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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 (Riverside, CA)
School: Pepperdine University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1998
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rangers/Brewers/Diamondbacks 1998-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
1995	21	OAK-min	A-	49	183	158	14	30	4	1	1	16	5	5	22	33	.190	.286	.247	.533		39	3	0	1	2	0	SOR · NORW
1996	22	OAK-min	A-,A	69	301	258	52	77	13	2	7	39	10	10	32	43	.298	.381	.446	.827		115	5	5	2	4	1	SOR,WMI · NORW,MIDW
1997	23	OAK-min	A+,AA,AAA	128	591	477	120	148	29	13	17	77	27	15	105	106	.310	.437	.532	.970		254	8	4	3	2	1	VIS,HVL,EDM · CALL,SOUL,PCL
1998	24	OAK-min	AAA	22	104	88	17	23	6	1	1	7	4	1	15	24	.261	.365	.386	.752		34	1	0	0	1	0	EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	33	150	128	30	44	8	1	1	16	7	2	22	21	.344	.440	.445	.885		57	4	0	0	0	2	VAN · PCL
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
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	ARI-OAK-min	AAA	76	317	285	39	74	21	0	7	30	7	2	27	56	.260	.321	.407	.728		116	5	0	2	3	0	TUC,SAC · PCL
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	/798
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	/987
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-min	AAA,Rk	71	295	270	39	70	19	2	5	32	11	5	18	30	.259	.308	.400	.708		108	5	2	3	2	0	INA,BRR · IL,ARIZ
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-min	AAA	52	227	195	30	61	15	1	5	24	11	1	28	45	.313	.400	.477	.877		93	6	1	2	1	0	OKC · PCL
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
2004	30	FLA-min	AAA	65	268	227	43	60	16	4	2	17	8	2	34	45	.264	.364	.396	.760		90	3	2	4	1	0	ABQ · PCL
6 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	24	OAK	AL	421	-5	-1	0	2	-1	2	14	11	1.2	12	1.2	0.0	$170,000	*8/97
1999	25	OAK	AL	319	-16	-1	1	0	-2	1	11	-6	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$202,500	8
2000	26	OAK	AL	153	-1	-1	0	0	2	-1	5	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$221,000	*789
2001	27	OAK	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$267,500	/987
2001	27	ARI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/78
2002	28	MIL	NL	66	-6	-1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0.0	-3	-0.3	0.3	$	8/7
2003	29	TEX	AL	186	-17	0	0	1	-3	1	6	-12	-1.1	-9	-0.9	-0.2	$	8
6 Seasons				1154	-46	-4	2	4	-2	3	38	-4	-0.1	-3	-0.3	0.2	$861,000

OAK (4 yrs)				897	-23	-3	1	2	-1	2	30	8	1.0	9	0.9	0.1	$861,000
ARI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
TEX (1 yr)				186	-17	0	0	1	-3	1	6	-12	-1.1	-9	-0.9	-0.2	$
MIL (1 yr)				66	-6	-1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0.0	-3	-0.3	0.3	$

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

Standard Fielding

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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	Rtot/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
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	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	-9	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	-9	2.84	2.27	.985	2.35	2.33
	6 Seasons			OF	423	261	218	2565.1	795	766	12	17	4	.979	-2	-1	2.73	1.84	.985	2.31	2.29
	6 Seasons			CF	321	249	211	2293.0	726	702	10	14	4	.981	-4	-2	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	-1	2.73	1.84	.985	2.31	2.29
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/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.

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)

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)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1995.
June 19, 2001: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Rob Ryan.
December 13, 2001: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
October 15, 2002: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
January 16, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 4, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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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
1998	24	Oakland Athletics	$170,000	11/23/98 USA Today
1999	25	Oakland Athletics	$202,500	11/19/99 USA Today
2000	26	Oakland Athletics	$221,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	27	Oakland Athletics	$267,500	4/6/01 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$861,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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