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Colby Rasmus

Colby Ryan Rasmus

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 11, 1986 in Columbus, GA
High School: Russell County HS (Seale, AL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2009
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/BlueJays 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.7M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Paul Cohen [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2009 22 STL NL 147 520 474 72 119 22 2 16 52 3 1 36 95 .251 .307 .407 .714 89 193 5 3 5 2 3 *8/79 RoY-8
2010 23 STL NL 144 534 464 85 128 28 3 23 66 12 8 63 148 .276 .361 .498 .859 132 231 5 1 2 4 9 *8/D
2011 24 TOT MLB 129 526 471 75 106 24 6 14 53 5 2 50 116 .225 .298 .391 .688 88 184 10 0 2 3 2 *8
2011 24 STL NL 94 386 338 61 83 14 6 11 40 5 2 45 77 .246 .332 .420 .753 108 142 8 0 1 2 2 8
2011 24 TOR AL 35 140 133 14 23 10 0 3 13 0 0 5 39 .173 .201 .316 .517 37 42 2 0 1 1 0 8
2012 25 TOR AL 50 194 175 20 41 10 3 6 21 3 0 17 40 .234 .301 .429 .729 94 75 4 0 1 1 4 *8
4 Yrs 470 1774 1584 252 394 84 14 59 192 23 11 166 399 .249 .320 .431 .751 102 683 24 4 10 10 18
162 Game Avg. 162 611 546 87 136 29 5 20 66 8 4 57 138 .249 .320 .431 .751 102 235 8 1 3 3 6
STL (3 yrs) 385 1440 1276 218 330 64 11 50 158 20 11 144 320 .259 .334 .444 .777 110 566 18 4 8 8 14
TOR (2 yrs) 85 334 308 34 64 20 3 9 34 3 0 22 79 .208 .259 .380 .639 70 117 6 0 2 2 4
NL (3 yrs) 385 1440 1276 218 330 64 11 50 158 20 11 144 320 .259 .334 .444 .777 110 566 18 4 8 8 14
AL (2 yrs) 85 334 308 34 64 20 3 9 34 3 0 22 79 .208 .259 .380 .639 70 117 6 0 2 2 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2009 22 STL NL 147 520 -9 2 1 7 1 3 0.3 14 17 1.7 .502 .502 0.9 0.9 10 $400,000 *8/79 RoY-8
2010 23 STL NL 144 534 20 3 -0 -6 2 19 2.0 15 34 3.5 .514 .512 4.1 -0.4 40 $418,000 *8/D
2011 24 STL NL 94 386 2 1 0 -3 1 2 0.3 11 13 1.3 .502 .501 1.6 -0.1 16 $443,000 8
2011 24 TOR AL 35 140 -13 -1 -0 -1 1 -15 -1.5 5 -10 -1.1 .455 .490 -1.0 -0.0 -9 $ 8
2012 25 TOR AL 50 194 -3 1 -0 3 1 2 0.2 6 9 0.8 .504 .501 0.6 0.4 6 $ *8
4 Seasons 470 1774 -2 7 1 0 6 12 1.2 51 62 6.2 .503 .501 6.2 0.7 63 $1,261,000
STL (3 yrs) 385 1440 14 7 1 -2 5 24 2.6 39 64 6.5 .507 .505 6.6 0.3 66 $1,261,000
TOR (2 yrs) 85 334 -16 -0 -0 2 1 -13 -1.3 11 -1 -0.3 .484 .496 -0.4 0.4 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2009 22 STL NL 520 368 61 4.4 105 .282 .251 .263 .307 .336 .407 .418 .714 .755 89 .463 -9.3 -0.9 .648 .236 .156 5.1
2010 23 STL NL 534 355 85 6.4 100 .354 .276 .258 .361 .328 .498 .407 .859 .735 132 .648 21.8 2.1 .857 .366 .222 15.8
2011 24 TOT MLB 526 382 56 3.9 98 .267 .225 .259 .298 .325 .391 .405 .688 .730 88 .441 -8.6 -0.9 .629 .278 .166 7.4
2011 24 STL NL 386 268 48 4.8 97 .286 .246 .257 .332 .324 .420 .400 .753 .724 108 .538 3.5 0.4 .717 .317 .175 6.9
2011 24 TOR AL 140 114 8 1.9 103 .217 .173 .264 .201 .330 .316 .418 .517 .747 37 .162 -12.0 -1.2 .420 .180 .143 .0
2012 25 TOR AL 194 140 23 4.4 102 .269 .234 .259 .301 .327 .429 .419 .729 .746 94 .480 -1.9 -0.2 .688 .309 .194 4.0
4 Yrs 1774 1245 225 4.8 101 .295 .249 .260 .320 .329 .431 .411 .751 .741 102 .522 2.1 0.2 .706 .295 .182 33.1
162 Game Avg. 611 429 78 4.8 101 .295 .249 .260 .320 .329 .431 .411 .751 .741 102 .522 1 0 .706 .295 .182 11
STL (3 yrs) 1440 991 194 5.2 101 .306 .259 .260 .334 .330 .444 .409 .777 .739 110 .558 16.0 1.6 .742 .305 .185 28.6
TOR (2 yrs) 334 254 31 3.3 102 .248 .208 .261 .259 .328 .380 .419 .639 .746 70 .348 -14.0 -1.4 .568 .253 .172 4.5
NL (3 yrs) 1440 991 194 5.2 101 .306 .259 .260 .334 .330 .444 .409 .777 .739 110 .558 16.0 1.6 .742 .305 .185 28.6
AL (2 yrs) 334 254 31 3.3 102 .248 .208 .261 .259 .328 .380 .419 .639 .746 70 .348 -14.0 -1.4 .568 .253 .172 4.5

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
2009 22 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 11 9 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .444 .545 .778 1.323 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 11 9 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .444 .545 .778 1.323 7 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2009 22 STL NL 520 3.1% 18.3% 6.9% 7.7% 34% 2.64 5.0 29.6 9.1 0.54 0.62 70% 19% 7.2% 8%
2010 23 STL NL 534 4.3% 27.7% 11.8% 10.1% 42% 2.35 3.1 20.2 7.0 0.48 0.54 56% 22% 11.7% 9%
2011 24 TOT MLB 526 2.7% 22.1% 9.5% 8.4% 42% 2.32 4.1 33.6 8.9 0.55 0.74 65% 18% 8.0% 23%
2011 24 STL NL 386 2.9% 20.0% 11.7% 8.0% 37% 1.71 4.4 30.7 8.5 0.56 0.79 65% 21% 8.2% 20%
2011 24 TOR AL 140 2.1% 27.9% 3.6% 9.3% 57% 7.80 3.4 44.3 10.2 0.53 0.63 66% 10% 7.5% 33%
2012 25 TOR AL 194 3.1% 20.6% 8.8% 9.8% 46% 2.35 4.4 29.2 8.3 0.70 0.92 67% 18% 9.0% 15%
4 Yrs 1774 3.3% 22.5% 9.4% 8.9% 40% 2.40 4.0 26.8 8.3 0.54 0.67 64% 20% 9.0% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 22 STL NL -9.3 -0.9 538 0.0 9.1 -9.1 .98 -0.8 0.9 -1.0 -0.1 0.97 -8.3 1.56 19
2010 23 STL NL 21.8 2.1 558 0.6 9.9 -9.3 1.02 1.7 -1.1 19.8 2.0 1.01 20.2 1.71 13
2011 24 TOT MLB -7.6 -0.8 536 -1.0 8.7 -9.7 1.03 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -0.0 1.01 -6.7 2.08 4
2011 24 STL NL 4.5 0.4 395 -0.2 6.5 -6.7 1.02 0.4 -0.6 8.6 0.9 1.01 4.3 2.08 4
2011 24 TOR AL -12.0 -1.2 141 -0.8 2.3 -3.1 1.05 -1.0 0.2 -9.1 -0.9 1.02 -10.9 0
2012 25 TOR AL -1.9 -0.2 198 -0.3 3.4 -3.7 1.03 -0.2 -0.1 -4.5 -0.4 0.92 -1.6 1.54 1
4 Yrs 3.0 0.3 1830 -0.8 31.1 -31.8 1.01 -0.0 -0.7 13.8 1.4 0.99 3.7 1.67 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 22 STL NL 3 0 39% 173 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 14 70% 18 9 9 9 2 7 13 1 12
2010 23 STL NL 5 0 37% 178 12 8 60% 12 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 15 60% 32 17 14 7 1 6 19 4 15
2011 24 TOT MLB 1 0 43% 179 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 44% 35 22 13 7 4 3 19 6 11
2011 24 STL NL 1 0 43% 142 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 46% 31 19 12 6 3 3 15 5 9
2011 24 TOR AL 0 0 44% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 2
2012 25 TOR AL 2 0 27% 76 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 53% 7 6 1 1 0 1 7 1 6
4 Yrs 11 0 38% 606 23 11 68% 23 9 0 1 0 1 4 0 16 39 56% 92 54 37 24 7 17 58 12 44

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2009 22 STL NL 520 78% 119 17 5 19 3 0 1 1.56 16 0 11 13 3 7 9 0 12 5 42% 102 5 5% 56 13 23% 312 40 13% 24 9 38% 27 15 56% 0
2010 23 STL NL 534 75% 128 6 0 13 6 1 3 1.71 23 1 13 19 4 11 12 0 3 2 67% 107 5 5% 49 11 22% 360 47 13% 26 12 46% 20 11 55% 0
2011 24 TOT MLB 526 71% 106 8 4 4 0 0 0 2.08 14 1 10 11 3 4 10 0 5 2 40% 111 10 9% 55 13 24% 314 39 12% 20 9 45% 17 8 47% 0
2011 24 STL NL 386 74% 83 6 2 4 0 0 0 2.08 11 1 5 8 3 4 7 0 2 1 50% 82 8 10% 39 9 23% 229 29 13% 12 7 58% 10 6 60% 0
2011 24 TOR AL 140 64% 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 33% 29 2 7% 16 4 25% 85 10 12% 8 2 25% 7 2 29% 0
2012 25 TOR AL 194 73% 41 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.54 6 0 2 5 1 2 4 0 2 1 50% 36 4 11% 19 4 21% 112 15 13% 10 4 40% 6 3 50% 0
4 Yrs 1774 75% 394 34 11 37 9 1 4 1.67 59 2 36 48 11 24 35 0 22 10 45% 356 24 7% 179 41 23% 1098 141 13% 80 34 43% 70 37 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 22 STL NL 523 1884 3.60 1196 63% 21% 17% 29% 32% 79% 2% 50% 78% 37% 6% 30 1 16% 82 33 7% 38 23 17% -3 0 0
2010 23 STL NL 535 2161 4.04 1311 61% 25% 19% 31% 25% 75% 4% 45% 74% 32% 6% 32 4 14% 76 22 10% 51 27 30% -1 0 0
2011 24 TOT MLB 527 2023 3.84 1264 62% 23% 19% 30% 28% 77% 1% 48% 75% 37% 5% 25 2 14% 72 27 7% 35 18 22% -1 0 0
2011 24 STL NL 386 1497 3.88 914 61% 23% 18% 30% 29% 77% 1% 47% 77% 35% 5% 21 1 15% 57 21 8% 29 15 23% 0 0 0
2011 24 TOR AL 141 526 3.73 350 67% 22% 23% 28% 27% 78% 0% 52% 71% 42% 3% 4 1 11% 15 6 4% 6 3 21% -1 0 0
2012 25 TOR AL 195 740 3.79 451 61% 24% 18% 28% 30% 76% 4% 46% 77% 36% 4% 7 0 9% 18 7 8% 15 8 20% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 1780 6808 3.82 4222 62% 23% 19% 30% 29% 77% 2% 48% 76% 36% 5% 94 7 14% 248 89 8% 139 76 24% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 22 147 520 474 72 119 22 2 16 52 3 1 36 95 .251 .307 .407 .714 89 193 5 3 5 2 3
2010 23 291 1054 938 157 247 50 5 39 118 15 9 99 243 .263 .334 .452 .786 110 424 10 4 7 6 12
2011 24 420 1580 1409 232 353 74 11 53 171 20 11 149 359 .251 .322 .432 .754 103 608 20 4 9 9 14
2012 25 470 1774 1584 252 394 84 14 59 192 23 11 166 399 .249 .320 .431 .751 102 683 24 4 10 10 18

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 22 147 523 476 74 121 22 2 16 53 3 37 95 .254 .311 .410 .720 60 147
2010 23 144 540 468 89 132 29 3 24 69 12 65 148 .282 .368 .511 .879 88 144
2011 24 129 533 476 80 111 25 6 15 57 5 52 116 .233 .307 .405 .712 60 129
2012 25 50 194 175 20 41 10 3 6 21 3 17 40 .234 .301 .429 .729 23 50
4 Yrs 470 1790 1595 263 405 86 14 61 200 23 171 399 .254 .326 .440 .766 231 470
162 Game Avg. 162 617 550 91 140 30 5 21 69 8 59 138 .254 .326 .440 .766 80 470

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Ben Francisco (960)
  4. Drew Stubbs (960)
  5. Rick Ankiel (960)
  6. Sandy Amoros (958)
  7. Wes Chamberlain (956)
  8. Carmelo Castillo (952)
  9. Sam Jethroe (952)
  10. Al Ferrara (951)
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  1. Oddibe McDowell (985)
  2. Jim Wynn (974)
  3. Roger Maris (974)
  4. Bobby Murcer (968)
  5. Willie Montanez (964)
  6. Chris Young (962)
  7. Corey Patterson (959)
  8. Ruppert Jones (958)
  9. Jeremy Hermida (957)
  10. Chili Davis (956)
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