Jason Christiansen

Jason Samuel Christiansen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 21, 1969 in Omaha, NE
High School: Elkhorn HS (Elkhorn, NE)
School: Cameron University (Lawton, OK)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/Cardinals/Angels 1995-2005

Final Game: October 1, 2005
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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
1991	21	PIT-min	A-,Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WLD,PRA · NYPL,GULF
1992	22	PIT-min	A,A+	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AUG,SAL · SALL,CARL
1993	23	PIT-min	AA,A+	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CAR,SAL · SOUL,CARL
1994	24	PIT-min	AA,AAA	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CAR,BFL · SOUL,AA
1995	25	PIT	NL	63	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	26	PIT-min	AAA	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	1	1	0	0		CGY · PCL
1996	26	PIT	NL	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1997	27	PIT-min	AA	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		CAR · SOUL
1997	27	PIT	NL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	60	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	PIT-min	AAA,AA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NVL,ATO · PCL,EL
1999	29	PIT	NL	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	TOT	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	PIT	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	STL	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2001	31	TOT	NL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	STL	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	SFG	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	SFG	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2003	33	SFG-min	AAA,A+	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2003	33	SFG	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	34	SFG	NL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	TOT	MLB	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	SFG	NL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	LAA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11 Yrs				529	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	0	0	0	0	0	0
				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
PIT (6 yrs)				279	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	0	0	1	0	0
SFG (5 yrs)				187	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (11 yrs)				517	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	0	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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
1995	25	PIT	NL	63	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$109,000	1
1996	26	PIT	NL	33	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$143,500	1
1997	27	PIT	NL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$195,000	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	60	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$320,000	1
1999	29	PIT	NL	40	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$725,000	1
2000	30	PIT	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$1,000,000	1
2000	30	STL	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2001	31	STL	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,600,000	1
2001	31	SFG	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2002	32	SFG	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,733,333	/1
2003	33	SFG	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,333,333	1
2004	34	SFG	NL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$2,433,333	1
2005	35	SFG	NL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,050,000	1
2005	35	LAA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
11 Seasons				529	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$11,642,499

PIT (6 yrs)				279	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$2,492,500
SFG (5 yrs)				187	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,549,999
STL (2 yrs)				51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,600,000
LAA (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1995	25	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	108		.000	.272	.000	.341	.000	.423	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1996	26	PIT	NL	5	5	0	0.0	109		.000	.274	.000	.343	.000	.428	.000	.771	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1998	28	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	109	.333	.250	.271	.250	.342	.250	.428	.500	.770	31	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1999	29	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	116		.000	.276	.000	.351	.000	.444	.000	.795	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
11 Yrs				11	10	0	0.0	110	.333	.100	.273	.100	.343	.100	.429	.200	.772	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				3	3	0	0.0	110	.333	.100	.273	.100	.343	.100	.429	.200	.772	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2000	30	STL	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	30	STL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2003	33	SFG	NL	NLDS	FLA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	25	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1996	26	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%	0%

1998	28	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		4.0	2.00	1.00	75%	0%		100%
1999	29	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
11 Yrs				11	0.0%	63.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4		10.0	2.00	2.00	27%	0%		100%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	1.89	5.3	31.8	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.2%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	25	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	-0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.26	-0.5		0
1996	26	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.52	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.91	-1.4		0
1997	27	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1998	28	PIT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.85	-0.2		0
1999	29	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3		0
2000	30	TOT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	30	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	30	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	31	TOT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	31	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2001	31	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2002	32	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2003	33	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2004	34	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	35	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	35	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2005	35	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0
11 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.27	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.87	-2.4		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	25	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	26	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1998	28	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1999	29	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

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
1995	25	PIT	NL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1996	26	PIT	NL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1998	28	PIT	NL	4	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	29	PIT	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				11	9%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	25	PIT	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1996	26	PIT	NL	5	17	3.40	14	82%	29%	50%	14%	7%	71%	0%	59%	30%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

1998	28	PIT	NL	4	17	4.25	12	71%	25%	42%	8%	25%	75%	0%	53%	44%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1999	29	PIT	NL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%	0%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				11	42	3.82	32	76%	28%	50%	9%	13%	72%	0%	55%	30%	27%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1995	25	63	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1996	26	96	6	5	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1997	27	135	6	5	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1998	28	195	10	9	1	1	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	1	1
1999	29	235	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2000	30	300	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2001	31	355	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2002	32	361	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2003	33	401	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2004	34	461	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1
2005	35	529	11	10	1	1	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	25	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	63
1996	26	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33

1998	28	60	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	60
1999	29	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
4 Yrs		204	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	196
162 Game Avg.		162	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	196

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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