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Kauffman Stadium park factors

Kauffman Stadium ranks 9th of 29 on the three year rolling run index at 102, and 2026 on its own is running 112, a jump of 10 points against that baseline, which is the kind of gap worth watching rather than assuming. The most extreme number here is the triples index at 168, 3rd highest in baseball on the three year rolling view.

Updated September 10, 2026 Indices Baseball Savant Venue MLB Stats API
102
Run index
9th of 29
88
HR index
25th of 29
89
Strikeout index
29th of 29
101
wOBA index
three year rolling
112
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 Kauffman 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
202610611210486121129104
20259794839110621298
2024102104829012419198
20231061129587109151105
20221051108084111159105
Three year rolling1011028889118168100

The ballpark itself

Elevation is 856 feet, close to the 518 foot league average, so altitude is not doing anything here. Home plate points northeast toward centre field, at 46.0 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 378 feet from the plate, 7 feet deeper than the league average, and the average wall is 8.0 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 8.0 feet against a league average of 9.7, and the average home run at this park travels 386 feet.
LocationDistancevs leagueWallvs league
Left field line324 ft-78.0 ft-1.9
Left centre gap384 ft+58.0 ft-2.0
Centre field410 ft+88.0 ft-0.6
Right centre gap385 ft+68.0 ft-1.1
Right field line324 ft-38.0 ft-3.1

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
Runs1029th of 29+2
Home runs8825th of 29-12
Strikeouts8929th of 29-11
wOBA1019th of 29+1
Hits1044th of 29+4
Singles10112th of 29+1
Doubles1183rd of 29+18
Triples1683rd of 29+68
Walks10012th of 29+0
Hard hit rate1043rd of 29+4

Splits that move a number

Three year rolling index split by batter handedness.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Right handed batters1029410189
Left handed batters1048110289
Three year rolling index split by start time.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Day games1028510193
Night games1048910287

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.

75
Games played here
2026 regular season
9.63
Runs per game
League average 8.94
22
Highest scoring game
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 2026-04-01
2
Lowest scoring game
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, 2026-04-09
49%
Games above league average
37 of 75
39-36
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
March14.00-4.94
April1510.27+1.33
May167.81-1.13
June1012.80+3.86
July119.36+0.42
August139.62+0.68
September99.22+0.28
The last ten completed games at this ballpark.
DateMatchupFinalTotalStart
2026-09-09Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals2–57Night
2026-09-08Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals5–38Night
2026-09-07Arizona Diamondbacks at Kansas City Royals5–49Day
2026-09-06Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals1–67Day
2026-09-05Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals4–37Night
2026-09-04Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals9–211Night
2026-09-03Miami Marlins at Kansas City Royals3–710Night
2026-09-02Miami Marlins at Kansas City Royals9–615Night
2026-09-01Miami Marlins at Kansas City Royals6–39Night
2026-08-23Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals7–1118Day

What it means for a bet

Totals

Close to neutral on runs, which makes this a park where the pitching matchup and the weather carry the total rather than the venue.

Home run props

Scoring runs ahead of home runs by 14 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 89 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 13 points (94 against 81). 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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