Saberheads: Ortiz's clutch hitting?

[Quercus]

So I just read a column that claimed Big Papi Ortiz has come up 13 times since 2005 in a potential game-ending plate appearance and made an out only once.

Now, I know he's hit a lot of walk-offs, but this still seems unlikely (he's gotten at least one out in a potential game-ending situation in the last week). Can anyone provide independent confirmation?

For bonus points, provide other stats related to Ortiz's 'clutch hitting' (pick your definition), and discuss the likelihood of them being artifacts of small sample sizes.

[If any fencing fans came into this thread due to the title, please feel welcome to expound on any edge-as-well-as-point subjects that strike your fancy]

[Least Original User Name Ever]

I don't know the answer to this question or even where to get it, but I'd like to know too.

Consider this a friendly bump.

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Here's a load of stathead links on clutch hitting, containing arguments with each other and the conventional wisdom.

[RickJay]

Here is almost every conceivable David Ortiz clutch split for 2005:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...ting&year=2005

Of course, Ortiz hits well in pretty much every situation.

[Least Original User Name Ever]

Ah, ESPN. I love you so. If you were not created, the heavens would open up annd being Kenny Mayne and Trey Wingo to my neighborhood to sing the exploits of athletes.

[Quercus]

Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber

Here's a load of stathead links on clutch hitting, containing arguments with each other and the conventional wisdom.

The link, she no work for me.

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Originally Posted by Quercus

The link, she no work for me.

Me neither. But the raw link works so I must have encoded it wrong. Let's try this:




http://www.geocities.com/cyrilmorong...utchLinks2.htm