Ben Christensen
Profile Ben Christensen was a pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization, drafted in the 1st round of the 1999 MLB Draft* out of Wichita State. He was born in Waterloo** before moving to Kansas. Ben topped out at AA before being released by Chicago. * Iowa connections in 1999 Draft: Wes Obermueller (2nd UofI), Jason Cromer (11th Des Moines), Kevin Ciarrachi (17th UNI), Nathan Hilton (28th ISU), Orlando Roman (31st Indian Hills), Eric Langill (34th DMACC), Brian Mitchell (40th UofI),William Vazquez (44th Indian Hills), Manases Pabon (48th Indian Hills) ** Some other professional athletes from Waterloo: MLB: Rick Folkers, Jack Bruner NFL: Darren Sproles, Reggie Roby, MarTay Jenkins, David Barrett, Mike Haffner, J.J. Moses, Don Perkins Personal Notes Ok. It is impossible to talk about Ben without bringing up the incident in 1999. The short version, Ben struck an opposing player in the head with a warm-up pitc...