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John, if you come up with another reason why I should drink the Sheffield Kool-Aid and admit he is “The Man” on this team, I will come up to wherever you are and “Bring it”.
The purpose of my post was to note how clutch Matsui is and how Sheffield isnt. I also acknowledge [...]

The bottom line is that the perception is that A-Rod is horrible in the clutch – and he isn’t.
Eveyone knows that I despise Sheffield and can’t wait for him to go…but…since we’re talking about guys producing when it counts…check out Sheffield’s numbers vs. Boston. His OPS is 1.317!! Only 4Ks.

Name G AB HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Sheff 13 46 4 14 7 4 0.435 0.491 0.826 1.317
Giambi 11 32 2 3 6 7 0.25 0.442 0.469 0.911
A-Rod 13 47 4 8 8 11 0.255 0.375 0.532 0.907
Cano 6 26 1 2 0 4 0.346 0.346 0.538 0.885
Matsui 13 49 2 8 5 10 0.245 0.315 0.429 0.743
Jeter 13 52 2 4 3 9 0.231 0.31 0.423 0.733
Bernie 12 41 2 5 6 7 0.22 0.313 0.415 0.727
Posada 11 40 1 2 5 4 0.25 0.333 0.375 0.708
Sierra 7 16 0 2 0 3 0.188 0.188 0.375 0.563
Womack 11 39 0 1 2 5 0.231 0.268 0.282 0.55

Temendous research. This type of research appeals to Mike T.’s affinity for detail. Anyway, I did learn something from this: A-Rod is not horrible in the clutch. .295 is not bad. It’s just that we are comparing him to someone who is “off the charts.” The King of Clutch [...]

If you have been watching the games, which I know you have, you know, as well as everyone else, that Sheffield has not been “clutch” when it really matters. Name a game that he won with a late game hit. Go Ahead name one. It will be easier to name a game [...]

OK – I’m going to do my Yoda impersonation: “You must unlearn what you have learned.” All right enough with Yoda. It’s difficult to rely upon statistics. Baseball is all about the game situations and your season situation. What’s right for one team may not be right for another. [...]

Ok, good point. But, per those last numbers, A-Rod is not as much of a choker as one would think. Here are the same numbers with no constraint on the number of outs:

Sheff 46 3 22 8 2 0.304 0.418 0.543 0.847
A-Rod 60 4 27 14 19 0.283 0.427 0.517 0.8
Bernie 46 2 18 11 7 0.304 0.439 0.457 0.761
Tino 28 2 9 6 5 0.25 0.4 0.5 0.75
Matsui 65 2 26 9 13 0.277 0.365 0.446 0.723
Ruben 18 1 8 4 5 0.222 0.364 0.389 0.611
Giambi 31 0 10 8 10 0.258 0.452 0.323 0.581
Jeter 54 1 17 11 13 0.222 0.354 0.333 0.555
Womack 37 0 3 0 6 0.243 0.243 0.27 0.513
Cano 48 1 13 2 4 0.188 0.22 0.292 0.48

Only considering at bats with 2 outs is faulty. Under this rule, Matsui’s home run yesterday would not be included in the equation, yet that was as clutch as you can get. There are too many other factors to consider to formularize this. What inning? score? who’se pitching? what team? Sorry, [...]

I’m not sure what equation the Clutch-o-meter employs, but I would say that the best way to judge a players clutch-ability is this stat: BA+SLG w/ RISP and 2 out. BA+SLG is better than OPS when measuring a players clutch-ability because it takes walks out of the equation. Let’s face it, a clutch play [...]

I agree with that list of preferences (especially the top five). Although I might put Giambi ahead of Sheffield. Down by one run in the ninth, Giambi is more likely to work out a walk to bring the winning run to the plate then you pinch run Bubba in case of an extra [...]

I agree with that list of preferences (especially the top five). Although I might put Giambi ahead of Sheffield. Down by one run in the ninth, Giambi is more likely to work out a walk to bring the winning run to the plate then you pinch run Bubba in case of an extra [...]