Brian Asselstine

Brian Hanly Asselstine

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 23, 1953 in Santa Barbara, CA
School: Allan Hancock College (Santa Maria, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Team: Braves 1976-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1973	19	ATL-min	AA,A	17	49	49		7	1	0	1						.143	.143	.224	.367		11							SAV,GRW · SOUL,WCRS
1974	20	ATL-min	AA	126	556	508	82	133	11	4	6	35	24	16	39	62	.262	.319	.335	.654		170		4	5	0			SAV · SOUL
1975	21	ATL-min	AAA	122	503	444	66	126	21	2	1	22	25	16	51	53	.284	.361	.347	.708		154		3	4	1			RMD · IL
1976	22	ATL-min	AAA	122	518	458	73	134	23	5	5	58	11	6	52	40	.293	.366	.397	.763		182		2	4	2			RMD · IL
1976	22	ATL	NL	11	36	33	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.212	.229	.303	.532	47	10	0	0	1	1	0	/89
1977	23	ATL-min	AAA	27	109	98	15	27	2	2	2	13	1	3	10	10	.276	.343	.398	.741		39		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1977	23	ATL	NL	83	134	124	12	26	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	.210	.263	.355	.618	57	44	2	0	1	0	1	89/7
1978	24	ATL	NL	39	122	103	11	28	3	3	2	13	2	1	11	16	.272	.339	.417	.756	101	43	1	2	1	5	1	98
1979	25	ATL-min	AAA	21	74	63	3	17	5	0	0	4	0	2	10	8	.270	.370	.349	.719		22		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1979	25	ATL	NL	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1	1	0	0	0	1	/7
1980	26	ATL	NL	87	235	218	18	62	13	1	3	25	1	3	11	37	.284	.318	.394	.712	96	86	9	1	2	3	3	87/9
1981	27	ATL	NL	56	91	86	8	22	5	0	2	10	1	0	5	7	.256	.297	.384	.680	90	33	4	0	0	0	0	9/7
1983	29	SFG-min	AAA	116	446	399	57	125	31	1	6	60	4	3	41	46	.313	.381	.441	.822		176		4	0	2	3		PHX · PCL
6 Yrs				284	629	574	52	146	27	4	12	68	5	4	38	74	.254	.300	.378	.678	82	217	17	3	5	9	6
162 Game Avg.				162	359	327	30	83	15	2	7	39	3	2	22	42	.254	.300	.378	.678	82	124	10	2	3	5	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1976	22	ATL	NL	11	36	-3	0	0	-0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.472	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/89
1977	23	ATL	NL	83	134	-9	1	0	2	-1	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.491	.495	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	89/7
1978	24	ATL	NL	39	122	0	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.3	-0.2	3	$	98
1979	25	ATL	NL	8	11	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/7
1980	26	ATL	NL	87	235	1	-3	-1	-8	-2	-12	-1.3	7	-4	-0.6	.485	.492	0.3	-1.0	3	$	87/9
1981	27	ATL	NL	56	91	-1	-1	-0	-2	-1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.489	.496	0.0	-0.3	-0	$92,500	9/7
6 Seasons				284	629	-13	-2	-1	-9	-5	-30	-3.3	19	-11	-1.4	.488	.497	-0.4	-1.5	-2	$92,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1976	22	ATL	NL	36	28	3	2.9	97	.194	.212	.270	.229	.337	.303	.384	.532	.721	47	.346	-2.5	-0.3	.423	.121	.091	.0
1977	23	ATL	NL	134	101	12	3.2	113	.200	.210	.283	.263	.352	.355	.431	.618	.784	57	.338	-8.5	-0.8	.540	.226	.145	1.6
1978	24	ATL	NL	122	83	16	5.2	104	.289	.272	.275	.339	.345	.417	.405	.756	.750	101	.595	0.4	0.0	.740	.262	.146	2.0
1979	25	ATL	NL	11	10	0	0.0	105	.125	.100	.277	.182	.344	.100	.411	.282	.755	-23	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.200	.100	.000
1980	26	ATL	NL	235	173	24	3.8	98	.326	.284	.270	.318	.333	.394	.392	.712	.725	96	.444	-1.4	-0.1	.571	.151	.110	1.5
1981	27	ATL	NL	91	68	9	3.6	94	.260	.256	.266	.297	.332	.384	.381	.680	.713	90	.437	-1.4	-0.2	.574	.198	.128	1.3
6 Yrs				629	463	64	3.7	102	.270	.254	.273	.300	.340	.378	.401	.678	.741	82	.436	-15.2	-1.5	.577	.192	.124	7.1
162 Game Avg.				359	264	37	3.7	102	.270	.254	.273	.300	.340	.378	.401	.678	.741	82	.436	-15.2	-1.5	.577	.192	.124	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	22	ATL	NL	36	2.8%	5.6%	2.8%	2.8%	14%	2.00	16.5	33.0	11.0	1.00	86%
1977	23	ATL	NL	134	3.0%	7.5%	6.7%	7.5%	39%	1.11	12.4	31.0	7.3	0.94	82%
1978	24	ATL	NL	122	1.6%	13.1%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.45	6.4	51.5	7.9	0.81	74%
1979	25	ATL	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.0			0.75	73%
1980	26	ATL	NL	235	1.3%	15.7%	4.7%	7.2%	27%	3.36	5.9	72.7	8.7	1.23	77%
1981	27	ATL	NL	91	2.2%	7.7%	5.5%	7.7%	32%	1.40	12.3	43.0	8.6	1.81	85%
6 Yrs				629	1.9%	11.8%	6.0%	6.8%	30%	1.95	7.8	47.8	8.4	1.11	79%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.7%	8.4%	6.4%	28%	1.51	7.0	46.6	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	22	ATL	NL	-2.5	-0.3	36	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.15	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.93	-2.8	1.29	2
1977	23	ATL	NL	-8.5	-0.8	136	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	1.14	-0.2	-0.3	-2.9	-0.3	0.95	-3.0	1.61	47
1978	24	ATL	NL	0.4	0.0	128	-0.0	2.5	-2.6	1.22	0.2	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.97	1.2	1.78	7
1979	25	ATL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	11	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.04	-0.1	0.2	0.8	0.1	1.10	-0.8	0.73	6
1980	26	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	239	0.8	5.2	-4.5	1.16	0.3	0.4	2.7	0.3	1.00	1.2	1.73	22
1981	27	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	92	0.1	1.9	-1.8	1.03	-0.1	0.2	-2.0	-0.2	0.93	-1.5	1.32	36
6 Yrs				-15.1	-1.5	642	0.0	12.6	-12.6	1.15	-0.2	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.97	-5.8	1.51	120

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	22	ATL	NL	0	14%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	23	ATL	NL	0	26%	35	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	3	50%	5	3	2	1	1	0	4	1	3
1978	24	ATL	NL	2	23%	49	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	3	5	50%	5	2	3	4	0	4	5	4	0
1979	25	ATL	NL	1	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980	26	ATL	NL	7	21%	84	1	3	25%	1	3	1	1	5	2	44%	13	8	4	4	2	1	8	2	6
1981	27	ATL	NL	1	24%	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	0	20%	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0
6 Yrs				11	23%	210	5	4	56%	5	4	1	1	12	10	43%	28	17	10	10	4	5	20	8	10

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1976	22	ATL	NL	36	89%	7			2	0	0	0	1.29	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	7	2	29%	19	2	11%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1977	23	ATL	NL	134	99%	26			47	10	1	4	1.61	4	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	26	2	8%	20	9	45%	80	13	16%	7	3	43%	10	6	60%	0
1978	24	ATL	NL	122	84%	28			7	1	0	0	1.78	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	22	1	5%	16	7	44%	81	13	16%	17	8	47%	6	2	33%	0
1979	25	ATL	NL	11	91%	1			6	0	0	0	0.73	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	7	3	43%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1980	26	ATL	NL	235	86%	62			22	3	0	1	1.73	3	0	7	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	60	9	15%	29	7	24%	155	22	14%	13	8	62%	10	3	30%	0
1981	27	ATL	NL	91	97%	22			36	9	1	5	1.32	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		13	4	31%	8	1	13%	50	8	16%	4	3	75%	3	2	67%	0
6 Yrs				629	90%	146			120	23	2	10	1.51	12	0	19	11	1	7	5	0	5	5	100%	131	17	13%	81	26	32%	392	61	16%	44	23	52%	31	13	42%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	22	11	36	33	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.212	.229	.303	.532	47	10	0	0	1	1	0
1977	23	94	170	157	14	33	6	0	5	20	1	0	10	12	.210	.256	.344	.600	55	54	2	0	2	1	1
1978	24	133	292	260	25	61	9	3	7	33	3	1	21	28	.235	.291	.373	.664	74	97	3	2	3	6	2
1979	25	141	303	270	26	62	9	3	7	33	3	1	22	30	.230	.287	.363	.650	70	98	4	2	3	6	3
1980	26	228	538	488	44	124	22	4	10	58	4	4	33	67	.254	.300	.377	.677	81	184	13	3	5	9	6
1981	27	284	629	574	52	146	27	4	12	68	5	4	38	74	.254	.300	.378	.678	82	217	17	3	5	9	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	22	11	35	32	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	.188	.206	.281	.487	2	11
1977	23	83	131	122	10	24	6	0	4	15	1	8	10	.197	.246	.344	.590	10	83
1978	24	39	122	103	11	28	3	3	2	13	2	11	16	.272	.339	.417	.756	15	39
1979	25	8	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	8
1980	26	87	237	220	19	64	13	1	3	26	1	11	37	.291	.323	.400	.723	29	87
1981	27	85	141	133	14	36	8	0	3	17	2	8	11	.271	.312	.398	.711	17	56
6 Yrs		313	677	620	56	158	30	4	13	74	6	40	78	.255	.299	.379	.678	73	284
162 Game Avg.		162	350	321	29	82	16	2	7	38	3	21	40	.255	.299	.379	.678	38	284

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