The Cubs acquired Assenmacher on August 24, 1989 from the Braves for their playoff stretch drive; Paul (probably) joined the Cubs on the 25th when they arrived in Atlanta and pitched 1 1/3 shutout innings against his old team.
Career Stats
'91: 75 G, 7-8, 102 2/3 IP, 85 H, 41 R, 37 ER, 31 BB, 117 K, 15 SV, 3.24 ERA, 120 ERA+
Best '91 Game: July 25 vs. Reds: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
Assenmacher pitched the 10th through twelfth innings for the home team, striking out Glenn Braggs, Barry Larkin and Eric Davis along the way. The Reds scored a run in the top of the 13th, but the Cubs scored two to take the 5-4 win, ending on an error in right field by Braggs.
After '91: Assenmacher pitched for the Cubs until 1993 when he was traded to the Yankees in a three-team swap with the Royals. Then, he pitched for the White Sox in 1994, then signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians. There, he spent the last five seasons of his major league career, an important veteran lefty in the pen for the great Indians teams of the mid to late 1990s.
The Braves gave Assenmacher a spring-training invite in 2000 to see if he had anything left at 39 years old, but he didn't make the team. I remember wanting him to make the team simply because I recognized his name, but it wasn't to be.
UPDATE: Added Assenmacher's 1991 won-loss record.
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