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Originally Posted by Tumaterminator
I always figured it was hyperbole that Coors was that big of an enhancement. That maybe guys hit an extra 5-10 points, 3-5 HRs better there but nothing truly significant.
I don't know how well the Coors advantage has held up over the years, but the career of Todd Helton is a great data point that Coors can be a huge advantage to some players, and not talking 5-10 points BA, 3-5 HRs:
His 162 game average at home for a 17 year career came out to be:
.345 BA/.441 OBP/.607 SLG 1.048 OPS 32 HR/122 RBI
His 162 game average on the road:
.287 BA/.386 OBP/.469 SLG .855 OPS 21 HR/80 RBI
That's a career split of 58 points of BA at home, and 5.5 HR per year. So at home he was better than Manny Ramirez, on the road he was like Derek Jeter. In his career year in 2000 where he hit .372, he hit 27 home runs at home and 15 on the road.