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Ryan Christenson

Ryan Alan Christenson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 28, 1974 in Redlands, CA
High School: Arlington HS (Riverside, CA)
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1998 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rangers/Brewers/Diamondbacks 1998-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 29)
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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
1998 24 OAK AL 117 421 370 56 95 22 2 5 40 5 6 36 106 .257 .321 .368 .689 82 136 1 1 10 4 0 *8/97
1999 25 OAK AL 106 319 268 41 56 12 1 4 24 7 5 38 58 .209 .305 .306 .611 61 82 6 1 8 4 0 8/D
2000 26 OAK AL 121 153 129 31 32 2 2 4 18 1 2 19 33 .248 .349 .388 .737 90 50 1 1 4 0 0 *789
2001 27 TOT MLB 26 9 8 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .250 .472 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 /798D
2001 27 OAK AL 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /98D7
2001 27 ARI NL 19 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 124 2 0 0 0 0 0 /78
2002 28 MIL NL 22 66 58 5 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 13 .155 .222 .276 .498 32 16 1 0 3 0 0 8/7
2003 29 TEX AL 60 186 165 22 29 7 0 2 16 2 2 15 44 .176 .255 .255 .510 30 42 3 3 2 1 0 8
6 Yrs 452 1154 998 159 222 48 5 16 102 16 15 114 256 .222 .303 .329 .632 66 328 12 6 27 9 0
162 Game Avg. 162 414 358 57 80 17 2 6 37 6 5 41 92 .222 .303 .329 .632 66 118 4 2 10 3 0
OAK (4 yrs) 351 897 771 129 183 36 5 13 82 13 13 93 198 .237 .319 .348 .666 76 268 8 3 22 8 0
ARI (1 yr) 19 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 124 2 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 60 186 165 22 29 7 0 2 16 2 2 15 44 .176 .255 .255 .510 30 42 3 3 2 1 0
MIL (1 yr) 22 66 58 5 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 13 .155 .222 .276 .498 32 16 1 0 3 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 411 1083 936 151 212 43 5 15 98 15 15 108 242 .226 .308 .331 .639 67 310 11 6 24 9 0
NL (2 yrs) 41 71 62 8 10 5 0 1 4 1 0 6 14 .161 .235 .290 .526 38 18 1 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1998 24 OAK AL 117 421 -10 -2 2 -1 2 -9 -0.8 16 7 0.7 .493 .495 0.8 0.2 8 $170,000 *8/97
1999 25 OAK AL 106 319 -13 -1 -0 -2 2 -15 -1.4 12 -3 -0.2 .487 .491 -0.1 0.0 -1 $202,500 8/D
2000 26 OAK AL 121 153 -2 -1 0 2 -2 -3 -0.2 6 3 0.3 .498 .499 0.2 0.1 1 $221,000 *789
2001 27 OAK AL 7 4 -1 -0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $267,500 /98D7
2001 27 ARI NL 19 5 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 /78
2002 28 MIL NL 22 66 -5 -1 1 3 0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.3 0.3 -2 8/7
2003 29 TEX AL 60 186 -17 0 1 4 1 -11 -1.1 7 -4 -0.4 .482 .493 -0.8 0.5 -8 8
6 Seasons 452 1154 -48 -5 4 5 3 -40 -3.7 43 3 0.3 .491 .495 -0.2 1.0 -3 $861,000
OAK (4 yrs) 351 897 -26 -4 2 -1 2 -28 -2.5 34 6 0.7 .493 .495 0.8 0.2 7 $861,000
ARI (1 yr) 19 5 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1
TEX (1 yr) 60 186 -17 0 1 4 1 -11 -1.1 7 -4 -0.4 .482 .493 -0.8 0.5 -8
MIL (1 yr) 22 66 -5 -1 1 3 0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.3 0.3 -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
2000 26 OAK AL ALDS NYY L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 OAK AL 24 OF 116 101 91 909.0 296 284 7 5 2 .983 -1 -1 2.88 2.51 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 OAK AL 24 CF 113 100 91 891.0 286 275 6 5 2 .983 0 0 2.84 2.49 .987 2.69 2.66
1998 OAK AL 24 RF 4 1 0 17.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -71 4.76 2.25 .983 2.12 2.10
1998 OAK AL 24 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1999 OAK AL 25 CF 104 73 60 692.0 223 213 3 7 1 .969 -2 -3 2.81 2.08 .985 2.72 2.68
1999 OAK AL 25 OF 104 73 60 692.0 223 213 3 7 1 .969 -2 -3 2.81 2.08 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 OAK AL 25 DH 1 0
2000 OAK AL 26 OF 114 27 15 384.1 102 95 2 5 1 .951 2 6 2.27 0.85 .985 2.36 2.33
2000 OAK AL 26 LF 76 5 4 163.2 31 28 0 3 0 .903 -1 -7 1.54 0.37 .985 2.16 2.14
2000 OAK AL 26 CF 27 19 10 172.0 55 52 1 2 1 .964 1 6 2.77 1.96 .986 2.75 2.72
2000 OAK AL 26 RF 14 3 1 48.2 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2 47 2.77 1.07 .983 2.16 2.14
2001 TOT MLB 27 OF 9 0 0 14.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.26 0.22 .980 2.26 2.22
2001 TOT MLB 27 LF 5 0 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 0.40 .980 2.00 1.94
2001 TOT MLB 27 CF 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -103 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2001 OAK AL 27 OF 4 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 0.25 .980 2.31 2.28
2001 OAK AL 27 RF 3 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.07
2001 OAK AL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2001 OAK AL 27 DH 1 0
2001 OAK AL 27 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10
2001 ARI NL 27 OF 5 0 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -16 1.23 0.20 .980 2.21 2.18
2001 ARI NL 27 LF 4 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -20 1.50 0.25 .980 1.95 1.90
2001 ARI NL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2002 MIL NL 28 OF 21 14 11 141.2 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 3 22 2.41 1.81 .983 2.19 2.17
2002 MIL NL 28 CF 16 11 9 111.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 1 6 2.26 1.75 .988 2.57 2.55
2002 MIL NL 28 LF 6 3 2 30.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2 80 3.00 1.67 .977 1.92 1.90
2003 TEX AL 29 CF 59 46 41 424.0 134 134 0 0 0 1.000 -3 4 -9 11 2.84 2.27 .990 2.78 2.75
2003 TEX AL 29 OF 59 46 41 424.0 134 134 0 0 0 1.000 -3 4 -9 11 2.84 2.27 .985 2.35 2.33
6 Seasons OF 423 261 218 2565.1 795 766 12 17 4 .979 -2 4 -1 11 2.73 1.84 .985 2.31 2.29
6 Seasons CF 321 249 211 2293.0 726 702 10 14 4 .981 -4 4 -2 11 2.79 2.22 .987 2.71 2.68
4 Seasons LF 88 8 6 203.2 43 40 0 3 0 .930 1 6 1.77 0.45 .983 2.12 2.11
3 Seasons RF 21 4 1 68.2 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 1 14 3.15 1.14 .983 2.15 2.12
6 Seasons TOT 423 261 218 2565.1 795 766 12 17 4 .979 -2 4 -1 11 2.73 1.84 .985 2.31 2.29
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 AL  3 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1998 AL  5 (2nd)
1999 AL  7 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1998 AL  2 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.84 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.88 (4th)
1999 AL  2.81 (5th)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199824Oakland Athletics$170,00011/23/98 USA Today
199925Oakland Athletics$202,50011/19/99 USA Today
200026Oakland Athletics$221,0004/5/00 AP
200127Oakland Athletics$267,5004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$861,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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