Larry Christenson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: November 10, 1953 in Everett, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Marysville HS (Marysville, WA).

Debut: April 13, 1973 (Age 19-154d, 13,339th in major league history)
vs. NYM 9.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: June 3, 1983 (Age 29-205d)
vs. SDP 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Larry Richard Christenson

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1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.79

243

220

1402.2

781

WHIP

1.280

Summary of 100 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 14 tying, 41 go ahead

1 Tm
PHI	100

Platoon
vs RHB	54
vs LHB	46

Home/Road
Home	54
Away	46

Outs
2	38
0	33
1	29

11 Opps
ATL	19
PIT	15
MON	14
LAD	10
CHC	9
NYM	8
CIN	8
SFG	5
SDP	5
HOU	5
STL	2

63 Batters
Jeff Burroughs	6
Andre Dawson	5
Ron Cey	4
Willie McCovey	3
Dave Kingman	3
Dave Parker	3
John Milner	3
Gary Carter	2
Dale Murphy	2
Andre Thornton	2
Biff Pocoroba	2
Omar Moreno	2
Johnny Bench	2
George Foster	2
Steve Garvey	2
Willie Stargell	2
Dave Winfield	2
César Cedeño	2
Lee Mazzilli	2
Pedro Guerrero	2
Keith Hernandez	2
Ed Kranepool	2
Warren Cromartie	2
Dan Driessen	2
Ellis Valentine	1
Ken Henderson	1
Johnny Ray	1
Enos Cabell	1
Alan Ashby	1
Jason Thompson	1
Lee Lacy	1
Rowland Office	1
Tony Pérez	1
José Cardenal	1
Wayne Krenchicki	1
Dusty Baker	1
Vic Correll	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Bobby Tolan	1
Dave May	1
George Hendrick	1
Larry Parrish	1
Willie Crawford	1
Jerry Morales	1
Tim Wallach	1
Pete LaCock	1
Jerry Martin	1
Gary Matthews	1
Champ Summers	1
Mike Lum	1
Al Oliver	1
Joe Morgan	1
Reggie Smith	1
Pete Mackanin	1
Jerry White	1
Joe Lefebvre	1
Rick Monday	1
Mookie Wilson	1
Bob Watson	1
Bill Madlock	1
Nate Colbert	1
Bill Buckner	1

13 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	54
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	8
Shea Stad (NYC)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Dodger Stad (LOS)	6
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
9	14
7	11
8	7
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	16
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	55
1--	16
12-	11
-2-	10
1-3	4
123	2
--3	2

164 Runs
RISP	29
0 on	55
1 on	28
2 on	15
3 on	2
Any on	45

Inning
1	17
2	12
3	6
4	18
5	11
6	19
7	7
8	4
9	6

1-3	35
4-6	48
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	2
+1	14
Tied	36
-1	12
-2	12
-3	10
-4..	12

Ahead	18
Tied	36
Behind	46

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	27
RF	20
CF	18
LF	14
3B	10
C	8
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	27
5th	23
3rd	19
6th	13
1st	7
2nd	5
7th	3
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	24
Medium Lev	45
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-04-24	Mike Lum	ATL		PHI	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	53%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1973-05-06	Dusty Baker	ATL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	8	13%	63%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1973-05-27 (2)	Nate Colbert	SDP		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	67%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1974-08-31	César Cedeño	HOU	@	PHI	behind 4-10	t 8	1	---	1	3	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
5	5	2	1	1974-09-08	Jerry Morales	CHC		PHI	behind 6-11	b 9	1	123	4	4	9	7%	11%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Ward Scores; D. Kessinger Scores; J. Cardenal Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1975-05-16	Vic Correll	ATL	@	PHI	behind 3-6	t 4	2	1--	2	8	2	17%	32%		Home Run; L. Blanks Scores
7	7	2	1	1975-05-23	Tony Pérez	CIN		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores
8	8	3	1	1975-06-19	Pete LaCock	CHC		PHI	behind 0-3	b 9	1	12-	3	5	3	48%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Madlock Scores; J. Morales Scores
9	9	4	1	1975-06-24 (1)	Dave Parker	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	11%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	1975-07-24	Rowland Office	ATL	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 4	2	12-	3	6	8	34%	59%		Home Run; E. Williams Scores; D. Baker Scores
11	11	6	1	1975-07-28	Al Oliver	PIT		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	15%	56%		Home Run (Deep CF)
12	12	7	2	1975-07-28	Willie Stargell	PIT		PHI	behind 1-5	b 9	1	---	1	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	8	1	1975-08-01 (1)	Larry Parrish	MON		PHI	behind 1-3	b 4	1	12-	3	5	5	32%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Dwyer Scores; L. Biittner Scores
14	14	9	1	1975-08-07	Andre Thornton	CHC	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 8	2	12-	3	5	3	44%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores; J. Morales Scores
15	15	10	1	1975-08-11	Willie Crawford	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	-2-	2	6	9	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Cey Scores
16	16	11	1	1975-08-16	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	3	9	20%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	12	1	1975-09-19	Ed Kranepool	NYM		PHI	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2	6	3	29%	66%		Home Run; R. Staub Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1976-04-18	José Cardenal	CHC		PHI	behind 0-6	b 4	0	---	1	2	7	3%	8%		Home Run
19	19	2	2	1976-04-18	Rick Monday	CHC		PHI	behind 1-6	b 5	2	1-3	3	1	8	16%	22%		Home Run; D. Rosello Scores; J. Wallis Scores
20	20	3	3	1976-04-18	Andre Thornton	CHC		PHI	behind 4-6	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	13%	32%		Home Run
21	21	4	1	1976-04-25	Dave May	ATL	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	1--	2	5	9	19%	87%		Home Run; J. Wynn Scores
22	22	5	1	1976-07-02	Willie Stargell	PIT		PHI	behind 0-2	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	26%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Hebner Scores; A. Oliver Scores
23	23	6	1	1976-07-19	Ron Cey	LAD		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	11%	86%		Home Run
24	24	7	1	1976-07-31	John Milner	NYM		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	8	1	1976-08-25	Ken Henderson	ATL		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	9	17%	76%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores/unER
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1977-05-01	Willie McCovey	SFG		PHI	behind 0-7	b 9	0	1--	2	5	3	0%	1%		Home Run; D. Evans Scores
27	27	2	1	1977-05-06	Reggie Smith	LAD		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	3	2	1977-05-06	Ron Cey	LAD		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	5	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	4	1	1977-05-17	Ron Cey	LAD	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	5	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Smith Scores
30	30	5	2	1977-05-17	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	PHI	tied 4-4	t 7	2	1--	2	5	3	34%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Cey Scores
31	31	6	1	1977-05-27	Ed Kranepool	NYM	@	PHI	behind 1-4	t 7	0	-2-	2	9	PH	14%	31%		Home Run; R. Staiger Scores
32	32	7	1	1977-06-06	Bob Watson	HOU	@	PHI	behind 1-8	t 6	1	12-	3	5	3	4%	7%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores; W. Crawford Scores
33	33	8	1	1977-06-11	Jeff Burroughs	ATL		PHI	behind 2-5	b 3	2	1--	2	4	9	18%	40%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores
34	34	9	1	1977-06-17	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	18%	66%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores
35	35	10	2	1977-06-17	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	PHI	behind 2-5	t 6	2	-2-	2	4	9	16%	28%		Home Run; J. Royster Scores
36	36	11	1	1977-06-22	George Foster	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	7	25%	74%		Home Run (CF-RF); P. Rose Scores; D. Driessen Scores
37	37	12	2	1977-06-22	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	PHI	tied 4-4	t 5	0	1-3	3	6	2	17%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores; G. Foster Scores
38	38	13	1	1977-07-03	Bobby Tolan	PIT	@	PHI	behind 1-9	t 4	2	---	1	6	3	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	14	2	1977-07-03	Omar Moreno	PIT	@	PHI	behind 2-9	t 5	1	---	1	1	8	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	15	1	1977-07-23	Willie McCovey	SFG		PHI	behind 1-5	b 6	2	-2-	2	5	3	12%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
41	41	16	1	1977-07-27	Ron Cey	LAD		PHI	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	7%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	17	2	1977-07-27	Steve Garvey	LAD		PHI	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	10%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	18	1	1977-08-29	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 8	2	-2-	2	3	9	31%	42%		Home Run; R. Office Scores
44	44	19	1	1977-09-07	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	11%	63%		Home Run
45	45	20	1	1977-10-02	Gary Carter	MON	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	9%	37%		Home Run
46	46	21	2	1977-10-02	Pete Mackanin	MON	@	PHI	behind 1-4	t 5	1	1--	2	8	5	16%	33%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores/unER
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1978-04-15	Keith Hernandez	STL		PHI	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	5	3	21%	52%		Home Run
48	48	2	1	1978-04-28	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	17%	67%		Home Run
49	49	3	2	1978-04-28	George Hendrick	SDP	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	5	8	12%	80%		Home Run
50	50	4	1	1978-05-09	César Cedeño	HOU	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
51	51	5	1	1978-05-28	Jeff Burroughs	ATL		PHI	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	4	7	8%	87%		Home Run
52	52	6	1	1978-06-09	Biff Pocoroba	ATL	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	10%	36%		Home Run
53	53	7	1	1978-06-30 (1)	Dave Kingman	CHC		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	19%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Murcer Scores
54	54	8	1	1978-07-04 (1)	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		PHI	tied 0-0	b 8	2	123	4	3	8	36%	99%		Home Run; D. Flynn Scores; L. Randle Scores; T. Foli Scores
55	55	9	1	1978-07-21 (2)	Enos Cabell	HOU	@	PHI	behind 1-8	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	0%	0%		Home Run
56	56	10	1	1978-07-25	Biff Pocoroba	ATL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	3	6	2	20%	80%		Home Run; J. Burroughs Scores; B. Horner Scores
57	57	11	1	1978-07-30	George Foster	CIN		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	12	1	1978-08-13	Dave Parker	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	3	9	13%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Taveras Scores; O. Moreno Scores
59	59	13	1	1978-08-18	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	78%		Home Run
60	60	14	1	1978-09-12	John Milner	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	7	7	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	15	2	1978-09-12	Dave Parker	PIT	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	3	9	29%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Candelaria Scores
62	62	16	1	1978-09-27	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	1	3	8	8%	21%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1979-05-19	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	behind 1-4	t 5	1	-2-	2	1	8	15%	32%		Home Run; T. Hutton Scores
64	64	2	2	1979-05-19	Warren Cromartie	MON	@	PHI	behind 3-4	t 5	2	---	1	3	7	15%	45%		Home Run
65	65	3	1	1979-06-09	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	7	22%	76%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores; B. Horner Scores
66	66	4	1	1979-06-15	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 4-3	t 5	2	1--	2	6	2	21%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Foster Scores
67	67	5	1	1979-06-19	Gary Matthews	ATL		PHI	tied 2-2	b 7	1	12-	3	2	9	29%	94%		Home Run; B. Benedict Scores; J. Royster Scores
68	68	6	1	1979-08-13	Omar Moreno	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	7	2	1979-08-13	John Milner	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	12-	3	5	7	20%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Foli Scores; D. Parker Scores
70	70	8	1	1979-09-01	Dale Murphy	ATL		PHI	behind 0-2	b 4	0	1--	2	5	3	21%	56%		Home Run; B. Horner Scores
71	71	9	2	1979-09-01	Barry Bonnell	ATL		PHI	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1	6	7	19%	54%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1980-04-13	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	1--	2	3	8	21%	83%		Home Run; R. LeFlore Scores
73	73	2	1	1980-04-19	Warren Cromartie	MON		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	3	10%	76%		Home Run
74	74	3	1	1980-09-29	Jerry Martin	CHC	@	PHI	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---	1	6	8	11%	30%		Home Run
75	75	4	1	1980-10-04	Jerry White	MON		PHI	tied 0-0	b 3	0	--3	2	1	7	12%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Rogers Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1981-04-22	Ellis Valentine	MON		PHI	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	9	22%	80%		Home Run
77	77	2	2	1981-04-22	Gary Carter	MON		PHI	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	2	10%	90%		Home Run
78	78	3	1	1981-04-28	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	3	8	14%	60%		Home Run
79	79	4	1	1981-05-10	Joe Lefebvre	SDP	@	PHI	ahead 5-4	t 7	2	1-3	3	6	9	23%	94%		Home Run; G. Richards Scores; B. Perkins Scores
80	80	5	1	1981-05-27	Dave Kingman	NYM		PHI	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	4	3	15%	68%		Home Run
81	81	6	1	1981-08-10	Keith Hernandez	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run
82	82	7	1	1981-08-14	Dave Kingman	NYM		PHI	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	9%	23%		Home Run
83	83	8	1	1981-08-24	Chris Chambliss	ATL	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	13%	50%		Home Run
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1982-04-09	Andre Dawson	MON	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	57%		Home Run
85	85	2	1	1982-04-15	Mookie Wilson	NYM		PHI	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1	1	8	19%	73%		Home Run
86	86	3	1	1982-04-27	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	9	17%	76%		Home Run; R. Cey Scores
87	87	4	1	1982-05-15	Champ Summers	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	4	7	16%	82%		Home Run; C. Davis Scores
88	88	5	1	1982-05-31	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	3	18%	67%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; R. Oester Scores
89	89	6	2	1982-05-31	Dan Driessen	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	3	5%	93%		Home Run
90	90	7	1	1982-06-05	Alan Ashby	HOU		PHI	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	6	2	21%	73%		Home Run
91	91	8	1	1982-06-11	Lee Lacy	PIT	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 9	1	---	1	7	9	39%	83%		Home Run
92	92	9	1	1982-06-17	Johnny Ray	PIT		PHI	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	2	4	17%	75%		Home Run
93	93	10	2	1982-06-17	Jason Thompson	PIT		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	3	11%	84%		Home Run
94	94	11	1	1982-07-11	Pedro Guerrero	LAD	@	PHI	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	13%	50%		Home Run
95	95	12	1	1982-07-18	Joe Morgan	SFG		PHI	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	1	1	4	12%	42%		Home Run
96	96	13	1	1982-08-27	Wayne Krenchicki	CIN	@	PHI	ahead 5-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	5	4%	93%		Home Run
97	97	14	1	1982-09-18	Bill Madlock	PIT	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 5	1	1--	2	3	5	27%	63%		Home Run; J. Ray Scores
98	98	15	1	1982-09-28	Bill Buckner	CHC	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	18%	65%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
99	99	1	1	1983-04-26	Dale Murphy	ATL		PHI	behind 1-3	b 1	1	-2-	2	4	7	16%	53%		Home Run; R. Ramírez Scores
100	100	2	1	1983-05-07	Tim Wallach	MON		PHI	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	11%	43%		Home Run