If you read the studies carefully that have addressed whether or not "clutch" hitting ability exists, you'll see that the conclusion is ONLY that there is little evidence that it DOES exist. Thus, the sabermetricians (of which I consider myself to be one, albeit part-time) have demonstrated that the ability, if it exists, has very little effect on anything. It is so small that it is undetectable with standard statisical methods. That is VERY DIFFERENT from proving that it does not exist.
So, if a game wants to include a clutch rating, why not? As long as it does not overpower the main ratings and standard batter/pitcher interaction, it doesn't violate real baseball at all. Bottom line: We don't know that clutch hitting ability doesn't exist, we just know that the ability, IF it exists, has a very small effect on the game.
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