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John Christensen
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 499 of 1252 players

John Lawrence Christensen
Born: September 5, 1960 at Downey, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 180

First Mets game: September 13, 1984
Last Mets game: October 6, 1985

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
35	September 13, 1984	April 26, 1985
7	April 27, 1985	October 6, 1985

35,+7

John Christensen also played for the following teams:

Seattle Mariners 1987; Minnesota Twins 1988

Selected by New York Mets organization in second round of free agent draft on June 8, 1981.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Boston Red Sox with Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner and La Schelle Tarver in exchange for Bob Ojeda, John Mitchell, Chris Bayer and Tom McCarthy on November 13, 1985.

Minor League Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1982 Shelby (A) 125 440 100 147 24 2 22 97 75 2 53 7 21 5 0 4 241 .334 .548 .435

1982 Lynchburg (A) 8 31 7 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 .323 .419 .364

1983 Jackson (AA) 109 405 76 135 26 2 12 72 48 3 53 6 12 6 0 6 201 .333 .496 .406

1983 Tidewater (AAA) 20 80 12 21 0 0 2 15 5 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 27 .263 .338 .302

1984 Tidewater (AAA) 129 421 57 133 12 0 15 71 58 2 70 2 2 5 1 8 190 .316 .451 .395

1985 Tidewater (AAA) 43 156 14 33 4 1 1 13 11 2 25 5 0 0 2 2 42 .212 .269 .282

John Christensen played for the following teams in the Mets organization:

Lynchburg Mets 1982; Shelby Mets 1982; Tidewater Tides 1983 - 1985; Jackson Mets 1983

Games played by position
1982: Lynchburg (A): Outfield 8; Shelby (A): Outfield 98
1983: Tidewater (AAA): Outfield 19; Jackson (AA): Outfield 59, First Base 36, Third Base 9
1984: Tidewater (AAA): Outfield 118, First Base 2
1985: Tidewater (AAA): Outfield 43

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