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The Sporting News (September 3, 2001) once ran a brief article called The Best Clutch Hitters in Baseball and stated that these were the top five guys you want batting with a playoff spot on the line:

The Best Clutch Hitters in Baseball (2001)

1. Derek Jeter. He plays so well when the pressure is on that it makes him seem like an underachiever during the regular season. In 61 career postseason games, he has hit .324, with eight home runs and 21 RBIs.

2. Jason Giambi. You get the impression he could glare the bait into the seats. In 71 at-bats in close and late situations, he is hitting .338 with four home runs and 13 RBIs. More than that, there's just something about the way Giambi plays that makes him seem all the more fierce.

3. Sammy Sosa. He is batting .329 with 13 home runs and 38 RBIs after the sixth inning. He can hit pitches up and down the ladder, which comes in handy when a pitcher is trying to avoid him.

4. Ichiro Suzuki. Remember, we're not necessarily looking for a home run hitter. Ichiro puts the ball in play and gets on base. Once he gets there, he's a distraction, and that helps in a tense situation.

5. Roberto Alomar. Being a switch hitter pushes Alomar to the top five--being among the league leaders in hitting doesn't hurt, either. His switch-hitting ability poses matchup problems for opponents, especially with Juan Gonzalez, Jim Thome and Ellis Burks hitting behind him.

Source: The Sporting News (09/03/2001).

Did you know that LIPS (Late Inning Pressure Situation) is a baseball statistic originally developed by the Elias Sports Bureau and featured in The 1985 Elias Baseball Analyst which they used to determine if clutch hitters really do exist? According to Elias, a Late Inning Pressure Situation is "any at-bat in the seventh inning or later, with the batter's team trailing by three runs or less (or four runs if the bases were loaded)" and its designed to attempt to quantify the subjective term "clutch".