Steve Christmas

Stephen Randall Christmas

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 9, 1957 in Orlando, FL
High School: Colonial HS (Orlando, FL)
School: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1983
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Reds/Cubs 1983-1986

Final Game: April 28, 1986
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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
1977	19	CIN-min	A-	46	196	173	30	53	13	1	6	30	2	3	18	20	.306	.371	.497	.868		86		1	2	2			EUG · NORW
1978	20	CIN-min	A	106	352	352		88	10	0	9						.250	.250	.355	.605		125							SHL · WCRS
1979	21	CIN-min	A	122	377	377		99	18	2	6						.263	.263	.369	.631		139							TAM · FLOR
1980	22	CIN-min	AA	115	415	347	44	84	15	2	7	44	1	1	61	35	.242	.359	.357	.716		124		4	0	3			WBY · EL
1981	23	CIN-min	AA	126	459	395	40	104	21	0	7	63	1	1	51	35	.263	.347	.370	.717		146		3	4	6	11		WBY · EL
1982	24	CIN-min	AAA	85	269	252	31	77	14	1	7	37	1	0	14	16	.306	.341	.452	.793		114		0	2	1	2		INA · AA
1983	25	HOU-CIN-min	AAA	79	299	262	32	71	12	1	6	38	3	2	33	19	.271	.352	.393	.745		103		1	1	2	6		TUC,INA · PCL,AA
1983	25	CIN	NL	9	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.059	.105	.059	.164	-54	1	1	0	0	1	0	/2
1984	26	CHW-min	AAA	74	233	198	24	55	9	3	4	29	1	1	28	11	.278	.359	.414	.773		82		0	2	5	0		DEN · AA
1984	26	CHW	AL	12	11	11	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.727	1.091	188	8	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1985	27	CHW-min	AAA	127	469	409	50	122	12	0	16	56	1	2	50	36	.298	.373	.445	.818		182		3	0	7	4		BFL · AA
1986	28	CHC-min	AAA	62	201	180	22	54	11	0	4	25	1	2	19	19	.300	.365	.428	.793		77		0	1	1	2		IWA · AA
1986	28	CHC	NL	3	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13	2	0	0	0	0	0	/32
3 Yrs				24	39	37	1	6	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	6	.162	.179	.297	.477	28	11	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	263	250	7	41	14	0	7	47	0	0	7	41	.162	.179	.297	.477	28	74	7	0	0	7	0

CHC (1 yr)				3	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13	2	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				9	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.059	.105	.059	.164	-54	1	1	0	0	1	0
CHW (1 yr)				12	11	11	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.727	1.091	188	8	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				12	28	26	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.077	.107	.115	.223	-39	3	1	0	0	1	0
AL (1 yr)				12	11	11	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.727	1.091	188	8	0	0	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
1983	25	CIN	NL	9	19	-3	0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.474	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$	/2
1984	26	CHW	AL	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.511	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2

1986	28	CHC	NL	3	9	-1	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.432	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/32
3 Seasons				24	39	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

CHC (1 yr)				3	9	-1	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.432	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				9	19	-3	0	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.474	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$
CHW (1 yr)				12	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.511	.501	0.2	0.0	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
1983	25	CIN	NL	19	18	0	0.0	99	.067	.059	.267	.105	.336	.059	.395	.164	.731	-54	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.118	.059	.000
1984	26	CHW	AL	11	7	3	11.5	101	.375	.364	.269	.364	.333	.727	.406	1.091	.739	188	.847	1.2	0.1	1.143	.364	.364	.0

1986	28	CHC	NL	9	8	0	0.0	103	.125	.111	.269	.111	.341	.222	.406	.333	.747	-13	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.111
3 Yrs				39	33	3	2.4	101	.161	.162	.268	.179	.336	.297	.401	.477	.737	28	.260	-3.8	-0.4	.375	.162	.135	.0
162 Game Avg.				263	223	20	2.4	101	.161	.162	.268	.179	.336	.297	.401	.477	.737	28	.260	-3.8	-0.4	.375	.162	.135

CHC (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	103	.125	.111	.269	.111	.341	.222	.406	.333	.747	-13	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.111
CIN (1 yr)				19	18	0	0.0	99	.067	.059	.267	.105	.336	.059	.395	.164	.731	-54	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.118	.059	.000
CHW (1 yr)				11	7	3	11.5	101	.375	.364	.269	.364	.333	.727	.406	1.091	.739	188	.847	1.2	0.1	1.143	.364	.364	.0

NL (2 yrs)				28	26	0	0.0	100	.087	.077	.268	.107	.337	.115	.399	.223	.736	-39	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.160	.077	.038
AL (1 yr)				11	7	3	11.5	101	.375	.364	.269	.364	.333	.727	.406	1.091	.739	188	.847	1.2	0.1	1.143	.364	.364	.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%
1983	25	CIN	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.7		17.0	2.50	79%
1984	26	CHW	AL	11	9.1%	18.2%	0.0%	18.2%	50%		5.5	11.0	2.8	0.67	73%

1986	28	CHC	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	11.1%	100%		9.0		4.5	1.33	89%
3 Yrs				39	2.6%	15.4%	2.6%	7.7%	50%	6.00	6.2	37.0	5.3	1.60	79%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.2%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.66	6.3	41.0	8.4	1.07	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	25	CIN	NL	-3.6	-0.4	19	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.39	-0.3	-0.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.97	-3.0	1.25	4
1984	26	CHW	AL	1.2	0.1	11	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.62	0.1	-0.0	2.2	0.2	1.08	1.9	1.62	11

1986	28	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	2.46	-0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.17	-1.5	5.22	1
3 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	39	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	1.70	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	1.05	-2.7	1.75	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	25	CIN	NL	1	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	28	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1983	25	CIN	NL	19	100%	1			4	0	0	0	1.25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	2	67%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1984	26	CHW	AL	11	100%	4			11	4	1	2	1.62	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	3	27%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1986	28	CHC	NL	9	100%	1			1	1	0	1	5.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				39	100%	6			16	5	1	3	1.75	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	1	13%	5	2	40%	32	6	19%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			82%			11%			34%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF
1983	25	9	19	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	.059	.105	.059	.164	-54	1	1	1
1984	26	21	30	28	1	5	1	1	5	1	5	.179	.200	.321	.521	40	9	1	1
1985	27	21	30	28	1	5	1	1	5	1	5	.179	.200	.321	.521	40	9	1	1
1986	28	24	39	37	1	6	2	1	7	1	6	.162	.179	.297	.477	28	11	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	25	9	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	9
1984	26	12	11	11	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	.364	.364	.727	1.091	3	12

1986	28	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
3 Yrs		24	39	37	1	4	1	0	1	4	0	1	6	.108	.128	.216	.344	3	24
162 Game Avg.		162	263	250	7	27	7	0	7	27	0	7	41	.108	.128	.216	.344	20	24

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