Comments on: 100 Greatest Phillies: 53 – Larry Christenson

By: David

David — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:45:19 +0000

One of my great memories as a Phillies fan was attending this game at Shea Stadium. Christensen gave up 1 run in 8.1 innings and hit two home runs to stop an 8 game Phillies losing streak. Pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning. One of the greatest individual performances I have ever seen.

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Batting AB R H RBI
Dave Cash 2B 4 0 1 0
Garry Maddox CF 4 1 1 0
Mike Schmidt 3B 4 0 0 0
Greg Luzinski LF 3 0 1 1
Jerry Martin LF 0 0 0 0
Dick Allen 1B 4 0 0 0
Tom Hutton 1B 0 0 0 0
Ollie Brown RF 3 0 1 0
Bob Boone C 3 0 0 0 0
Larry Bowa SS 3 0 0 0
Larry Christenson P 3 2 2 2 0 2·HR
Ron Reed P 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 31 3 6 3 1 4 .194 .599 0.041 0.85 0.485 -0.446 -0.8 27 13

HR: L Christenson 2 (2, 2 off M Lolich; 3rd inn, 0 on, 1 out; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs).
SF: G Luzinski (9, off M Lolich).
TB: L Christenson 8; G Luzinski; G Maddox; O Brown; D Cash.
RBI: L Christenson 2 (8); G Luzinski (84).
Team LOB: 3.
With RISP: 0 for 2.
Fielding
DP: 2. O Brown-D Allen; L Bowa-D Cash-T Hutton.
E: L Bowa (13).
Outfield Assists: O Brown (M Phillips at 1st base); O Brown (B Harrelson at 3rd base).
Baserunning
CS: D Cash (10, 2nd base by R Baldwin/J Stearns).
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Batting AB R H RBI
Bruce Boisclair CF 4 0 2 0
Mike Phillips 2B 4 1 2 0
Billy Baldwin LF 4 0 1 0
Dave Kingman RF 4 0 1 0
Ed Kranepool 1B 4 0 0 1
Pepe Mangual PR 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Staiger 3B 4 0 0 0 0
John Stearns C 3 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson SS 3 0 2 0
Mickey Lolich P 1 0 0 0 0
Rick Baldwin P 0 0 0 0
Joe Torre PH 1 0 0 0
Bob Apodaca P 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 32 1 8 1 0 1 .250 .594 -0.459 1.36 0.418 -0.877 -2.8 27 12

2B: B Harrelson (11, off L Christenson).
3B: B Boisclair (2, off L Christenson).
SH: M Lolich (11, off L Christenson).
TB: B Boisclair 4; B Harrelson 3; M Phillips 2; D Kingman; B Baldwin.
GIDP: R Staiger (7).
RBI: E Kranepool (39).
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 1 for 7.
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Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Larry Christenson, W (11-8) 8.1 8 1 1 0 1 0 3.79 32 64 0.284 1.27 1.9
Ron Reed, S (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45 1 2 0 0.175 4.42 0.8
Team Totals 9 8 1 1 0 1 0 1.00 33 64 2 0 0.459 0.85 2.7

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By: Shawn Davis Britt

Shawn Davis Britt — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:19:04 +0000

I have known Larry C (Big Bird) and his family since since we were about 13 yrs old. Larry had the kind of life that a lot of other kids would have gone sideways, but not Larry . When it came to football, basketball (were he also could of gone pro) and baseball he was all heart. In highschool he was always a team leader, though I know there were times when he would have loved to kick back and just play the game he loved without having to carry the load, not Larry he was the whole package he just did it and never whinned. Most all of the time kept his cool. As a junior in HS, I can remember driving him home from the Dr. during daliy doubles spring training ,holding a ice pack on his elbow toease the swelling and pain from the cortisone jammed in his sixteen year old body , that wasn’t even fully developed. You have to remember the days when all that crap was done to some many kids because of over bearing adults (not his mom etheir, never). He was grace underfire, always had enough time to play with my annoying little brother and sisters.Took time for any little boy that wanted their card or whatever signed.Just imagine if he was coming up now what a future he would have had. Not to lessen the one he did. Don’t forget the other injury he had while raising money for charity. He was in pain 24/7 yet never got hooked on drugs or cheated like so many others of his time and nowadays. If you do not know him don’t judge the man. Also at one time Larry had the fastest fast ball in the world as said in Ripleys. SO BACK OFF. Larry this is your own press you can believe.

By: Michale Galvano

Michale Galvano — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:44:00 +0000

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By: Christine C.

Christine C. — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:19:30 +0000

i love Larry!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:25:28 +0000

LARRY CHRISTENSON!! hahahaha I have met you over 1 thousand times…. (maybe not that many) but I didn’t know you played for the phillies??? well anyway see you in a couple weeks at Jay’s.. bye

By: Eric Abrams

Eric Abrams — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:24:13 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding. As a kid I hated Larry Christenson because whenever he was pitching a big game he always choked. In 1980 he almost lost the Series with his one inning of incompetence. Hell, his best year when he won 19 games he had an era over 4 and was the league leader in run support. Put simply, in 1977 you could’ve put a pitching machine on the mound during Larry’s starts and had pretty much the same results. The guy was a scrub, not one of the 100 best Phillies of all time. I’d take Shane Rawley over him any time.

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:03:11 +0000

Yeah, bigmyc and if Marge Schott did a little less buying BS for her dog and spend some money on talent for the Reds Pete Rose would have won, a few championships as a manager, so forget about Pete’s faults off the field of play.

By: bigmyc

bigmyc — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:55:26 +0000

What tha?….Christenson’s crime according to you was being slotted ahead of Charlie Parlay and after eleven years of hard service you call him a butt munch?…..you must be one classy grab for some lucky has been cheerleader whose best assets have long since gone to her cankles.

I attack because I’ve always liked the guy and actually met him at a tavern while he was on a business trip four years ago. He’s a real down to earth guy and even slid his WS ring off and let me hold it when he found out I was a Phillies phan….Rose was fantastic, but Larry deserves #53. Maybe Charlie Gristle shoulda spent more time managing and less time betting.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:26:25 +0000

loved him from the beginning…had high, high hopes coming off his first start as a rookie…was invisioning a Carlton-Christensen ace-ace…he completed his first major league game…oh, the possibilities if they hit for him…and he avoided injuries

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:04:05 +0000

Excellent choice Tim! I had been waiting for him since #60!

By: christopher

christopher — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:17:01 +0000

#53 for christenson is a very fitting ranking.

By: Rob Cowie

Rob Cowie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:47:31 +0000

At that person game vs mtl

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:28:31 +0000

should note that he was one of six PHILLIE pitchers

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:24:03 +0000

one of just six pitchers to hit 2 home runs in one game along with the likes of robert person and rick wise (who did it twice, and i suspect should make this list unless he was already on it)

By: IRONPIGPEN

IRONPIGPEN — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:18:00 +0000

I miss those uniforms