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Limbaugh worked for the Royals in the '70s; I'd be happier not knowing they're friends, but there's at least a foundation there that goes beyond cartoon Limbaugh (i.e., I assume Limbaugh wasn't Limbaugh when they met).
I'd add Carew to Earl's list. (And I guess Ichiro.)
i saw someone asked who they'd want, of everyone all-time, in a key situation that required a hit; he was the answer
I thought I might be able to construct a case that he was the exception to the rule, the one demonstrably provable clutch hitter, but, as usual, mixed evidence. The best argument is his post-season performance--he only had half as many PA as Ortiz because of his era, but he was even better overall, and more consistent. All post-season series:
Brett - .337/.397/.627
Ortiz - .289/.404/.543
Ortiz was up and down; Brett was good-to-awesome in seven of the nine series he played in. World Series:
Brett (2) - .373/.439/.529
Ortiz (3) - .455/.576/.795
Big advantage to Ortiz there.
When you start looking at Brett's career splits, he was best in high-leverage situations:
Low: .304/.368/.483
Med: .297/.359/.483
High: .321/.394/.508
Smaller sample, though--as with the post-season--so I don't how significant that is.
On the other side of the ledger, his "clutch stats" box shows little variance across the board from his overall totals. Monthly, he peaks in July/August; Sept. is a normal month.
My memories of him as a hitter are obviously disproportionately influenced by two things:
1) What he did to the Yankees in '76 and '78: 36 AB, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .417/.425/.846, highlighted by his massive 3-HR game in '78;
2) What he did to the Jays all through his career: .321/.402/.551. The first was his second-best mark against any one team; the other two his best. He killed the Jays year-in and year-out, back when I actually watched a lot of regular-season baseball.
― clemenza, Sunday, 31 March 2019 17:28 (five years ago) link
four years pass...
Wasn't sure where to put this, problem solved...Not sure if I knew this or not (if I did, I'd forgotten):
In 1980, the year Brett made a run at .400, he went 0-6 on May 21, dropping his average to .247. The rest of the way: .427/.484/.716.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 May 2023 01:30 (eleven months ago) link