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Mark Christman

Marquette Joseph Christman

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 21, 1913 in Maplewood, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1938
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Tigers 1938-1949

Final Game: September 23, 1949
Died: October 9, 1976 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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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	Pos	Awards
1934	20	ALX	D	108	404	404		104	19	8	1						.257	.257	.351	.609		142					ALX · EVAN
1935	21	DET-min	C,A	135	506	506		143	32	5	5						.283	.283	.395	.678		200					HEN,BMT · WDXL,TL
1936	22	DET-min	A1	125	444	444		113	16	8	8						.255	.255	.381	.635		169					BMT · TL
1937	23	DET-min	A1	153	582	582		168	31	11	3						.289	.289	.395	.684		230					BMT · TL
1938	24	DET	AL	95	347	318	35	79	6	4	1	44	5	2	27	21	.248	.307	.302	.609	49	96		0	2	56
1939	25	TOT	AL	85	264	238	27	52	8	3	0	20	2	1	20	12	.218	.279	.277	.556	41	66	11	0	6	6/54
1939	25	DET	AL	6	16	16	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	53	6	2	0	0	/5
1939	25	SLB	AL	79	248	222	27	48	6	3	0	20	2	1	20	10	.216	.281	.270	.551	40	60	9	0	6	6/4

1940	26	BAL-min	AA	151	577	577		152	19	7	0						.263	.263	.321	.584		185					TOL · AA
1941	27	BAL-min	AA	141	530	470	65	132	27	5	2	52	8		53	27	.281	.356	.372	.729		175		2	5		TOL · AA
1942	28	BAL-min	AA	147	582	533	75	147	28	4	6	43	8		34	25	.276	.324	.377	.701		201	8	4	11		TOL · AA
1943	29	SLB	AL	98	365	336	31	91	11	5	2	35	0	3	19	19	.271	.318	.351	.669	93	118	5	4	5	5634
1944	30	SLB	AL	148	607	547	56	148	25	1	6	83	5	2	47	37	.271	.332	.353	.684	90	193	18	3	10	*5/3	MVP-11
1945	31	SLB	AL	78	311	289	32	80	7	4	4	34	1	0	19	19	.277	.328	.370	.698	98	107	6	3	0	5	MVP-26
1946	32	SLB	AL	128	486	458	40	118	22	2	1	41	0	2	22	29	.258	.295	.321	.616	68	147	15	2	4	56
1947	33	WSH	AL	110	412	374	27	83	15	2	1	33	4	4	32	16	.222	.287	.281	.568	60	105	10	2	4	*6/4	MVP-26
1948	34	WSH	AL	120	440	409	38	106	17	2	1	40	0	3	25	19	.259	.303	.318	.621	67	130	14	1	5	6/54
1949	35	WSH	AL	49	121	112	8	24	2	0	3	18	0	0	8	7	.214	.273	.313	.585	57	35	5	1	1	5/364
1950	36	ATL-min	AAA	111	345	305	39	69	11	0	7	28	1		29	27	.226	.300	.331	.631		101	4	3	8		MLW,SLE · AA,PCL
1951	37	ATL-min	AAA	27	82	73	7	17	3	0	1	7	0		7	8	.233	.309	.315	.624		23	1	1	1		MLW · AA
1952	38	SAA	C	95	354	354		120	13	1	11						.339	.339	.475	.814		168					SAA · LONG
1953	39	BAL-min	A,B	67	129	129		31	0	0	4						.240	.240	.333	.574		43					WCH,YOR · WL,PIED
9 Yrs				911	3353	3081	294	781	113	23	19	348	17	17	219	179	.253	.306	.324	.630	71	997	84	16	37
162 Game Avg.				162	596	548	52	139	20	4	3	62	3	3	39	32	.253	.306	.324	.630	71	177		3	7

SLB (5 yrs)				531	2017	1852	186	485	71	15	13	213	8	8	127	114	.262	.313	.337	.651	80	625	53	12	25
WSH (3 yrs)				279	973	895	73	213	34	4	5	91	4	7	65	42	.238	.293	.302	.594	63	270	29	4	10
DET (2 yrs)				101	363	334	35	83	8	4	1	44	5	2	27	23	.249	.305	.305	.610	49	102	2	0	2

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
1938	24	DET	AL	95	347	-26	0	0	3	2	-20	-1.8	11	-9	-0.7	.481	.489	-1.0	0.5	-12	$	56
1939	25	DET	AL	6	16	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/5
1939	25	SLB	AL	79	248	-20	0	0	-9	4	-25	-2.3	8	-17	-1.5	.471	.486	-0.7	-0.4	-8	$	6/4

1943	29	SLB	AL	98	365	-3	-1	0	-2	1	-4	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.495	.497	0.5	-0.1	5	$	5634
1944	30	SLB	AL	148	607	-6	0	0	3	-0	-3	-0.3	12	10	0.9	.498	.498	0.6	0.3	7	$	*5/3	MVP-11
1945	31	SLB	AL	78	311	-1	0	0	3	0	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.504	.502	0.6	0.3	6	$	5	MVP-26
1946	32	SLB	AL	128	486	-18	-0	0	3	3	-13	-1.4	12	-0	-0.2	.489	.491	-0.5	0.7	-3	$	56
1947	33	WSH	AL	110	412	-18	-0	0	-6	7	-18	-2.0	10	-7	-0.9	.482	.488	-0.3	0.1	-1	$	*6/4	MVP-26
1948	34	WSH	AL	120	440	-18	-1	-2	-15	7	-29	-2.9	11	-18	-1.8	.476	.482	-0.4	-0.8	-3	$	6/54
1949	35	WSH	AL	49	121	-7	-1	-0	-1	0	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.481	.494	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	5/364
9 Seasons				911	3353	-119	-2	-2	-21	25	-119	-12.1	83	-36	-3.7	.487	.493	-1.8	0.6	-15	$

SLB (5 yrs)				531	2017	-49	0	0	-2	8	-42	-4.4	47	5	0.4	.492	.495	0.5	0.9	7	$
WSH (3 yrs)				279	973	-43	-2	-2	-22	14	-56	-5.8	24	-31	-3.3	.479	.488	-1.2	-0.8	-9	$
DET (2 yrs)				101	363	-27	0	0	3	2	-21	-1.9	11	-10	-0.8	.481	.494	-1.1	0.5	-13	$

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
1938	24	DET	AL	347	243	30	3.2	124	.264	.248	.299	.307	.379	.302	.445	.609	.824	49	.292	-27.2	-2.5	.523	.148	.053	1.7
1939	25	TOT	AL	264	204	19	2.5	116	.230	.218	.289	.279	.365	.277	.428	.556	.792	41	.212	-22.0	-2.1	.439	.147	.059	.0
1939	25	DET	AL	16	14	2	3.8	120	.286	.250	.295	.250	.371	.375	.436	.625	.807	53	.370	-1.2	-0.1	.429	.125	.125
1939	25	SLB	AL	248	190	17	2.4	116	.226	.216	.289	.281	.364	.270	.427	.551	.791	40	.199	-20.9	-2.0	.440	.149	.054	.0

1943	29	SLB	AL	365	258	36	3.8	89	.283	.271	.260	.318	.334	.351	.358	.669	.693	93	.501	-4.4	-0.5	.545	.128	.080	.0
1944	30	SLB	AL	607	429	64	4.0	97	.282	.271	.276	.332	.344	.353	.377	.684	.721	90	.500	-7.1	-0.8	.587	.174	.082	5.5
1945	31	SLB	AL	311	215	35	4.4	93	.286	.277	.268	.328	.341	.370	.365	.698	.706	98	.555	-2.2	-0.2	.605	.163	.093	1.6
1946	32	SLB	AL	486	361	42	3.1	100	.273	.258	.270	.295	.345	.321	.388	.616	.732	68	.370	-20.8	-2.2	.473	.107	.063	.0
1947	33	WSH	AL	412	309	29	2.5	94	.230	.222	.259	.287	.338	.281	.373	.568	.711	60	.282	-20.2	-2.1	.456	.144	.059	1.6
1948	34	WSH	AL	440	325	38	3.1	103	.270	.259	.269	.303	.354	.318	.389	.621	.743	67	.329	-20.0	-2.0	.478	.112	.059	.0
1949	35	WSH	AL	121	94	9	2.5	104	.206	.214	.267	.273	.358	.313	.388	.585	.746	57	.254	-7.7	-0.8	.473	.170	.098	.0
9 Yrs				3353	2438	302	3.3	101	.264	.253	.273	.306	.349	.324	.388	.630	.737	71	.381	-131.6	-13.1	.513	.141	.070	17.9
162 Game Avg.				596	434	54	3.3	101	.264	.253	.273	.306	.349	.324	.388	.630	.737	71	.381	-131.6	-13.1	.513	.141	.070	3

SLB (5 yrs)				2017	1453	194	3.6	98	.274	.262	.272	.313	.345	.337	.380	.651	.725	80	.437	-55.3	-5.6	.535	.144	.076	9.9
WSH (3 yrs)				973	728	76	2.8	99	.245	.238	.265	.293	.348	.302	.382	.594	.730	63	.300	-47.8	-4.8	.468	.133	.064	4.4
DET (2 yrs)				363	257	32	3.3	124	.265	.249	.299	.305	.378	.305	.445	.610	.823	49	.296	-28.4	-2.6	.518	.147	.057	1.7

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
1944	30	SLB	AL	WS	STL	L	6	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							6	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	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	GO/AO	IP%
1938	24	DET	AL	347	0.3%	6.1%	7.8%	3.2%	14%	0.78	15.1	318.0	7.2		85%
1939	25	TOT	AL	264	0.0%	4.6%	7.6%	4.2%	21%	0.60	19.8		11.9		86%
1939	25	DET	AL	16	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	12.5%	50%		8.0				88%
1939	25	SLB	AL	248	0.0%	4.0%	8.1%	3.6%	19%	0.50	22.2		11.1		85%

1943	29	SLB	AL	365	0.6%	5.2%	5.2%	4.9%	20%	1.00	17.7	168.0	9.6		86%
1944	30	SLB	AL	607	1.0%	6.1%	7.7%	5.3%	22%	0.79	14.8	91.2	6.6		83%
1945	31	SLB	AL	311	1.3%	6.1%	6.1%	4.8%	19%	1.00	15.2	72.3	8.5		86%
1946	32	SLB	AL	486	0.2%	6.0%	4.5%	5.1%	21%	1.32	15.8	458.0	11.2		88%
1947	33	WSH	AL	412	0.2%	3.9%	7.8%	4.4%	22%	0.50	23.4	374.0	11.3		87%
1948	34	WSH	AL	440	0.2%	4.3%	5.7%	4.6%	19%	0.76	21.5	409.0	10.2	1.06	88%
1949	35	WSH	AL	121	2.5%	5.8%	6.6%	4.1%	21%	0.88	16.0	37.3	6.2	1.15	84%
9 Yrs				3353	0.6%	5.3%	6.5%	4.6%	20%	0.82	17.2	162.2	8.9	1.08	86%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.2%	6.2%	26%	1.00	9.7	64.1	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1938	24	DET	AL	-27.2	-2.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	25	TOT	AL	-22.0	-2.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	25	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	25	SLB	AL	-20.9	-2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	29	SLB	AL	-4.7	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	30	SLB	AL	-7.1	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	31	SLB	AL	-2.2	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	32	SLB	AL	-21.3	-2.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	33	WSH	AL	-20.2	-2.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	34	WSH	AL	-20.0	-2.0	394	-0.9	6.6	-7.5	1.04	-1.7	0.9	-13.8	-1.4	0.94	-18.3	1.54	7
1949	35	WSH	AL	-7.9	-0.8	108	-0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.15	-0.2	0.2	-5.5	-0.6	0.98	-3.5	2.17	15
9 Yrs				-132.6	-13.2	502	-0.9	9.1	-9.9	1.07	-1.9	1.1	-19.3	-1.9	0.95	-21.8	1.97	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	34	WSH	AL	5	28%	151	0	3	0%	2	1	6	4	52%	16	9	7	4	3	1	13	2	9
1949	35	WSH	AL	3	17%	40	0	0		0	0	1	0	9%	7	6	1	2	2	0	2	1	0
9 Yrs				8	28%	191	17	17	50%	2	1	7	4	41%	23	15	8	6	5	1	15	3	9

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
1948	34	WSH	AL	440	36%	106			7	2	0	0	1.54	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	4	5	125%	73	14	19%	34	13	38%	237	39	16%	18	11	61%	12	6	50%	0
1949	35	WSH	AL	121	62%	24			15	3	0	2	2.17	3	0	6	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	50%	21	5	24%	13	5	38%	81	14	17%	12	8	67%	5	2	40%	0
9 Yrs				561	42%	781			22	5	0	2	1.97	19	0	14	2	2	0	4	0	6	37	617%	94	84	89%	47	18	38%	318	53	17%	30	19	63%	17	8	47%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			801%			81%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1938	24	95	347	318	35	79	6	4	1	44	5	2	27	21	.248	.307	.302	.609	49	96		0	2
1939	25	180	611	556	62	131	14	7	1	64	7	3	47	33	.236	.295	.291	.587	46	162	11	0	8
1940	26	180	611	556	62	131	14	7	1	64	7	3	47	33	.236	.295	.291	.587	46	162	11	0	8
1941	27	180	611	556	62	131	14	7	1	64	7	3	47	33	.236	.295	.291	.587	46	162	11	0	8
1942	28	180	611	556	62	131	14	7	1	64	7	3	47	33	.236	.295	.291	.587	46	162	11	0	8
1943	29	278	976	892	93	222	25	12	3	99	7	6	66	52	.249	.304	.314	.617	62	280	16	4	13
1944	30	426	1583	1439	149	370	50	13	9	182	12	8	113	89	.257	.314	.329	.643	72	473	34	7	23
1945	31	504	1894	1728	181	450	57	17	13	216	13	8	132	108	.260	.317	.336	.652	76	580	40	10	23
1946	32	632	2380	2186	221	568	79	19	14	257	13	10	154	137	.260	.312	.333	.645	74	727	55	12	27
1947	33	742	2792	2560	248	651	94	21	15	290	17	14	186	153	.254	.308	.325	.633	72	832	65	14	31
1948	34	862	3232	2969	286	757	111	23	16	330	17	17	211	172	.255	.308	.324	.632	72	962	79	15	36
1949	35	911	3353	3081	294	781	113	23	19	348	17	17	219	179	.253	.306	.324	.630	71	997	84	16	37

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
1938	24	101	352	325	29	72	5	4	1	36	5	25	22	.222	.277	.271	.548	24	95
1939	25	89	270	245	23	49	8	3	0	17	2	19	13	.200	.258	.257	.515	16	85

1943	29	103	389	359	36	101	12	6	2	40	0	21	20	.281	.328	.365	.693	42	98
1944	30	155	636	573	59	156	26	1	6	88	5	50	39	.272	.334	.353	.686	67	148
1945	31	83	333	309	36	88	8	4	4	39	1	21	20	.285	.336	.375	.712	39	78
1946	32	134	512	482	44	127	24	2	1	45	0	24	30	.263	.301	.328	.629	47	128
1947	33	114	435	394	31	92	17	2	1	38	4	35	17	.234	.299	.294	.594	34	110
1948	34	125	458	426	38	109	17	2	1	40	0	26	20	.256	.300	.312	.612	40	120
1949	35	51	127	117	8	25	2	0	3	18	0	8	7	.214	.270	.308	.578	9	49
9 Yrs		955	3512	3230	304	819	119	24	19	361	17	229	188	.254	.306	.323	.629	318	911
162 Game Avg.		162	596	548	52	139	20	4	3	61	3	39	32	.254	.306	.323	.629	54	911

* 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

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MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1944 AL (11, 8%) 1945 AL (26, 1%) 1947 AL (26, 1%) 0.10 Career Shares (916th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1946 AL 0.7 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1944 AL 83 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 AL 4 (9th) 1945 AL 3 (10th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1944 AL 18 (5th) 1946 AL 15 (10th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1946 AL 15.8 (10th) 1948 AL 21.5 (6th) Career 17.2 (186th)

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Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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