Cuckoo Christensen

Walter Neils Christensen (Seacap)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 156 lb.

Born: October 24, 1899 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1926
Team: Reds 1926-1927

Final Game: August 4, 1927
Died: December 20, 1984 in Menlo Park, CA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1922	22	STP	AA	154	572	572		166	30	4	2					.290	.290	.367	.657		210				STP · AA
1923	23	STP	AA	162	636	636		188	32	5	4					.296	.296	.381	.676		242				STP · AA
1924	24	STP	AA	150	593	593		186	35	9	8					.314	.314	.444	.757		263				STP · AA
1925	25	STP	AA	151	597	597		194	39	7	5					.325	.325	.439	.764		262				STP · AA
1926	26	CIN	NL	114	385	329	41	115	15	7	0	41	8	40	18	.350	.426	.438	.864	136	144	4	12	O789
1927	27	CLB	AA	42	159	159		44	9	4	0					.277	.277	.384	.660		61				CLB · AA
1927	27	CIN	NL	57	210	185	25	47	6	0	0	16	4	20	16	.254	.330	.286	.617	68	53	1	4	O87/9
1928	28	CLB	AA	143	621	550	91	161	19	3	0		18	54	14	.293	.357	.338	.695		186	1	16		CLB · AA
1929	29	MIS	AA	144	505	505		161	27	1	0					.319	.319	.376	.695		190				MIS · PCL
1930	30	MLW,MIS	AA	120	420	420		142	23	6	2					.338	.338	.436	.774		183				MLW,MIS · AA,PCL
1931	31	MLW	AA	59	209	209		68	15	1	3					.325	.325	.450	.775		94				MLW · AA
1932	32	MLW	AA	120	428	428		139	23	4	5					.325	.325	.432	.757		185				MLW · AA
1933	33	MLW	AA	139	473	473		145	18	1	3					.307	.307	.368	.674		174				MLW · AA
1934	34	STL-min	A	22	70	70		18	1	0	0					.257	.257	.271	.529		19				HSN · TL
2 Yrs				171	595	514	66	162	21	7	0	57	12	60	34	.315	.392	.383	.775	111	197	5	16
162 Game Avg.				162	564	487	63	153	20	7	0	54	11	57	32	.315	.392	.383	.775	111	187	5	15

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1926	26	CIN	NL	114	385	19	-1	0	-4	14	1.4	11	25	2.5	.513	.509	2.5	-0.5	25	$	O789
1927	27	CIN	NL	57	210	-7	-0	-3	-2	-12	-1.3	6	-6	-0.7	.478	.492	-0.3	-0.5	-3	$	O87/9
2 Seasons				171	595	12	-1	-3	-6	2	0.1	17	19	1.8	.501	.501	2.2	-0.9	22	$

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
1926	26	CIN	NL	385	226	60	7.1	101	.370	.350	.283	.426	.343	.438	.393	.864	.736	136	.694	18.9	1.9	.916	.234	.088	.0
1927	27	CIN	NL	210	142	17	3.2	102	.278	.254	.288	.330	.346	.286	.397	.617	.743	68	.342	-7.5	-0.8	.565	.162	.032	.0
2 Yrs				595	368	77	5.6	101	.338	.315	.285	.392	.344	.383	.394	.775	.738	111	.593	11.4	1.1	.778	.208	.068	.0
162 Game Avg.				564	349	73	5.6	101	.338	.315	.285	.392	.344	.383	.394	.775	.738	111	.593	11	1	.778	.208	.068

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1926	26	CIN	NL	385	0.0%	4.7%	10.4%	5.7%	19%	0.45	18.3		8.0	81%
1927	27	CIN	NL	210	0.0%	7.6%	9.5%	2.9%	13%	0.80	11.6		11.6	80%
2 Yrs				595	0.0%	5.7%	10.1%	4.7%	17%	0.57	15.1		9.0	81%
MLB Averages					0.9%	7.2%	7.9%	6.5%	26%	0.90	12.3	94.2	7.9	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1926	26	114	385	329	41	115	15	7	0	41	8		40	18	.350	.426	.438	.864	136	144		4	12
1927	27	171	595	514	66	162	21	7	0	57	12		60	34	.315	.392	.383	.775	111	197		5	16

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1926	26	119	404	345	43	121	16	7	43	8	42	19	.351	.427	.438	.865	64	114
1927	27	60	220	194	26	49	6	0	17	4	21	17	.253	.329	.284	.612	18	57
2 Yrs		179	624	539	69	170	22	7	60	12	63	36	.315	.392	.382	.774	82	171
162 Game Avg.		162	565	488	62	154	20	6	54	11	57	33	.315	.392	.382	.774	74	171

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1926 NL .350 (2nd)	On-Base% s c a p y 1926 NL .426 (1st)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1926 NL .864 (10th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1926 NL 135 (7th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1926 NL .694 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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