Clay Christiansen
Clay Christiansen | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | June 28, 1958|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 10, 1984, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 29, 1984, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 2–4 |
Earned run average | 6.05 |
Strikeouts | 27 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Clay C. Christiansen (born June 28, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the New York Yankees. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Christiansen played his first professional season with their Class-A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees in 1980, and his last with the Houston Astros' Triple-A Tucson Toros in 1988.
Christiansen graduated from Columbus Unified High School in Columbus, Kansas, in 1976. In addition to being an American Legion baseball standout, he was the quarterback of the football team, played basketball and participated in track and field. In his senior year he set a new school record for discus throwing.
After high school, Clay Christiansen attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, where he was a member of the Jayhawks baseball team prior to embarking on his professional career.
Life after baseball
[edit]Christiansen is married to local Kansas City sportscaster Karen Kornacki. He currently works for Pepsi in Olathe, Kansas as an install driver for the vending department.
References
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- 1958 births
- Living people
- New York Yankees players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Wichita, Kansas
- Nashville Sounds players
- Kansas Jayhawks baseball players
- Albany-Colonie Yankees players
- Columbus Clippers players
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- Oneonta Yankees players
- Portland Beavers players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Tucson Toros players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball pitcher, 1950s births stubs