John Christensen
[edit] Biography
John Christensen (John Lawrence Christensen) was born on September 15, 1960 in Downey, California. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1984 for the New York Mets. In 1987, his rookie year, he hit .242 with 2 home runs and 12 RBI. Christensen played for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1984
| NY
| N
| 5
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .273
| .308
| .455
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| 51
| 113
| 10
| 21
| 3
| 13
| .186
| .303
| .319
| 4
| 1
| 19
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| 53
| 132
| 19
| 32
| 2
| 12
| .242
| .306
| .348
| 6
| 1
| 12
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| 23
| 38
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .263
| .349
| .368
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 56
| 124
| 12
| 24
| 3
| 16
| .194
| .303
| .331
| 6
| 1
| 20
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 76
| 170
| 24
| 42
| 2
| 17
| .247
| .316
| .353
| 10
| 1
| 15
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 132
| 294
| 36
| 66
| 5
| 33
| .224
| .310
| .344
| 16
| 2
| 35
| 58
| 2
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1984
| NY
| N
| RF
| 2
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| NY
| N
| OF
| 5
| 2
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1984
| NY
| N
| LF
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| LF
| 6
| 3
| 31
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| OF
| 39
| 28
| 276.2
| 41
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| CF
| 2
| 0
| 7.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| NY
| N
| RF
| 31
| 25
| 238
| 39
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| RF
| 41
| 29
| 266
| 61
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| DH
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| OF
| 43
| 29
| 270
| 60
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| OF
| 17
| 10
| 84.1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| RF
| 17
| 10
| 84.1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| MIN
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 2
| 0
| 7.2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 104
| 69
| 655
| 122
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 91
| 65
| 598.1
| 120
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 11
| 4
| 49
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by California Angels in the 16th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1978).
- Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1981).
- Traded by New York Mets with Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner and LaSchelle Tarver to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tom McCarthy, Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer (November 13, 1985).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Seattle Mariners (September 25, 1986) completing trade in which Boston Red Sox traded Rey Quinones, cash and 3 players to be named later to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson (August 19, 1986); Seattle Mariners received Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo (August 22, 1986).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (May 23, 1988).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (May 28, 1988).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (December 21, 1988).
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