Written by Amit Lal
| 21 June 2010
After a 1-5 road trip to Boston and Detroit, the Diamondbacks are happy to be back home in Arizona. The team now has a 10-27 record on the road, while still having a winning record at home at 17-16. What goes wrong on the road? It turns out that the pitching is equally bad both at home and the road, ranking 15th out of 16th in ERA in both cases. But the offense is where the difference is much larger, ranking #1 in Runs/Game at Home, but only #11 on the road. Let's look at the Home/Road Splits for the NL teams (Stats through Sunday, June 20).
| Rank |
HOME STATS |
R/G |
GP |
R |
HR |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
| 1 |
Arizona |
5.42 |
33 |
179 |
49 |
.272 |
.356 |
.486 |
.843 |
| 2 |
Atlanta |
5.42 |
31 |
168 |
30 |
.280 |
.363 |
.437 |
.800 |
| 3 |
Cincinnati |
5.30 |
40 |
212 |
57 |
.289 |
.354 |
.480 |
.834 |
| 4 |
Colorado |
5.26 |
34 |
179 |
40 |
.280 |
.354 |
.465 |
.818 |
| 5 |
Florida |
5.03 |
38 |
191 |
33 |
.262 |
.341 |
.403 |
.744 |
| 6 |
Philadelphia |
4.94 |
32 |
158 |
45 |
.258 |
.326 |
.446 |
.771 |
| 7 |
St. Louis |
4.83 |
35 |
169 |
30 |
.269 |
.356 |
.419 |
.775 |
| 8 |
NY Mets |
4.62 |
34 |
157 |
25 |
.269 |
.344 |
.415 |
.759 |
| 9 |
Chicago Cubs |
4.44 |
36 |
160 |
31 |
.270 |
.336 |
.416 |
.752 |
| 10 |
LA Dodgers |
4.44 |
36 |
160 |
29 |
.277 |
.341 |
.420 |
.762 |
| 11 |
San Francisco |
4.44 |
36 |
160 |
34 |
.267 |
.334 |
.430 |
.764 |
| 12 |
San Diego |
4.38 |
39 |
171 |
28 |
.255 |
.335 |
.374 |
.709 |
| 13 |
Milwaukee |
4.13 |
30 |
124 |
38 |
.243 |
.325 |
.411 |
.736 |
| 14 |
Washington |
4.09 |
33 |
135 |
28 |
.277 |
.346 |
.431 |
.776 |
| 15 |
Houston |
3.46 |
37 |
128 |
25 |
.238 |
.288 |
.355 |
.643 |
| 16 |
Pittsburgh |
3.40 |
35 |
119 |
19 |
.237 |
.318 |
.354 |
.671 |
|
National League |
4.60 |
35 |
161 |
34 |
.265 |
.339 |
.421 |
.760 |
The Diamondbacks lead the league with 5.42 Runs/Game at home, and also have the highest home SLG (.486) and OPS (.843). Unfortunately, the offense really slips on the road, dropping to only 4.05 Runs/Game, which ranks #11. The team batting average drops from .272 to .233, and the OPS drops from .843 to .678.
| AWAY STATS |
R/G |
GP |
R |
HR |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
| Milwaukee |
5.38 |
39 |
210 |
45 |
.271 |
.344 |
.443 |
.787 |
| LA Dodgers |
4.88 |
33 |
161 |
24 |
.254 |
.327 |
.392 |
.719 |
| Atlanta |
4.51 |
39 |
176 |
26 |
.252 |
.345 |
.370 |
.714 |
| NY Mets |
4.40 |
35 |
154 |
33 |
.247 |
.305 |
.385 |
.690 |
| Florida |
4.29 |
31 |
133 |
32 |
.255 |
.312 |
.407 |
.719 |
| Philadelphia |
4.29 |
35 |
150 |
23 |
.255 |
.330 |
.388 |
.718 |
| Washington |
4.27 |
37 |
158 |
33 |
.239 |
.309 |
.376 |
.685 |
| Cincinnati |
4.17 |
30 |
125 |
26 |
.253 |
.323 |
.399 |
.722 |
| San Francisco |
4.16 |
32 |
133 |
26 |
.259 |
.329 |
.392 |
.721 |
| Chicago Cubs |
4.06 |
33 |
134 |
35 |
.249 |
.319 |
.396 |
.716 |
| Arizona |
4.05 |
37 |
150 |
33 |
.233 |
.305 |
.373 |
.678 |
| St. Louis |
4.03 |
34 |
137 |
37 |
.252 |
.313 |
.401 |
.714 |
| San Diego |
3.90 |
30 |
117 |
22 |
.240 |
.300 |
.363 |
.663 |
| Colorado |
3.77 |
35 |
132 |
28 |
.233 |
.308 |
.363 |
.671 |
| Houston |
3.27 |
33 |
108 |
15 |
.227 |
.279 |
.310 |
.589 |
| Pittsburgh |
3.21 |
34 |
109 |
28 |
.238 |
.293 |
.367 |
.660 |
| National League |
4.21 |
34 |
143 |
29 |
.247 |
.315 |
.383 |
.698 |
Individually, the Diamondbacks with the largest home/road splits are
Kelly Johnson (Home OPS 1.163/Road OPS.673),
Chris Young (1.053/.636), and
Mark Reynolds (.949/.657). The only Diamondbacks with solid road stats so far are
Justin Upton (.787) and
Adam LaRoche (.785).
