McKay Christensen

McKay Andrew Christensen

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 14, 1975 in Upland, CA
High School: Clovis West HS (Fresno, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed July 28, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1999
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Dodgers/Mets 1999-2002

Final Game: April 7, 2002
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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
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1996	20	CHW-min	Rk,A	41	159	144	17	35	7	5	1	16	10	3	11	27	.243	.308	.382	.690		55	1	3	0	1	0		WHS,HCK · GULF,SALL
1997	21	CHW-min	A	127	576	503	95	141	12	12	5	47	28	20	52	61	.280	.357	.382	.738		192	2	11	4	6	0		HCK · SALL
1998	22	CHW-min	A+	95	431	361	69	103	17	6	4	32	20	10	53	54	.285	.391	.399	.790		144	3	11	4	2	1		WSM · CARL
1999	23	CHW-min	AA,AAA	76	341	297	53	86	8	6	3	28	19	6	31	46	.290	.371	.387	.758		115	6	8	4	1	0		BIR,CHR · SOUL,IL
1999	23	CHW	AL	28	60	53	10	12	1	0	1	6	2	1	4	7	.226	.271	.302	.573	46	16	1	0	1	2	0	8
2000	24	CHW-min	AAA	90	382	337	49	89	13	2	6	29	28	6	32	51	.264	.325	.368	.693		124	2	1	7	5	1		CHR · IL
2000	24	CHW	AL	32	22	19	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	.105	.227	.105	.333	-12	2	0	1	0	0	0	8
2001	25	CHW-LAD-min	AAA	85	375	330	61	89	17	7	8	28	20	4	35	63	.270	.342	.436	.779		144	4	3	4	3	0		CHR,LVG · IL,PCL
2001	25	TOT	MLB	35	60	53	7	17	2	0	1	7	3	2	3	12	.321	.400	.415	.815	119	22	0	4	0	0	0	8/7
2001	25	CHW	AL	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	1	0	1	0	0	0	/8
2001	25	LAD	NL	28	55	49	7	16	2	0	1	7	3	2	3	10	.327	.400	.429	.829	123	21	0	3	0	0	0	8/7
2002	26	NYM-min	AAA	97	414	377	52	107	23	6	5	30	20	13	26	72	.284	.341	.416	.758		157	4	7	4	0	0		NFK · IL
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	130	1	0	0	0	0	0	/78
2003	27	PHI-min	AAA	47	200	181	26	43	10	1	4	13	7	2	14	48	.238	.294	.370	.665		67	2	1	3	1	0		SWB · IL
2004	28	CIN-min	AAA	5	18	17	1	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	.294	.333	.353	.686		6	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
4 Yrs				99	146	128	22	32	3	0	2	14	6	4	10	26	.250	.324	.320	.644	69	41	1	5	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	239	209	36	52	5	0	3	23	10	7	16	43	.250	.324	.320	.644	69	67	2	8	2	3	0

CHW (3 yrs)				67	87	76	14	15	1	0	1	7	3	2	6	15	.197	.267	.250	.517	33	19	1	2	1	2	0
NYM (1 yr)				4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	130	1	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				28	55	49	7	16	2	0	1	7	3	2	3	10	.327	.400	.429	.829	123	21	0	3	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				67	87	76	14	15	1	0	1	7	3	2	6	15	.197	.267	.250	.517	33	19	1	2	1	2	0
NL (2 yrs)				32	59	52	8	17	2	0	1	7	3	2	4	11	.327	.407	.423	.830	124	22	0	3	0	0	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
1999	23	CHW	AL	28	60	-4	1	1	-2	0	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.2	.484	.497	0.0	-0.1	-1	$200,000	8
2000	24	CHW	AL	32	22	-4	-0	0	-0	0	-4	-0.3	1	-3	-0.2	.490	.498	-0.2	0.0	-3	$212,500	8
2001	25	CHW	AL	7	5	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/8
2001	25	LAD	NL	28	55	2	-2	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$	8/7
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.524	.501	0.0	0.1	1	$	/78
4 Seasons				99	146	-6	-1	1	-3	0	-9	-0.8	4	-4	-0.3	.492	.499	0.0	-0.2	-1	$412,500

CHW (3 yrs)				67	87	-8	1	1	-2	0	-8	-0.8	3	-6	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-3	$412,500
NYM (1 yr)				4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.524	.501	0.0	0.1	1	$
LAD (1 yr)				28	55	2	-2	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$

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
1999	23	CHW	AL	60	46	5	2.9	115	.234	.226	.276	.271	.349	.302	.442	.573	.791	46	.242	-4.4	-0.4	.488	.170	.075	1.3
2000	24	CHW	AL	22	18	1	1.5	117	.154	.105	.279	.227	.352	.105	.448	.333	.800	-12	.082	-3.4	-0.3	.278	.105	.000	.0
2001	25	TOT	MLB	60	38	10	7.0	105	.400	.321	.260	.400	.330	.415	.425	.815	.755	119	.649	1.8	0.2	.789	.170	.094	1.5
2001	25	CHW	AL	5	3	1	8.9	110	.500	.250	.272	.400	.339	.250	.436	.650	.776	75	.738	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.000	.000
2001	25	LAD	NL	55	35	9	6.9	104	.395	.327	.259	.400	.329	.429	.424	.829	.753	123	.640	1.9	0.2	.800	.184	.102	1.5
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	2	1	13.4	104	.500	.333	.261	.500	.334	.333	.415	.833	.750	130	.867	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
4 Yrs				146	104	17	4.4	111	.294	.250	.269	.324	.341	.320	.435	.644	.776	69	.417	-5.7	-0.5	.574	.164	.070	3.0
162 Game Avg.				239	170	28	4.4	111	.294	.250	.269	.324	.341	.320	.435	.644	.776	69	.417	-5.7	-0.5	.574	.164	.070	5

CHW (3 yrs)				87	67	7	2.8	115	.226	.197	.277	.267	.349	.250	.443	.517	.793	33	.229	-7.9	-0.7	.438	.145	.053	1.5
NYM (1 yr)				4	2	1	13.4	104	.500	.333	.261	.500	.334	.333	.415	.833	.750	130	.867	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
LAD (1 yr)				55	35	9	6.9	104	.395	.327	.259	.400	.329	.429	.424	.829	.753	123	.640	1.9	0.2	.800	.184	.102	1.5

AL (3 yrs)				87	67	7	2.8	115	.226	.197	.277	.267	.349	.250	.443	.517	.793	33	.229	-7.9	-0.7	.438	.145	.053	1.5
NL (2 yrs)				59	37	10	7.2	104	.400	.327	.259	.407	.329	.423	.424	.830	.753	124	.662	2.1	0.2	.811	.192	.096	1.5

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
2000	24	CHW	AL	ALDS	SEA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							1	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
1999	23	CHW	AL	60	1.7%	11.7%	6.7%	3.3%	17%	1.75	7.6	53.0	8.8	1.00	1.47	78%	10%	6.3%	16%
2000	24	CHW	AL	22	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.2		19.0	0.71	1.20	59%	15%	0.0%	14%
2001	25	TOT	MLB	60	1.7%	20.0%	5.0%	5.0%	18%	4.00	4.4	53.0	7.6	0.79	1.17	67%	32%	6.3%	16%
2001	25	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			1.00		40%	50%	0.0%	0%
2001	25	LAD	NL	55	1.8%	18.2%	5.5%	5.5%	19%	3.33	4.9	49.0	7.0	0.78	1.08	69%	31%	6.7%	17%
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	3.0					50%	0%
4 Yrs				146	1.4%	17.8%	6.9%	3.4%	16%	2.60	4.9	64.0	9.1	0.91	1.34	70%	19%	5.3%	16%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.1%	34%	1.85	5.3	30.6	7.4	0.75	1.06	70%	24%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1999	23	CHW	AL	-4.4	-0.4	66	-0.3	0.8	-1.0	1.00	-0.2	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	1.01	-3.3	1.86	1
2000	24	CHW	AL	-3.4	-0.3	24	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.62	-0.2	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.78	-3.2	0.00	1
2001	25	TOT	MLB	1.8	0.2	66	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.97	0.1	-0.3	3.2	0.3	1.00	2.1	0.77	7
2001	25	CHW	AL	-0.1	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.96	-0.1	0.29	1
2001	25	LAD	NL	1.9	0.2	61	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	.96	0.1	-0.3	3.3	0.3	1.00	2.2	0.86	6
2002	26	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	4	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.90	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.13	-0.2	0.04	1
4 Yrs				-5.7	-0.5	160	-0.9	1.9	-2.8	.95	-0.3	-0.7	-3.2	-0.3	0.98	-4.7	0.73	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1999	23	CHW	AL	1	60%	26	2	1	67%	2	1	1	2	3	67%	2	0	2	0	0	4	1	2
2000	24	CHW	AL	0	80%	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
2001	25	TOT	MLB	0	26%	42	3	2	60%	3	2	0	4	4	17%	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1
2001	25	CHW	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	25	LAD	NL	0	29%	38	3	2	60%	3	2	0	4	4	17%	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1
2002	26	NYM	NL	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	44%	86	6	4	60%	6	4	1	6	8	44%	8	5	3	1	1	7	2	3

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
1999	23	CHW	AL	60	90%	12	4	3	1	0	0	0	1.86	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	25%	13	1	8%	8	4	50%	41	5	12%	4	4	100%	1	0	0%	0
2000	24	CHW	AL	22	91%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	25	TOT	MLB	60	87%	17	5	4	7	1	0	0	0.77	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	35	6	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2001	25	CHW	AL	5	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2001	25	LAD	NL	55	85%	16	5	4	6	1	0	0	0.86	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	33	6	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	75%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				146	88%	32	10	7	10	2	0	0	0.73	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	7	1	14%	29	1	3%	9	4	44%	89	12	13%	6	5	83%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1999	23	CHW	AL	60	218	3.63	133	61%	28%	9%	26%	37%	72%	0%	44%	88%	32%	2%	1	0	8%	5	0	10%	6	4	43%	0	0	0
2000	24	CHW	AL	22	90	4.09	56	62%	36%	14%	27%	23%	64%	0%	40%	78%	23%	0%	0	0	23%	5	3	14%	3	1	33%	0	0	0
2001	25	TOT	MLB	60	190	3.17	124	65%	27%	17%	23%	33%	73%	0%	48%	77%	30%	3%	2	0	13%	8	3	2%	1	0	17%	0	0	0
2001	25	CHW	AL	5	12	2.40	9	75%	56%	22%	0%	22%	44%	0%	33%	50%	20%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2001	25	LAD	NL	55	178	3.24	115	65%	24%	17%	25%	34%	76%	0%	49%	78%	31%	4%	2	0	15%	8	3	2%	1	0	10%	0	0	0
2002	26	NYM	NL	4	13	3.25	6	46%	50%	0%	17%	33%	50%	0%	23%	100%	25%	25%	1	0	25%	1	0	25%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				146	511	3.50	319	62%	29%	13%	25%	33%	71%	0%	44%	82%	29%	3%	4	0	13%	19	6	8%	11	5	31%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	29%	5%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1999	23	28	60	53	10	12	1	1	6	2	1	4	7	.226	.271	.302	.573	46	16	1	0	1	2
2000	24	60	82	72	14	14	1	1	7	3	2	6	13	.194	.259	.250	.509	30	18	1	1	1	2
2001	25	95	142	125	21	31	3	2	14	6	4	9	25	.248	.319	.320	.639	67	40	1	5	1	2
2002	26	99	146	128	22	32	3	2	14	6	4	10	26	.250	.324	.320	.644	69	41	1	5	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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1999	23	28	59	52	9	11	1	1	5	2	4	7	.212	.259	.288	.547	4	28
2000	24	32	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	.000	.136	.000	.136	0	32
2001	25	35	60	53	7	17	2	1	7	3	3	12	.321	.400	.415	.815	8	35
2002	26	4	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	4
4 Yrs		99	147	128	18	30	3	2	12	6	11	26	.234	.315	.305	.620	13	99
162 Game Avg.		162	241	209	29	49	5	3	20	10	18	43	.234	.315	.305	.620	21	99

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