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Originally Posted by Pacoheadley
Grounding into double plays is not in the formula. Also, your argument would make sense if certain players had the skill of hitting better in clutch situations, but that skill does not exist, and multiple studies have shown this. There is a reason there is no clutch stat in OOTP, and that is because there is no evidence of it being a thing. WAR isn't going to reward a player for being lucky enough to get more of his hits in opportune times, when it is not a skill at all.
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Yes, but the game of baseball itself rewards those being "lucky" enough to get hits in opportune times with wins, and championships, so why not individual awards? Value can be interpreted in many ways, some may interpret it as pure skill, but others might want to incorporate situational context (or "luck").
If I have a Mickey Mantle rookie card, and on Friday the 13th, a black cat chews it up, is it still as "valuable" as before just because it got damaged due to bad luck?