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Interesting the conversation on clutch players. Perhaps in baseball the sample sizes are so large that they eliminate clutch from the equation.
I can think of a couple of examples in other sports. Christian Eriksen seems to score lots of goals for Denmark and Tottenham when the game is on the line in the closing minutes. Perhaps it's because he's a great player, but the timing tends to seem pretty clutch.
The other one is Justin Williams, who is a pretty average hockey player -- well maybe a little above average, but not a superstar. But he's known as "Mr. Game 7", with an 8-1 record in Game 7's, and a league record 15 points. It happened again just last night, as he assisted for the winning goal to knock out the Capitals in overtime.
Perhaps Justin Williams is the exception that proves the rule.. that with all of the players and games in history there's bound to be some outliers in clutch situations.
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