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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 Pitching

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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
1973 19 PHI NL 1 4 .200 6.55 10 9 0 1 0 0 34.1 53 25 25 3 20 1 11 1 0 1 167 58 2.126 13.9 0.8 5.2 2.9 0.55
1974 20 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.30 10 1 6 0 0 2 23.0 20 11 11 2 15 3 18 0 0 1 99 88 1.522 7.8 0.8 5.9 7.0 1.20
1975 21 PHI NL 11 6 .647 3.67 29 26 2 5 2 1 171.2 149 73 70 12 45 2 88 1 0 3 689 102 1.130 7.8 0.6 2.4 4.6 1.96
1976 22 PHI NL 13 8 .619 3.68 32 29 1 2 0 0 168.2 199 77 69 8 42 4 54 1 1 4 727 97 1.429 10.6 0.4 2.2 2.9 1.29
1977 23 PHI NL 19 6 .760 4.06 34 34 0 5 1 0 219.1 229 113 99 21 69 1 118 7 6 7 945 99 1.359 9.4 0.9 2.8 4.8 1.71
1978 24 PHI NL 13 14 .481 3.24 33 33 0 9 3 0 228.0 209 90 82 16 47 7 131 1 7 6 925 111 1.123 8.3 0.6 1.9 5.2 2.79
1979 25 PHI NL 5 10 .333 4.50 19 17 1 2 0 0 106.0 118 56 53 9 30 3 53 2 3 2 447 85 1.396 10.0 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.77
1980 26 PHI NL 5 1 .833 4.03 14 14 0 0 0 0 73.2 62 35 33 4 27 4 49 3 4 2 308 94 1.208 7.6 0.5 3.3 6.0 1.81
1981 27 PHI NL 4 7 .364 3.54 20 15 3 0 0 1 106.2 108 48 42 8 30 3 70 1 2 3 446 102 1.294 9.1 0.7 2.5 5.9 2.33
1982 28 PHI NL 9 10 .474 3.47 33 33 0 3 0 0 223.0 212 95 86 15 53 5 145 3 3 3 905 106 1.188 8.6 0.6 2.1 5.9 2.74
1983 29 PHI NL 2 4 .333 3.91 9 9 0 0 0 0 48.1 42 25 21 2 17 1 44 1 0 2 203 92 1.221 7.8 0.4 3.2 8.2 2.59
11 Seasons 83 71 .539 3.79 243 220 13 27 6 4 1402.2 1401 648 591 100 395 34 781 21 26 34 5861 98 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 5.0 1.98
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .539 3.79 36 32 2 4 1 1 206 206 95 87 15 58 5 115 3 4 5 861 98 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 5.0 1.98

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1977 23 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 8.10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 2.100 18.9 0.0 0.0 5.4
1978 24 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 12.46 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 7 7 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.846 14.5 4.2 2.1 6.2 3.00
1980 26 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 4.05 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 3 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 28 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 2.7 0.40
1980 26 PHI NL WS W KCR 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15.000 135.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
1981 27 PHI NL NLDS L MON 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
4 Seasons (5 Series) 1 2 .333 7.40 6 5 0 0 0 0 20.2 28 18 17 3 7 2 15 0 0 1 95 1.694 12.2 1.3 3.0 6.5 2.14
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 23 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.53 4 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 19 13 12 2 6 2 7 0 0 1 66 1.744 11.9 1.3 3.8 4.4 1.17
1 WS 0 1 .000 108.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15.000 135.0 27.0 0.0 0.0

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
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 75 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 14 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 .981 169 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 -36 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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 Seasons (4 Series) 5 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

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1977 NL--19--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL--.647--5th
1977 NL--.760--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL--1.130--8th
1978 NL--1.123--4th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL--2.359--9th
1976 NL--2.241--9th
1978 NL--1.855--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL--5.906--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 NL--3--6th

Hits s c a p y
1977 NL--229--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--2.787--2nd
1981 NL--2.333--8th
1982 NL--2.736--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 NL--.427--8th

Losses s c a p y
1978 NL--14--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 NL--99--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL--7--4th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1584), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1972.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

January 25, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 3, 1983: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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