Brian Asselstine
Brian Hanly Asselstine
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 23, 1953 in Santa Barbara, 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
Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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 91 33 4 0 0 0 0 9/7
6 Seasons 284 629 574 52 146 27 4 12 68 5 4 38 74 .254 .300 .378 .678 83 217 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 83 124 10 2 3 5 3

Advanced Batting

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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 .269 .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 .783 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 97 .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 93 .260 .256 .265 .297 .330 .384 .379 .680 .710 91 .437 -1.3 -0.1 .574 .198 .128 1.3
6 Seasons 629 463 64 3.7 102 .270 .254 .273 .300 .340 .378 .401 .678 .740 83 .436 -15.1 -1.5 .577 .192 .124 7.1
162 Game Avg. 359 264 37 3.7 102 .270 .254 .273 .300 .340 .378 .401 .678 .740 83 .436 -15.1 -1.5 .577 .192 .124 4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 629 1.9% 11.8% 6.0% 6.8% 30% 1.95 7.8 47.8 8.4 1.11 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 22 ATL NL 0 0 14% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 ATL NL 0 0 26% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 3
1978 24 ATL NL 2 0 23% 49 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 50% 5 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 0
1979 25 ATL NL 1 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 26 ATL NL 7 0 21% 84 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 44% 13 8 4 4 2 1 8 2 6
1981 27 ATL NL 1 0 24% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
6 Seasons 11 0 23% 210 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 10 43% 28 17 10 10 4 5 20 8 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.43 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 1.62 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 26 2 8% 20 9 45% 80 13 16% 7 3 43% 9 4 44% 0
1978 24 ATL NL 122 84% 28 7 1 0 0 1.82 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 16 7 44% 81 13 16% 17 8 47% 11 4 36% 0
1979 25 ATL NL 11 91% 1 6 0 0 0 0.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1980 26 ATL NL 235 86% 62 22 3 0 1 1.82 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 60 9 15% 29 7 24% 155 22 14% 13 8 62% 11 4 36% 0
1981 27 ATL NL 91 97% 22 36 9 1 5 1.38 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 4 31% 8 1 13% 50 8 16% 4 3 75% 5 3 60% 0
6 Seasons 629 90% 146 120 23 2 10 1.55 12 0 19 11 1 7 5 0 5 5 100% 131 17 13% 81 26 32% 392 61 16% 44 23 52% 40 15 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 83 217 17 3 5 9 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 22 11 36 34 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 .235 .250 .324 .574 3 11
1977 23 83 130 122 10 24 6 0 4 15 1 8 10 .197 .246 .344 .590 10 83
1978 24 39 122 104 11 29 3 3 2 13 2 11 16 .279 .344 .423 .767 16 39
1979 25 8 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 8
1980 26 87 231 216 19 60 13 1 3 27 1 11 37 .278 .312 .389 .701 26 87
1981 27 85 139 131 14 34 8 0 3 17 2 8 11 .260 .302 .389 .691 15 56
6 Seasons 313 669 617 56 155 30 4 13 76 6 40 78 .251 .296 .376 .672 70 284
162 Game Avg. 162 346 319 29 80 16 2 7 39 3 21 40 .251 .296 .376 .672 36 284

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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