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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2009	STL	NL	22	OF	135	114	95	1035.1	285	276	3	6	1	.979	17	7	20	8	2.43	2.07	.986	2.20	2.18	RoY-8
2009	STL	NL	22	CF	124	104	88	945.2	266	258	3	5	1	.981	16	8	20	10	2.48	2.10	.989	2.60	2.57	RoY-8
2009	STL	NL	22	LF	9	4	4	43.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-20	0	1.88	1.00	.982	1.93	1.91	RoY-8
2009	STL	NL	22	RF	6	6	3	46.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	2	-1	49	-26	1.74	1.50	.986	2.08	2.07	RoY-8
2010	STL	NL	23	CF	134	124	111	1105.1	266	260	1	5	0	.981	-11	-6	-12	-7	2.13	1.95	.989	2.59	2.56
2010	STL	NL	23	OF	134	124	111	1105.1	266	260	1	5	0	.981	-11	-6	-12	-6	2.13	1.95	.987	2.17	2.15
2010	STL	NL	23	DH	1	0
2011	TOT	MLB	24	CF	127	122	114	1092.2	312	302	4	6	1	.981	-7	-4	-7	-4	2.52	2.41	.989	2.57	2.55
2011	TOT	MLB	24	OF	127	122	114	1092.2	312	302	4	6	1	.981	-7	-4	-7	-4	2.52	2.41	.986	2.19	2.18
2011	STL	NL	24	CF	92	87	82	783.0	230	223	4	3	0	.987	-6	-3	-9	-5	2.61	2.47	.988	2.55	2.54
2011	STL	NL	24	OF	92	87	82	783.0	230	223	4	3	0	.987	-6	-3	-9	-4	2.61	2.47	.986	2.16	2.15
2011	TOR	AL	24	CF	35	35	32	309.2	82	79	0	3	1	.963	-1	-1	-3	-4	2.30	2.26	.990	2.61	2.59
2011	TOR	AL	24	OF	35	35	32	309.2	82	79	0	3	1	.963	-1	-1	-3	-3	2.30	2.26	.986	2.28	2.26
2012	TOR	AL	25	CF	50	46	46	429.2	94	91	2	1	0	.989	2	3	5	8	1.95	1.86	.991	2.53	2.53
2012	TOR	AL	25	OF	50	46	46	429.2	94	91	2	1	0	.989	2	3	5	8	1.95	1.86	.988	2.15	2.14
	4 Seasons			OF	446	406	366	3663.0	957	929	10	18	2	.981	1	0	0	0	2.31	2.11	.986	2.18	2.17
	4 Seasons			CF	435	396	359	3573.1	938	911	10	17	2	.982	-0	1	-0	0	2.32	2.12	.989	2.58	2.56
	1 Season			LF	9	4	4	43.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-20	0	1.88	1.00	.982	1.93	1.91
	1 Season			RF	6	6	3	46.2	10	9	0	1	0	.900	2	-1	49	-25	1.74	1.50	.986	2.08	2.07
	4 Seasons			TOT	446	406	366	3663.0	957	929	10	18	2	.981	1	0	0	0	2.31	2.11	.986	2.18	2.17

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rof
2009	STL	NL	22	CF	16	20	14	8	6	2	8	10	6	4
2009	STL	NL	22	LF	-1	-20	-1	-1	-0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	STL	NL	22	RF	2	49	2	1	1	0	-1	-26	1	-1
2010	STL	NL	23	CF	-11	-12	-12	-7	-6	1	-6	-7	-6	-1
2011	STL	NL	24	CF	-6	-9	-3	-1	-2	-3	-3	-5	-2	-1
2011	TOR	AL	24	CF	-1	-3	-2	-0	-2	1	-1	-4	1	-1
2012	TOR	AL	25	CF	2	5	-0	2	-2	2	3	8	3	0
	4 Seasons			CF	-0	-0	-3	2	-5	3	1	0	2	1
	1 Season			LF	-1	-20	-1	-1	-0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			RF	2	49	2	1	1	0	-1	-25	1	-1
	4 Seasons			TOT	-6	-1	-7	2	-9	1	0	0	3	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
2009	STL	NL	22	147	114	147	135	9	124	6	139	0	20	1
2010	STL	NL	23	144	124	144	134	0	134	0	134	1	16	1
2011	STL	NL	24	94	87	94	92	0	92	0	92	0	5	0
2011	TOR	AL	24	35	35	35	35	0	35	0	35	0	0	0
2012	TOR	AL	25	50	46	50	50	0	50	0	50	0	1	0
	4 Seasons			470	406	470	446	9	435	6	450	1	42	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2009	STL	NL	22	5	0	5	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	62	45	1	42	14	1	8	4	0	17	2	0	26	16	1	155	81	52.3%	71	3	1.9%	0	3949	54%	77%	36%	507	51%
2010	STL	NL	23	5	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	53	38	0	43	12	0	16	7	1	9	1	0	24	17	0	145	75	51.7%	69	1	0.7%	0	4634	60%	76%	36%	547	48%
2011	STL	NL	24	3	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	37	23	2	35	5	0	10	2	0	11	3	0	22	10	0	115	43	37.4%	70	2	1.7%	2	3368	60%	78%	38%	448	50%
2011	TOR	AL	24	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	11	2	0	3	1	0	3	1	0	7	4	1	32	16	50.0%	16	1	3.1%	-1	1284	58%	75%	38%	147	54%
2012	TOR	AL	25	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	25	16	1	9	2	0	11	7	0	2	0	0	14	10	0	61	35	57.4%	25	1	1.6%	1	1849	50%	73%	35%	187	50%
	4 Seasons			17	0	14	3	1	10	0	2	2	4	185	130	4	140	35	1	48	21	1	42	7	0	93	57	2	508	250	49.2%	251	8	1.6%	2	15084	57%	76%	36%	1836	50%
	MLB Averages																														45.4%			1.8%			57%	76%	39%		53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2009	STL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	6	66.7%	3	0	0.0%	0	204	42%	79%	39%	22	41%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	6	66.7%	3	0	0.0%	0	204	42%	79%	39%	22	41%
	MLB Averages																														64.0%			2.2%			57%	76%	39%		47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
2009	STL	NL	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	199	49%	77%	33%	18	50%
	1 Season			1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	199	49%	77%	33%	18	50%
	MLB Averages																														46.9%			2.4%			57%	76%	39%		50%

* 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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2012 AL 50 (2nd)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2012 AL 2 (3rd)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 NL 5 (2nd) 2010 NL 5 (2nd) 2011 AL 3 (4th) 2012 AL 1 (5th) Active 17 (16th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 2012 AL 50 (3rd)
Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2009 NL 16 (1st)	Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y 2009 NL 17 (5th)

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