Bob Christian

Robert Charles Christian

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 17, 1945 in Chicago, IL
High School: Helix Charter HS (La Mesa, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1968
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers 1968-1970

Final Game: May 24, 1970
Died: February 20, 1974 in San Diego, CA
Buried: Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	18	NYY-min	Rk	58	238	238		76	6	2	3						.319	.319	.399	.718		95							JOH · APPY
1965	19	DET-min	A	139	493	493		135	13	5	1						.274	.274	.327	.600		161							DYB · FLOR
1966	20	DET-min	A,AA	120	423	418	4	115	12	2	7	7	0	0	5	10	.275	.284	.364	.647		152							RKM,MTG · CARL,SOUL
1967	21	DET-min	AA	126	455	424	57	116	17	6	10	53	9	0	31	49	.274	.323	.413	.736		175							MTG · SOUL
1968	22	DET-min	AAA	123	503	473	59	151	16	7	5	57	7	6	22	52	.319	.351	.414	.766		196		3	2	3			TOL · IL
1968	22	DET	AL	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	194	2	0	0	0	0	0	/39
1969	23	CHW-min	AAA	49	177	154	17	37	3	2	1	17	2	1	20	10	.240	.324	.305	.629		47		0	1	2			TUC · PCL
1969	23	CHW	AL	39	143	129	11	28	4	0	3	16	3	0	10	19	.217	.273	.318	.591	61	41	3	1	0	3	1	7/9
1970	24	CHW-min	AAA	62	249	218	34	73	16	4	0	40	0	0	27	9	.335	.418	.445	.863		97		4	0	0			TUC · PCL
1970	24	CHW	AL	12	16	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.267	.313	.467	.779	112	7	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1971	25	FLY	Fgn																										FLY · JPPL
1972	26	FLY	Fgn																										FLY · JPPL
3 Yrs				54	162	147	14	33	5	0	4	19	3	0	11	23	.224	.278	.340	.618	69	50	3	1	0	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	486	441	42	99	15	0	12	57	9	0	33	69	.224	.278	.340	.618	69	150	9	3	0	9	3

CHW (2 yrs)				51	159	144	14	32	4	0	4	19	3	0	11	23	.222	.277	.333	.610	66	48	3	1	0	3	1
DET (1 yr)				3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	194	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1968	22	DET	AL	3	3	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.512	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$5,100	/39
1969	23	CHW	AL	39	143	-7	1	0	-1	-2	-9	-1.1	4	-5	-0.7	.474	.494	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$8,000	7/9
1970	24	CHW	AL	12	16	0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	0.1	-0.1	0	$	/7
3 Seasons				54	162	-7	1	0	-2	-2	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.8	.480	.498	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$13,100

CHW (2 yrs)				51	159	-7	1	0	-2	-2	-10	-1.2	4	-6	-0.8	.478	.497	-0.4	-0.5	-3	$8,000
DET (1 yr)				3	3	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.512	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$5,100

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1968	22	DET	AL	3	2	1	13.4	82	.333	.333	.241	.333	.311	.667	.357	1.000	.668	194	.921	0.4	0.0	1.000	.333	.333
1969	23	CHW	AL	143	107	12	3.0	100	.227	.217	.261	.273	.339	.318	.394	.591	.733	61	.353	-7.0	-0.7	.529	.202	.101	3.0
1970	24	CHW	AL	16	11	2	4.9	98	.300	.267	.259	.313	.334	.467	.395	.779	.729	112	.559	0.1	0.0	.727	.267	.200	.0
3 Yrs				162	120	15	3.4	99	.236	.224	.260	.278	.338	.340	.393	.618	.731	69	.400	-6.6	-0.7	.556	.211	.116	3.4
162 Game Avg.				486	360	45	3.4	99	.236	.224	.260	.278	.338	.340	.393	.618	.731	69	.400	-6.6	-0.7	.556	.211	.116	10

CHW (2 yrs)				159	118	14	3.2	100	.233	.222	.261	.277	.338	.333	.394	.610	.732	66	.375	-6.9	-0.7	.548	.208	.111	3.4
DET (1 yr)				3	2	1	13.4	82	.333	.333	.241	.333	.311	.667	.357	1.000	.668	194	.921	0.4	0.0	1.000	.333	.333

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	22	DET	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%					0.00	100%
1969	23	CHW	AL	143	2.1%	13.3%	7.0%	4.9%	25%	1.90	6.8	43.0	8.1	1.18	77%
1970	24	CHW	AL	16	6.3%	25.0%	6.3%	6.3%	25%	4.00	3.8	15.0	5.0	0.17	63%
3 Yrs				162	2.5%	14.2%	6.8%	5.6%	27%	2.09	6.4	36.8	7.7	1.00	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.3%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.76	5.8	43.6	9.1	1.13	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	22	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.35	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.88	0.1	0.76	1
1969	23	CHW	AL	-7.0	-0.7	144	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.86	-0.6	0.2	-6.6	-0.7	1.06	-7.2	1.65	1
1970	24	CHW	AL	0.1	0.0	16	0.4	0.7	-0.3	1.15	0.1	0.3	1.2	0.1	0.94	0.5	1.77	9
3 Yrs				-6.6	-0.7	163	0.1	2.5	-2.4	.88	-0.6	0.7	-5.6	-0.6	1.04	-6.6	1.67	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	22	DET	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1969	23	CHW	AL	2	22%	42	3	100%	3	1	43%	11	6	5	1	1	2	1	1
1970	24	CHW	AL	0	50%	11	0		0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				2	24%	56	3	100%	3	2	44%	14	8	6	1	1	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1968	22	DET	AL	3	33%	1			1	0	0	0	0.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	23	CHW	AL	143	28%	28			1	1	0	0	1.65	3	0	7	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		39	3	8%	20	4	20%	113	13	12%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
1970	24	CHW	AL	16	38%	4			9	3	1	2	1.77	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				162	29%	33			11	4	1	2	1.67	4	0	7	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		42	3	7%	22	4	18%	122	15	12%	9	4	44%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1968	22	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	194	2	0	0	0	0
1969	23	42	146	132	11	29	5	3	16	3	10	19	.220	.274	.326	.600	64	43	3	1	3	1
1970	24	54	162	147	14	33	5	4	19	3	11	23	.224	.278	.340	.618	69	50	3	1	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1968	22	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	3
1969	23	39	143	129	11	28	4	3	16	3	10	19	.217	.273	.318	.591	11	39
1970	24	12	16	15	3	4	0	1	3	0	1	4	.267	.313	.467	.779	2	12
3 Yrs		54	162	147	14	33	5	4	19	3	11	23	.224	.278	.340	.618	14	54
162 Game Avg.		162	486	441	42	99	15	12	57	9	33	69	.224	.278	.340	.618	42	54

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