John Christensen
John Lawrence Christensen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 5, 1960 in Downey, CA
High School: Troy (Fullerton, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1984
Final Game: October 1, 1988
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Standard Batting

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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
1984 23 NYM NL 5 13 11 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 .273 .308 .455 .762 113 5 0 0 0 1 0 /79
1985 24 NYM NL 51 133 113 10 21 4 1 3 13 1 2 19 23 .186 .303 .319 .622 75 36 3 0 1 0 1 9/78
1987 26 SEA AL 53 146 132 19 32 6 1 2 12 2 0 12 28 .242 .306 .348 .654 70 46 3 0 2 0 0 9/D7
1988 27 MIN AL 23 43 38 5 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .263 .349 .368 .717 99 14 1 2 0 0 1 9/D
4 Seasons 132 335 294 36 66 16 2 5 33 3 3 35 58 .224 .310 .344 .654 77 101 7 2 3 1 2
162 Game Avg. 162 411 361 44 81 20 2 6 41 4 4 43 71 .224 .310 .344 .654 77 124 9 2 4 1 2
NYM (2 yrs) 56 146 124 12 24 6 1 3 16 1 3 20 25 .194 .303 .331 .634 79 41 3 0 1 1 1
MIN (1 yr) 23 43 38 5 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .263 .349 .368 .717 99 14 1 2 0 0 1
SEA (1 yr) 53 146 132 19 32 6 1 2 12 2 0 12 28 .242 .306 .348 .654 70 46 3 0 2 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 76 189 170 24 42 10 1 2 17 2 0 15 33 .247 .316 .353 .668 76 60 4 2 2 0 1
NL (2 yrs) 56 146 124 12 24 6 1 3 16 1 3 20 25 .194 .303 .331 .634 79 41 3 0 1 1 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1984 23 NYM NL 13 10 1 2.7 93 .300 .273 .262 .308 .327 .455 .381 .762 .708 113 .309 0.4 0.0 .556 .182 .182
1985 24 NYM NL 133 98 11 3.0 94 .207 .186 .259 .303 .327 .319 .386 .622 .712 75 .354 -3.6 -0.4 .557 .292 .133 1.5
1987 26 SEA AL 146 105 14 3.6 110 .294 .242 .271 .306 .340 .348 .435 .654 .775 70 .351 -6.1 -0.6 .583 .212 .106 2.0
1988 27 MIN AL 43 29 5 4.6 97 .303 .263 .263 .349 .328 .368 .396 .717 .724 99 .521 0.2 0.0 .655 .184 .105
4 Seasons 335 242 31 3.4 102 .263 .224 .265 .310 .333 .344 .409 .654 .742 77 .373 -9.1 -1.0 .580 .238 .119 3.8
162 Game Avg. 411 297 38 3.4 102 .263 .224 .265 .310 .333 .344 .409 .654 .742 77 .373 -9.1 -1.0 .580 .238 .119 5
NYM (2 yrs) 146 108 12 3.0 94 .216 .194 .259 .303 .327 .331 .385 .634 .712 79 .350 -3.2 -0.4 .557 .282 .137 1.5
MIN (1 yr) 43 29 5 4.6 97 .303 .263 .263 .349 .328 .368 .396 .717 .724 99 .521 0.2 0.0 .655 .184 .105
SEA (1 yr) 146 105 14 3.6 110 .294 .242 .271 .306 .340 .348 .435 .654 .775 70 .351 -6.1 -0.6 .583 .212 .106 2.0
AL (2 yrs) 189 134 19 3.8 107 .296 .247 .269 .316 .337 .353 .426 .668 .763 76 .389 -5.9 -0.6 .598 .206 .106 2.0
NL (2 yrs) 146 108 12 3.0 94 .216 .194 .259 .303 .327 .331 .385 .634 .712 79 .350 -3.2 -0.4 .557 .282 .137 1.5

Ratio Batting*

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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
1984 23 NYM NL 13 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 15.4% 67% 2.00 5.5 3.7 0.17 77%
1985 24 NYM NL 133 2.3% 17.3% 14.3% 6.0% 38% 1.21 4.9 37.7 8.7 1.27 65%
1987 26 SEA AL 146 1.4% 19.2% 8.2% 6.2% 28% 2.33 4.7 66.0 11.0 0.92 70%
1988 27 MIN AL 43 0.0% 11.6% 7.0% 9.3% 40% 1.67 7.6 7.6 1.58 1.88 77% 6% 0.0% 17%
4 Seasons 335 1.5% 17.3% 10.5% 6.9% 35% 1.66 5.1 58.8 8.9 1.58 1.09 69% 6% 0.0% 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 23 NYM NL 0 0 50% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1985 24 NYM NL 0 0 19% 44 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 50% 7 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
1987 26 SEA AL 4 0 41% 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 56% 8 3 4 1 1 0 9 2 6
1988 27 MIN AL 1 0 33% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Seasons 5 0 32% 121 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 47% 18 10 7 3 2 1 13 4 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1984 23 NYM NL 13 77% 3 1 1 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 3 33% 3 3 100% 2 1 50% 0
1985 24 NYM NL 133 73% 21 15 1 1 1 1.71 3 0 7 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 50% 23 3 13% 10 4 40% 90 10 11% 6 0 0% 4 0 0% 0
1987 26 SEA AL 146 80% 32 9 2 0 1 1.88 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 100% 32 3 9% 13 6 46% 96 11 11% 5 2 40% 8 7 88% 0
1988 27 MIN AL 43 84% 10 2 2 6 2 0 1 1.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 0 0% 26 5 19% 2 0 0% 6 4 67% 0
4 Seasons 335 78% 66 2 2 31 6 1 3 1.58 5 0 12 0 5 3 2 0 4 3 75% 64 7 11% 29 12 41% 221 29 13% 16 5 31% 20 12 60% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1988 27 MIN AL 43 147 3.42 91 63% 20% 15% 29% 36% 80% 4% 50% 81% 42% 0% 0 0 12% 5 2 7% 3 2 40% 0 2 0
1 Season 43 147 3.42 91 63% 20% 15% 29% 36% 80% 4% 50% 81% 42% 0% 0 0 12% 5 2 7% 3 2 40% 0 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1984 23 5 13 11 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 .273 .308 .455 .762 113 5 0 0 0 1 0
1985 24 56 146 124 12 24 6 1 3 16 1 3 20 25 .194 .303 .331 .634 79 41 3 0 1 1 1
1986 25 56 146 124 12 24 6 1 3 16 1 3 20 25 .194 .303 .331 .634 79 41 3 0 1 1 1
1987 26 109 292 256 31 56 12 2 5 28 3 3 32 53 .219 .304 .340 .644 74 87 6 0 3 1 1
1988 27 132 335 294 36 66 16 2 5 33 3 3 35 58 .224 .310 .344 .654 77 101 7 2 3 1 2

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 23 5 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .200 .250 .300 .550 1 5
1985 24 51 134 114 11 22 4 1 3 14 1 20 23 .193 .313 .325 .638 12 51
1987 26 53 143 131 17 31 6 1 2 11 2 12 28 .237 .301 .344 .644 13 53
1988 27 23 44 39 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 3 5 .282 .364 .385 .748 5 23
4 Seasons 132 333 294 34 66 15 2 5 32 3 36 58 .224 .312 .340 .652 31 132
162 Game Avg. 162 409 361 42 81 18 2 6 39 4 44 71 .224 .312 .340 .652 38 132

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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