Eric Rasmussen

Name Note: Known as Harry Rasmussen through 1976

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: March 22, 1952 in Racine, WI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: July 21, 1975 (Age 23-121d, 13,660th in major league history)
vs. SDP 9.0 IP, 7 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: October 2, 1983 (Age 31-194d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Eric Ralph Rasmussen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

ERA

3.85

238

144

1017.2

489

WHIP

1.319

Summary of 87 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 33 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	49
SDP	34
KCR	4

Platoon
vs RHB	57
vs LHB	30

Home/Road
Away	56
Home	31

Outs
2	31
0	30
1	26

15 Opps
ATL	12
LAD	11
CHC	10
MON	10
PIT	8
PHI	8
NYM	7
CIN	6
SFG	4
STL	3
SDP	2
BAL	2
HOU	2
MIN	1
BOS	1

64 Batters
Darrell Evans	4
Bill Robinson	3
Dave Kingman	3
Gary Matthews	3
Del Unser	3
Dale Murphy	3
Mike Schmidt	3
John Stearns	2
George Hendrick	2
Dick Allen	2
Larry Biittner	2
Larry Parrish	2
Ron Cey	2
Keith Hernandez	2
Steve Garvey	2
George Foster	1
Tim Laudner	1
Tony Pérez	1
Bruce Boisclair	1
Davey Lopes	1
Jerry White	1
Richie Hebner	1
Bill Plummer	1
Bill Madlock	1
Lee Lacy	1
Bob Horner	1
Ken Landreaux	1
Gary Carter	1
Dave Parker	1
Johnny Bench	1
Jerry Morales	1
Barry Bonnell	1
Willie Stargell	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Iván de Jesús	1
Barry Foote	1
Earl Williams	1
Andre Dawson	1
Tim McCarver	1
Dusty Baker	1
Gene Richards	1
Johnny Oates	1
Larry Christenson	1
Ed Ott	1
Enos Cabell	1
Richie Zisk	1
Dave Roberts	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Bill Buckner	1
Phil Garner	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Reggie Smith	1
Rod Gilbreath	1
John Milner	1
Jeff Burroughs	1
Andre Thornton	1
Steve Swisher	1
Jim Rice	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Wayne Garrett	1
Héctor Cruz	1
Dan Driessen	1
Mike Vail	1

16 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	21
Qualcomm St (SAN)	14
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Dodger Stad (LOS)	7
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
Shea Stad (NYC)	6
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	38
9	27
8	7
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	27
12-	3
--3	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

135 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	47
1 on	33
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	40

Inning
1	12
2	13
3	12
4	16
5	5
6	10
7	12
8	3
9	4

1-3	37
4-6	31
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	5
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	26
-1	13
-2	8
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	28
Tied	26
Behind	33

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	18
LF	18
3B	13
C	11
CF	9
RF	8
2B	4
PH	2
P	2
SS	2

OrderPos
5th	17
4th	14
3rd	13
6th	12
7th	9
8th	7
2nd	7
1st	4
9th	4

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	39
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-07-31	Steve Swisher	CHC		STL	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	17%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores
2	2	2	1	1975-08-05	Richie Zisk	PIT	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	7	6%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1975-08-22	Darrell Evans	ATL	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1975-09-05	Mike Vail	NYM		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	3	7	23%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
5	5	5	2	1975-09-05	Dave Kingman	NYM		STL	tied 2-2	b 6	1	1--	2	5	3	28%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Staub Scores
6	6	6	1	1975-09-10	Andre Thornton	CHC		STL	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	1--	2	5	3	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores
7	7	7	1	1975-09-15	Dick Allen	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	3	26%	75%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Cash Scores/unER; G. Luzinski Scores/unER; D. Allen Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	1975-09-24	Larry Parrish	MON		STL	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	11%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1976-05-10	Ron Cey	LAD	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 9	1	-2-	2	5	5	62%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Baker Scores
10	10	2	1	1976-05-22	Dick Allen	PHI		STL	tied 4-4	b 5	2	1--	2	7	3	27%	80%		Home Run; G. Luzinski Scores
11	11	3	1	1976-06-06	Tony Pérez	CIN	@	STL	ahead 7-0	t 4	0	1--	2	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morgan Scores
12	12	4	1	1976-06-15	Earl Williams	ATL	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep CF)
13	13	5	1	1976-07-05	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 3	2	1--	2	5	3	24%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Murcer Scores
14	14	6	1	1976-07-18 (2)	Darrell Evans	SFG		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	11%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	7	1	1976-07-23	Jerry Morales	CHC	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	9	PH	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	8	1	1976-08-08	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	3	5	24%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Maddox Scores
17	17	9	1	1976-09-17	Wayne Garrett	MON		STL	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2	6	4	20%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Dawson Scores
18	18	10	1	1976-09-23	Tim McCarver	PHI		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	2	7	2	19%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Allen Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1977-04-12	John Milner	NYM		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	2	2	1977-04-12	John Stearns	NYM		STL	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	---	1	6	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	3	1	1977-04-20	Bruce Boisclair	NYM	@	STL	behind 0-4	t 9	2	1--	2	3	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Millán Scores
22	22	4	1	1977-05-17	Cliff Johnson	HOU		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	9	14%	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	5	2	1977-05-17	Enos Cabell	HOU		STL	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	2	5	28%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	6	1	1977-05-28	Del Unser	MON	@	STL	behind 3-7	t 9	2	--3	2	7	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cromartie Scores
25	25	7	1	1977-06-03	Larry Parrish	MON		STL	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	1	8	5	12%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	8	1	1977-06-12	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	8%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	9	1	1977-06-18	Gene Richards	SDP		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1--	2	1	7	25%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Davis Scores
28	28	10	2	1977-06-18	George Hendrick	SDP		STL	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	1--	2	5	8	11%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Ivie Scores
29	29	11	1	1977-06-29	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Stennett Scores
30	30	12	2	1977-06-29	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	STL	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	--3	2	6	3	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores
31	31	13	1	1977-07-08	Iván de Jesús	CHC		STL	behind 0-3	b 3	0	-2-	2	1	6	14%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Burris Scores
32	32	14	1	1977-07-12	Mike Schmidt	PHI		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	1--	2	3	5	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bowa Scores
33	33	15	1	1977-07-17	Warren Cromartie	MON		STL	behind 0-5	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	5%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	16	1	1977-07-29 (2)	Bill Plummer	CIN		STL	behind 0-9	b 7	1	-23	3	8	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Concepción Scores; R. Knight Scores
35	35	17	1	1977-08-03	Gary Matthews	ATL		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	18	1	1977-08-08	John Stearns	NYM		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	19	1	1977-08-14	Del Unser	MON	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	5	9	13%	77%		Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	20	1	1977-08-26	Johnny Oates	LAD		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	21	2	1977-08-26	Ron Cey	LAD		STL	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1--	2	4	5	19%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smith Scores
40	40	22	1	1977-09-05	Larry Biittner	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
41	41	23	2	1977-09-05	Bill Buckner	CHC		STL	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	2	3	3	20%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); L. Biittner Scores
42	42	24	1	1977-09-26	Gary Carter	MON	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 7	2	12-	3	6	2	40%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores/unER; E. Valentine Scores/unER; G. Carter Scores/unER
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1978-04-08	Richie Hebner	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	66%		Home Run
44	44	2	2	1978-04-08	Larry Christenson	PHI		STL	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2	9	1	13%	91%		Home Run; B. Boone Scores
45	45	3	1	1978-04-13	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-6	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	4	1	1978-05-09	Reggie Smith	LAD		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	5	1	1978-05-30	Steve Garvey	LAD		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	1--	2	5	3	17%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); V. Davalillo Scores
48	48	6	2	1978-05-30	Lee Lacy	LAD		SDP	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	4	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	7	1	1978-06-05	Andre Dawson	MON		SDP	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	8	22%	65%		Home Run; E. Valentine Scores
50	50	8	1	1978-06-14 (1)	Del Unser	MON	@	SDP	behind 1-4	t 7	0	---	1	7	8	7%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	9	1	1978-07-14	Dave Roberts	CHC		SDP	behind 1-4	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	9%	32%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
52	52	10	2	1978-07-14	Larry Biittner	CHC		SDP	behind 2-8	b 7	1	1--	2	2	7	3%	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Scott Scores
53	53	11	1	1978-07-18	Keith Hernandez	STL		SDP	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	1	5	3	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	12	1	1978-07-27	Ed Ott	PIT	@	SDP	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	9%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	13	2	1978-07-27	Phil Garner	PIT	@	SDP	behind 1-3	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	11%	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	14	3	1978-07-27	Bill Robinson	PIT	@	SDP	behind 2-3	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	15	1	1978-07-31	Davey Lopes	LAD	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	16	1	1978-08-05	Dan Driessen	CIN		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	17	1	1978-08-09	Dusty Baker	LAD		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	7	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
60	60	18	1	1978-09-05	Jeff Burroughs	ATL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	19%	71%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores
61	61	19	2	1978-09-05	Dale Murphy	ATL		SDP	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	3	11%	76%		Home Run
62	62	20	3	1978-09-05	Rod Gilbreath	ATL		SDP	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	123	4	7	5	13%	98%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores; J. Burroughs Scores; D. Murphy Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1979-04-12	Darrell Evans	SFG		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2	5	5	15%	88%		Home Run; J. Clark Scores
64	64	2	1	1979-04-17	Bill Madlock	SFG	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 6	0	1--	2	3	4	25%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Whitfield Scores
65	65	3	1	1979-04-21	Barry Bonnell	ATL		SDP	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	8	19%	64%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores
66	66	4	1	1979-05-14	George Foster	CIN		SDP	tied 3-3	b 3	1	---	1	4	7	12%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	5	1	1979-06-05	Barry Foote	CHC		SDP	behind 0-7	b 3	0	--3	2	8	2	4%	11%		Home Run; S. Ontiveros Scores
68	68	6	1	1979-06-15	Dave Kingman	CHC	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	1	4	7	11%	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	7	1	1979-08-05	Johnny Bench	CIN		SDP	ahead 5-1	b 5	2	12-	3	4	3	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Auerbach Scores; D. Collins Scores
70	70	8	2	1979-08-05	Héctor Cruz	CIN		SDP	ahead 8-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	9	1	1979-09-23	Gary Thomasson	LAD	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 7	0	1--	2	4	9	35%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1980-04-30	Gary Matthews	ATL	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	10%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	2	1	1980-05-10	Dave Parker	PIT	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	58%		Home Run
74	74	3	1	1980-06-12	Jerry White	MON		SDP	ahead 6-0	b 6	0	---	1	1	7	1%	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
75	75	4	1	1980-06-29	Bob Horner	ATL	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	1	5	5	14%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	5	2	1980-06-29	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	2	8	19%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	6	1	1980-07-04	Gary Matthews	ATL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	9	20%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores
78	78	7	2	1980-07-04	Dale Murphy	ATL		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1-3	3	2	8	16%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Nahorodny Scores; L. McWilliams Scores
79	79	8	1	1980-07-17	Keith Hernandez	STL		SDP	ahead 11-3	b 7	1	1-3	3	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kaat Scores; M. Ramsey Scores
80	80	9	2	1980-07-17	George Hendrick	STL		SDP	ahead 14-3	b 7	2	---	1	5	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1982-09-17 (1)	Dave Kingman	NYM		STL	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	24%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
82	82	2	1	1982-09-21	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	5	13%	50%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
83	83	1	1	1983-05-06	Ken Landreaux	LAD		STL	ahead 15-10	b 8	2	---	1	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	2	1	1983-08-13 (2)	Jim Rice	BOS		KCR	behind 0-2	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	17%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Boggs Scores
85	85	3	1	1983-08-19 (2)	Jim Dwyer	BAL		KCR	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	2	9	19%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
86	86	4	1	1983-08-30	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	KCR	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	1	3	6	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
87	87	5	1	1983-09-10	Tim Laudner	MIN		KCR	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	11%	77%		Home Run