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MetsBlog reader, John, sent in the following email question…
“In your preview before last night’s game that 15 of David Wright’s 28 home runs have either tied a game or given the Mets a lead. This seems good to me as 52% of his homeruns are game changing. I was curious if you knew were our man stands in this stat against his peers and where he lies in the tying or go-ahead RBI categories.”
…using the ‘close and late’ statistic, which is a player’s results in the seventh inning or later with the batting team either ahead by one run, tied or with the potential tying run on deck, you can tell if a player is considered ‘clutch’…
…wright ranks 12th in the National League with a .343 batting average in this situation behind other MVP contenders Prince Fielder (.348) and Albert Pujols (.379), but slightly ahead of Chase Utley (.323)…
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.343 is much, much higher than it was early in the season. down the stretch, he must be killing the ball in that situation.
In addition to these stats, Wright also leads the NL in Win Shares, which is a highly regarded stat when considering MVP.
WRIGHT 30
Byrnes 29
Pujols 28
Martin 25
Also NL Runs Created leaders are:
Ramirez 125.2
Holliday 122.4
WRIGHT 122.0
Fielder 118.8
Rollins 117.7
wright is by far leading the team in WPA (Win Probability Added) and 3rd in the NL
http://www.fangraphs.com/winss.aspx?team=Mets&season=2007
its a pretty cool stat once you get the hang of it. not perfect but it’ll tell you as good as any who is being ‘clutch’. also interesting to notice who is at the bottom of that list.