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From: abgamble@water.UUCP (abgamble)
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Subject: Re: The Dodgers are rolling! (really AL MVP)
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 20:05:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 20:05:34 1985
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>     MISC: I think Brett deserves the AL MVP. He put his team in the
> 	  playoffs with typical, typical clutch-ness that has
>           been his rep.  Five homers in 6 huge games. I know, I
>           know, about "doing it all year not just for a few
>           games" but the MVP goes to the guy who helped his team
> 	  get there. I know Mattingly got 145 RBIs with
>           average and power but Brett's average was sky-high for
>           a good part of the year and he singlehandedly won the
>           division for them in the final week. Mattingly did not.
> 

I agree, Brett should win it. He hit ~.335 with 30+ HR's. If that's
not "doing it all year", I'm not sure what is. Besides, he plays a
more important position on defense than Mattingly does. As for the
RBIs, Brett had well over 100 which is pretty good when you're 
playing for a team that is dead last in the league in OBA. Mattingly
had far more chances to drive in runs than Brett did.

This brings to mind a possible batting statistic to measure "clutch"
hitting.
                  RBI / N         where  N = total number of runners
                                             in scoring position during
                                             the player's At Bats.

This would roughly measure the "percentage of runs cashed in". If it
were done for this season, I'm sure Brett would be far ahead of
Mattingly.
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                           Bruce Gamble  -  abgamble@water.UUCP