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John Christensen
John Lawrence Christensen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School California State University, Fullerton

Debut September 13, 1984
  vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1988
Born September 5, 1960 in Downey, CA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 23 NYM NL   5   11    2    3   2  0   0    3   0  1   1   2  .273  .308  .455  113    5   0   1   0   0   0
 1985 24 NYM NL  51  113   10   21   4  1   3   13   1  2  19  23  .186  .303  .319   75   36   1   0   1   0   3
 1987 26 SEA AL  53  132   19   32   6  1   2   12   2  0  12  28  .242  .306  .348   70   46   2   0   0   0   3
 1988 27 MIN AL  23   38    5   10   4  0   0    5   0  0   3   5  .263  .349  .368   99   14   0   0   1   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      132  294   36   66  16  2   5   33   3  3  35  58  .224  .310  .344   77  101   3   1   2   2   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        361   44   81  20  2   6   41   4  4  43  71  .224  .310  .344   77  124   4   1   2   2   9
 Career High     53  132   19   32   6  1   3   13   2  2  19  28                          46   2   1   1   2   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 23 NYM NL   13   10    1   2.7    93| .273  .262| .308  .327| .455  .381| .763  .708| 113  .309   0.4   0.0   0%
 1985 24 NYM NL  133   98   11   3.0    94| .186  .259| .303  .327| .319  .386| .622  .712|  75  .354  -3.6  -0.4  33%
 1987 26 SEA AL  146  105   14   3.6   110| .242  .271| .306  .340| .348  .435| .654  .775|  70  .351  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1988 27 MIN AL   43   29    5   4.6    97| .263  .263| .349  .328| .368  .396| .717  .724|  99  .521   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       335  242   31   3.4   102| .224  .265| .310  .333| .344  .409| .654  .742|  77  .373  -9.1  -1.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 23 NYM NL OF 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 1.90 0.38 2.29 2 24.0 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 0.64 2.06 1 14.0 RF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.07 1 10.0 1985 24 NYM NL OF 38 41 2 2 0 .956 .979 1.13 1.88 1.40 2.20 28 276.7 RF 31 39 2 2 0 .953 .979 1.32 1.68 1.55 2.02 25 238.0 LF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.50 1.45 1.92 3 31.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1.17 2.69 0 7.7 1987 26 SEA AL OF 43 60 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.47 2.00 2.10 2.31 29 270.0 RF 41 61 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.51 1.75 2.10 2.12 29 266.0 DH 8 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1988 27 MIN AL RF 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.18 1.89 2.14 2.24 10 84.3 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 24 NYM NL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1.17 2.69 0 7.7 1987 26 SEA AL DH 8 1988 27 MIN AL DH 1 1984 23 NYM NL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.53 0.64 2.06 1 14.0 1985 24 NYM NL LF 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.50 1.45 1.92 3 31.0 1987 26 SEA AL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 1984 23 NYM NL OF 5 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 1.90 0.38 2.29 2 24.0 1985 24 NYM NL OF 38 41 2 2 0 .956 .979 1.13 1.88 1.40 2.20 28 276.7 1987 26 SEA AL OF 43 60 3 0 1 1.000 .980 1.47 2.00 2.10 2.31 29 270.0 1988 27 MIN AL OF 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.18 2.14 2.14 2.47 10 84.3 1984 23 NYM NL RF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.07 1 10.0 1985 24 NYM NL RF 31 39 2 2 0 .953 .979 1.32 1.68 1.55 2.02 25 238.0 1987 26 SEA AL RF 41 61 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.51 1.75 2.10 2.12 29 266.0 1988 27 MIN AL RF 17 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.18 1.89 2.14 2.24 10 84.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 103 122 5 3 1 .977 .980 1.23 1.97 1.75 2.28 69 655.0 11 2 91# RF* 91 120 3 3 0 .976 .979 1.35 1.75 1.85 2.10 65 598.3 LF* 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.55 1.55 1.10 1.97 4 49.0 DH 9 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 1.17 2.69 0 7.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 103 122 5 3 1 .977 .980 1.23 1.97 1.75 2.28 69 655
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the California Angels in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

November 13, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets with Wes Gardner, Calvin Schiraldi, and La Schelle Tarver to the Boston Red Sox for Tom McCarthy, Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell, and Chris Bayer (minors).

September 25, 1986: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners to complete an earlier deal made on August 19, 1986. The Boston Red Sox sent players to be named later, Rey Quinones, and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Brown (August 22, 1986), Mike Trujillo (August 22, 1986), and John Christensen (September 25, 1986) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

May 23, 1988: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

May 28, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

December 21, 1988: Released by the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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