Ranking the Greatest Clutch Hitters

• BrianDaubach7

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  So who be the best clutch hitter of our time?  Many big rbi men are clearly big clutch hitters, but batting 3rd or 4th in a lineup presents you with a lot more opportunities to knock someone in.

  Although Ortiz bats third, with Manny to protect him and a very good lineup around him, I think Ortiz is the best clutch hitter of his time.  If he wasn't a DH, he would have won the MVP at least twice.

  Posted 7/15/2008 [reply] [flag]

• Fred9964

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  I think the clearest one is that A-Rod is clearly not a clutch hitter.  He may put up incredible numbers, play great defense, and put up a [usually] professional attitude, but in reality, too many of those numbers come in games that aren't close and at times that don't matter.

  Posted 7/17/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Dugout Central: Ehrke: Ranking the Greatest Clutch Hitters
Published 7/15/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Dugout Central: Ehrke: Ranking the Greatest Clutch Hitters Here’s the methodology I chose. I’ve selected tOPS+ for hitting with RISP/ 2 outs, Late and Close, Tie Game and Within 1 Run as recorded on baseball-reference.com and combined them with post-season performance to calculate an overall clutch rating. I let RISP/ 2 outs represent 40 percent of the rating, and I weighed Late and Close, Tie Game and Within 1 Run cumulatively as another 40 percent (cumulatively because the same plate appearance often qualifies under all three categories). Post-season performance (OPS ...