Wrigley Field | Ballpark Pal

November 1, 2025

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Home Runs

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	0.82	1.02	1.26	1.23	0.90	0.76	0.77	0.74

Doubles and Triples

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	0.92	0.80	0.88	0.89	0.86	0.99	0.82	0.85

Singles

	LF	LF	LC	CF	CF	RC	RF	RF
Typical	1.05	0.92	0.90	0.96	0.97	0.93	0.95	1.06

Typical Conditions

For games played outdoors during the regular season

Wind Direction


19%	13%	13%	16%	20%	6%	5%	9%

Wind Speed (mph)

0 - 3	4 - 7	8 - 12	13 - 20	21 +
2%	34%	44%	17%	3%

Temperature (°F)

< 50	51 - 60	61 - 70	71 - 80	81 - 90	> 90
14%	11%	23%	34%	17%	1%

Humidity (%)

0 - 20	21 - 40	41 - 60	61 - 80	81 - 100
0%	3%	34%	48%	15%

Averages and Measurements

Rankings out of 30 active MLB parks (1=high, 30=low)

	Value	Rank
Runs	-4 %	20
Home Runs	-5 %	21
Doubles & Triples	-2 %	17
Singles	-2 %	21
Strikeouts	-1 %	26
Walks	+3 %	1
Batter Contact	-0.8 %	24

Wind Speed	10.0 mph	2
Blowing Out	+1.8 %	2
Blowing In	-3.4 %	2
Wind Receptiveness	+5.2 %	1

Temperature	69.0°	26
Humidity	66.0%	3
Altitude	596 ft	9
Carry	-1 %	27
Variation	11.3 %	1

Built originally for the Chicago Whales of the Federal League in 1914, Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park") did not begin to resemble its current-day form until 1938. That was the point at which the oddly off-center bleachers were added to the outfield, along with the taller-than-average brick walls covered with ivy. Wrigley Field is no doubt a classic one-of-a-kind stadium with a rich history rivaled only by Fenway Park among active venues. But as much as it is appreciated historically, Wrigley is just as interesting for how it influences the game on the field.

Wrigley's most notable in-play feature is how receptive it is to the strong winds that blow into and out of nearby Lake Michigan. Average wind speed is 9.7 mph (5th highest in MLB) and its effect on fly ball distance is unmatched across the league. Ballpark Pal ranks Wrigley Field 1st in overall wind receptiveness, including 1st for in-blowing wind impact and 2nd for out-blowing conditions.

Although wind direction is highly variable from day to day, it blows in 50% of games compared to 34% blowing out. Crosswinds occur less frequently, with winds blowing right-to-left 11% of the time and left-to-right just 5%.

Temperature also varies meaningfully throughout the season. The average game-time temperature is 69.9 degrees (27th warmest in MLB). Roughly 10% of games are played in the 40s, 11% in the 50s, 15% in the 60s, 42% in the 70s, 19% in the 80s, and 2% in the 90s. With both wind direction and temperature fluctuating substantially, Wrigley Field ranks 1st in MLB in overall park variation, and it is not particularly close.

While Wrigley's central tendency is to slightly suppress carry (-1.85%, ranked 26th), it can just as easily become one of the most hitter-friendly environments in baseball when conditions align.

Also unmatched by any other venue is its peculiar shape. Wrigley has the deepest foul pole measurements in MLB (354 to left, 355 to right) and the corners of the field are guarded by 16-foot-tall walls on each side. As difficult as it is to hit a home run down the line, the types of fly balls that make it into the left field bleachers can sometimes be considered criminal. Although the fence is about three feet taller than average, the "368" sign in shallow left-center field marks one of the more favorable home run targets among active stadiums.

	Totals		Difference		% Dif		Median Dif
	Act	Sim	#	%	Away	Home	Med	Abs
Runs	1314	1410	96	7%	14%	2%	0.65	3.25
Hits	2517	2644	127	5%	5%	5%	0.58	3.03
1B	1670	1726	56	3%	2%	5%	0.65	2.20
2B/3B	482	567	85	18%	24%	12%	0.62	1.15
HR	365	351	-14	-4%	-1%	-7%	-0.33	1.17
BB	1122	1216	94	8%	12%	5%	1.59	1.92
K	2757	2647	-110	-4%	-3%	-5%	-0.38	2.08

Date	Away	Away SP	Home SP	Runs	Sim	Dif	Hits	Sim	Dif	1B	Sim	Dif	2B/3B	Sim	Dif	HR	Sim	Dif	BB	Sim	Dif	Ks	Sim	Dif
9/28	STL	Leahy	Assad	2	8.34	6.34	12	16.28	4.28	9	11.03	2.03	2	3.31	1.31	1	1.94	0.94	1	7.27	6.27	19	16.30	-2.70
9/27	STL	McGreevy	Taillon	10	10.44	0.44	17	18.22	1.22	8	11.06	3.06	3	4.26	1.26	6	2.90	-3.10	9	7.00	-2.00	21	14.93	-6.07
9/26	STL	Mikolas	Rea	13	10.00	-3.00	17	17.93	0.93	10	10.78	0.78	3	4.57	1.57	4	2.57	-1.43	6	6.69	0.69	21	14.73	-6.28
9/25	NYM	McLean	Imanaga	13	7.75	-5.25	17	15.15	-1.85	8	9.66	1.66	4	3.34	-0.66	5	2.15	-2.85	4	6.56	2.56	21	17.63	-3.37
9/24	NYM	Tong	Boyd	13	8.71	-4.29	15	16.33	1.33	8	10.57	2.57	3	3.67	0.67	4	2.08	-1.92	5	7.80	2.80	13	17.07	4.07
9/23	NYM	Peterson	Horton	16	8.14	-7.87	20	15.67	-4.33	14	10.21	-3.79	3	3.72	0.72	3	1.74	-1.26	7	7.75	0.75	18	16.28	-1.72
9/14	TB	Houser	Imanaga	7	6.95	-0.05	19	14.38	-4.62	13	9.14	-3.86	3	3.21	0.21	3	2.04	-0.96	6	5.38	-0.62	17	17.34	0.34
9/13	TB	Rasmussen	Rea	9	7.37	-1.63	20	15.08	-4.92	10	10.01	0.01	6	2.99	-3.01	4	2.07	-1.93	7	5.84	-1.16	17	16.85	-0.16
9/12	TB	Baz	Boyd	10	6.73	-3.27	17	14.66	-2.34	11	10.29	-0.71	4	2.72	-1.28	2	1.65	-0.35	8	6.27	-1.73	18	18.53	0.53
9/7	WAS	Alvarez	Pomeranz	9	7.45	-1.55	15	14.54	-0.46	8	10.17	2.17	3	2.93	-0.07	4	1.44	-2.57	7	8.25	1.25	20	17.04	-2.96
9/6	WAS	Lord	Boyd	3	8.91	5.91	10	16.72	6.72	7	11.35	4.35	2	2.98	0.98	1	2.39	1.39	8	6.82	-1.18	17	14.94	-2.06
9/5	WAS	Irvin	Assad	16	11.99	-4.01	16	20.19	4.19	6	12.85	6.85	5	4.30	-0.70	5	3.04	-1.96	12	7.86	-4.14	14	13.97	-0.04
9/3	ATL	Elder	Horton	6	9.48	3.48	10	16.87	6.87	8	11.07	3.07	0	3.53	3.53	2	2.28	0.28	5	8.38	3.38	21	15.33	-5.68
9/2	ATL	Wentz	Imanaga	7	7.91	0.91	15	15.26	0.26	11	9.52	-1.48	1	3.63	2.63	3	2.11	-0.89	4	6.50	2.50	14	16.37	2.37
9/1	ATL	Strider	Rea	13	9.53	-3.47	21	17.27	-3.73	13	11.19	-1.81	6	4.03	-1.97	2	2.05	0.05	10	8.09	-1.91	19	15.91	-3.09
8/21	MIL	Priester	Imanaga	5	7.39	2.39	12	15.51	3.51	10	10.42	0.42	1	3.42	2.42	1	1.67	0.67	12	5.78	-6.22	15	14.01	-0.99
8/20	MIL	Misiorowski	Rea	7	7.67	0.67	10	15.43	5.43	7	10.61	3.61	2	3.14	1.14	1	1.67	0.67	10	7.16	-2.84	17	17.22	0.22
8/19	MIL	Woodruff	Taillon	5	7.42	2.42	16	15.46	-0.54	12	10.55	-1.45	4	2.96	-1.04	0	1.95	1.95	4	5.92	1.92	14	16.10	2.10
8/19	MIL	Patrick	Boyd	10	8.03	-1.97	16	16.52	0.52	9	11.16	2.16	4	3.49	-0.51	3	1.87	-1.13	8	6.11	-1.89	18	17.05	-0.95
8/17	PIT	Mlodzinski	Assad	7	9.71	2.71	15	17.51	2.51	9	11.40	2.40	6	3.88	-2.12	0	2.23	2.23	9	8.06	-0.94	14	14.40	0.40
8/16	PIT	Burrows	Imanaga	4	9.55	5.55	14	16.26	2.26	11	9.79	-1.22	2	3.32	1.32	1	3.16	2.16	7	6.92	-0.09	17	16.17	-0.83
8/15	PIT	Ashcraft	Rea	5	9.08	4.08	12	16.52	4.52	7	10.84	3.84	4	3.42	-0.58	1	2.26	1.26	6	7.63	1.63	14	14.85	0.85
8/6	CIN	Abbott	Horton	7	8.71	1.71	15	16.85	1.85	10	11.54	1.54	2	3.48	1.48	3	1.83	-1.17	3	7.11	4.11	16	13.73	-2.27
8/5	CIN	Littell	Imanaga	6	7.07	1.07	13	15.34	2.34	8	10.08	2.08	3	3.58	0.58	2	1.67	-0.33	3	5.09	2.09	18	12.89	-5.11
8/4	CIN	Lodolo	Soroka	5	7.52	2.52	9	14.66	5.66	5	9.83	4.83	2	3.17	1.17	2	1.67	-0.34	4	7.86	3.86	19	17.31	-1.69
8/3	BAL	Young	Rea	8	8.63	0.63	18	16.21	-1.79	14	10.59	-3.41	3	3.52	0.52	1	2.10	1.10	6	7.52	1.52	18	16.06	-1.95
8/2	BAL	Sugano	Boyd	7	8.04	1.04	15	15.97	0.97	10	11.00	1.00	4	3.26	-0.74	1	1.71	0.71	6	6.97	0.97	20	15.82	-4.18
8/1	BAL	Rogers	Horton	1	7.34	6.34	7	14.91	7.91	4	10.37	6.37	3	3.16	0.16	0	1.38	1.38	4	7.62	3.62	16	15.53	-0.47
7/23	KC	Lugo	Rea	12	10.10	-1.90	15	17.83	2.83	7	10.93	3.93	2	3.79	1.79	6	3.11	-2.89	9	6.56	-2.44	13	14.55	1.55
7/22	KC	Hill	Boyd	6	9.23	3.23	15	16.61	1.61	14	10.98	-3.02	1	3.08	2.08	0	2.55	2.55	4	7.21	3.21	14	14.15	0.15
7/21	KC	Cameron	Brasier	16	8.25	-7.75	23	15.52	-7.48	14	10.35	-3.65	3	3.19	0.19	6	1.98	-4.02	3	7.61	4.61	13	14.20	1.20
7/20	BOS	Crochet	Horton	7	6.91	-0.10	15	14.61	-0.39	9	10.26	1.26	3	2.74	-0.26	3	1.61	-1.39	7	6.37	-0.63	17	17.83	0.83
7/19	BOS	Bello	Imanaga	6	9.02	3.02	17	16.43	-0.57	11	10.14	-0.86	1	3.49	2.49	5	2.80	-2.21	3	6.44	3.44	15	15.52	0.52
7/18	BOS	Giolito	Rea	5	8.41	3.41	13	16.53	3.53	9	11.09	2.09	3	3.44	0.44	1	2.01	1.01	8	6.62	-1.38	15	15.09	0.09
7/6	STL	Fedde	Boyd	11	9.24	-1.77	19	17.22	-1.78	12	11.31	-0.69	6	3.74	-2.26	1	2.17	1.17	7	7.08	0.08	17	12.51	-4.49
7/5	STL	Liberatore	Pomeranz	14	10.98	-3.02	22	18.69	-3.31	14	11.94	-2.07	3	3.63	0.63	5	3.13	-1.87	8	7.52	-0.48	17	14.94	-2.06
7/4	STL	Mikolas	Rea	14	10.68	-3.32	16	19.05	3.05	5	11.74	6.74	2	4.36	2.36	9	2.95	-6.05	5	6.56	1.56	12	13.50	1.50
7/3	CLE	Cantillo	Horton	1	8.72	7.72	10	16.06	6.06	10	10.52	0.52	0	3.38	3.38	0	2.15	2.15	6	8.09	2.09	20	17.03	-2.97
7/2	CLE	Bibee	Imanaga	9	8.55	-0.45	16	15.95	-0.05	11	10.01	-0.99	2	3.44	1.44	3	2.50	-0.51	13	6.46	-6.54	11	16.23	5.23
7/1	CLE	Williams	Boyd	7	7.77	0.77	15	14.91	-0.09	11	9.55	-1.45	3	3.39	0.39	1	1.97	0.97	7	7.33	0.33	11	16.12	5.12
6/22	SEA	Gilbert	Rea	20	10.88	-9.12	28	18.36	-9.64	18	11.08	-6.92	1	3.62	2.62	9	3.67	-5.34	6	7.02	1.02	12	19.52	7.52
6/21	SEA	Hancock	Horton	17	12.77	-4.23	23	20.29	-2.71	12	12.40	0.40	5	4.11	-0.89	6	3.79	-2.21	10	8.41	-1.59	18	16.22	-1.78
6/20	SEA	Kirby	Boyd	13	8.78	-4.22	22	16.63	-5.37	10	10.95	0.95	6	3.04	-2.96	6	2.64	-3.36	6	6.41	0.41	15	18.70	3.70
6/19	MIL	Peralta	Taillon	15	8.63	-6.37	18	15.48	-2.52	10	10.07	0.07	2	3.08	1.08	6	2.33	-3.67	12	7.68	-4.32	16	15.39	-0.61
8/18	MIL	Peralta	Horton	7	8.94	1.94	11	15.83	4.83	7	10.01	3.01	2	3.49	1.49	2	2.33	0.33	11	8.08	-2.92	19	15.77	-3.23
6/17	MIL	Patrick	Brown	8	9.09	1.09	17	16.84	-0.17	7	11.04	4.04	7	3.29	-3.72	3	2.51	-0.49	7	7.00	0.00	18	17.90	-0.10
6/15	PIT	Keller	Rea	4	7.91	3.91	10	16.64	6.64	8	11.67	3.67	2	3.45	1.45	0	1.52	1.52	7	6.23	-0.77	10	14.51	4.51
6/14	PIT	Burrows	Boyd	3	8.14	5.14	11	15.53	4.53	9	10.49	1.49	0	3.35	3.35	2	1.68	-0.32	2	8.29	6.29	16	16.42	0.42
6/13	PIT	Skenes	Horton	3	7.03	4.03	14	14.83	0.83	10	10.51	0.51	4	2.78	-1.22	0	1.55	1.55	6	6.85	0.85	14	17.69	3.69
6/12	PIT	Heaney	Taillon	5	7.43	2.43	8	14.48	6.48	5	9.35	4.35	1	3.40	2.40	2	1.74	-0.26	5	7.10	2.10	19	13.47	-5.53
6/1	CIN	Martinez	Taillon	10	6.87	-3.13	14	14.52	0.52	10	9.68	-0.32	2	3.42	1.42	2	1.42	-0.58	7	5.90	-1.10	12	13.93	1.93
5/31	CIN	Lodolo	Pomeranz	2	7.35	5.35	9	14.77	5.77	6	10.44	4.44	3	2.95	-0.05	0	1.38	1.38	7	7.77	0.77	19	15.49	-3.51
5/30	CIN	Abbott	Rea	8	9.38	1.38	16	16.77	0.77	8	10.81	2.81	5	3.75	-1.25	3	2.22	-0.79	6	8.10	2.10	16	15.54	-0.46
5/28	COL	Gordon	Boyd	3	7.47	4.47	12	16.21	4.21	10	12.03	2.03	1	2.52	1.52	1	1.66	0.66	3	6.17	3.17	14	16.72	2.72
5/27	COL	Marquez	Horton	6	8.25	2.25	17	15.52	-1.48	15	10.55	-4.45	1	3.43	2.43	1	1.55	0.55	9	8.66	-0.34	17	15.26	-1.74
5/26	COL	Palmquist	Taillon	4	7.68	3.68	9	14.86	5.86	7	9.98	2.98	1	3.51	2.51	1	1.36	0.36	6	7.80	1.80	17	15.58	-1.42
5/18	CHW	Cannon	Rea	8	7.21	-0.80	18	14.62	-3.38	11	9.93	-1.07	6	3.24	-2.76	1	1.45	0.45	4	7.36	3.36	12	15.12	3.12
5/17	CHW	Burke	Boyd	10	10.24	0.24	15	17.05	2.05	9	10.70	1.70	3	3.58	0.58	3	2.78	-0.22	14	8.77	-5.23	19	16.06	-2.94
5/16	CHW	Smith	Horton	16	11.49	-4.51	26	17.98	-8.02	17	11.02	-5.98	6	3.85	-2.15	3	3.10	0.10	4	9.92	5.92	12	17.38	5.38
5/14	MIA	Weathers	Taillon	4	7.38	3.38	11	14.69	3.69	4	9.51	5.51	3	3.37	0.37	4	1.81	-2.19	3	6.54	3.54	20	14.95	-5.05
5/13	MIA	Bellozo	Brown	8	7.07	-0.93	15	14.21	-0.79	10	9.39	-0.61	2	3.21	1.21	3	1.61	-1.39	7	7.40	0.40	14	16.89	2.89
5/12	MIA	Quantrill	Rea	7	8.10	1.10	15	15.46	0.46	9	10.38	1.38	3	3.42	0.42	3	1.66	-1.34	6	7.81	1.81	12	15.27	3.27
5/7	SF	Ray	Brown	4	7.81	3.81	13	14.43	1.43	8	9.79	1.79	5	3.13	-1.87	0	1.51	1.51	8	9.61	1.61	18	16.86	-1.14
5/6	SF	Verlander	Rea	19	9.34	-9.66	24	17.08	-6.92	19	11.33	-7.68	3	3.51	0.51	2	2.25	0.25	13	7.92	-5.08	19	14.28	-4.72
5/5	SF	Roupp	Boyd	11	6.73	-4.27	16	13.51	-2.49	11	10.01	-0.99	2	2.28	0.28	3	1.22	-1.78	4	9.20	5.20	15	16.44	1.44
4/27	PHI	Nola	Taillon	4	8.19	4.19	9	15.98	6.98	5	11.08	6.08	4	3.16	-0.84	0	1.74	1.74	6	7.78	1.78	11	16.93	5.93
4/26	PHI	Luzardo	Brown	14	7.73	-6.27	20	15.06	-4.94	17	10.64	-6.37	2	3.37	1.37	1	1.05	0.05	10	9.39	-0.61	17	17.01	0.01
4/25	PHI	Walker	Rea	4	9.47	5.47	16	16.96	0.96	8	11.89	3.89	8	3.28	-4.72	0	1.79	1.79	9	9.18	0.18	22	12.78	-9.22
4/23	LAD	Casparius	Boyd	13	9.04	-3.96	19	15.99	-3.01	13	10.76	-2.24	3	3.35	0.35	3	1.88	-1.12	8	9.66	1.66	16	16.61	0.61
4/22	LAD	May	Imanaga	20	9.62	-10.38	26	16.11	-9.89	12	9.78	-2.22	8	3.57	-4.43	6	2.77	-3.23	8	8.45	0.45	22	16.85	-5.15
4/20	ARI	Kelly	Taillon	5	7.59	2.59	12	14.57	2.57	10	9.90	-0.10	2	3.12	1.12	0	1.55	1.55	4	7.93	3.93	21	13.92	-7.08
4/19	ARI	Gallen	Brown	8	7.71	-0.29	12	14.42	2.42	5	10.05	5.05	3	2.87	-0.13	4	1.50	-2.50	9	9.49	0.49	18	17.70	-0.30
4/18	ARI	Burnes	Rea	24	12.58	-11.42	33	19.52	-13.48	18	11.52	-6.48	8	4.26	-3.75	7	3.75	-3.25	6	8.73	2.73	17	14.78	-2.22
4/9	TEX	Mahle	Imanaga	8	7.59	-0.41	15	14.56	-0.44	10	9.59	-0.41	2	2.87	0.87	3	2.10	-0.90	2	7.12	5.12	12	16.68	4.68
4/8	TEX	Corbin	Taillon	16	7.61	-8.39	24	15.48	-8.52	17	10.63	-6.37	5	3.52	-1.48	2	1.32	-0.68	9	7.40	-1.60	15	14.27	-0.73
4/7	TEX	Eovaldi	Steele	7	6.00	-1.00	13	13.65	0.65	11	9.35	-1.65	2	3.08	1.08	0	1.22	1.22	7	5.97	-1.03	16	18.45	2.45
4/6	SD	Hart	Brown	15	7.64	-7.36	19	14.92	-4.09	16	10.62	-5.38	1	3.14	2.14	2	1.15	-0.85	17	9.09	-7.91	18	15.93	-2.07
4/5	SD	Pivetta	Boyd	8	6.55	-1.45	19	13.87	-5.13	14	9.82	-4.19	3	2.77	-0.23	2	1.29	-0.71	10	7.55	-2.45	15	16.66	1.66
4/4	SD	Vasquez	Imanaga	4	6.91	2.91	9	14.34	5.34	6	10.26	4.26	2	2.85	0.85	1	1.24	0.24	9	7.74	-1.26	11	14.24	3.24
10/8	MIL	Priester	Taillon	7	6.59	-0.41	15	14.06	-0.94	10	9.43	-0.57	3	3.06	0.06	2	1.56	-0.44	7	6.11	-0.89	16	14.94	-1.06
10/9	MIL	Peralta	Boyd	6	6.68	0.68	13	13.23	0.23	9	8.68	-0.32	1	2.73	1.73	3	1.83	-1.18	10	7.21	-2.79	16	17.32	1.32
10/2	SD	Darvish	Taillon	4	8.23	4.23	20	15.46	-4.55	13	9.68	-3.32	5	3.49	-1.51	2	2.28	0.28	5	6.84	1.84	19	15.80	-3.21
10/1	SD	Cease	Kittredge	3	7.60	4.60	11	14.81	3.81	8	9.92	1.92	2	3.16	1.16	1	1.74	0.74	6	7.80	1.80	17	18.16	1.16
9/30	SD	Pivetta	Boyd	4	8.20	4.20	10	15.44	5.44	6	10.01	4.01	2	3.24	1.24	2	2.18	0.18	3	7.12	4.12	19	15.59	-3.41