Gary Christenson

Gary Richard Christenson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 5, 1953 in Mineola, NY
High School: Memorial HS (New Hyde Park, NY)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1979
Team: Royals 1979-1980

Final Game: July 3, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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
1971	18	DET-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	2.25	21	0					28.0	31	7	7	0	12								1.536	10.0	0.0	3.9			BRS · APPY
1972	19	DET-min	A	2	2	.500	4.63	34	0		0	0	1	68.0	68	44	35	5	49	0	13	0	0	2			1.721	9.0	0.7	6.5	1.7	0.27	CLI,LAK · MIDW,FLOR
1973	20	DET-min	A	1	1	.500	2.68	26	1					47.0	35	15	14	1	26								1.298	6.7	0.2	5.0			LAK · FLOR
1974	21	DET-min	A	15	10	.600	2.20	28	27		17	4	1	209.0	168	65	51	5	85	2	93	7	2	2			1.211	7.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.09	LAK · FLOR
1975	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	9	4	.692	3.40	17	17		8	2	0	98.0	83	41	37	6	51	0	68	2	1	5			1.367	7.6	0.6	4.7	6.2	1.33	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1976	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	7	6	.538	4.81	28	17		4	1	1	116.0	130	69	62	12	58	4	53	3	0	5			1.621	10.1	0.9	4.5	4.1	0.91	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1977	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	13	4	.765	3.50	25	22		10	3	0	157.0	146	79	61	9	50	4	98	4	1	12			1.248	8.4	0.5	2.9	5.6	1.96	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1978	25	KCR-min	AAA,AA	13	8	.619	3.39	27	26		8	2	0	170.0	159	81	64	17	57	0	93	3	1	10			1.271	8.4	0.9	3.0	4.9	1.63	OMA,JCK · AA,SOUL
1979	26	KCR-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.57	51	1		0	0		91.0	69	33	26	5	43	7	63	3	2	3			1.231	6.8	0.5	4.3	6.2	1.47	OMA · AA
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	131	1.125	8.4	0.8	1.7	3.4	2.00
1980	27	KCR-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.41	25	0		0	0	7	41.0	29	18	11	4	21	1	37	0	1	2			1.220	6.4	0.9	4.6	8.1	1.76	OMA · AA
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
1981	28	KCR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.90	32	0	14	0	0	3	60.0	64	30	26	3	34	2	49	0	0	3			1.633	9.6	0.4	5.1	7.4	1.44	OMA · AA
1982	29	CLE-min	AAA	2	8	.200	6.20	13	13	0	2	1	0	61.0	79	43	42	11	21	1	37	1	2	2			1.639	11.7	1.6	3.1	5.5	1.76	CHL · IL
2 Yrs				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	88	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	88	1.548	9.6	1.1	4.3	4.3	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	26	KCR	AL	10.2	6	5	4.22	4.57	0.21	-0.37	99.0	3.95	-0	-0.0	1.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$
1980	27	KCR	AL	31.1	24	23	6.61	4.66	0.14	-0.37	97.5	4.05	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.2	-0.8	-6	.462	.494	$
2 Seasons				42.0	30	28	6.00	4.64	0.16	-0.37	97.9	4.02	-9	-0.9	1.4	-0.2	-0.8	-5	.469	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	1
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	1
2 Yrs				30	191	166	28	45	4	1	5	1	2	20	20	.271	.351	.398	.748	.278	66	2	2	0	3	1	2
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	5
MLB Averages																.265	.328	.393	.721	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	26	KCR	AL	1.0	0.1	43	-0.2	1.0	-1.3	1.45	0.1	-0.2	-0.6	-0.1	1.45	1.3	2	3	1
1980	27	KCR	AL	-5.1	-0.5	154	-0.8	1.8	-2.6	.74	-0.5	-0.6	-10.8	-1.1	0.74	-4.1	6	6	11
2 Yrs				-4.1	-0.4	197	-1.0	2.8	-3.8	.90	-0.4	-0.8	-11.4	-1.1	0.90	-2.9	8	9	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	26	KCR	AL	6	6	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	8	3	38%	6	1.451	2	3	1	2	0	4	5	1	3	3	3	2	5.3
1980	27	KCR	AL	24	24	8	3	3	1	2	33%	5	2	28	11	39%	8	.744	6	6	11	9	2	13	17	7	10	7	13	4	3.9
2 Yrs				30	30	9	3	4	1	3	25%	7	3	36	14	39%		.903	8	9	12	11	2	17	22	8	13	10	16	6	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	26	KCR	AL	43	47%	2.3%	9.3%	4.7%	2.3%	10%	1.00	84%	13	2	15%
1980	27	KCR	AL	148	42%	2.7%	10.8%	12.2%	6.1%	26%	0.65	73%	33	0	0%
2 Yrs				191	43%	2.6%	10.5%	10.5%	5.2%	22%	0.73	75%	46	2	4%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.5%	8.3%	6.7%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

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	131	1.125	8.4	0.8	1.7	3.4	2.00	131
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	88	1.548	9.6	1.1	4.3	4.3	1.00	88

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	36	21	19	4	19	15	2	1.833	10.8	5.7	4.5	0.79	1.2	24
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	5.18	40.0	46	25	23	5	21	19	2	1.675	10.4		4.3	0.90	1.1	30

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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