The 15 players hurt most by their new 2008 home ballpark

Part Two of answering the question "How will the switch in home ballparks impact players switching teams?" I've completed a somewhat simplistic analysis using the 2007 park factors and calculated the gap from old to new home park - here are the results, listed in ascending order (#1 is hurt the most) by the size of the gap in factors from the old home park to the new home park:

1. Tadahito Iguchi (-0.329 factor gap)
2. Cliff Floyd (-0.279)
3. Dan Haren (-0.278)
4. Miguel Tejada (-0.208)
5. Matt Albers (-0.208)
6. Jim Edmonds (-0.178)
7. Jon Lieber (-0.138)
8. Michael Bourn (-0.133)
9. Brad Lidge (-0.133)
10. Edinson Volquez (-0.116)
11. Josh Hamilton (-0.116)
12. Francisco Cordero (-0.084)
13. Carlos Silva (-0.081)
14. Jason Jennings (-0.078)
15. Salomon Torres (-0.066)

Only a few names on this list really standout as many of these players didn't put in a full season in the majors last year. Of note are:

• Dan Haren - the fact that he's switching from the AL to the NL should mitigate the negative impact of his park change.
• Miguel Tejada
• Brad Lidge
• Josh Hamilton

Next post - the players who should experience negligible impact from their home ballpark switch for 2008. A few on that list are surprising as you might have expected them to be on either the helped or hurt lists.