[Gambo]

Just another little expansion on what I mean is the flaw to park factors.
This is just a little story about a fake ballpark and it's run in history. Comparisons to any real ballparks are purely coincidental (or are they?)

In 1914 Gambo Park is built and is fairly standard for it's time. During that season the games in that ball park produce fairly normal stats compared to others. The wind in this park is not a problem as hitters dont hit many homeruns. (In 1914 this parks factor averages 1.0 for hitters)

During the 1960's, domes are built that are have deeper and higher fences, larger gaps and artificial turf. As players hit more homeruns the wind in Gambo's parks cut down many of them. It's smaller size means less extra base hits. People start considering it a pitchers park (In 1965 this parks factor averages .8 for hitters)

Later all those speed domes start going away in favor of even larger parks. The tiny Gambo field is seen as a small place that larger more powerful steroid injected freaks start tearing apart. Wind can't even stop these blasts. Hitters start to love hitting there. (In 2000 this parks factor is a 1.2)

That's 3 different ratings though the park never changed. Compared over it's history the park would be a 1.0 I suppose. In my database that park will probably be rated a 1.0 or close. That's what I hope to achieve with my DB. It's for now,I feel, the best way to take away the people and time factor away from a park and give it the most appropriate ratings for use in OOTP.