Cuckoo Christensen

{{Short description|American baseball player (1899–1984)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Cuckoo Christensen

|position=Outfielder

|image=1930 Zeenut Cuckoo Christensen.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1899|10|4|mf=y}}

|birth_place=San Francisco, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|12|20|1899|10|4}}

|death_place=Menlo Park, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 13

|debutyear={{By|1926}}

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 4

|finalyear={{By|1927}}

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.315

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=57

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds (1926–27)

}}

Walter Niels "Cuckoo" Christensen (October 24, 1899 – December 20, 1984) was an American baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds ({{By|1926}}-{{By|1927}}).

Christensen led the National League in on-base percentage (.426) in 1926. In two seasons, he played in 171 games and had 514 at bats, 66 runs, 162 hits, 21 doubles, 7 triples, 57 RBIs, 12 stolen bases, 60 walks, a .315 batting average, .392 on-base percentage, .383 slugging percentage, 197 total bases and 16 sacrifice hits. Defensively, he posted a .970 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions.

Christensen played with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association between 1930 and 1933, hitting .362, .325, .325 and .307.{{cite book|last=Hamann|first=Rex|title=The American Association Milwaukee Brewers|year=2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=United States|isbn=0738532754|pages=126}}

He died in Menlo Park, California, at the age of 85.