#21 Larry Christenson, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Houston Astros

#21 Larry Christenson, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Houston Astros
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Larry Christenson

11/10/1953
32

6"4
235

Starting Pitcher
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R

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GREAT
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2.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 3,250,000
1986
11 Year(s), 88 Days (1980 total Days)
42 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 104 Days (2168 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	5	7	9	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	5	7	8
Versus RHB	5	7	9
Talent	6	8	8

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
Groundball Pct. :
Holding Runners :

8
57
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	1
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	1
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	1
Talent	2	4	6	4	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
1
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/6	@PHL	L 5-6	*	5	9	6	4	0	3	L
4/11	LA	L 4-14	*	3.2	6	7	6	1	1	L
4/16	@STL	L 4-5	*	6	6	4	4	1	3
4/22	PIT	W 8-6		1	2	1	1	0	0	W
4/24	PIT	L 1-8		1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4/28	MON	L 6-9		2.2	4	3	3	2	0
5/4	Cin	L 3-7		2	2	0	0	1	2
5/8	@SF	L 2-3		1	1	0	0	0	0
5/10	@SF	W 10-4		0.1	1	0	0	0	1	W

Pitching Stats 1986

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	9	3	2	2	0	6.94	23.1	31	21	18	5	10	0	.0	0	0	.0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	1	0	1.$	6	1	13.9	12.0	3.9	1.9	1	1	100.0	0	0	.0	6.44

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	47	20	6	0	5	12	12	1	5	0	0	0	.426	.429	.872	1.301
vs. RHB	51	11	3	1	1	8	9	4	5	0	0	0	.216	.273	.373	.645

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	5	1	1	1	0	8.18	11.0	14	11	10	4	3
Road	4	2	1	1	0	5.84	12.1	17	10	8	1	7
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.1	2	0	0	0	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	3	1	2	0	8.10	20.0	27	21	18	4	7
May	3	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.1	4	0	0	1	3

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1973	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	ATL
1975	31	0	9	14	0	3.19	174.2	154	0	62	56	67	0	0	1.20	CIN
1976	37	0	12	13	0	3.65	214.1	197	0	87	64	88	0	0	1.22	CIN CLE
1977	39	0	12	10	0	3.19	245.2	206	0	87	50	87	0	0	1.04	CLE
1978	54	0	3	8	3	4.36	109.1	114	0	53	35	43	0	0	1.36	CLE NY
1979	25	0	8	6	0	2.98	133.0	111	0	44	25	53	0	0	1.02	NYY
1980	28	0	9	8	0	3.06	153.0	147	0	52	43	40	1	1	1.24	NYY
1981	25	25	12	6	0	3.32	154.2	171	67	57	34	51	1	0	1.33	NYY
1982	32	32	4	15	0	4.24	182.1	198	105	86	61	72	0	0	1.42	NYY
1983	41	22	6	11	1	4.30	140.1	161	77	67	46	57	0	0	1.48	NYY HOU
1984	41	29	13	10	0	3.43	188.2	185	88	72	50	87	1	0	1.25	HOU
1985	37	33	12	15	0	4.72	204.0	253	128	107	52	86	2	0	1.50	HOU
1986	9	3	2	2	0	6.94	23.1	31	21	18	5	10	0	0	1.54	HOU
Total	400	144	102	118	4	3.70	1924.1	1928	486	792	521	741	5	1	1.27

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

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ERA

SHO

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1983	4	0	0	2	0	5.06	5.1	4	3	3	0	4	0	0
1984	1	1	1	0	0	0.00	8.0	4	1	0	2	2	0	0
Total	5	1	1	2	0	2.03	13.1	8	4	3	2	6	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1973	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL
1975	31	58	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	16	0	0	.103	.103	.138	.241	CIN
1976	37	64	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	0	0	.031	.046	.031	.077	CIN CLE
1977	39	83	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	33	0	0	.036	.036	.060	.096	CLE
1978	54	19	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	0	0	.105	.105	.211	.316	CLE NY
1979	25	38	3	1	0	1	2	4	1	14	0	0	.079	.103	.184	.287	NYY
1980	28	51	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	20	0	0	.059	.059	.078	.137	NYY
1981	25	53	6	1	0	0	3	4	1	24	0	0	.113	.130	.132	.262	NYY
1982	32	51	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	21	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	NYY
1983	41	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	0	0	.065	.094	.097	.191	NYY HOU
1984	41	58	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	34	0	0	.052	.098	.052	.150	HOU
1985	37	66	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	32	0	0	.045	.074	.061	.134	HOU
1986	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	HOU
Total	400	578	37	11	0	1	19	18	13	233	0	0	.064	.085	.088	.173

Fielding Stats 1986

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

23.1

3.09

Player History

Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 7/10/1978... Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1979, off Eric Rasmussen (MIL)... Injured on 7/30/1979 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Injured
on 4/9/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 5/13/1980 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 7/11/1981 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks... Trad
ed from New York (A) to Houston on 6/10/1983 (Going to NYY: 1B G. Brock, P S. Garrelts. Going to HOU: P L. Christenson)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses
1982 - 15 - 7th

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