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PNC Park park factors

PNC Park ranks 10th of 29 on the three year rolling run index at 102, and 2026 on its own is running 108, a jump 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 74, 8th lowest in baseball on the three year rolling view.

Updated September 10, 2026 Indices Baseball Savant Venue MLB Stats API
102
Run index
10th of 29
82
HR index
27th of 29
98
Strikeout index
18th of 29
101
wOBA index
three year rolling
108
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 PNC 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
20261041089010112063100
202596926610011710895
2024102104909511562102
20239896719611191101
2022101102929299101103
Three year rolling10110282981177499

The ballpark itself

Elevation is 780 feet, close to the 518 foot league average, so altitude is not doing anything here. Home plate points east southeast toward centre field, at 116.0 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 373 feet from the plate, 2 feet deeper than the league average, and the average wall is 11.1 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 11.1 feet against a league average of 9.7, and the average home run at this park travels 384 feet.
LocationDistancevs leagueWallvs league
Left field line324 ft-74.8 ft-5.0
Left centre gap400 ft+204.8 ft-5.2
Centre field398 ft-39.6 ft+1.0
Right centre gap378 ft-19.6 ft+0.5
Right field line319 ft-822.1 ft+10.9

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
Runs10210th of 29+2
Home runs8227th of 29-18
Strikeouts9818th of 29-2
wOBA10110th of 29+1
Hits10210th of 29+2
Singles1037th of 29+3
Doubles1174th of 29+17
Triples7421st of 29-26
Walks9916th of 29-1
Hard hit rate1027th of 29+2

Splits that move a number

Three year rolling index split by batter handedness.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Right handed batters96709899
Left handed batters1089710498
Three year rolling index split by start time.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Day games1008010096
Night games1048510299

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
10.21
Runs per game
League average 8.94
25
Highest scoring game
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates, 2026-09-01
1
Lowest scoring game
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates, 2026-05-03
62%
Games above league average
45 of 72
38-34
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
April1710.12+1.18
May1610.94+2.00
June1210.83+1.89
July1210.42+1.48
August99.22+0.28
September68.33-0.61
The last ten completed games at this ballpark.
DateMatchupFinalTotalStart
2026-09-06Los Angeles Angels at Pittsburgh Pirates0–11Day
2026-09-05Los Angeles Angels at Pittsburgh Pirates6–17Night
2026-09-04Los Angeles Angels at Pittsburgh Pirates0–11Night
2026-09-03San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates2–57Day
2026-09-02San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates5–49Night
2026-09-01San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates12–1325Night
2026-08-19Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates3–47Day
2026-08-18Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates1–45Night
2026-08-17Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates8–513Night
2026-08-16Boston Red Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates3–811Day

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 20 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.

Handedness

The home run index favours left handed hitters by 27 points (70 against 97). 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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