John Christensen (baseball)

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John Christensen
Outfielder
Born: (1960-09-05) September 5, 1960 Downey, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1984 for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1988 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
Batting average	.224
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	33
Teams
New York Mets (1984-1985) Seattle Mariners (1987) Minnesota Twins (1988)

John Lawrence Christensen (born September 5, 1960) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1984 and 1988.

New York Mets

Christensen was originally drafted by the California Angels out of Troy High School in Fullerton, California in the 16th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft, but elected instead to attend California State University. The New York Mets then selected him in the second round of the 1981 Major League Baseball 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.

Seattle Mariners

Christensen batted .385 for Seattle's double A Southern League affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts in 1987. However, it did not translate to major league success for him as he batted only .242 in 53 games for the M's. He was again batting .300 in the minor leagues when the Mariners released him on May 23, 1988.

Minnesota Twins

On May 28, Christensen joined the Minnesota Twins. He split the remainder of the season between the Twins, where he batted .263 in 23 games, and their top farm club, the Portland Beavers. He was released at the end of the season, but re-signed to a minor league contract. He returned to Portland, where he batted .270 in 127 games in 1989, his final professional season.

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v t e Cal State Fullerton Titans 1979 College World Series Champions

1 Andre David 12 John Christensen 20 Tony Hudson (College World Series MOP) 29 Tim Wallach Head Coach 16 Augie Garrido

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

v t e 1981 College Baseball All-America Team selections

P Tony Arnold P Kendall Carter P Neal Heaton P Frank Viola C Tom Nieto 1B Phil Stephenson 2B Byron Horn 2B Jeff Ronk 3B Mike Sodders SS Dan Davidsmeier SS Bobby Meacham O Joe Carter O John Christensen O Mike Fuentes O Mark Gillaspie O Kevin Romine DH Phil Strom DH Franklin Stubbs

Persondata
Name	Christensen, John
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 5, 1960
Place of birth	Downey, California
Date of death
Place of death

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