Editing Dodger Stadium (section)

==== Historical reputation ====
For various reasons, Dodger Stadium has long enjoyed a reputation as a pitchers' park. The park has been home to 13 [[no-hitter]]s, including two [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect games]] (by the Dodgers' [[Sandy Koufax's perfect game|Sandy Koufax in 1965]] and by [[Dennis Martínez]] of the former [[Montreal Expos]] in {{mlby|1991}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=Dodger Stadium no-hitters |url=https://www.nonohitters.com/dodger-stadium-no-hitters/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=NoNoHitters.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Pitchers such as [[Sandy Koufax]], [[Don Drysdale]], [[Don Sutton]], [[Fernando Valenzuela]], and [[Orel Hershiser]] became superstars after arriving in Los Angeles. In addition, players have [[hit for the cycle]] just twice in Dodger Stadium ([[Jim Fregosi]] in 1964 and [[Orlando Hudson]] in 2009).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycles Hit in Current Major League Ballparks |url=https://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/ballparks/cycles.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.baseballpilgrimages.com}}</ref>

At first, the relatively deep outfield dimensions were a factor, with the power alleys being about {{convert|380|ft}}. Home plate was moved {{convert|10|ft}} toward center field in [[1969 in baseball|1969]],<ref name=":0" /> but that move also expanded foul ground by {{convert|10|ft}}, a tradeoff which helped to offset the increased likelihood of home runs caused by the decreased field dimensions.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Night games at Dodger Stadium are said to be particularly pitcher-friendly due to the so-called "[[marine layer]] effect." According to the marine layer theory, as the sun sets, the surrounding air at Dodger and Angel Stadiums cools quickly due to the ocean climate, becoming more dense. As a result, deep fly balls that might otherwise be home runs during the day instead often remain in play becoming outs. Although [[Torii Hunter]] estimated that the marine layer can decrease fly ball distance by 15 feet, two researchers concluded in 2017 that while "the marine layer has a statistically significant effect on flyball distance [in [[Petco Park]] and [[Oakland Coliseum]]] ... [t]he effect size is around six feet," and Dodger Stadium's marine layer effect was close to zero.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kagan |first=David |last2=Mitchell |first2=Chris |date=2017 |title=The Effect of the Marine Layer on Fly Balls |url=https://physics.csuchico.edu/baseball/Pubs/MarineLayer.pdf |journal=The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2017 |pages=1, 5–6}}</ref> From 2022 to 2024, Dodger Stadium's night-game home run park factor was 126 (i.e., the stadium inflated home runs by 26%), the second-highest in MLB.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Park Factors Leaderboard: 2024 (Night) |url=https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/statcast-park-factors?type=year&year=2024&batSide=&stat=index_wOBA&condition=Night&rolling=&sort=12&sortDir=desc |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=baseballsavant.com |language=en-US}}</ref>