John Christensen (baseball)
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| John Christensen | |
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| Right Fielder | |
| Born: September 5, 1960 Downey, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 13, 1984, for the New York Mets | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 1988, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .224 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 33 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
John Lawrence Christensen (born September 5, 1960) is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1984 and 1988.
Christensen was originally drafted by the California Angels out of Troy High School in Fullerton, California in the 16th round of the 1978 MLB draft, but elected instead to attend California State University, Fullerton. The New York Mets then selected him in the second round of the 1981 MLB draft. After batting .313 at Triple-A Tidewater in 1984, he debuted with the Mets as a September call-up, batting .273 with three runs batted in and two runs scored with the big league club.
Two blockbuster trades
Christensen's numbers tailed off considerably in 1985; he batted only .212 with the Tidewater Tides, and .186 with the Mets. Following the season, the Mets traded Christensen to the Boston Red Sox along with Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner and La Schelle Tarver for Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer. After spending all of 1986 with the International League's Pawtucket Red Sox, he was sent as the player to be named later in the deal that netted Boston Dave Henderson and Spike Owen from the Seattle Mariners.