finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1971 left madison , wisconsin 1971 september 30 .270 0 3 shortstop california angels batting average home runs runs batted in july 17 22 february 1948 bruce christensen
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bruce christensen

bruce ray christensen -lrb- born february 22 , 1948 in madison , wisconsin -rrb- is a former major league baseball shortstop for the california angels .
he was drafted by the angels in the 17th round of the 1966 amateur draft .
in his only major league season , 1971 , he got into a total of 29 games , 24 at shortstop , and was in the starting lineup 15 times .
most of his starts came when all-star shortstop jim fregosi was on the disabled list .
christensen was called up to the angels after hitting .309 in 82 games for the salt lake city angels of the pacific coast league , and made his major league debut on july 17 .
he was an excellent defensive player and an adequate hitter at the major league level .
at short he made only one error in 81 chances for a fielding percentage of .988 , much higher than the league average .
he also participated in 13 double plays .
at the plate he was 17-for-63 -lrb- .270 -rrb- , and his six walks pushed his on-base percentage up to .333 .
not a power hitter , he had just one extra base hit -lrb- a double -rrb- , three runs batted in , and four runs scored .
christensen 's best game as a hitter came on july 28 , 1971 when he had three hits and a walk in a 5-1 victory over the cleveland indians at cleveland stadium .
he scored one run and drove in another .
christensen has three children -lrb- daniel , sadie , and nicholas -rrb- and currently lives in moroni , utah with his wife laura .
