Mark Christman
[edit] Biography
Mark Christman (Marquette Joseph Christman) was born on October 21, 1913 in Maplewood, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1938 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .248 with 1 home run and 44 RBI. Christman played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Mark Christman's best season was 1944, when he knocked in 83 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 95
| 318
| 35
| 79
| 1
| 44
| .248
| .307
| .302
| 6
| 4
| 27
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 79
| 222
| 27
| 48
| 0
| 20
| .216
| .281
| .270
| 6
| 3
| 20
| 10
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 9
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .375
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1939
| TOT
| A
| 85
| 238
| 27
| 52
| 0
| 20
| .218
| .279
| .277
| 8
| 3
| 20
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 11
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 98
| 336
| 31
| 91
| 2
| 35
| .271
| .318
| .351
| 11
| 5
| 19
| 19
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 148
| 547
| 56
| 148
| 6
| 83
| .271
| .332
| .353
| 25
| 1
| 47
| 37
| 3
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 18
|
| 1945
| STL
| A
| 78
| 289
| 32
| 80
| 4
| 34
| .277
| .328
| .370
| 7
| 4
| 19
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 128
| 458
| 40
| 118
| 1
| 41
| .258
| .295
| .321
| 22
| 2
| 22
| 29
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 15
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 110
| 374
| 27
| 83
| 1
| 33
| .222
| .287
| .281
| 15
| 2
| 32
| 16
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 10
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 120
| 409
| 38
| 106
| 1
| 40
| .259
| .303
| .318
| 17
| 2
| 25
| 19
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 14
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 49
| 112
| 8
| 24
| 3
| 18
| .214
| .273
| .313
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 911
| 3081
| 294
| 781
| 19
| 348
| .253
| .306
| .324
| 113
| 23
| 219
| 179
| 16
| 37
| 17
| 0
| 84
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 140
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1938
| DET
| A
| SS
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 66
| 6
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| SS
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 209
| 15
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1939
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 74
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 35
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| SS
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 52
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1943
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 172
| 316
| 14
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1944
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1945
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 79
| 137
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 171
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1946
| STL
| A
| SS
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 77
| 137
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 203
| 291
| 11
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 207
| 259
| 15
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 41
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 236
| 17
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 368
| 0
| 0
| 739
| 1019
| 56
| 235
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 44
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 442
| 0
| 0
| 473
| 897
| 35
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson and Chet Laabs to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, Red Kress and Jim Walkup (May 13, 1939).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators (April 12, 1947).
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