Shape of the Park
The shortest corner is 318 feet and the deepest listed alley is 400 feet. That shape helps explain why fly-ball hitters can matter here, especially when the weather is also helping carry.
BALLPARK PROFILE 2026
Baltimore Orioles - Baltimore, MD
Oriole Park at Camden Yards plays as a mostly neutral betting environment for 2026. Its run factor is 1.03 (+3% vs league average) and its home run factor is 1.08 (+8%).
Quick answer
Oriole Park at Camden Yards has a 1.03 run factor, 1.08 home run factor, and 1.01 hits factor. Values above 1.00 favor hitters; values below 1.00 favor pitchers.
Park-factor read
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is more matchup-driven than reputation-driven. Oriole Park at Camden Yards is the Baltimore Orioles home park in Baltimore, MD. For betting, the useful question is not whether the park is "good for hitters." It is which markets the venue changes most: home runs, run scoring, hits, or weather-sensitive totals.
The shortest corner is 318 feet and the deepest listed alley is 400 feet. That shape helps explain why fly-ball hitters can matter here, especially when the weather is also helping carry.
A 1.08 home run factor gives power bats a real venue bump, but it still needs the right matchup and weather. The 1.03 run factor is close to average. Market price, starting pitchers, and confirmed lineups matter more than the park name.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is open-air, so wind, temperature, and humidity can move the run environment. Always check the daily weather before treating the static factor as final.
Sources for basic venue facts: Wikidata, Wikipedia, Official venue/team site. The park-factor read above is original thecapper.io analysis.
History and naming
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992 and serves as the home venue for the Baltimore Orioles. That matters for searchers and bettors because venue names, naming-rights language, and team shorthand often get mixed together in MLB research. This profile uses the current venue identity, then connects it to the team, city, roof type, dimensions, and betting factors that actually affect the game. At 45,971 listed capacity with grass playing surface, Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a modern-era MLB venue with enough history for park factors to stabilize. The page cites Wikidata, Wikipedia, Official venue/team site for basic identity facts, but the park-factor interpretation is original analysis from thecapper.io.
Use Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Orioles, and Baltimore, MD together when comparing park-factor research. Fans may search by team, city, nickname, sponsor name, or older venue wording, but the betting question is the same: which run environment is attached to today's home team? This page keeps the current official venue name tied to the Baltimore Orioles profile so related pages, game previews, tools, and model explanations can point to one canonical ballpark URL.
Seasonal environment
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is open-air, so the same dimensions can play differently by month. Cooler April and May nights can mute carry, summer heat can help the ball travel, and late-season weather can introduce sharper wind and temperature swings. For totals, home run props, hits, and NRFI/YRFI, treat the static park factor as the baseline and game-day weather as the adjustment.
Early-season games can be the most misleading because the listed park factor is season-neutral while temperature, wind, and lineup timing are not. Be careful with overs, home run props, and small-sample venue trends when the weather is cold.
Warmer air generally helps carry and can make hitter-friendly parks more dangerous. In pitcher-friendly parks, summer weather can narrow the gap between the static factor and the live betting environment.
September baseball can bring cooler nights, different shadows, bullpen fatigue, and lineup churn. That makes the park profile useful, but it should be paired with current team context and confirmed lineups.
Venue trends
A static park factor tells you the baseline. Recent results show how the park has actually played this season: totals, team scoring, first-inning scoring, and tracked pitcher strikeout props.
Use the windows as a sanity check, not a pick generator. If the last 5 and last 10 are running hot but the season line is neutral, ask whether weather, opponent quality, or bullpen chaos created the spike. If every window points the same way, the venue signal is more interesting.
| Date | Matchup | Runs | Line | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Houston Astros @ Baltimore Orioles | 13 | 9 | OVER |
| 2026-04-28 | Houston Astros @ Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 9 | UNDER |
| 2026-04-26 | Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 7.5 | OVER |
| 2026-04-25 | Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles | 18 | 7.5 | OVER |
| 2026-04-24 | Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles | 13 | 8.5 | OVER |
Run trends use final MLB game scores by home venue. O/U trend uses available sportsbook total lines from game-market shadow rows. NRFI and K trend use graded pick outcome ledgers, so sample sizes vary by park.
+3% vs league average for run scoring. Slight hitter edge.
+8% vs league average for home runs. Strong hitter park.
+1% vs league average for hit frequency. Near neutral.
Distances in feet from home plate. Shorter corners can amplify pull-side power, while deeper alleys can turn fly balls into extra-base volatility.
Run scoring is modestly elevated at +3%, which can matter when the market total is tight. Slight hitter advantage. HR-friendly despite not being extreme. Unique wall angles favor certain batters. Better for home HRs than road teams.
Park factors are context, not picks. The best reads combine venue, weather, lineup quality, starting pitchers, bullpen form, and current market price.
Quirks explained
Ballpark quirks are only useful when they are translated into baseball outcomes. The notes below explain what each feature can change: pull-side power, doubles and triples, hit probability, totals, or weather sensitivity.
A distinctive outfield wall changes more than home run distance. Caroms, wall height, and outfielder familiarity can affect doubles, triples, and total bases when hitters drive the ball to that part of the park.
Deep alleys and unusual outfield angles increase extra-base volatility. They can suppress some cheap home runs while creating more room for doubles and triples when line drives split the gaps.
Elevation can add carry compared with lower-altitude parks, but the size of the effect depends on weather and dimensions. At 65 feet, this is a secondary factor to weigh after matchup and market price.
Source-backed venue facts
We use reputable external references for basic venue identity facts only. The park-factor rankings, betting context, and model notes on this page are original thecapper.io analysis and do not copy prose from Wikipedia or official venue pages.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards has a 1.03 run factor and a 1.08 home run factor, making it a mostly neutral betting environment for betting context.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards has a 1.08 home run factor, which is +8% compared with a league-average 1.00 baseline.
Use the venue factor as context, not a standalone pick. Combine it with lineups, starting pitchers, bullpen form, weather, and market price before betting totals or player props.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is open-air, so the same dimensions can play differently by month. Cooler April and May nights can mute carry, summer heat can help the ball travel, and late-season weather can introduce sharper wind and temperature swings. For totals, home run props, hits, and NRFI/YRFI, treat the static park factor as the baseline and game-day weather as the adjustment.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards's notable features include Left field wall angles away, Narrow left field alley, Elevated field area. Those quirks matter because dimensions, wall shape, roof state, and air conditions can change batted-ball outcomes by market.