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Petco Park park factors

Petco Park ranks 25th of 29 on the three year rolling run index at 94, and 2026 on its own is running 88, a drop of 6 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 71, 7th lowest in baseball on the three year rolling view.

Updated September 10, 2026 Indices Baseball Savant Venue MLB Stats API
94
Run index
25th of 29
105
HR index
11th of 29
101
Strikeout index
13th of 29
97
wOBA index
three year rolling
88
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 Petco Park. 100 is league average. The strikeout column reads from the hitter's side, so a number above 100 means the park suppresses contact.
SeasonwOBARunsHRSO2B3BBB
2026948891988372110
20259590911048283110
20249998123102956987
20239692891009849110
2022928595105764899
Three year rolling97941051018771103

The ballpark itself

Elevation is 23 feet, close to the 518 foot league average, so altitude is not doing anything here. Home plate points north toward centre field, at 0.0 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 371 feet from the plate, level with the league average, and the average wall is 6.7 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 6.7 feet against a league average of 9.7, and the average home run at this park travels 377 feet.
LocationDistancevs leagueWallvs league
Left field line335 ft+44.4 ft-5.5
Left centre gap381 ft+16.2 ft-3.8
Centre field396 ft-67.1 ft-1.5
Right centre gap389 ft+97.3 ft-1.8
Right field line322 ft-510.4 ft-0.7

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
Runs9425th of 29-6
Home runs10511th of 29+5
Strikeouts10113th of 29+1
wOBA9725th of 29-3
Hits9527th of 29-5
Singles9722nd of 29-3
Doubles8727th of 29-13
Triples7123rd of 29-29
Walks1035th of 29+3
Hard hit rate9920th of 29-1

Splits that move a number

Three year rolling index split by batter handedness.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Right handed batters9611598102
Left handed batters909295100
Three year rolling index split by start time.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Day games9610998101
Night games9210396102

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
7.65
Runs per game
League average 8.94
18
Highest scoring game
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 2026-06-27
1
Lowest scoring game
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 2026-05-18
39%
Games above league average
29 of 75
46-29
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
March57.40-1.54
April119.91+0.97
May165.44-3.50
June128.17-0.77
July118.55-0.39
August147.57-1.37
September67.17-1.77
The last ten completed games at this ballpark.
DateMatchupFinalTotalStart
2026-09-09Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres2–911Day
2026-09-08Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres4–59Night
2026-09-07Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres2–35Day
2026-09-06New York Yankees at San Diego Padres3–47Day
2026-09-05New York Yankees at San Diego Padres5–16Day
2026-09-04New York Yankees at San Diego Padres2–35Night
2026-08-26Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres0–33Day
2026-08-25Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres1–01Night
2026-08-24Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres3–25Night
2026-08-23Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres1–89Day

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

Home runs outrun overall scoring here by 11 index points. That is the signature of a park that gives up damage in bursts: quiet innings and then a three run swing. Home run props and team total overs read better than the game total.

Handedness

The home run index favours right handed hitters by 23 points (115 against 92). 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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