Clutch Hitting Links

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I put this site together to aid anyone wishing to learn more about clutch hitting in baseball or anyone who wants to research the topic.  If you have any questions or suggestions for sites to add, please email me. There are three categories of sites listed below: Research sites, sites that are articles about clutch hitting and sites that contain discussions or message boards on clutch hitting.

Research

Phil Birnbaum summarizes his and Bill James' views on the "fog" article as well as new research by Cramer and Palmer

Mr. Clutch Big Papi, Chipper, Pujols come through when it counts by Bill James

Clutch Hitting and the Cramer Test by Phil Birnbaum (challenges Bill James' notion that studies in the past did not disprove that clutch hitting exists in the "Underestimating the Fog” article in the 2005 Baseball Research Journal)

Underestimating the Fog by Bill James

Comments on "Underestimating the Fog" by Jim Albert

Do Clutch Hitters Exist? By Richard D. Cramer (From SABR’s Baseball Research Journal 1977)

In Search Of Clutch Hitting by Tom Ruane

Do Clutch Hitters Exist? David Grabiner

Clutch and Choke Hitters in Major League Baseball: Romantic Myth or Empirical Fact. By: Elan Fuld

Clutch Hitting One More Time By Pete Palmer

Clutch Hitting: Fact or Fiction? By Andrew Dolphin

Clutch Hitting Study By David Grabiner

Clutch Hitting Leaders, 1987-2001 by Cyril Morong

The Problem With “Total Clutch” Hitting Statistics by Cyril Morong

Hitting with Runners in Scoring Position By: David Grabiner

How Joe got 102 RBI in 1997 by Stephen Tomlinson

Hitting with Runners in Scoring Position by Jim Albert

Clutch Hitting: Does it Exist? By: David Grabiner

Still no ability to hit in the clutch By: David Grabiner

Does Team Clutch Matter in Baseball? by Cyril Morong

Clutch Hitting and Statistical Tests by Dan Levitt

Clutch Hitting and Experience by Cyril Morong

A Probability-Based Measure of Productivity in Major League Baseball With Application to the Questions of Clutch Performance and the Value of Pitching, Raymond D. Sauer and Jahn Hakes

Are Players Paid for Clutch Performance?, Raymond D. Sauer and Jahn Hakes

One More Proof That Clucth Hitters Do Not Exist By Cappy Gagnon

Don't Put the Clutch in Yet by Jorgen Rasmussen

Clutch Ability: Myth or Reality?by Rob Wood

Or Does Clutch Ability Exist? by Tom Conlon

The Power of Statistical Tests by Keith Karcher(this article is a response to the two articles immediately above)

Clutch Hitters and Other Mythological Animals by Willie Runquist

"What Makes a "Clutch" Situation?" by Tom Hanrahan

Does Clutch Hitting Exist? by Tangotiger

Does Clutch Hitting Exist? by Tangotiger (data files)

Discovering True Clutch Hitters by Keith Woolner(this article was actually part of an April fool's joke)

The Concept of ''Clutch'' by Joe Sheehan

The Statistical Mirage of Clutch Hitting by HAROLD BROOKS (from SABR’s Baseball Research Journal 1989 #18)

How Many Games Do Clutch Hitters Really Win? By Cyril Morong

Articles

Situational in Seattle by James Fraser

Clutch Hitting By Rob Neyer

The science of clutch or choke by By Matt Meltzer Daily Pennsylvanian (discusses the research by University of Pennsylvania student Elan Fuld. It is the best summary of his research I have come across so far (as of June 5, 2005).

Clutch Peddler By Megan Kolodgy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer(discusses the research by University of Pennsylvania student Elan Fuld. It is the best summary of his research I have come across so far (as of June 17, 2005).

David Ortiz really Mr. Clutch? By Nate Silver

Clutch hitting is mental By RICK FREEMAN

My Take on Clutch Hitting JC Bradbury

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