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John Christensen

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: September 15, 1960 in Downey, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 16th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Troy HS (Fullerton, CA) and the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Troy HS (Fullerton, CA)

School: California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: September 13, 1984 (Age 23-364d, 14,975th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 28-016d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Lawrence Christensen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

294

.225

RBI

OBP

.310

SLG

.344

OPS

.654

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-27 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 146 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	96 (48-34-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 146 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	89 (43-29-15)

Most Driven In
P Bradley	2
Self	2
J Moses	1
M Brantley	1
D Valle	1
R QuiÃ±ones	1
H Reynolds	1
A Davis	1

Most Driven In By
R QuiÃ±ones	4
A Davis	4
H Reynolds	3
S Bradley	2
Self	2
D Valle	1
P Bradley	1
J Moses	1

1987 Batting Game Log

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1987 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	57	17 (16)	Apr 24	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-3	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4	1.16	-0.057	1.39	-0.04%	0.06	PH RF
2	58	18	Apr 25	SEA	@	OAK	L,3-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	3.10	-0.093	4.10	-0.07%	-0.61	PH
3	59	19	Apr 26	SEA	@	OAK	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1						RF
4	60	20	Apr 27	SEA		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	3	1.71	0.197	2.04	0.14%	0.78	RF
5	61	21	Apr 28	SEA		DET	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	1						RF
6	62	22	Apr 29	SEA		BOS	L,5-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	.06	-0.002	.09	0.00%	-0.27	LF
7	63	23	Apr 30	SEA		BOS	W,11-2	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	3	.73	0.073	1.02	0.06%	0.93	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	64	24	May 1	SEA		MIL	L,8-10	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.333	.690	3	3.32	0.071	5.11	0.07%	0.35	PH
9	65	25	May 2	SEA		MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.188	.278	.250	.528	3	.51	-0.031	.70	-0.03%	-0.41	RF
10	66	26	May 3	SEA		MIL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.300	.618	3	.57	0.088	.73	0.07%	0.45	RF
11	67	27	May 5	SEA	@	DET	W,7-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.286	.590	7	3.08	-0.075	4.06	-0.06%	-0.31	PH RF
12	68	28	May 6	SEA	@	DET	L,5-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564	7	2.00	-0.049	2.86	-0.04%	-0.31	PH RF
13	69	29	May 8	SEA	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.286	.586	3	1.58	-0.080	2.01	-0.06%	-0.53	RF
14	70	30	May 9	SEA	@	MIL	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.303	.617	3	.57	0.011	.81	0.01%	0.03	RF
15	71	34 (3)	May 13	SEA	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.382	.716	7	3.97	0.492	6.90	0.51%	2.02	PH RF
16	72	35	May 15	SEA		NYY	L,3-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.371	.696	7	1.60	-0.048	2.93	-0.05%	-0.26	PH RF
17	73	36	May 16	SEA		NYY	W,10-8	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.308	.351	.659	7	.71	-0.035	1.19	-0.04%	-0.78	PH RF
18	74	39 (2)	May 19	SEA		BAL	L,4-15	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.302	.341	.644	5	.49	-0.052	.74	-0.05%	-0.57	RF
19	75	41 (1)	May 22	SEA		TOR	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.295	.333	.629	7	1.30	-0.033	1.92	-0.03%	-0.33	RF
20	76	44 (2)	May 25	SEA		TOR	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.298	.333	.631	3	.92	0.077	1.29	0.07%	0.67	RF
21	77	45	May 27	SEA	@	NYY	W,6-5	6-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.271	.300	.333	.633	7	1.13	-0.056	1.44	-0.04%	-0.94	PH RF
22	78	46	May 28	SEA	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.294	.327	.621	7	.17	-0.004	.25	0.00%	-0.11	PH
23	79	47	May 29	SEA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.327	.623	6	.86	-0.010	1.09	-0.01%	-0.35	RF
24	80	48	May 30	SEA	@	BAL	W,12-0	CG	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.317	.345	.661	6	.35	-0.021	.51	-0.02%	0.58	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	81	51 (2)	Jun 2	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.306	.333	.640	7	2.43	-0.164	4.19	-0.17%	-0.84	PH RF
26	82	54 (2)	Jun 5	SEA		KCR	W,7-2	GS-7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.318	.323	.641	3	.75	-0.023	1.58	-0.03%	-0.28	RF
27	83	55	Jun 6	SEA		KCR	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.333	.648	3	1.15	-0.079	2.64	-0.11%	-0.67	RF
28	84	56	Jun 7	SEA		KCR	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.314	.612	7	.27	-0.029	.55	-0.04%	-0.83	RF
29	85	57	Jun 8	SEA		TEX	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.295	.311	.606	6	.32	-0.002	.47	0.00%	-0.31	RF
30	86	59 (1)	Jun 10	SEA		TEX	L,5-9	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.288	.303	.590	4	.39	-0.021	.57	-0.02%	-0.54	PH
31	87	60	Jun 12	SEA		CLE	L,6-10	GS-6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.296	.325	.621	6	.78	0.032	.95	0.02%	0.90	RF
32	88	61	Jun 13	SEA		CLE	L,1-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.305	.325	.630	7	.25	0.008	.24	0.01%	0.14	PH RF
33	89	62	Jun 14	SEA		CLE	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.291	.309	.599	7	1.11	-0.123	.99	-0.07%	-1.12	RF
34	90	63	Jun 15	SEA		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.311	.365	.676	7	.50	0.121	.49	0.07%	1.16	RF
35	91	66 (2)	Jun 19	SEA	@	CLE	W,7-4	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.315	.360	.676	7	2.14	-0.053	2.67	-0.04%	-0.67	PH RF
36	92	67	Jun 20	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.256	.302	.344	.647	6	.39	-0.014	.52	-0.01%	-0.64	RF
37	93	70 (2)	Jun 23	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-13	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.302	.344	.647	4						PH
38	94	72 (1)	Jun 26	SEA	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.300	.333	.633	7	1.09	-0.103	1.86	-0.11%	-1.49	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	95	77 (4)	Jul 1	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-7	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.297	.330	.627	3	1.27	-0.035	2.05	-0.03%	-0.81	PH
40	96	78	Jul 2	SEA		DET	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.288	.320	.608	7	.68	-0.038	.91	-0.03%	-0.55	RF
41	97	83 (4)	Jul 7	SEA		MIL	W,9-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.290	.320	.610	7	.82	0.021	.66	0.01%	0.07	DH
42	98	84	Jul 8	SEA		MIL	W,5-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.313	.330	.643	7	2.10	0.089	2.17	0.06%	0.14	DH
43	99	85	Jul 9	SEA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.325	.374	.699	7	.69	0.115	.87	0.09%	1.67	DH
44	100	89 (3)	Jul 16	SEA	@	DET	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.325	.374	.699	4						PR LF
45	101	90	Jul 17	SEA	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.317	.364	.680	7	.40	-0.031	.52	-0.02%	-0.74	RF
46	102	94 (3)	Jul 21	SEA	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.360	.674	7	.95	-0.075	1.09	-0.05%	-0.45	RF
47	103	96 (1)	Jul 24	SEA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.315	.368	.682	3	.89	0.153	.96	0.10%	0.92	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	104	133 (36)	Sep 2	SEA	@	BAL	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.313	.372	.685	7	.62	0.001	.12	0.00%	-0.32	RF
49	105	134	Sep 4	SEA	@	TOR	L,5-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.313	.372	.685	6						PH
50	106	135	Sep 5	SEA	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.363	.669	7	.52	-0.044	.08	0.00%	-0.49	RF
51	107	136	Sep 6	SEA	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.314	.360	.674	7	1.02	0.048	.06	0.00%	0.43	RF
52	108	142 (5)	Sep 13	SEA		CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.307	.352	.659	5	.98	-0.077	.08	0.00%	-0.56	RF
53	109	147 (4)	Sep 18	SEA	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.242	.306	.348	.654	7	1.07	0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.17	RF
							26-27		146	132	19	32	6	1	2	12	12	0	28	0	2	0	4	3	2	0	.242	.306	.348	.654		.96	0.042	1.19	0.00%	-5.96

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