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Clay Christiansen

Clay C. Christiansen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 28, 1958 in Wichita, KS
School: University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1984 (Age 25)
Team: Yankees 1984

Final Game: September 29, 1984 (Age 26)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1980	22	NYY-min	A-	4	3	.571	2.54	15	13		5	2	0	92.0	89	43	26	9	24	0	62	3	0	4			1.228	8.7	0.9	2.3	6.1	2.58	ONE · NYPL
1981	23	NYY-min	A	16	7	.696	2.28	26	25	0	14	2	0	178.0	158	59	45	7	46	4	98	5	3	10			1.146	8.0	0.4	2.3	5.0	2.13	FTL · FLOR
1982	24	NYY-min	AA	16	8	.667	3.07	29	29	0	13	2	0	214.1	214	102	73	11	80	2	157	9	2	17			1.372	9.0	0.5	3.4	6.6	1.96	NVL · SOUL
1983	25	NYY-min	AAA	8	9	.471	5.44	32	19	2	1	0	0	160.1	196	118	97	15	81	5	92	4	2	16			1.728	11.0	0.8	4.5	5.2	1.14	CLB · IL
1984	26	NYY-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.10	22	13	4	4	0	2	107.1	109	44	37	7	39	4	56	0	1	4			1.379	9.1	0.6	3.3	4.7	1.44	CLB · IL
1984	26	NYY	AL	2	4	.333	6.05	24	1	12	0	0	2	38.2	50	28	26	4	12	0	27	1	0	2	178	63	1.603	11.6	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.25
1985	27	NYY-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.66	28	18	6	3	2	1	137.2	128	66	56	9	59	4	67	8	2	7			1.358	8.4	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.14	CLB · IL
1986	28	NYY-MIN-min	AA,AAA	9	10	.474	4.88	29	18	6	6	0	0	155.0	176	96	84	9	62	1	77	5	1	9			1.535	10.2	0.5	3.6	4.5	1.24	ALC,TOL,CLB · EL,IL
1987	29	HOU-MIN-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.23	32	21	10	1	0	0	128.0	129	64	46	9	64	6	57	5	1	6			1.508	9.1	0.6	4.5	4.0	0.89	TUC,POR · PCL
1988	30	HOU-min	AAA	1	4	.200	14.01	14	5	2	0	0	0	26.1	62	44	41	5	9	0	7	4	0	2			2.696	21.2	1.7	3.1	2.4	0.78	TUC · PCL
1 Yr				2	4	.333	6.05	24	1	12	0	0	2	38.2	50	28	26	4	12	0	27	1	0	2	178	63	1.603	11.6	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.25
162 Game Avg.				5	11	.333	6.05	65	3	33	0	0	5	105	136	76	71	11	33	0	73	3	0	5	484	63	1.603	11.6	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.25

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1984	26	NYY	AL	38.2	24	1	28	6.52	4.76	-0.27	-0.32	93.9	4.42	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.462	.494
1 Season				38.2	24	1	28	6.52	4.76	-0.27	-0.32	93.9	4.42	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.462	.494

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	SH	IBB	Pos	Awards
1980	22	NYY-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0						0			ONE · NYPL
1981	23	NYY-min	A	26	0	0	0	0						0	0		FTL · FLOR
1982	24	NYY-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0						0	0		NVL · SOUL
1983	25	NYY-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0						0	0		CLB · IL
1984	26	NYY-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0						0	0		CLB · IL
1984	26	NYY	AL	24	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1
1985	27	NYY-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0						0	0		CLB · IL
1986	28	MIN-NYY-min	AAA,AA	29	0	0	0	0						0	0		TOL,CLB,ALC · IL,EL
1987	29	HOU-MIN-min	AAA	32	14	11	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083		2	0		TUC,POR · PCL
1988	30	HOU-min	AAA	14	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0		TUC · PCL
1 Yr				24	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0					0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Awards
1984	26	NYY	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1 Season				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1984	NYY	AL	26	P	24	1	38.2	9	5	3	1	.889	1.86	0.33	.958	1.79	1.78	4	2	33%	36%
	1 Season			P	24	1	38.2	9	5	3	1	.889	1.86	0.33	.958	1.79	1.78	4	2	33%	36%
	1 Season			TOT	24	1	38.2	9	5	3	1	.889	1.86	0.33	.958	1.79	1.78	4	2	33%	36%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 29th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
June, 1986: Released by the New York Yankees.
July, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
June 2, 1987: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Houston Astros for Eric Bullock.

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