Whenever he gets moved into the middle of the order, he stops hitting homers and starts sucking. At least that's my perception. I wonder if the stats back it up. I'd bet he has a much higher home run rate with no men on base, as opposed to when there are men on base. Of course, no one here believes in "clutch" so if it's true, its probably pure coincidence. Giving that he's spent most of his career hitting first in the lineup that shouldn't be too hard to understand at all. And his career numbers hitting 5th or 6th are fine. I was referring to his home run RATE. Not total home runs. Rate has nothing to do with where you're hitting. So I looked it up. He's hit 204 HR's in 3704 AB's (1 per 18.15 AB's) with no men on base. He's hit 117 HR's in 2288 AB's (1 in 19.6 AB's) with men on base. His career numbers .281/.520/.845 with bases empty, .269/.490/.815 with bases occupied. Maybe not that big of a gap, but clearly there's a gap. Of course, you might argue that he spent the prime of his career batting leadoff. But even if you're cleanup you come up with the bases empty and you hit with men on base batting leadoff, especially in the AL on teams like the Yankees. I would argue that Soriano is unclutch.