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Vince Coleman League
4-14-2178
Rod Christenson First Base
Retired (1972, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .768 Status Deceased (2013) Option Years 0  
H 1652 Age at Death 78 Date of Birth 11-10-1935
HR 197 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1955)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(72 games)
RBI 814
SB 95
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity   Mentor vR C+
Speed Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF C+ (49.4%) Arm C- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF (36.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1963 1B DET 17 0 22.0 24 22 2 0 1 +1 9.82 1.000
1964 1B DET 138 134 1210.0 1344 1300 37 7 91 -1 9.94 .995
3B DET 1 1 9.0 6 0 5 1 0 0 5.00 .833
1965 1B DET 124 123 1075.0 1190 1146 40 4 109 +5 9.93 .997
C DET 8 8 74.2 57 53 3 1 0 0 10 2 16.7% 0 6.75 .982
LF DET 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1966 1B PIT 133 131 1149.0 1270 1229 40 1 82 +7 9.94 .999
C PIT 5 0 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 3.00 1.000
2B PIT 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1967 1B PIT 141 141 1190.1 1339 1292 45 2 78 +15 10.11 .999
C PIT 3 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 6.00 1.000
2B PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1968 1B PIT 134 132 1117.1 1176 1148 27 1 64 +15 9.46 .999
2B PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
3B PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS PIT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1969 1B PIT 129 129 1096.0 1192 1160 31 1 80 +16 9.78 .999
1970 1B PIT 33 21 225.0 266 259 7 0 13 +4 10.64 1.000
LF PIT 23 14 139.1 39 39 0 0 0 -3 2.52 1.000
C PIT 51 0 112.0 74 69 5 0 0 1 17 2 10.5% 0 5.95 1.000
1971 RF STL 22 22 177.0 41 41 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.000
1B STL 19 17 155.0 161 156 5 0 12 -1 9.35 1.000
LF STL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
CF STL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
C STL 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
1972 LF STL-CLE 9 9 80.0 24 24 0 0 0 -1 2.70 1.000
1B STL-CLE 14 7 76.0 93 90 3 0 5 +2 11.01 1.000
RF STL-CLE 7 7 65.0 12 12 0 0 0 +1 1.66 1.000
Pos Total 1B 882 835 7315.2 8055 7802 237 16 535 +63 9.89 .998
RF 29 29 242.0 53 53 0 0 0 +1 1.97 1.000
LF 34 25 237.1 66 66 0 0 0 -4 2.50 1.000
C 69 8 200.2 137 128 8 1 0 1 29 4 12.1% 0 6.10 .993
3B 2 1 10.0 6 0 5 1 0 0 4.50 .833
CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
2B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 1021 899 8019.2 8319 8051 250 18 535 1 29 4 12.1% +60 9.32 .998
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Rod Christenson has retired from the Cleveland Ballbusters
1972-08-20The Cleveland Ballbusters have promoted Max Murton to the major league team. The Cleveland Ballbusters have designated Rod Christenson for assignment.
1972-08-10The Cleveland Ballbusters have promoted Rod Christenson to the major league team. The Cleveland Ballbusters have sent John Berry to the minors.
1972-08-10The Cleveland Ballbusters have acquired Rod Christenson from the waiver wire.
1972-08-03The St. Louis River Cats have waived Rod Christenson.
1972-07-13The St. Louis River Cats have acquired Rod Christenson from the waiver wire.
1972-07-05The St. Louis River Cats have waived Rod Christenson.
1972-06-28The St. Louis River Cats have designated Rod Christenson for assignment.
1971-04-08The St. Louis River Cats have acquired Rod Christenson from the waiver wire.
1971-04-01The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have promoted Dale Conlan to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have promoted Jack Leary to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have designated Len Henderson for assignment. The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have designated Rod Christenson for assignment.
1969-09-27Rod Christenson of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1958-04-01The Detroit Motown Monkeys have promoted Frank Wallaesa to the major league team. The Detroit Motown Monkeys have promoted Rod Christenson to the major league team. The Detroit Motown Monkeys have designated Lucas McCain for assignment. The Detroit Motown Monkeys have designated Sandy Flanigan for assignment.
1957-09-08The Detroit Motown Monkeys have promoted Lucas McCain to the major league team. The Detroit Motown Monkeys have sent Rod Christenson to the minors.
1957-09-08The Detroit Motown Monkeys have promoted Rod Christenson to the major league team. The Detroit Motown Monkeys have sent Gene Caton to the minors.
1956-05-13A trade has been completed between the Detroit Motown Monkeys and the Cincinnati Red Hornets. The Cincinnati Red Hornets receive Draft Pick - 1957 Round 5 (DET), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 5 (DET), Draft Pick - 1957 Round 4 (DET), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 4 (DET), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 3 (DET), Draft Pick - 1958 Round 1 (DET) from the Detroit Motown Monkeys in exchange for Ed Keener, Rod Christenson.