John
Christensen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 5, 1960 in Usa, CA, DOWNEY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1985 24 PIT NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1986 25 PIT NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5
1987 26 PIT NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1988 27 PIT NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1989 28 PHN NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
1990 29 PHN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 23 A   135 480 47 136 25 8 12 65 6 3 89 68 .283 .395 .444 .839 86.5  
1985 24 AA   79 281 33 75 21 1 7 50 3 0 34 42 .267 .346 .423 .770 41.6  
    A   57 202 33 52 9 2 8 23 5 1 43 25 .257 .388 .441 .828 37.4  
1986 25 AA   135 496 67 118 38 2 14 72 5 3 66 75 .238 .327 .407 .735 67.7  
1987 26 AA   137 513 82 155 51 1 16 74 4 7 92 84 .302 .408 .499 .907 99.7  
1988 27 AA   134 482 82 110 36 7 16 70 5 4 84 93 .228 .343 .432 .774 74.2  
1989 28 AAA   33 122 12 29 6 0 2 16 1 1 13 19 .238 .311 .336 .647 13.1  
    AA   100 349 63 92 19 3 12 45 6 4 82 59 .264 .404 .438 .842 66.1  
1990 29 PHN NL 25 72 9 17 6 0 1 10 2 1 3 21 .236 .263 .361 .624 6.7 0.6
    AAA   104 399 54 107 35 1 17 65 5 3 60 76 .268 .364 .489 .853 70.0  
1 Years Sim 25 72 9 17 6 0 1 10 2 1 3 21 .236 .263 .361 .624 6.7 0.6
2 Years AAA 137 521 66 136 41 1 19 81 6 4 73 95 .261 .352 .453 .805 83.1  
5 Years AA 585 2121 327 550 165 14 65 311 23 18 358 353 .259 .366 .442 .809 349.2  
2 Years A 192 682 80 188 34 10 20 88 11 4 132 93 .276 .394 .443 .836 123.8  
9 Years Minors 914 3324 473 874 240 25 104 480 40 26 563 541 .263 .370 .444 .814 556.2  
162 Game Average 466 58 110 38 0 6 64 12 6 19 136 .236 .263 .361 .624 43.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .111 .150 .167 .317 0.0
vs LH   54 6 15 5 0 1 6 2 1 2 14 .278 .304 .426 .729 6.5
Home 11 34 4 10 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 8 .294 .314 .382 .697 3.6
Away 14 38 5 7 3 0 1 4 1 0 2 13 .184 .220 .342 .562 3.0
RISP   22 0 7 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 4 .318 .333 .500 .833 3.3
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
August 11 34 2 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .235 .235 .353 .588 2.4
Sep/Oct 14 38 7 9 2 0 1 6 2 1 3 15 .237 .286 .368 .654 4.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1990 29 PHN NL LF 22 20 163.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.3
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  LF 22 20 163.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.3
  RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   26 20 170.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.3
Career Highs   26 20 170.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.91    
History
Drafted in 4th round, 77th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1984
Injured on 7/16/1988 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Traded from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on 7/31/1989 (Going to PHN: CF Kirk Gibson, LF Bo Jackson, RF John Christensen. Going to PIT: 1B Carmen Castillo, 2B Bill Lyons, LF Jim Tracy)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/4/1990, off Randy Johnson (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1990, off Mark Langston (LAD)