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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 (Age 21)
Team: Braves 1977-1982

Final Game: September 30, 1982 (Age 26)
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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
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 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 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
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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
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 1 -1 -0.2 .463 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 /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 0.1 -0.1 0 /79
1982 25 ATL NL 84 168 -0 0 -0 -3 -1 -4 -0.5 6 2 0.1 .494 .497 0.4 -0.4 4 $35,000 7/9
5 Seasons 116 237 -3 0 -0 1 -2 -3 -0.3 8 5 0.5 .497 .500 0.3 -0.0 3 $35,000

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 ATL NL 21 OF 4 3 3 33.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.34 1.25 .980 2.30 2.30
1978 ATL NL 21 RF 4 3 3 33.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.34 1.25 .976 2.14 2.10
1979 ATL NL 22 OF 13 10 8 90.0 31 28 3 0 0 1.000 5 68 3.10 2.38 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 ATL NL 22 LF 8 7 5 59.0 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 4 85 2.90 2.38 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 ATL NL 22 RF 5 3 3 31.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 35 3.77 2.60 .979 2.18 2.18
1981 ATL NL 24 OF 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -240 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.35
1981 ATL NL 24 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -1 -360 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.10
1981 ATL NL 24 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1982 ATL NL 25 OF 34 28 21 254.2 56 53 1 2 0 .964 -3 -14 1.91 1.59 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 ATL NL 25 LF 31 25 19 229.2 48 46 0 2 0 .958 -3 -18 1.80 1.48 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 ATL NL 25 RF 4 3 2 25.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 24 2.16 1.50 .978 2.02 2.02
4 Seasons OF 53 41 32 382.1 93 86 4 3 0 .968 1 4 2.12 1.70 .978 2.27 2.28
3 Seasons LF 40 32 24 290.2 68 63 2 3 0 .956 0 1 2.01 1.63 .972 2.07 2.06
4 Seasons RF 14 9 8 91.2 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 1 16 2.36 1.71 .978 2.12 2.11
5 Seasons TOT 53 41 32 382.1 93 86 4 3 0 .968 1 4 2.12 1.70 .978 2.27 2.28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

                                         

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198225Atlanta Braves$35,000TSN, 8/2/82
Career to date (may be incomplete)$35,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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