Some Teixeira 'clutch' stats

We all know how Alex Rodriguez has gotten burned for his struggles in "clutch" situations. In reality, his career OPS with runners in scoring position is a healthy .957. But I'm not interested with Rodriguez's numbers right now. I'm here to talk about our newest addition, one Mark Teixeira.

In 2008, Teixeira actually had a higher OPS with runners in scoring position and two outs (.956) than he did with RISP overall (.936). His career numbers with RISP and two outs are even better: 1.070 in 496 plate appearances.

Late and close - plate appearances in the seventh inning or later with the batting team tied, ahead by one or the tying run at least on deck - Teixeira batted .352/.458/.716 in 107 plate appearances last season. That is very, very, extremely good. Overall, he's batted .282/.379/.555 with 32 home runs and 101 RBI in these situations.

And we can't forget postseason number - Rodriguez's bugaboo since joining the Yankees. Teixeira has only played in one postseason series in his career, which was last year's ALDS against Boston. He went 7-for-15 with one RBI, four walks and four runs scored.

Teixeira played in 26 games at the old Yankee Stadium, amassing 113 plate appearances. He batted .305/.354/.524 with five home runs and 21 RBI. While this building won't be in play this year, the dimensions of the new place will be exactly the same.

I can't wait to have a hitter of this caliber in the lineup.

Thanks, once again, to the great Baseball-Reference for these stats.