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Larry Whisenton
Larry Whisenton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 17, 1977
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1982
Born July 3, 1956 in St. Louis, MO

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 20 ATL NL   4    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .250  .250  .250   29    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 21 ATL NL   6   16    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .188  .235  .250   30    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1979 22 ATL NL  13   37    3    9   2  1   0    1   1  0   3   3  .243  .300  .351   73   13   1   0   0   0   1
 1981 24 ATL NL   9    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .200  .429  .200   82    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 25 ATL NL  84  143   21   34   7  2   4   17   2  2  23  33  .238  .339  .399  103   57   0   2   3   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      116  205   27   48  10  3   4   21   3  2  29  42  .234  .326  .371   90   76   1   2   3   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        286   38   67  14  4   6   29   4  3  41  59  .234  .326  .371   90  106   1   3   4   0   6
 Career High     84  143   21   34   7  2   4   17   2  2  23  33                          57   1   2   3   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 20 ATL NL    4    3    0   0.0   113| .250  .283| .250  .352| .250  .431| .500  .784|  29  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1978 21 ATL NL   17   13    1   2.1   104| .188  .275| .235  .345| .250  .405| .485  .750|  30  .215  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1979 22 ATL NL   41   30    4   3.6   105| .243  .277| .300  .344| .351  .411| .651  .755|  73  .407  -1.6  -0.2 100%
 1981 24 ATL NL    7    4    1   6.8    93| .200  .265| .429  .330| .200  .379| .629  .710|  82  .713   0.0   0.0   0%
 1982 25 ATL NL  168  116   20   4.7    98| .238  .270| .339  .334| .399  .393| .738  .727| 103  .545   1.0   0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       237  166   26   4.2   100| .234  .272| .326  .337| .371  .397| .697  .734|  90  .497  -2.5  -0.3  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 21 ATL NL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.77 1.34 2.14 3 33.7 1979 22 ATL NL OF 13 28 3 0 0 1.000 .978 2.38 2.00 3.10 2.33 10 90.0 LF 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 .969 2.38 1.57 2.90 2.01 7 59.0 RF 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.60 1.88 3.77 2.18 3 31.0 1981 24 ATL NL OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 25 ATL NL OF 34 53 1 2 0 .964 .978 1.59 1.91 1.91 2.25 28 254.7 LF 31 46 0 2 0 .958 .973 1.48 1.60 1.80 2.08 25 229.7 RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.65 2.16 2.02 3 25.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 22 ATL NL LF 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 .969 2.38 1.57 2.90 2.01 7 59.0 1981 24 ATL NL LF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 25 ATL NL LF 31 46 0 2 0 .958 .973 1.48 1.60 1.80 2.08 25 229.7 1978 21 ATL NL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.95 1.34 2.30 3 33.7 1979 22 ATL NL OF 13 28 3 0 0 1.000 .978 2.38 2.00 3.10 2.33 10 90.0 1981 24 ATL NL OF 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1982 25 ATL NL OF 34 53 1 2 0 .964 .978 1.59 1.91 1.91 2.25 28 254.7 1978 21 ATL NL RF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.77 1.34 2.14 3 33.7 1979 22 ATL NL RF 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.60 1.88 3.77 2.18 3 31.0 1981 24 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 25 ATL NL RF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.65 2.16 2.02 3 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 53 86 4 3 0 .968 .978 1.70 1.94 2.12 2.27 41 382.3 40 0 14# LF* 40 63 2 3 0 .956 .972 1.62 1.60 2.01 2.07 32 290.7 RF* 14 23 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.71 1.76 2.36 2.12 9 91.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 53 86 4 3 0 .968 .978 1.70 1.94 2.12 2.28 41 382
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  ATL STL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1977 NL-20-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2751) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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