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Diamond Mind Baseball This is the standard, I think, although one can certainly argue that a good clutch hitter is a hitter who hits well under pressure, regardless of what he does the rest of the time. First, it should be noted that by "clutch hitters," all the analysts are thinking of players who perform better under pressure than when not under pressure. Elias came up with its own definition of "clutch," defined as any at-bat in the seventh inning or later, with the batter's team trailing by three runs or less (or four runs if the bases were loaded). www.diamond-mind.com /articles/neyerclutch.htm   (1800 words)

baseball DH editorial Thus, the designated hitter rule, when maximized, potentially improves all facets of the quality of play: more hitting (as everyone agrees), better pitching and defense, and faster players on the bases in clutch situations. The designated hitter rule improves pitching by allowing pitchers to come out of the game when they become ineffective, rather than due to managerial moves based on the dictates of the game. If the designated hitter rule was a drastic alteration or just increased offense, I would be against it, but neither is true. home.comcast.net /~jhbaseballpages/DH.htm   (1026 words)

Emil de Cou, the NSO's Clutch Pinch Hitter (washingtonpost.com) Emil de Cou, the NSO's Clutch Pinch Hitter (washingtonpost.com) Emil de Cou, the NSO's Clutch Pinch Hitter Emil de Cou, whose promotion from assistant conductor to associate conductor has just been announced by the National Symphony Orchestra, did what associate conductors are supposed to do Thursday night in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall: He filled in, expertly, for guest conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev, who had to cancel because of illness. www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A8180-2003Mar21?language%3Dprinter   (386 words)

Connie Mack The BASEBALL Page Barry was known as a clutch hitter despite his.243 career average — no AL shortstop drove in more runs than he did from 1909 to 1917. Connie Mack pieced together a tremendous baseball team in the first decade of the 20th century, built in large part, around his famous "$100,000 Infield." At the time, Mack claimed that even that lofty dollar-amount would not pry the four star players away from him. He was rumored to have kept frozen baseballs handy to insert into the game when his pitcher's were on the mound. www.thebaseballpage.com /past/pp/mackconnie   (2035 words)

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Amazon.com: Books: No-Hitter (Chip Hilton Sports Series) Chip Hilton Sports: Pitchers' Duel/Clutch Hitter/Fence Busters (Chip Hilton Sport Series) by Clair Bee on page 190, Back Matter, and Back Cover third hitter, coaching box, fielded the ball, bull pen, cleanup hitter, next hitter SIPs: third hitter, coaching box, fielded the ball, bull pen, cleanup hitter ( more) www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805420967?v=glance   (60 words)

Clutch Hitters And Choke Hitters: Myth Or Reality? He used six sets of assumptions that involved sacrifice flys and errors in different ways, allowing for only a 1 percent chance of a player showing up as a clutch or choke hitter if he was not. A surprising finding in the study was that Bill Buckner, who has gone down in history as one of the game's worst "choke artists" for his Game 6 World Series error, was statistically proven to be a clutch hitter. In his study, Fuld defined a clutch hitter as a batter who hits better at more important points of the game. www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/05/050506140903.htm   (648 words)

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Penn: Office of University Communications: Clutch Hitters and Choke Hitters: Myth or Reality? A surprising finding in the study was that Bill Buckner, who has gone down in history as one of the game's worst "choke artists" for his Game 6 World Series error, was statistically proven to be a clutch hitter. The 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania junior studied the phenomenon of clutch hitting in baseball, and his calculations provided statistical evidence that players such as Eddie Murray, Frank Duffy and Luis Gomez were clutch hitters.  Anytime you hear sports announcers, they're always talking about who is a clutch hitter and who is a choke hitter. origin.www.upenn.edu /pennnews/article.php?id=793   (437 words)

WEEI: Red Sox sign John Olerud - www.scout.com i agree...this is a very good move...at the very least olerud will come in and play great defense,but hes a guy you can use as a pinch hitter and know he will work the count and give you a quality at bat...hes also a clutch hitter too..always has been..very smart player... A two-time All-Star, Olerud is a.295 career hitter with 248 home runs and 1,193 RBIss in 2,147 games. A two-time All-Star, Olerud is a.295 career hitter with 248 home runs and 1,193 RBIs in 2,147 games. mb3.scout.com /fbostonredsoxfrm1.showMessage?topicID=6383.topic   (1419 words)

seattlepi.com Mariners blog: Report: M's sign Spiezio Spezio is a "clutch" hitter and the Athletics made an art out of picking up such types at less money. Spezio does replace him and he's a clutch hitter who has hurt the M's in the past. Spezio, i will never understand but he could be a good bench player. blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com /baseball/archives/001134.html   (1419 words)

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Vic Power: Power to the People Vic was a true contact hitter, and an excellent hit-and-run man in an era where the home run was king. Power, who was considered "a good hitter, but a poor fielder" by Yankees scouts, won seven consecutive Gold Glove awards at first base. Power, who thought the odds were against Rocky getting yet another clutch hit that day, took a longer lead off third with each pitch. www.baseballhalloffame.org /library/columns/rw_040707.htm   (1526 words)

Untitled Hank Bauer and Gene Woodling were deadly clutch hitters with good power whom Casey Stengel used in the lead off position to shake up a struggling Yankees lineup, although Bauer did bat first a good part of his career. The difference is that the first group fits the mold of the ideal number one batter while the second group is composed of players who could very well have been, and in some cases were, number three, four, or five hitters. He is similar to Bauer and Woodling as a hitter, although he has more power. www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/15333/90140   (1526 words)

Vic Power: Power to the People Power, who was considered "a good hitter, but a poor fielder" by Yankees scouts, won seven consecutive Gold Glove awards at first base. Power, who thought the odds were against Rocky getting yet another clutch hit that day, took a longer lead off third with each pitch. Earlier in the game, Donovan hit Power with a pitch (Power was possibly the most thrown-at hitter of his era). www.baseballhalloffame.org /library/columns/rw_040707.htm   (1526 words)

USATODAY.com - Long ball legends touch them all He wasn't a home run hitter, but he was a clutch hitter who hit home runs. I held the most home runs by anybody who was a visitor at the old Texas Rangers ballpark. •Reggie Jackson: "It was a home run in the middle of September against Boston at Yankee Stadium in 1977. www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2004-07-11-sluggers-memories_x.htm   (1431 words)

MLB.com - Negro Leagues Buck proved to be a clutch performer, typified by his.500 batting average in the 1944 Negro World Series -- the second of consecutive titles for the Grays. Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard, the cleanup hitter of the Negro National League's Homestead Grays, was always paired in the lineup with legendary power hitter Josh Gibson. After his retirement, Leonard served as vice president of the Rocky Mount Leafs in the Class-A Carolina League, worked as an athletic director and truant officer for a school district, and ran the Buck Leonard Realty Agency. mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues_profile.jsp?player=leonard_buck   (819 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Home Run Feud (Chip Hilton Sports Series) Chip Hilton Sports: Pitchers' Duel/Clutch Hitter/Fence Busters (Chip Hilton Sport Series) by Clair Bee on 5 pages Chip sees the morale of his baseball team threatened by the arrogant behavior of first baseman and heavy hitter Ben Green. More about Bees Than You Care to Know + Mayberry's Aunt Bee : A list by A. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805421246?v=glance   (819 words)

It Makes Some Sense Hank Bauer and Gene Woodling were deadly clutch hitters with good power whom Casey Stengel used in the lead off position to shake up a struggling Yankees lineup, although Bauer did bat first a good part of his career. The difference is that the first group fits the mold of the ideal number one batter while the second group is composed of players who could very well have been, and in some cases were, number three, four, or five hitters. He is similar to Bauer and Woodling as a hitter, although he has more power. www.suite101.com /article.cfm/yankees_no_more_no_less/90140   (438 words)

Cooper Earns BIG EAST And National Player-Of-The Week Honors, Repeats As BIG EAST Batting Champ :: Junior outfielder honored for batting 13-for-22 with 13 RBI. He ranks among the team's top clutch hitter, batting a team-best.435 with runners in scoring position while also ranking 2nd on the team in 2-out batting (.393) and batting with runners on base (.373), 3rd in 2-out RBI (14), and 5th in leadoff on-base pct. Then-sophomore RF Brian Stavisky opened the 2001 season by batting.692 (9-for-13) and reaching base 10 consecutive times at the Mississippi State Classic, earning the weekly hitter honor from the NCBWA and CB's national player-of-the-week award. Only four players in the league finished with a higher OPS (on-base plus slugging) during 2005 BIG EAST games than Cooper's 1.111: Pittsburgh sophomore 2B Jim Negrych (1.311) and junior CF Ben Copeland (1.205), Cooper's classmate and fellow junior OF Cody Rizzo (surged to 1.111;.514 OB,.648 slugging) and WVU junior 1B Stan Posluszny (1.122). und.collegesports.com /sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052405aaa.html   (1191 words)

Jack Clark (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A clutch hitter and consistent slugger, Clark was injury-prone for the first 13 years of his career. In an 18-season career, Clark was a.267 hitter with 340 home runs and 1180 RBI in 1994 games. Clark was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals after the 1984 season, switching to first base to reduce risk of injury. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Clark_(baseball)   (1191 words)

Braves Journal: Henry Blanco He had a couple of timely hits and somebody decided that he was "clutch", forgetting that if he had hit like a normal person the rest of the time maybe the Braves wouldn't have needed a "clutch" hitter. Blanco is a good defensive catcher but his defense can't possibly carry his bat, especially in a lineup already carrying a defensive specialist at third base. Blanco's played 369 major league games, and his career on-base percentage is a cool.300, his slugging percentage.364. www.bravesbeat.com /bravesjournal/archives/2003/02/henry_blanco.html   (1191 words)

Playing Under Pressure If a hitter is averaging.333 and gets a hit one time in three clutch situations, he is performing well in the clutch...normal performance under pressure is the goal, not super performance. Normal performance is possible in pressure situations because of proper concentration; in a pressure situation, the athlete must train himself to concentrate on the task at hand rather than allow his concentration to center on the situation.. The objective under pressure should not be to play super because that is an unreasonable goal; the objective of an athlete should be to play normally under pressure. www.hsbaseballweb.com /under_pressure.htm   (1034 words)

Reporter-News Online: Wylie High School Softball CLYDE — Wylie used several key errors and some clutch hitting to grab a 13-8 victory in District 6-3A softball action Tuesday. Crystal Ivy pitched a no-hitter Thursday as Wylie blanked Merkel, 3-0, in a District 5-3A girls softball game at the Wylie High School field. Crystal Ivy hurled a four-hitter and struck out 13 Friday as Wylie cruised to a 9-2 victory over Ballinger in a District 5-3A girls softball game at the Wylie High School field. www.texnews.com /sports.texnews/wylsoftball.html   (1405 words)

ESPN.com: Page 2 : Is David Ortiz really Mr. Clutch? When we analyze play-by-play data, David Ortiz does rate as a clutch hitter overall, but most of the damage was limited to just two seasons, 2000 and 2005. Sometimes a hitter like David Ortiz gets a bunch of big hits down the stretch, and it makes the difference in a pennant race. David Ortiz slugged five home runs and hit.400 in fourteen playoff games in 2004, including key hits such as the game-winning homer in Game 4 of the ALCS. sports.espn.go.com /espn/page2/story?page=betweenthenumbers/ortiz/060405   (1562 words)

In 2005, Vote Rodriguez For Most Valuable Player - September 29, 2005 - The New York Sun - NY Newspaper On the one hand, you have Boston's David Ortiz, the most feared batter in the league, an awesome power hitter who's hit a preposterous number of dramatic, game-winning home runs this year, solidifying his reputation as the game's best clutch hitter. The debate over this year's American League Most Valuable Player award takes on something of a theological tenor. On the other, you have the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, who's been workmanlike in putting together one of the great hitting seasons in New York history. www.nysun.com /article/20741   (245 words)

Tony Lazzeri A feared clutch-hitter with long-ball power, he was a.300 hitter five times, had 18 or more home runs on four occasions and seven times he drove in over 100 runs. Quietly proficient at second base, and often overshadowed by his more extroverted teammates, Lazzeri nevertheless was a key ingredient of six Yankee "Murderers' Row" pennant-winners and five World Championships. www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Lazzeri.htm   (128 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Home Run Feud (Chip Hilton Sports Series) Chip Hilton Sports: Pitchers' Duel/Clutch Hitter/Fence Busters (Chip Hilton Sport Series) by Clair Bee on 5 pages Chip sees the morale of his baseball team threatened by the arrogant behavior of first baseman and heavy hitter Ben Green. CHIP HILTON'S spirits were as high and light as the fleecy white clouds floating in the blue spring sky as he strode along the tulip-lined campus sidewalk. www.eigo-i.com /shows/0805421246/Home-Run-Feud.html   (128 words)

Braves 400 Club's All-Time Atlanta Braves Team Chambliss was both a steady, clutch hitter and also one of the game's best defensive first basemen. Reduced to a pinch-hitter in 1986, his last season with the Braves, he led the NL with 20 pinch-hits, still an Atlanta record. The Braves' starting first baseman from 1980-84, Chris Chambliss is given credit for bringing veteran leadership to the team that helped lead to the 1982 division title. www.braves400.org /event_alltime_chambliss.html   (134 words)

Willie Stargell The BASEBALL Page He was a clutch long ball hitter, who won the NL MVP, Playoff MVP, and World Series MVP in 1979. In the LCS and World Series he had several clutch hits to spark the Pirate championship. The World Series of 1979 was Stargell's grandest stage, providing the defining moments of his career. www.thebaseballpage.com /past/pp/stargellwillie   (134 words)

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