:Paul Assenmacher

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=Paul Assenmacher (52649494886) (cropped).jpg

|caption=Assenmacher in 2023

|name=Paul Assenmacher

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|12|10}}

|birth_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 12

|debutyear=1986

|debutteam=Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1999

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=61–44

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.51

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=807

|teams=

Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1989}})
Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1993}})
New York Yankees ({{mlby|1993}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1994}})
Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1995}}–{{mlby|1999}})

}}

Paul Andre Assenmacher ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|s|ə|n|m|ɑː|k|ər}} {{Respell|AHSS|ən|mah|kər}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gP4AguIQYo|title=Paul Assenmacher|work=YouTube|date=Oct 8, 2010|accessdate=1 October 2024}} born December 10, 1960) is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for fourteen seasons. Assenmacher pitched for the Atlanta Braves (1986–1989), Chicago Cubs (1989–1993), New York Yankees (1993),{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/31/sports/baseball-yanks-get-cubs-lefty-in-3-way-trade.html|title=Yanks Get Cubs Lefty In 3-Way Trade|last=Curry|first=Jack|date=31 July 1993|work=The New York Times|page=31|accessdate=30 May 2010}} Chicago White Sox (1994) and the Cleveland Indians (1995–1999).

Assenmacher attended Aquinas High School where he was teammates with Jeff Kaiser.{{cite news |last1=Cybulski |first1=Joe |title=Kaiser, 30, likes numbers game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97612570/detroit-free-press/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=26 June 1991 |page=5D}} He played college baseball at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He signed as an amateur free agent with the Atlanta Braves in 1983, making his major league debut with them on April 12, 1986.

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In his career, Assenmacher compiled a record of 61–44 with a 3.51 ERA, saving 56 games and making one career start in 884 games. He is tied with Mike Jackson for most games pitched in the 1990s (644).

Although only a .083 hitter (3-for-36), Assenmacher was a very good fielding pitcher. He recorded a .986 fielding percentage with only two errors in 146 total chances in 855.2 innings pitched.

Assenmacher has spent nine seasons as the pitching coach for the baseball team at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta.{{cite web |url=http://www.spx.org/BaseballVarsityCoaches |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114082010/http://www.spx.org/BaseballVarsityCoaches |archive-date=2010-11-14 |title=St. Pius X Catholic High School Atlanta, GA:Varsity Coaches}}