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Larry Christenson

Larry Richard Christenson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in Everett, WA
High School: Marysville HS (Marysville, WA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1973
Team: Phillies 1973-1983

Final Game: June 3, 1983
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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
1973 19 PHI NL 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 20 PHI NL 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 21 PHI NL 29 68 57 3 14 2 1 2 6 0 0 3 27 .246 .283 .421 .704 91 24 0 0 8 0 0 1
1976 22 PHI NL 32 60 51 5 10 4 0 2 9 0 0 3 28 .196 .241 .392 .633 76 20 0 0 6 0 0 1
1977 23 PHI NL 34 88 74 4 10 0 0 3 13 0 0 4 38 .135 .179 .257 .436 13 19 0 0 10 0 0 1
1978 24 PHI NL 33 78 67 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 35 .075 .127 .134 .261 -27 9 1 0 7 0 0 1
1979 25 PHI NL 19 36 31 4 9 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 13 .290 .333 .548 .882 134 17 0 0 3 0 0 1
1980 26 PHI NL 14 25 19 6 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 9 .368 .455 .526 .981 168 10 0 0 3 0 0 1
1981 27 PHI NL 20 35 30 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .100 .125 .100 .225 -37 3 0 0 3 1 0 1
1982 28 PHI NL 33 81 67 4 5 2 0 1 7 1 0 2 36 .075 .101 .149 .251 -31 10 1 0 12 0 0 1
1983 29 PHI NL 9 18 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .118 .176 -52 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 243 506 427 31 64 13 2 11 46 2 0 24 223 .150 .195 .267 .462 26 114 2 0 54 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 337 285 21 43 9 1 7 31 1 0 16 149 .150 .195 .267 .462 26 76 1 0 36 1 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 Awards
1973 19 PHI NL 10 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1974 20 PHI NL 10 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1975 21 PHI NL 29 68 -1 0 0 0 8 7 0.8 2 9 0.8 .527 .505 0.8 0.0 9 $ 1
1976 22 PHI NL 32 60 -1 -1 0 0 6 5 0.6 2 7 0.6 .519 .504 0.6 0.0 7 $ 1
1977 23 PHI NL 34 88 -11 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1978 24 PHI NL 33 78 -12 -0 -0 0 9 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1
1979 25 PHI NL 19 36 1 0 0 0 4 6 0.6 1 7 0.6 .532 .504 0.6 0.0 7 $ 1
1980 26 PHI NL 14 25 3 -0 0 0 3 5 0.6 1 6 0.6 .540 .503 0.6 0.0 6 $ 1
1981 27 PHI NL 20 35 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $250,000 1
1982 28 PHI NL 33 81 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1983 29 PHI NL 9 18 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .480 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /1
11 Seasons 243 506 -44 -1 1 0 57 13 1.4 15 28 1.4 .506 .501 1.3 0.1 28 $250,000

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
1973 19 PHI NL 12 10 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .265 .167 .334 .000 .394 .167 .728 -50 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
1974 20 PHI NL 5 5 0 0.0 98 .000 .267 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1975 21 PHI NL 68 51 7 3.7 99 .429 .246 .270 .283 .342 .421 .390 .704 .732 91 .430 -1.3 -0.1 .628 .228 .175 .0
1976 22 PHI NL 60 47 5 2.9 94 .381 .196 .266 .241 .333 .392 .379 .633 .712 76 .343 -1.9 -0.2 .561 .255 .196 .0
1977 23 PHI NL 88 74 4 1.5 107 .212 .135 .275 .179 .344 .257 .419 .436 .763 13 .108 -9.9 -1.0 .359 .176 .122 .0
1978 24 PHI NL 78 70 1 0.4 96 .129 .075 .263 .127 .331 .134 .387 .261 .718 -27 .012 -11.8 -1.2 .206 .119 .060 .0
1979 25 PHI NL 36 25 6 6.5 102 .471 .290 .272 .333 .338 .548 .404 .882 .743 134 .668 1.3 0.1 .909 .355 .258 1.0
1980 26 PHI NL 25 15 5 9.0 99 .667 .368 .273 .455 .336 .526 .396 .981 .731 168 .799 1.8 0.2 1.083 .316 .158 .0
1981 27 PHI NL 35 31 1 0.9 96 .200 .100 .268 .125 .334 .100 .384 .225 .719 -37 .055 -5.6 -0.6 .148 .033 .000
1982 28 PHI NL 81 75 1 0.4 97 .133 .075 .269 .101 .333 .149 .391 .251 .724 -31 .011 -12.2 -1.3 .206 .119 .075 1.0
1983 29 PHI NL 18 17 0 0.0 96 .111 .059 .262 .059 .330 .118 .388 .176 .719 -52 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .125 .059 .059
11 Yrs 506 420 30 1.9 99 .273 .150 .269 .195 .336 .267 .394 .462 .731 26 .188 -46.4 -4.8 .384 .178 .117 3.4
162 Game Avg. 337 280 20 1.9 99 .273 .150 .269 .195 .336 .267 .394 .462 .731 26 .188 -46.4 -4.8 .384 .178 .117 2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 23 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 24 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 PHI NL WS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 PHI NL NLDS MON L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 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
1973 19 PHI NL 12 0.0% 75.0% 16.7% 0.0% 4.50 1.1 1.00 8%
1974 20 PHI NL 5 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1975 21 PHI NL 68 2.9% 39.7% 4.4% 7.4% 36% 9.00 2.1 28.5 9.5 1.40 41%
1976 22 PHI NL 60 3.3% 46.7% 5.0% 10.0% 60% 9.33 1.8 25.5 5.7 4.33 35%
1977 23 PHI NL 88 3.4% 43.2% 4.6% 3.4% 30% 9.50 1.9 24.7 5.7 1.77 38%
1978 24 PHI NL 78 1.3% 44.9% 5.1% 2.6% 40% 8.75 1.9 67.0 16.8 4.83 40%
1979 25 PHI NL 36 2.8% 36.1% 5.6% 13.9% 56% 6.50 2.4 31.0 31.0 0.83 47%
1980 26 PHI NL 25 4.0% 36.0% 12.0% 4.0% 14% 3.00 2.1 19.0 4.8 1.50 36%
1981 27 PHI NL 35 0.0% 45.7% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 16.00 1.9 30.0 2.75 43%
1982 28 PHI NL 81 1.2% 44.4% 2.5% 3.7% 60% 18.00 1.9 67.0 9.6 5.00 37%
1983 29 PHI NL 18 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 5.6% 100% 2.1 17.0 1.00 50%
11 Yrs 506 2.2% 44.1% 4.7% 5.1% 41% 9.29 1.9 38.8 9.3 2.39 38%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.53 6.9 45.9 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 19 PHI NL -2.1 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.31 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 1.31 -1.8 0
1974 20 PHI NL -1.1 -0.1 5 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .73 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.10 -0.7 0
1975 21 PHI NL -1.3 -0.1 69 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .87 -0.1 -0.2 -4.8 -0.5 0.95 -2.1 0
1976 22 PHI NL -2.0 -0.2 61 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 .97 -0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 1.07 0.3 0
1977 23 PHI NL -9.9 -1.0 88 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .74 -1.0 0.3 -5.6 -0.5 1.01 -10.0 0
1978 24 PHI NL -11.8 -1.2 78 -1.1 0.4 -1.5 .92 -1.1 -0.2 -11.3 -1.2 0.97 -11.1 0
1979 25 PHI NL 1.3 0.1 38 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 .77 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.0 0.88 1.9 0
1980 26 PHI NL 1.8 0.2 25 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.07 0.2 0.3 4.9 0.5 1.05 2.7 0
1981 27 PHI NL -5.5 -0.6 35 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .92 -0.5 0.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.98 -5.7 0
1982 28 PHI NL -12.2 -1.3 83 -0.5 0.9 -1.3 .92 -0.9 0.4 -5.7 -0.6 0.92 -9.2 0
1983 29 PHI NL -3.5 -0.4 18 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .78 -0.3 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.78 -3.2 0
11 Yrs -46.4 -4.9 513 -2.7 5.7 -8.4 .89 -3.7 0.6 -32.4 -3.3 0.98 -38.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1973 19 PHI NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 20 PHI 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
1975 21 PHI NL 1 0 7% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 PHI NL 2 0 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 PHI NL 0 0 9% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1978 24 PHI NL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 25 PHI NL 0 0 30% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 26 PHI NL 1 0 56% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11% 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 3 1
1981 27 PHI NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 28 PHI NL 3 0 50% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1983 29 PHI NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Yrs 7 0 26% 94 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 14% 15 13 2 4 4 0 10 8 2

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
1973 19 PHI NL 12 42% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 20 PHI NL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 PHI NL 68 13% 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 8 8 100% 11 0 0% 19 7 37% 46 4 9% 5 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 22 PHI NL 60 37% 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 7 6 86% 14 0 0% 14 1 7% 52 8 15% 9 4 44% 6 3 50% 0
1977 23 PHI NL 88 19% 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 11 10 91% 20 0 0% 21 8 38% 65 10 15% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1978 24 PHI NL 78 32% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 100% 11 1 9% 15 5 33% 47 3 6% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1979 25 PHI NL 36 22% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 6 0 0% 19 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1980 26 PHI NL 25 8% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 19 4 21% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1981 27 PHI NL 35 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 0 0% 8 3 38% 23 1 4% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
1982 28 PHI NL 81 26% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 12 12 100% 18 1 6% 18 10 56% 46 8 17% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 0
1983 29 PHI NL 18 22% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 506 24% 64 0 0 0 0 11 1 18 7 4 3 8 0 59 54 92% 98 2 2% 109 36 33% 341 39 11% 27 9 33% 15 8 53% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

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
1973 19 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 20 20 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 0 0 1 0 0
1975 21 49 85 71 3 14 2 1 2 6 0 0 5 40 .197 .250 .338 .588 60 24 0 0 9 0 0
1976 22 81 145 122 8 24 6 1 4 15 0 0 8 68 .197 .246 .361 .607 66 44 0 0 15 0 0
1977 23 115 233 196 12 34 6 1 7 28 0 0 12 106 .173 .221 .321 .543 46 63 0 0 25 0 0
1978 24 148 311 263 15 39 7 1 8 32 0 0 16 141 .148 .197 .274 .471 28 72 1 0 32 0 0
1979 25 167 347 294 19 48 10 2 9 33 1 0 18 154 .163 .212 .303 .514 39 89 1 0 35 0 0
1980 26 181 372 313 25 55 10 2 10 37 1 0 21 163 .176 .228 .316 .544 47 99 1 0 38 0 0
1981 27 201 407 343 27 58 10 2 10 38 1 0 22 179 .169 .219 .297 .516 40 102 1 0 41 1 0
1982 28 234 488 410 31 63 12 2 11 45 2 0 24 215 .154 .200 .273 .473 29 112 2 0 53 1 0
1983 29 243 506 427 31 64 13 2 11 46 2 0 24 223 .150 .195 .267 .462 26 114 2 0 54 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1973 19 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 10
1974 20 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1975 21 29 68 57 3 14 2 1 2 6 0 3 27 .246 .283 .421 .704 7 29
1976 22 32 60 51 5 10 4 0 2 9 0 3 28 .196 .241 .392 .633 5 32
1977 23 34 87 73 4 9 0 0 3 11 0 4 38 .123 .169 .247 .415 3 34
1978 24 33 78 67 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 4 35 .075 .127 .134 .261 1 33
1979 25 19 36 31 4 9 3 1 1 1 1 2 13 .290 .333 .548 .882 6 19
1980 26 14 25 19 7 7 0 0 1 4 0 3 9 .368 .455 .526 .981 5 14
1981 27 30 54 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 .000 .041 .000 .041 0 20
1982 28 33 81 67 4 5 2 0 1 7 1 2 36 .075 .101 .149 .251 1 33
1983 29 9 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
11 Yrs 253 524 441 30 59 12 2 11 42 2 25 231 .134 .179 .245 .424 28 243
162 Game Avg. 162 336 282 19 38 8 1 7 27 1 16 148 .134 .179 .245 .424 18 243

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  12 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 NL  born 1953-11-10 (1st)
1974 NL  born 1953-11-10 (6th)

                           

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