data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.baseball.104556 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: Notes on Jays vs. Indians Series
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Edward Ouellette) writes:
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>My point? RBI might not be a perfect stat but nothing is. And no stat (or lack
>of) can tell me there are no clutch hitters. Maybe no stat CAN tell me,
>either, but some people are... I just know it!!! 8)
I was *hoping* somebody would mention clutch. Clutch? Baerga? The
two words simply do not go together. With runners in scoring
position, Baerga batted .308/.366/.418 last year. This doesn't quite
*suck*, but most batters hit *better* in this situation.
Alomar? He hit .354/.439/.517 with runners in scoring position!
The difference? Alomar had 68 RBIs in 147 such AB. Baerga had 81
RBIs in 182 such AB. Baerga got 25% more chances, yet succeeded only
20% more times.
Frankly, I don't believe in clutch. But if I did, my vote would
go to Alomar for MVP (let alone "best 2B in the AL").
-Valentine