Using a very nifty tool from the people at katron.org we can place a player's hits from any ballpark into another ballpark to see how it may change the outcome. For instance:
All of the dark blue dots are homeruns, the light blue dots are doubles, and the orange dots are fly outs. The dots are Aramis Ramirez' hits this season at Wrigley Field. Those dots have been placed onto PNC Park. So, as you can see, Ramirez has 12 homeruns at his home ballpark of Wrigley, but at most 2 would be homeruns at PNC.
I've done this for every player (that I can remember) who has been associated with Pirates trade talks to see where they stack up. I realize not all of these players would be brought in for their power, but this is just for grins and giggles.
| Player | Home Field Homeruns | PNC Park Homeruns |
| Beltran, Carlos | 9 | 4 |
| Carroll, Jamey | 0 | 0 |
| DeJesus, David | 3 | 1 |
| Giambi, Jason | 3 | 3 |
| Ianetta, Chris | 7 | 7 |
| Kubel, Jason | 1 | 1 |
| Lee, Carlos | 5 | 1 |
| Lee, Derrek | 6 | 0 |
| Pena, Carlos | 9 | 5 |
| Pence, Hunter | 4 | 5 |
| Ramirez Aramis | 12 | 1 |
| Upton, B.J. | 6 | 1 |
| Willingham, Josh | 7 | 0 |
This is far from a perfect science, but pretty interesting to say the least. Chris Ianetta isn't a sexy name but, theoretically, his 7 homeruns at Coors Field would still be 7 homeruns at PNC Park. Meanwhile, much more sought after guys like Aramis Ramirez, Josh Willingham, and Derrek Lee have a combined 25 homeruns at their respective home ballparks, but only one of those same balls would have been gone at PNC Park.
I believe this shows that PNC Park may just be a tough ballpark to hit homeruns in. That doesn't explain the lack of bombs on the road but just to throw it out there, the Pirates top two homerun hitters, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones, have 7 homeruns combined at home. They have 18 more combined on the road.
Maybe adding power to the lineup isn't the cure all after all.
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