Park Effects at the K

A curious commenter wondered how Kauffman Stadium was playing this season in terms of parks effects. The table I had developed and updated at the end of last season now includes 2005 up to today.

 Home    Away   Index  
 Games Royals Opp Opp%+ Games Royals Opp Opp%+ Royals Opp Overall
2005 36 144 186 29% 35 167 210 26% -16% -14% -11%
2004 80 338 426 26% 82 382 479 25% -9% -9% -9%
2003 80 433 512 18% 82 403 355 -12% 10% 48% 28%
2002 81 434 505 16% 81 303 386 27% 43% 31% 36%
2001 81 382 485 27% 81 347 373 7% 10% 30% 20%
2000 81 451 488 8% 81 428 442 3% 5% 10% 8%
1999 80 441 449 2% 81 415 472 14% 8% -4% 2%
1998 80 353 492 39% 81 461 407 -12% -22% 22% -1%
1997 80 387 434 12% 81 360 386 7% 9% 14% 11%
1996 80 372 369 -1% 81 374 417 11% 1% -10% -5%
1995 72 285 346 21% 72 344 345 0% -17% 0% -8%
1994 59 325 287 -12% 58 249 245 -2% 28% 15% 22%
1993 81 370 354 -4% 81 305 340 11% 21% 4% 12%
1992 81 314 346 10% 81 296 331 12% 6% 5% 5%
1991 81 344 378 10% 81 383 344 -10% -10% 10% -1%
           
91-94 302 1353 1365 1% 301 1233 1260 2% 9% 8% 9%
95-03 715 3538 4080 15% 721 3435 3583 4% 4% 15% 9%
04-05 116 482 612 27% 117 549 689 26% -11% -10% -11%

So you can see that 2005 has turned out much like 2004 thus far with scoring down 15%. In the new era at the K in which the fences were moved back there has been 11% less scoring translating into a park factor of about 95.