The 81 Clutch Defensive Players based on recent Gold Glove nominations

One part of the Statis-Pro game that was dated was the reliance merely on double plays to determine if a player was a clutch defensive player. While modern stats measure defensive Wins Above Replacement figures, on fielding I still rely on the gold glove votes by managers and coaches to determine which players get the highest mark - the Clutch Defense 4 that allows for diving catches that can save games.

The following is the scale I use:

CD1 (the lowest Clutch Defense Rating) is given to any player with a negative Rdrs/year (see Standard Fielding for the player at https://www.baseball-reference.com/).

CD2 (average Clutch Defense Rating) is given to any player with at least a 0 Rdrs/year rating.

CD3 (good Clutch Defense Rating) is given to any Pitcher or Catcher with at least a 5 Rdrs/yr, any infielder with at least a 7.5 Rdrs/yr rating, and any outfielder with at least a 10 Rdrs/yr rating.

CD4 (excellent Clutch Defense Rating) is given to any player who was nominated for a gold glove in the last two years (all 81 such players are listed by team below). If a player nominated, disregard the Rdrs/yr rating as this means the coaches and managers from the league view the player as one of the best 3 in his league at his position. The only other time I award a CD4 is if a new player, who has not yet had a chance to be voted on as a gold glove nominee, registers a Rdrs/yr rating of twice what they need to be a CD 3 (so 10 for C/P, 15 for Infielders and 20 for outfielders).

The CD1 player can never try for a clutch play in the game, but the following are the results for the other players when a Clutch Defense opportunity occurs with men on base, and below that are the 81 CD4 gold glove nominees.

CD1 = no play made		CD Clutch Defense	Chance for Great Play
Infielders result	CD2 on card	CD3 or 4 on Card but NOT on list below	On Gold Glove list below (treated as CD4)
Line out, lead runner doubled off base	11 to 21	11 to 42	11 to 56
Grounder, lead runner thrown out	22 to 32	43 to 55	57 to 78
No action, return to normal play	33 to 88	56 to 88	81 to 88
Outfielders only	CD2 on card	CD3 or 4 on Card but NOT on list below	On Gold Glove list below (treated as CD4)
Line out in gap, lead runner doubled off base	11 to 21	11 to 42	11 to 56
Line out, runners get back safely	22 to 32	43 to 55	57 to 78
No action, return to normal play	33 to 88	56 to 88	81 to 88
Catchers Only	CD2 on card	CD3 or 4 on Card but NOT on list below	On Gold Glove list below (treated as CD4)
Diving catch of pop up, lead runner doubled off base	11 to 32	11 to 55	11 to 78
No Action	33 to 88	56 to 88	81 to 88

TEAM	Gold Glove Nominee 2017 or 18	Position
Arizona	Paul Goldschmidt	First Base
Arizona	Zack Greinke	Pitcher
Atlanta	Ender Inciarte	Center Field
Atlanta	Nick Markakis	Right Field
Baltimore	Alex Cobb	Pitcher
Baltimore	Chris Davis	First Base
Baltimore	Colby Rasmus	Left Field
Baltimore	Manny Machado	Third Base
Boston	Chris Sale	Pitcher
Boston	Dustin Pedroia	Second Base
Boston	Jackie Bradley Jr.	Center Field
Boston	Mitch Moreland	First Base
Boston	Mookie Betts	Right Field
Chicago Cubs	Addison Russell	Shortstop
Chicago Cubs	Anthony Rizzo	First Base
Chicago Cubs	Ben Zobrist	Second Base
Chicago Cubs	Jason Heyward	Right Field
Cincinnati	Adam Duvall	Left Field
Cincinnati	Billy Hamilton	Center Field
Cincinnati	Joey Votto	First Base
Cincinnati	Tucker Barnhart	Catcher
Cleveland	Francisco Lindor	Shortstop
Cleveland	Jose Ramirez	Third Base
Cleveland	Yan Gomes	Catcher
Colorado	Carlos Gonzalez	Right Field
Colorado	DJ LeMahieu	Second Base
Colorado	Gerardo Parra	Left Field
Colorado	Nolan Arenado	Third Base
Detroit	Ian Kinsler	Second Base
Detroit	James McCann	Catcher
Detroit	Jose Iglesias	Shortstop
Free Agent	R.A. Dickey	Pitcher
Houston	Dallas Keuchel	Pitcher
Houston	George Springer	Right Field
Houston	Justin Verlander	Pitcher
Kansas City	Alex Gordon	Left Field
Kansas City	Salvador Perez	Catcher
LA Angels	Andrelton Simmons	Shortstop
LA Angels	Justin Upton	Left Field
LA Angels	Kole Calhoun	Right Field
LA Angels	Martin Maldonado	Catcher
LA Dodgers	Corey Seager	Shortstop
LA Dodgers	Justin Turner	Third Base
LA Dodgers	Yasiel Puig	Right Field
Milwaukee	Christian Yelich	Left Field
Milwaukee	Lorenzo Cain	Center Field
Milwaukee	Zach Davies	Pitcher
Minnesota	Brian Dozier	Second Base
Minnesota	Byron Buxton	Center Field
NY Yankees	Aaron Judge	Right Field
NY Yankees	Brett Gardner	Left Field
NY Yankees	Giancarlo Stanton	Right Field
Oakland	Jonathan Lucroy	Catcher
Philadelphia	Carlos Santana	First Base
Philadelphia	Jake Arrieta	Pitcher
Philadelphia	Odubel Herrera	Center Field
Pittsburgh	David Freese	Third Base
Pittsburgh	Starling Marte	Left Field
San Diego	Eric Hosmer	First Base
San Diego	Freddy Galvis	Shortstop
San Diego	Wil Myers	First Base
San Francisco	Brandon Crawford	Shortstop
San Francisco	Buster Posey	Catcher
San Francisco	Evan Longoria	Third Base
San Francisco	Joe Panik	Second Base
Seattle Seattle	Jean Segura Dee Gordon	Second Base Second Base
Seattle	Kyle Seager	Third Base
Seattle	Robinson Cano	Second Base
St. Louis	Adam Wainwright	Pitcher
St. Louis	Marcell Ozuna	Left Field
St. Louis	Yadier Molina	Catcher
Tampa Bay	Kevin Kiermaier	Center Field
Texas	Adrian Beltre	Third Base
Texas	Carlos Perez	Catcher
Texas	Elvis Andrus	Shortstop
Toronto	Kevin Pillar	Center Field
Toronto	Marcus Stroman	Pitcher
Washington	Adam Eaton	Right Field
Washington	Anthony Rendon	Third Base
Washington	Michael Taylor	Center Field