Northeast	82	56	Northeast	4.95	4.33	+86
3	Fighting Irish	80	58	Northeast	4.80	4.09	+98
4	Death Valley	73	65	Atlantic	4.62	4.31	+43
5	Rochester	72	66	Atlantic	4.38	3.78	+82
6	Mohawk Valley	72	66	Atlantic	4.29	3.91	+53
7	Goldenrod	72	66	Central	4.38	4.57	-26
8	Northwest	71	67	Pacific	3.96	3.60	+50
9	Spokane	71	67	Pacific	3.54	3.54	-1
10	Miami	71	67	Northeast	4.14	4.20	-8
11	Wilmington	71	67	Atlantic	4.55	4.72	-24
12	California	68	70	Pacific	4.40	4.61	-29
13	Jersey	67	71	Atlantic	4.34	4.37	-4
14	West Side	66	72	Northeast	4.57	4.23	+46
15	Cape Cod	66	72	Northeast	4.36	4.62	-37
16	St. Louis	64	74	Central	3.55	4.20	-89
17	Rosehill	63	75	Central	3.67	4.33	-91
18	Elysian Fields	60	78	Pacific	3.78	4.54	-105
19	Columbus	53	85	Central	3.42	4.48	-146
20	Lake County	50	88	Central	3.51	4.37	-119

Top Eight Run-Creation Teams 

No	Team	R/G	Index
1	Brooklyn	5.75	135
2	Northeast	4.95	117
3	Fighting Irish	4.80	113
4	Death Valley	4.62	109
5	West Side	4.57	107
6	Wilmington	4.55	107
7	California	4.40	104
8	Rochester	4.38	103
	Goldenrod	4.38	103

Top Eight Run-Prevention Teams 

No	Team	RA/G	Index
1	Spokane	3.54	120
2	Northwest	3.60	118
3	Rochester	3.78	112
4	Mohawk Valley	3.91	109
5	Fighting Irish	4.09	104
6	Brooklyn	4.15	102
7	St. Louis	4.20	101
	Miami	4.20	101

MMDA Power Ranking After Block 4

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block four (108 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	63	45	Northeast	5.03	4.55	+52
2	Brooklyn	61	47	Pacific	5.41	4.67	+80
3	Death Valley	61	47	Atlantic	4.99	4.44	+59
4	Fighting Irish	60	48	Northeast	4.66	4.06	+64
5	Wilmington	60	48	Atlantic	4.56	4.35	+22
6	Mohawk Valley	59	49	Atlantic	4.19	3.51	+73
7	Goldenrod	59	49	Central	4.56	4.31	+27
8	Miami	57	51	Northeast	4.18	4.14	+4
9	Rochester	56	52	Atlantic	4.47	3.92	+60
10	West Side	53	55	Northeast	4.59	4.11	+52
11	Rosehill	53	55	Central	3.77	4.08	-34
12	Jersey	51	57	Atlantic	4.27	4.37	-11
13	California	51	57	Pacific	4.29	4.65	-39
14	Spokane	51	57	Pacific	3.33	3.70	-40
15	St. Louis	51	57	Central	3.50	4.11	-66
16	Northwest	50	58	Pacific	3.57	3.88	-33
17	Cape Cod	50	58	Northeast	4.34	4.71	-40
18	Columbus	47	61	Central	3.63	4.29	-71
19	Elysian Fields	44	64	Pacific	3.80	4.74	-102
20	Lake County	43	65	Central	3.70	4.23	-57

Top Run-Creation Teams 

1. Brooklyn, 5.41 R/G (27% above avg)
2. Northeast, 5.03 R/G (19% above avg)
3. Death Valley, 4.99 R/G (18% above avg)
4. Fighting Irish, 4.66 R/G (10% above avg)
5. West Side, 4.59 R/G (8% above avg)

Top Run-Prevention Teams 

1. Mohawk Valley, 3.51 RA/G (21% above avg)
2. Spokane, 3.70 RA/G (15% above avg)
3. Northwest, 3.88 RA/G (9% above avg)
4. Rochester, 3.92 RA/G (8% above avg)
5. Fighting Irish, 4.06 RA/G (4% above avg)

MMDA Midseason Power Rankings & Award Winners

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after block three (84 games), roughly the midpoint of the season. Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Northeast	50	34	Northeast	5.17	4.40	+64
2	Wilmington	50	34	Atlantic	4.63	4.11	+44
3	Fighting Irish	47	37	Northeast	4.56	4.12	+37
4	Brooklyn	46	38	Pacific	5.60	4.86	+62
5	Mohawk Valley	46	38	Atlantic	4.17	3.55	+52
6	Goldenrod	46	38	Central	4.50	4.50	0
7	Miami	45	39	Northeast	4.11	4.02	+7
8	West Side	44	40	Northeast	4.60	3.94	+55
9	Rochester	44	40	Atlantic	4.65	4.05	+51
10	Death Valley	44	40	Atlantic	4.93	4.55	+32
11	Jersey	43	41	Atlantic	4.43	4.14	+24
12	St. Louis	42	42	Central	3.50	4.01	-43
13	Spokane	42	42	Pacific	3.27	3.86	-49
14	California	39	45	Pacific	4.32	4.43	-9
15	Rosehill	38	46	Central	3.65	4.21	-47
16	Cape Cod	37	47	Northeast	4.10	4.46	-31
17	Northwest	37	47	Pacific	3.50	3.98	-40
18	Columbus	37	47	Central	3.70	4.31	-51
19	Elysian Fields	33	51	Pacific	3.79	4.95	-98
20	Lake County	30	54	Central	3.70	4.42	-60

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (5.60)
Northeast (5.17)
Death Valley (4.93)
Rochester (4.65)
Wilmington (4.63)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Mohawk Valley (3.55)
Spokane (3.86)
West Side (3.94)
Northwest (3.98)
St. Louis (4.01)

MMDA Power Rankings: Second Block Edition

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after two blocks (54 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Brooklyn	32	22	Pacific	5.91	4.74	+63
2	Mohawk Valley	32	22	Atlantic	4.48	3.44	+56
3	Miami	32	22	Northeast	4.44	3.78	+36
4	Death Valley	30	24	Atlantic	5.35	4.43	+50
5	Northeast	30	24	Northeast	4.91	4.63	+15
6	Goldenrod	30	24	Central	4.31	4.22	+5
7	Wilmington	30	24	Atlantic	4.13	4.19	-3
8	Fighting	29	25	Northeast	4.94	4.65	+16
9	West Side	28	26	Northeast	4.50	3.93	+31
10	Jersey	28	26	Atlantic	4.26	4.39	-7
11	Cape Cod	27	27	Northeast	4.57	4.28	+16
12	Rochester	26	28	Atlantic	4.78	4.41	+20
13	Spokane	26	28	Pacific	3.09	3.83	-40
14	Rosehill	25	29	Central	3.70	3.94	-13
15	Columbus	24	30	Central	3.69	4.11	-23
16	Northwest	24	30	Pacific	3.44	3.96	-28
17	St. Louis	24	30	Central	3.26	4.09	-45
18	California	23	31	Pacific	4.31	4.78	-25
19	Lake County	21	33	Central	3.81	4.52	-38
20	Elysian Fields	19	35	Pacific	3.76	5.35	-86

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (5.91)
Death Valley (5.35)
Fighting Irish (4.94)
Northeast (4.91)
Rochester (4.78)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Mohawk Valley (3.44)
Miami (3.78)
Spokane (3.83)
West Side (3.93)
Rosehill (3.94)

MMDA Power Ranking: Block One Edition

An attempt to rank the league's best teams after one block (30 games). Teams sorted by wins, then by run differential. Note that this is not the official tie-breaking method for playoff seeding or draft order.

No	Team	W	L	Division	R/G	RA/G	Diff
1	Miami	20	10	Northeast	3.97	2.43	46
2	Mohawk Valley	18	12	Atlantic	4.97	3.47	45
3	Cape Cod	18	12	Northeast	5.13	3.73	42
4	Jersey	18	12	Atlantic	4.33	3.97	11
5	Wilmington	18	12	Atlantic	4.13	4.00	4
6	Brooklyn	17	13	Pacific	6.07	5.10	29
7	Northeast	17	13	Northeast	5.00	5.00	0
8	Goldenrod	17	13	Central	4.50	4.53	-1
9	Rochester	16	14	Atlantic	4.97	3.90	32
10	Death Valley	16	14	Atlantic	5.10	4.30	24
11	Fighting Irish	16	14	Northeast	4.50	4.43	2
12	St. Louis	16	14	Central	3.10	3.80	-21
13	West Side	15	15	Northeast	4.03	3.23	24
14	Spokane	13	17	Pacific	3.23	4.07	-25
15	California	12	18	Pacific	4.17	5.10	-28
16	Columbus	11	19	Central	3.93	4.87	-28
17	Elysian Fields	11	19	Pacific	3.43	4.90	-44
18	Northwest	11	19	Pacific	2.73	4.33	-48
19	Rosehill	10	20	Central	3.70	4.73	-31
20	Lake County	10	20	Central	3.60	4.70	-33

Top Run-Creation Teams (R/G)

Brooklyn (6.07)
Cape Cod (5.14)
Death Valley (5.10)
Northeast (5.00)
Mohawk Valley (4.97)

The Dodgers' high-octane offense features three of the top seven hitters in the league. Mike Trout (1.560), Miguel Cabrera (1.159) and Hanley Ramirez (1.035) rank first, fifth and seventh in the MMDA in total average. (Google it.)

Top Run-Prevention Teams (RA/G)

Miami (2.43)
West Side (3.23)
Mohawk Valley (3.47)
Cape Cod (3.73)
St. Louis (3.80)

Johnny Cueto (1.08), Corey Kluber (1.09) and Jarred Cosart (1.78) drove the Manatees' pitching success in Block One, with there of the top ERAs in the MMDA.

Strasburg Delivers Mohawk Valley's Second-Ever No-Hitter

UTICA, N.Y.--Mohawk Valley starter Stephen Strasburg saved the best for first in 2014. Making his season debut on the road at Spokane, the righthander held the Hooded Crows hitless in a 6-0 Lions win. He walked four and struck out four, throwing 124 pitches.

Strasburg's gem is the second no-hitter in Mohawk Valley franchise history. Lefthander Paul Maholm threw the club's first no-no against the Rochester Pilots on Sept. 22, 2008.

[1]BOXSCORE: 2014 Mohawk Valley Lions At 2014 Spokane Hooded Crows      4/7/2014

[1]  Lions              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Hooded Crows       AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Kipnis 2B         5  0  0  0 .000     N.Aoki LF           3  0  0  0 .300  
  A.McCutchen CF      4  1  0  0 .000     A.Ethier RF         4  0  0  0 .333  
  R.Raburn LF         3  0  1  0 .333     A.Dunn DH           3  0  0  0 .333  
  W.Venable RF        5  1  3  1 .600     J.Loney 1B          3  0  0  0 .200  
  K.Blanks 1B         3  1  0  0 .000     J.Uribe 3B          2  0  0  0 .182  
C-Y.Alonso PH,1B      1  0  1  01.000     J.Jaso C            1  0  0  0 .400  
  C.Headley 3B        4  0  0  0 .000   A-P.Polanco PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Aybar SS          4  3  3  1 .750   B-C.Corporan C        0  0  0  0 .500  
  R.Weeks DH          2  0  1  2 .500     M.Ellis 2B          2  0  0  0 .091  
  R.Hanigan C         4  0  3  2 .750     A.Eaton CF          3  0  0  0 .167  
                                          Z.Cozart SS         3  0  0  0 .083  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
[1]         Totals      35  6 12  6                 Totals      25  0  0  0

A-Pinch Hit For Jaso In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Polanco In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Blanks In 8th Inning

Lions........... 0 0 1  0 0 4  0 1 0  -  6 12  0
Hooded Crows.... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1

[1]Lions (1-0)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Strasburg WIN(1-0)      9       0   0   0   4   4   0 124   0.00  A1
[1]Totals                    9       0   0   0   4   4   0