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Larry Whisenton

Larry Whisenton

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 3, 1956 in St. Louis, MO
High School: St. Louis Central HS (St. Louis, MO)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1977
Team: Braves 1977-1982

Final Game: September 30, 1982
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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
1975	18	ATL-min	Rk	65	267	218	42	65	11	1	4	35	3	0	41	29	.298	.412	.413	.825		90		4	0	4			KPT · APPY
1976	19	ATL-min	A,AA,AAA	144	553	528	24	152	27	12	9	16	6	1	17	13	.288	.309	.436	.745		230	1	1	3	4	2		GRW,SAV,RMD · WCRS,SOUL,IL
1977	20	ATL-min	AA,AAA	131	534	448	72	124	17	5	4	47	37	12	77	86	.277	.380	.364	.744		163		1	2	6			SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1977	20	ATL	NL	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	29	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	ATL-min	AAA	135	559	473	73	114	22	7	10	55	14	12	79	98	.241	.348	.381	.729		180		1	2	4			RMD · IL
1978	21	ATL	NL	6	17	16	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.250	.485	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1979	22	ATL-min	AAA,AA	137	529	458	63	123	15	10	6	53	20	3	63	90	.269	.354	.384	.739		176		0	4	4			RMD,SAV · IL,SOUL
1979	22	ATL	NL	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	73	13	1	0	1	0	0	/79

1980	23	ATL-min	AAA	126	469	409	54	103	17	6	9	37	5	14	51	83	.252	.335	.389	.724		159		2	4	3			RMD · IL
1981	24	ATL-min	AAA	129	541	446	71	121	14	9	13	72	21	8	89	98	.271	.391	.430	.821		192		1	1	4	8		RMD · IL
1981	24	ATL	NL	9	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	82	1	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1982	25	ATL	NL	84	168	143	21	34	7	2	4	17	2	2	23	33	.238	.339	.399	.738	103	57	3	0	0	2	3	7/9
1983	26	ATL-min	AAA	93	356	282	59	69	8	7	8	41	14	5	69	55	.245	.393	.408	.801		115		2	0	3	4		RMD · IL
1984	27	ATL-min	AAA	98	351	293	48	78	12	0	8	42	13	4	55	56	.266	.380	.389	.769		114		0	1	2	4		RMD · IL
1985	28	ATL-min	AA,AAA	117	446	365	67	119	17	6	4	47	5	5	77	74	.326	.441	.438	.880		160		0	2	2	3		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
5 Yrs				116	237	205	27	48	10	3	4	21	3	2	29	42	.234	.326	.371	.697	90	76	4	0	1	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	331	286	38	67	14	4	6	29	4	3	41	59	.234	.326	.371	.697	90	106	6	0	1	3	4

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
1977	20	ATL	NL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1978	21	ATL	NL	6	17	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/9
1979	22	ATL	NL	13	41	-1	0	-0	5	-1	4	0.5	1	5	0.6	.535	.503	0.0	0.5	0	$	/79

1981	24	ATL	NL	9	7	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/79
1982	25	ATL	NL	84	168	-0	0	-0	-3	-2	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.494	.497	0.3	-0.4	3	$35,000	7/9
5 Seasons				116	237	-3	0	-0	1	-2	-4	-0.4	7	3	0.3	.496	.499	0.1	-0.0	2	$35,000

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
1977	20	ATL	NL	4	3	0	0.0	113	1.000	.250	.283	.250	.352	.250	.431	.500	.784	29	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1978	21	ATL	NL	17	13	1	2.1	104	.214	.188	.275	.235	.345	.250	.405	.485	.750	30	.215	-1.6	-0.2	.385	.125	.063
1979	22	ATL	NL	41	30	4	3.6	105	.265	.243	.277	.300	.344	.351	.411	.651	.755	73	.407	-1.6	-0.2	.586	.216	.108	.0

1981	24	ATL	NL	7	4	1	6.8	94	.250	.200	.266	.429	.332	.200	.381	.629	.713	82	.713	0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.000
1982	25	ATL	NL	168	116	20	4.7	98	.278	.238	.270	.339	.334	.399	.393	.738	.726	103	.545	1.0	0.1	.702	.322	.161	2.7
5 Yrs				237	166	26	4.2	100	.273	.234	.272	.326	.337	.371	.397	.697	.734	90	.497	-2.5	-0.3	.650	.283	.137	3.4
162 Game Avg.				331	232	36	4.2	100	.273	.234	.272	.326	.337	.371	.397	.697	.734	90	.497	-2.5	-0.3	.650	.283	.137	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	25	ATL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	20	ATL	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3		4.0		25%
1978	21	ATL	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	5.9%	5.9%	33%	2.00	8.0		8.0	0.38	82%
1979	22	ATL	NL	41	0.0%	7.3%	7.3%	7.3%	33%	1.00	12.3		37.0	1.60	83%

1981	24	ATL	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%	0%	0.50	5.0			2.00	57%
1982	25	ATL	NL	168	2.4%	19.6%	13.7%	7.7%	38%	1.43	4.3	35.8	8.4	0.71	64%
5 Yrs				237	1.7%	17.7%	12.2%	7.2%	35%	1.45	4.9	51.3	9.8	0.82	68%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.53	7.0	44.4	8.5	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
1977	20	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.93	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.94	0.0	0.93	4
1978	21	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	17	-0.0	0.2	-0.3	.85	-0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.86	-0.7	1.05	1
1979	22	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	43	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.74	-0.0	0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.86	-0.7		0

1981	24	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	7	0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.11	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.87	0.4	1.16	5
1982	25	ATL	NL	1.0	0.1	173	-0.4	3.2	-3.6	1.11	0.2	-0.6	1.9	0.2	0.94	2.2	1.47	45
5 Yrs				-2.5	-0.3	244	-0.2	4.3	-4.5	1.02	0.1	-0.4	2.1	0.2	0.92	1.3	1.39	55

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	20	ATL	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	21	ATL	NL	0	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	22	ATL	NL	1	0	25%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1981	24	ATL	NL	0	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	ATL	NL	1	0	32%	50	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	69%	8	4	4	2	1	1	6	0	6
5 Yrs				2	0	32%	79	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	55%	13	9	4	2	1	1	7	0	7

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
1977	20	ATL	NL	4	100%	1			4	1	0	1	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	21	ATL	NL	17	94%	3			1	0	0	0	1.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	22	ATL	NL	41	95%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	18	1	6%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1981	24	ATL	NL	7	86%	1			5	1	0	0	1.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1982	25	ATL	NL	168	95%	34			45	8	1	4	1.47	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	0	0	0		34	3	9%	14	5	36%	96	14	15%	12	6	50%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				237	95%	48			55	10	1	5	1.39	4	0	3	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	44	4	9%	19	7	37%	127	18	14%	12	6	50%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			36%			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	SH	SF	IBB
1977	20	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	29	1	0	0	0	0
1978	21	10	21	20	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.250	.488	30	5	0	0	0	0
1979	22	23	62	57	5	13	3	1	0	4	1	0	4	8	.228	.279	.316	.594	58	18	1	1	0	0
1980	23	23	62	57	5	13	3	1	0	4	1	0	4	8	.228	.279	.316	.594	58	18	1	1	0	0
1981	24	32	69	62	6	14	3	1	0	4	1	0	6	9	.226	.294	.306	.601	61	19	1	1	0	0
1982	25	116	237	205	27	48	10	3	4	21	3	2	29	42	.234	.326	.371	.697	90	76	4	1	2	3

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
1977	20	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1978	21	6	17	16	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	.188	.235	.250	.485	1	6
1979	22	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	4	13

1981	24	14	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	9
1982	25	84	168	143	21	34	7	2	4	17	2	23	33	.238	.339	.399	.738	20	84
5 Yrs		121	241	208	25	46	10	3	4	20	3	30	43	.221	.317	.356	.672	25	116
162 Game Avg.		162	323	278	33	62	13	4	5	27	4	40	58	.221	.317	.356	.672	33	116

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Youngest s c a p y 1977 NL born 1956-07-03 (7th)

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1977 NL born 1956-07-03 (7th)

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