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Busch Stadium park factors

Busch Stadium ranks 23rd of 29 on the three year rolling run index at 94, and the 2026 season alone is at 92, close enough to the baseline that the park is behaving the way it has for three years. The most extreme number here is the triples index at 70, 6th lowest in baseball on the three year rolling view.

Updated September 10, 2026 Indices Baseball Savant Venue MLB Stats API
94
Run index
23rd of 29
76
HR index
29th of 29
91
Strikeout index
26th of 29
97
wOBA index
three year rolling
92
2026 run index
this season alone

Park factor history

Five single seasons and the three year rolling view Baseball Savant shows by default. Reading them side by side is how you tell a park that has changed from a park that had one odd year.

Statcast park factors for Busch Stadium. 100 is league average. The strikeout column reads from the hitter's side, so a number above 100 means the park suppresses contact.
SeasonwOBARunsHRSO2B3BBB
2026969270891084290
2025979477901095690
20249896839110211797
2023103106989010378100
202298969287998799
Three year rolling979476911077093

The ballpark itself

Elevation is 460 feet, close to the 518 foot league average, so altitude is not doing anything here. Home plate points east northeast toward centre field, at 62.0 degrees, which is what turns a wind forecast into a blowing out or blowing in read rather than a guess. Playing surface is grass. The average fence sits 377 feet from the plate, 6 feet deeper than the league average, and the average wall is 7.4 feet high.

Measured fence distance and wall height from the Statcast park dimensions record for 2026, with the difference against the 30 park average in the adjacent column. Average wall height here is 7.4 feet against a league average of 9.7, and the average home run at this park travels 385 feet.
LocationDistancevs leagueWallvs league
Left field line335 ft+47.4 ft-2.4
Left centre gap390 ft+117.4 ft-2.6
Centre field400 ft-27.4 ft-1.3
Right centre gap391 ft+117.3 ft-1.7
Right field line335 ft+87.3 ft-3.8

Where it ranks

Where this ballpark sits against the other 29 on every published index, three year rolling. Rank 1 is the highest number in baseball on that index, which for strikeouts means the most pitcher friendly.
IndexValueRankvs average
Runs9423rd of 29-6
Home runs7629th of 29-24
Strikeouts9126th of 29-9
wOBA9723rd of 29-3
Hits1029th of 29+2
Singles1072nd of 29+7
Doubles1077th of 29+7
Triples7024th of 29-30
Walks9328th of 29-7
Hard hit rate1034th of 29+3

Splits that move a number

Three year rolling index split by batter handedness.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Right handed batters96799890
Left handed batters90739592
Three year rolling index split by start time.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Day games94799791
Night games94749791

Scoring at this ballpark in 2026

The index numbers above are league adjusted and cover three seasons. This is the raw scoring that actually happened here this year, which is the sanity check on all of it.

72
Games played here
2026 regular season
8.33
Runs per game
League average 8.94
20
Highest scoring game
Seattle Mariners at St. Louis Cardinals, 2026-04-25
2
Lowest scoring game
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2026-05-17
39%
Games above league average
28 of 72
34-38
Home team record here
2026 regular season
Runs per game at this ballpark by month, against the league average of 8.94 for the same period. Small samples early and late, so read the direction rather than the decimal.
MonthGamesRuns/gmvs league
March510.80+1.86
April108.90-0.04
May147.64-1.30
June157.13-1.81
July168.06-0.88
August129.50+0.56
The last ten completed games at this ballpark.
DateMatchupFinalTotalStart
2026-08-30Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals5–49Day
2026-08-29Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals6–28Day
2026-08-28Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals1–45Night
2026-08-27Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals5–712Day
2026-08-26Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals8–715Night
2026-08-25Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals13–114Night
2026-08-12Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals1–78Day
2026-08-11Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals0–22Night
2026-08-10Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals6–511Night
2026-08-09Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals4–711Day

What it means for a bet

Totals

A genuine run suppressor, and the under is priced accordingly. The profitable version is usually the first five innings, where the park effect is strongest and the bullpen has not had a say yet.

Home run props

Scoring runs ahead of home runs by 18 points, so the runs come from balls in play rather than over the fence. Fade home run props, look at hits and total bases instead.

Strikeout props

At 91 the park costs pitchers strikeouts. Unders on strikeout props and a slightly lower expectation on the starter's line are the natural reads.

Handedness

The home run index favours right handed hitters by 6 points (79 against 73). When a lineup is stacked the other way, the park is doing less for them than the headline number suggests.

Every index on this page is a three year rolling figure unless the column says otherwise, and all of it is league relative: 100 is average, not neutral in an absolute sense. Park factors describe the venue, not tonight's pitching matchup, and they are the starting point of a number rather than the whole of it.

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