ajax, interesting twist. I like the thought.

merx, a humorous +1.

Add to that:

A-Rod career
Tie game: .974 OPS
1 run or closer game: .982 OPS
2 run or closer game: .955 OPS
3 run or closer game: .968 OPS
4 run or closer game: .970 OPS
5 run or more game: .958 OPS

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=rodrial01#situa-clutc

((HR in meaningful situations)/(Total HR)) - ((Plate Appearances in meaningful situations)/(Total Plate Appearances))

In other words:

(% of HR that are meaningful) - (% of Plate Appearances that are meaningful)

If a player faces a meaningful situation 40% of the time, the law of averages would tell you that 40% of their home runs should be meaningful. This player would have a meaningful HR index of 0. This is the standard, the overall average. If a player faces a meaningful situation 40% of the time, but 50% of their home runs are meaningful, that gives them an index of .100. The higher in the positive direction, the better a player is in the meaningful HR department. A negative number is bad, obviously.

Not a chance I’m actually going to do the research and figure out numbers, but this is how you should measure meaningful home runs.

Summary: 2 home runs; meaningful home run points: 1.25. Meaningful home run index: .625

Slightly belo A-Rod, also important to note Everett hit all his home runs on the 11th day and in the 2nd inning. So if he starts Sept 11th you count on him getting a home run in the 2nd.

Example: A-Rod hits after noted power hitter Bobby Abreu and before noted power hitter Jason Giambi.

A couple days ago, Morneau was hitting after noted power hitter Joe Mauer and before noted Home Run Derby candidate Mike Lamb.

I’m not saying, I’m just saying…

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=rodrial01