Larry Christenson

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Full Name: Larry Richard Christenson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215	First Game: April 13, 1973
Birthdate: November 10, 1953	Final Game: June 3, 1983
Birthplace: Everett, Washington	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 10, 1953 in Everett, Washington, Larry Christenson (Larry Richard Christenson) played for the Philadelphia Phillies for his entire 11 year career. Christenson broke into the bigs on April 13, 1973 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.67 ERA in 171.2 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Larry Christenson's best season was 1977, when he posted a 4.06 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 118 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1973	PHI	N	10	9	1	4	6.55	11	25	25	1	0	0	34.1	53	3	20	1	1	1
1974	PHI	N	10	1	1	1	4.30	18	11	11	0	0	2	23	20	2	15	3	1	0
1975	PHI	N	29	26	11	6	3.67	88	73	70	5	2	1	171.2	149	12	45	2	3	1
1976	PHI	N	32	29	13	8	3.68	54	77	69	2	0	0	168.2	199	8	42	4	4	1
1977	PHI	N	34	34	19	6	4.06	118	113	99	5	1	0	219.1	229	21	69	1	7	7
1978	PHI	N	33	33	13	14	3.24	131	90	82	9	3	0	228	209	16	47	7	6	1
1979	PHI	N	19	17	5	10	4.50	53	56	53	2	0	0	106	118	9	30	3	2	2
1980	PHI	N	14	14	5	1	4.03	49	35	33	0	0	0	73.2	62	4	27	4	2	3
1981	PHI	N	20	15	4	7	3.54	70	48	42	0	0	1	106.2	108	8	30	3	3	1
1982	PHI	N	33	33	9	10	3.47	145	95	86	3	0	0	223	212	15	53	5	3	3
1983	PHI	N	9	9	2	4	3.91	44	25	21	0	0	0	48.1	42	2	17	1	2	1
Total			243	220	83	71	3.79	781	648	591	27	6	4	1402.2	1401	100	395	34	34	21

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1973	PHI	N	P	10	9	34.1	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.000
1974	PHI	N	P	10	1	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1975	PHI	N	P	29	26	171.2	14	12	2	1	0	0	5	7	2	.929
1976	PHI	N	P	32	29	168.2	9	14	3	1	0	0	12	3	1	.885
1977	PHI	N	P	34	34	219.1	14	28	8	1	0	0	14	8	1	.840
1978	PHI	N	P	33	33	228	8	37	3	1	0	1	14	4	6	.938
1979	PHI	N	P	19	17	106	4	15	0	0	0	0	5	9	3	1.000
1980	PHI	N	P	14	14	73.2	5	16	3	0	0	0	6	2	4	.875
1981	PHI	N	P	20	15	106.2	8	13	2	0	0	0	14	7	2	.913
1982	PHI	N	P	33	33	223	16	26	2	2	0	1	19	14	2	.955
1983	PHI	N	P	9	9	48.1	4	9	1	0	0	1	11	3	0	.929
Total			P	243	220	1402.2	85	177	24	6	0	4	103	58	22	.916

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1973	PHI	N	10	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
1974	PHI	N	10	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1975	PHI	N	29	57	3	14	2	6	.246	.283	.421	2	1	3	27	0	8	0	0	0
1976	PHI	N	32	51	5	10	2	9	.196	.241	.392	4	0	3	28	0	6	0	0	0
1977	PHI	N	34	74	4	10	3	13	.135	.179	.257	0	0	4	38	0	10	0	0	0
1978	PHI	N	33	67	3	5	1	4	.075	.127	.134	1	0	4	35	0	7	0	0	1
1979	PHI	N	19	31	4	9	1	1	.290	.333	.548	3	1	2	13	0	3	1	0	0
1980	PHI	N	14	19	6	7	1	4	.368	.455	.526	0	0	3	9	0	3	0	0	0
1981	PHI	N	20	30	2	3	0	1	.100	.125	.100	0	0	1	16	0	3	0	0	0
1982	PHI	N	33	67	4	5	1	7	.075	.101	.149	2	0	2	36	0	12	1	0	1
1983	PHI	N	9	17	0	1	0	1	.059	.059	.118	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
Total			243	427	31	64	11	46	.150	.195	.267	13	2	24	223	0	54	2	0	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972 - signed June 10, 1972).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 25, 1982).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (November 3, 1983).

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