Howie Kendrick : Most unclutch player ever?

[QuinlansMinion]

I know there are probably some stats that back this up.  I have not seen a bigger choker and mental midget in all of baseball.

[Quinlanforthewin]

He can't lay off anything low and away.  Never gonna be anything more than average because of it.

 

PS Back up off my handle son.  I own the Quinlan rhyming.

[AZMike]

Here's the 2012 Fangraphs "clutch" statistic leaderboard. This stat is bascially the differnece between how well a player does on average, and how well they do in high leverage situations:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=3&season=2012&month=0&season1=2012&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=12,a

 

Howie Kendrick was the second least clutch player in 2012, with a "clutch" of -2.43. Josh Reddick was the least clutch at -3.83

 

 

Another interesting statistic is Win Probability Added. This is the probability the team will win both before and after a play involving a given player. Let's say the Angels have runners at first and third with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Let's say this is a 60% chance for a win. If Howie Kendrick comes up and grounds into a double play to end the game, he is charged with negative 0.6 wins in his WPA.*

 

Per WPA, Kendrick was the 5th least valuable player in MLB with -2.25 wins. Delmon Young was the worst at -3.15 wins.

 

Aside: I like the WAR statistic but don't think it should be called "wins". WPA is a true zero sum statistic, with units of "wins" -- if you add up all the WPA for every player on the team and it does, in reality, add up to that teams' win total. Not so for WAR. Note that Howie had a WAR of +3 (same as Jered Weaver). A more than 5 game differential compared to reality.

 

 

*This actually happened on 9/11/12. A good friend paid an outrageous amount of money to attend the game on his birthday and complained to me about it on the phone)

[Blarg]

9 pitch at bat and you guys want to post a thread.

[Blarg]

The final pitch of that at bat was low but dead center of the plate.

 

He can't lay off anything low and away.  Never gonna be anything more than average because of it.

 

PS Back up off my handle son.  I own the Quinlan rhyming.

[tdawg87]

9 pitch at bat and you guys want to post a thread.

 

It doesn't matter how many pitches he saw, especially since it was the 10th inning with the winning runner in scoring position. The end result was the same.

[Glen]

Hamilton is giving him a run for the crown.

[Blarg]

Pujols popped out with Trout on 2nd and no outs. Clutch.

[nate]

Funny, when Napoli was even less clutch nobody complained here but when Howie is everyone hates him.

[tdawg87]

Funny, when Napoli was even less clutch nobody complained here but when Howie is everyone hates him.

 

Napoli was notorious around here for his anti-clutchiness. There were just an odd number of posters who rode his jock.

[gurn67]

I'd have to go with Vernon during his time here. Man is scoring position = pop up or strike out. Team ahead or behind by five or more runs with nobody on base = Solo Home Run!!!

[Docwaukee]

Albert has a history of being more clutch.  Hamilton just got here

 

Howie has been the Halo eunuch since he joined the team. 

[Blarg]

When Hamilton makes a clutch hit for the Angels please let us know. 

[AZMike]

When Hamilton makes a clutch hit for the Angels please let us know. 

 

He's made some clutch defensive plays, some nice baserunning moves, and several infield hits

 

#PeterBourjosfor50xtheprice

[Blarg]

Maybe you don't understand the parameters of the thread.

[Marsaka]

Angels cant win a world series with a player who is terrible at situational hitting and folds under pressure like kendrick.

 

If we wanna win, we gotta trade kendrick and put callaspo at 2nd,  kendrick is just not a championship caliber player...he belongs on a team of losers like the astros.

[Blarg]

That was one of the silliest posts I have read in a long time.

[Lou]

Angels cant win a world series with a player who is terrible at situational hitting and folds under pressure like kendrick.

 

If we wanna win, we gotta trade kendrick and put callaspo at 2nd,  kendrick is just not a championship caliber player...he belongs on a team of losers like the astros.

[Jim]

Angels cant win a world series with a player who is terrible at situational hitting and folds under pressure like kendrick.

 

If we wanna win, we gotta trade kendrick and put callaspo at 2nd,  kendrick is just not a championship caliber player...he belongs on a team of losers like the astros.

 

 

That was one of the silliest posts I have read in a long time.

I agree, and there have been some very silly posts this month

[Tyler]

Do mods ever lock topics here? This is ridiculous.

[moccasin]

With the way Harris and Lucho are playing, I do believe he becomes our weakest IFer when AC and Aybar come back.

He does produce against lefties though.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Angels cant win a world series with a player who is terrible at situational hitting and folds under pressure like kendrick.

 

If we wanna win, we gotta trade kendrick and put callaspo at 2nd,  kendrick is just not a championship caliber player...he belongs on a team of losers like the astros.

THAT.....was freaking clutch.

Thanks Howie (by way of IE)

[Homebrewer]

Howie is the most "clutch" player on this team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In spring training games.

He traditionally falls off a little after April 1.

[Quinlanforthewin]

That was one of the silliest posts I have read in a long time.

 

Almost as silly as the one time some guy posted a Maddon&Rays v Scioscia&Angels comparison

[seenoevil]

I seen him clutch a few times, but yes, low percentage clutch player