Larry Christenson
Larry Richard Christenson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in Everett, WA
High School: Marysville (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
Final Game: June 3, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 PHI NL 19 P 10 9 34.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.70 .943 1.89 0.73
1974 PHI NL 20 P 10 1 23.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.30 .933 1.88 0.71
1975 PHI NL 21 P 29 26 171.2 28 14 12 2 1 .929 1.36 0.90 .946 1.86 0.72
1976 PHI NL 22 P 32 29 168.2 26 9 14 3 1 .885 1.23 0.72 .954 1.88 0.72
1977 PHI NL 23 P 34 34 219.1 50 14 28 8 1 .840 1.72 1.24 .956 1.85 0.67
1978 PHI NL 24 P 33 33 228.0 48 8 37 3 1 .938 1.78 1.36 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 PHI NL 25 P 19 17 106.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.61 1.00 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 PHI NL 26 P 14 14 73.2 24 5 16 3 0 .875 2.57 1.50 .954 1.91 0.69
1981 PHI NL 27 P 20 15 106.2 23 8 13 2 0 .913 1.77 1.05 .961 1.97 0.68
1982 PHI NL 28 P 33 33 223.0 44 16 26 2 2 .955 1.70 1.27 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 PHI NL 29 P 9 9 48.1 14 4 9 1 0 .929 2.42 1.44 .950 1.92 0.68
11 Seasons P 243 220 1402.2 286 85 177 24 6 .916 1.68 1.08 .952 1.89 0.70
11 Seasons TOT 243 220 1402.2 286 85 177 24 6 .916 1.68 1.08 .869 1.89 0.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 PHI NL 19 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PHI NL 20 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 21 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 22 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 23 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 24 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 25 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PHI NL 26 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 27 20 15 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 28 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 29 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 243 220 243 243 243 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 PHI NL 19 172 81% 23% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PHI NL 20 102 68% 19% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 PHI NL 21 706 81% 27% 15 73% 0 14 2 12 12 8 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0%
1976 PHI NL 22 749 87% 25% 20 75% 0 9 0 6 14 9 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1977 PHI NL 23 986 80% 30% 34 88% 0 15 1 11 29 22 2 8 0 3 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1978 PHI NL 24 963 81% 27% 46 72% 2 8 1 5 37 28 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 13 85%
1979 PHI NL 25 469 82% 24% 15 93% 0 6 2 3 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1980 PHI NL 26 327 76% 25% 15 93% 1 7 0 4 15 9 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1981 PHI NL 27 477 79% 25% 12 92% 1 8 1 7 12 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 28 947 79% 26% 29 90% 0 15 0 14 27 18 4 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1983 PHI NL 29 220 72% 23% 11 91% 0 4 1 3 9 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 6118 80% 26% 204 84% 4 89 8 67 176 123 15 24 1 12 11 9 6 4 4 2 34 79%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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