Gary Christenson
Gary Richard Christenson
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 5, 1953 in Mineola, NY
High School: Memorial (New Hyde Park, NY)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1979
Final Game: July 3, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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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
1979 26 KCR AL 0 0 3.38 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 10 5 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 43 127 1.125 8.4 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00
1980 27 KCR AL 3 0 1.000 5.17 24 0 8 0 0 1 31.1 35 23 18 4 18 1 16 2 0 1 148 78 1.691 10.1 1.1 5.2 4.6 0.89
2 Seasons 3 0 1.000 4.71 30 0 9 0 0 1 42.0 45 28 22 5 20 1 20 2 0 1 191 87 1.548 9.6 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
162 Game Avg. 7 0 1.000 4.71 68 0 20 0 0 2 95 102 63 50 11 45 2 45 5 0 2 433 87 1.548 9.6 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 26 KCR AL 6 43 40 5 10 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .250 .279 .325 .604 .250 13 2 0 0 1 0
1980 27 KCR AL 24 148 126 23 35 4 1 4 1 2 18 16 .278 .372 .421 .792 .287 53 0 2 0 2 1
2 Seasons 30 191 166 28 45 4 1 5 1 2 20 20 .271 .351 .398 .748 .278 66 2 2 0 3 1
162 Game Avg. 68 433 376 63 102 9 2 11 2 5 45 45 .271 .351 .398 .748 .278 150 5 5 0 7 2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1979 26 KCR AL 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 3 38% 6 1.465 2 3 1 2 0 4 5 1 3 3 3 2 5.3
1980 27 KCR AL 24 24 8 3 0 3 1 2 33% 5 2 28 11 39% 8 0.776 6 8 9 9 2 13 17 7 10 7 13 4 3.9
2 Seasons 30 30 9 3 0 4 1 3 25% 7 3 36 14 39% 0.931 8 11 10 11 2 17 22 8 13 10 16 6 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1979 26 KCR AL 43 53% 2.3% 9.3% 4.7% 2.3% 10% 1.00 84% 13 2 15%
1980 27 KCR AL 148 58% 2.7% 10.8% 12.2% 6.1% 26% 0.65 73% 33 0 0%
2 Seasons 191 57% 2.6% 10.5% 10.5% 5.2% 22% 0.73 75% 46 2 4%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1979 26 KCR AL 43 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 27 KCR AL 148 35 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 8 4 1 50% 1 1 2 70 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2 Seasons 191 45 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 12 8 1 67% 2 1 2 89 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1979 26 0 0 3.38 6 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 10 5 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 43 127 1.125 8.4 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00 127
1980 27 3 0 1.000 4.71 30 0 9 0 0 1 42.0 45 28 22 5 20 1 20 2 0 1 191 87 1.548 9.6 1.1 4.3 4.3 1.00 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1979 26 1 0 1.000 3.60 10.0 10 4 4 1 2 4 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 3.6 2.00 0.9 6
1980 27 1 2 .333 5.70 30.0 37 21 19 4 19 15 2 1.867 11.1 5.7 4.5 0.79 1.2 24
2 Seasons 2 2 .500 5.18 40.0 47 25 23 5 21 19 2 1.700 10.6 4.3 0.90 1.1 30

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