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<blockquote data-quote="78pike" data-source="post: 937171" data-attributes="member: 4030"><p>From time to time over the years I have heard Russ Chandler Stadium referred to as a launching pad. Whether that is because of the fact Tech has traditionally been a power hitting team while also having subpar pitching or because of the dimensions of the stadium I'm not sure. In an earlier thread I listed the dimensions of each stadium in the ACC and determined that they were not much different overall. So I decided to go back over the past two seasons and total the number of home runs hit by both teams in each ACC venue to see what the numbers look like. This is what I found.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]14072[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What the numbers show is that Tech indeed led the conference last year in home runs per game but that was with a team that was a statistical anomaly given the hitting talent throughout the lineup. If you look at the 2021 season there were three teams that exceeded the homers at Rusty C and one that was the same. So, while this is just a small sample size (it took too much time to run the numbers for more than 2 seasons) it doesn't really support the theory that we have the "launching pad" of the ACC. These are just raw numbers so there is no way to factor in the pitching talent of each team or that of their opposition. Nor does it take into account the talent of the out of conference talent that visited each team so draw what conclusions you may. What is interesting, however, is that with few exceptions the numbers increased across the board from 2021 to 2022. Does this mean there were changes in baseball or bat composition leading to the increased numbers? Not that I am aware of. Are players just getting bigger and stronger? I do think pitch velocity has increased throughout the NCAA over the past few years so maybe that has led to more home runs.</p><p></p><p>The ACC has certainly become one of the top conferences top to bottom in the entire country. There is talent all over the place. Maybe that is why we are seeing the homers increase year over year. Curious what conclusions the rest of you might draw from these numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="78pike, post: 937171, member: 4030"] From time to time over the years I have heard Russ Chandler Stadium referred to as a launching pad. Whether that is because of the fact Tech has traditionally been a power hitting team while also having subpar pitching or because of the dimensions of the stadium I'm not sure. In an earlier thread I listed the dimensions of each stadium in the ACC and determined that they were not much different overall. So I decided to go back over the past two seasons and total the number of home runs hit by both teams in each ACC venue to see what the numbers look like. This is what I found. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1677789485044.png"]14072[/ATTACH] What the numbers show is that Tech indeed led the conference last year in home runs per game but that was with a team that was a statistical anomaly given the hitting talent throughout the lineup. If you look at the 2021 season there were three teams that exceeded the homers at Rusty C and one that was the same. So, while this is just a small sample size (it took too much time to run the numbers for more than 2 seasons) it doesn't really support the theory that we have the "launching pad" of the ACC. These are just raw numbers so there is no way to factor in the pitching talent of each team or that of their opposition. Nor does it take into account the talent of the out of conference talent that visited each team so draw what conclusions you may. What is interesting, however, is that with few exceptions the numbers increased across the board from 2021 to 2022. Does this mean there were changes in baseball or bat composition leading to the increased numbers? Not that I am aware of. Are players just getting bigger and stronger? I do think pitch velocity has increased throughout the NCAA over the past few years so maybe that has led to more home runs. The ACC has certainly become one of the top conferences top to bottom in the entire country. There is talent all over the place. Maybe that is why we are seeing the homers increase year over year. Curious what conclusions the rest of you might draw from these numbers. [/QUOTE]
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