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Arbiter · 03-28-2002, 06:37 AM

[quote]Originally posted by DennisS:
<strong>As any Cardinal fan of the 80's can tell you, Jack Clark was one of the greatest clutch hitters of all time.

I wish I had the reference, but I recall the close/late numbers he had were unbelievable...on the order of .600

Cheers</strong><hr></blockquote>

Retrosheet's website doesn't have close/late splits yet, but they do have some others for Clark, linked off
<a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pclarj001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pclarj001.htm</a>

Certainly, his performance in RISP situations is, if anything, less than his overall average.

Again, I apologize for interjecting data into this thread.

03-28-2002, 06:37 AM	#12
Arbiter Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: College Station TX Posts: 127	[quote]Originally posted by DennisS: <strong>As any Cardinal fan of the 80's can tell you, Jack Clark was one of the greatest clutch hitters of all time. I wish I had the reference, but I recall the close/late numbers he had were unbelievable...on the order of .600 Cheers</strong><hr></blockquote> Retrosheet's website doesn't have close/late splits yet, but they do have some others for Clark, linked off <a href="http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pclarj001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pclarj001.htm</a> Certainly, his performance in RISP situations is, if anything, less than his overall average. Again, I apologize for interjecting data into this thread.