Larry Christenson
Philadelphia Phillies 1973–1983
Percentile snapshot
1982 season — qualified pitchers
of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | -43.4 | -50.4 | .126 | -0.9 |
| 1974 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -130.7 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 29 | 68 | 57 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .283 | .421 | .704 | 89.2 | 91.5 | .325 | 2.4 |
| 1976 | 32 | 60 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .241 | .392 | .633 | 72.1 | 76.7 | .291 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 34 | 88 | 74 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .179 | .257 | .436 | 6.3 | 14.7 | .200 | 2.1 |
| 1978 | 33 | 78 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .127 | .134 | .261 | -38.5 | -26.6 | .131 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .290 | .333 | .548 | .882 | 137.7 | 134.8 | .393 | 0.7 |
| 1980 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .455 | .526 | .981 | 182.9 | 169.3 | .453 | 0.9 |
| 1981 | 20 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .125 | .100 | .225 | -55.5 | -36.1 | .112 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 33 | 81 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | .075 | .101 | .149 | .251 | -45.2 | -30.6 | .118 | 2.3 |
| 1983 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .118 | .176 | -72.8 | -51.8 | .078 | 0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 34.3 | 6.55 | 2.126 | 2.88 | 4.88 | 129.5 | 57.5 | -0.9 |
| 1974 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 23.0 | 4.30 | 1.522 | 7.04 | 4.11 | 109.2 | 87.4 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 149 | 70 | 45 | 88 | 12 | 171.7 | 3.67 | 1.130 | 4.61 | 3.30 | 88.5 | 101.8 | 2.4 |
| 1976 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 69 | 42 | 54 | 8 | 168.7 | 3.68 | 1.429 | 2.88 | 3.39 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 1.9 |
| 1977 | 34 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 229 | 99 | 69 | 118 | 21 | 219.3 | 4.06 | 1.359 | 4.84 | 3.94 | 98.7 | 98.3 | 2.1 |
| 1978 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 209 | 82 | 47 | 131 | 16 | 228.0 | 3.24 | 1.123 | 5.17 | 3.02 | 84.4 | 110.4 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 53 | 30 | 53 | 9 | 106.0 | 4.50 | 1.396 | 4.50 | 3.70 | 97.0 | 84.8 | 0.7 |
| 1980 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 33 | 27 | 49 | 4 | 73.7 | 4.03 | 1.208 | 5.99 | 3.34 | 89.4 | 92.7 | 0.9 |
| 1981 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 42 | 30 | 70 | 8 | 106.7 | 3.54 | 1.294 | 5.91 | 3.20 | 89.6 | 101.0 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 86 | 53 | 145 | 15 | 223.0 | 3.47 | 1.188 | 5.85 | 3.08 | 84.8 | 104.5 | 2.3 |
| 1983 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 21 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 48.3 | 3.91 | 1.221 | 8.19 | 2.51 | 69.8 | 91.8 | 0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-06-24 | PHI @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1976-09-05 | PHI @ NYM Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1978-04-08 | STL @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1979-06-09 | ATL @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1977-09-27 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-06-11 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1979-08-07 | WSH @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982-09-28 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 1982-06-26 | NYM @ PHI Gameday | 7.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978-08-04 | PHI @ PIT Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.