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Dennis Rasmussen

Dennis Lee Rasmussen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Bear Creek (Lakewood, CO)
School: Creighton University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1983
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Royals/Reds/Cubs 1983-1995
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: July 1, 1995
Relatives: Grandson of Bill Brubaker
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1980	21	ANA-min	A	4	6	.400	5.45	11	11		4	1	0	76.0	69	51	46	6	52	0	63	4	1	8			1.592	8.2	0.7	6.2	7.5	1.21	SLS · CALL
1981	22	ANA-min	AA	8	12	.400	3.98	24	24	0	6	1	0	156.0	134	95	69	9	99	3	125	6	2	18			1.494	7.7	0.5	5.7	7.2	1.26	HLY · EL
1982	23	ANA-min	AAA	11	8	.579	5.03	27	27	0	4	2	0	171.2	166	110	96	15	113	0	162	8	0	12			1.625	8.7	0.8	5.9	8.5	1.43	SPO · PCL
1983	24	NYY-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.57	28	28	0	8	1	0	181.0	161	106	92	16	108	1	187	2	1	5			1.486	8.0	0.8	5.4	9.3	1.73	CLB · IL
1983	24	SDP	NL	0	0		1.98	4	1	1	0	0	0	13.2	10	5	3	1	8	0	13	0	0	1	58	184	1.317	6.6	0.7	5.3	8.6	1.63
1984	25	NYY-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.09	6	6	0	3	1	0	43.2	24	15	15	1	27	0	30	0	0	8			1.168	4.9	0.2	5.6	6.2	1.11	CLB · IL
1984	25	NYY	AL	9	6	.600	4.57	24	24	0	1	0	0	147.2	127	79	75	16	60	0	110	4	2	8	616	83	1.266	7.7	1.0	3.7	6.7	1.83
1985	26	NYY-min	AAA	0	3	.000	3.80	7	7	0	1	0	0	45.0	41	24	19	1	25	0	43	1	1	3			1.467	8.2	0.2	5.0	8.6	1.72	CLB · IL
1985	26	NYY	AL	3	5	.375	3.98	22	16	1	2	0	0	101.2	97	56	45	10	42	1	63	1	1	3	429	101	1.367	8.6	0.9	3.7	5.6	1.50
1986	27	NYY	AL	18	6	.750	3.88	31	31	0	3	1	0	202.0	160	91	87	28	74	0	131	2	0	5	819	106	1.158	7.1	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.77
1987	28	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0			0.714	6.4	0.0	0.0	5.1		CLB · IL
1987	28	TOT	MLB	13	8	.619	4.56	33	32	0	2	0	0	191.1	184	100	97	36	67	1	128	5	2	7	814	96	1.312	8.7	1.7	3.2	6.0	1.91
1987	28	NYY	AL	9	7	.563	4.75	26	25	0	2	0	0	146.0	145	78	77	31	55	1	89	4	0	6	627	93	1.370	8.9	1.9	3.4	5.5	1.62
1987	28	CIN	NL	4	1	.800	3.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	45.1	39	22	20	5	12	0	39	1	2	1	187	107	1.125	7.7	1.0	2.4	7.7	3.25
1988	29	TOT	NL	16	10	.615	3.43	31	31	0	7	1	0	204.2	199	84	78	17	58	4	112	4	5	7	854	102	1.256	8.8	0.7	2.6	4.9	1.93
1988	29	CIN	NL	2	6	.250	5.75	11	11	0	1	1	0	56.1	68	36	36	8	22	4	27	2	5	1	255	63	1.598	10.9	1.3	3.5	4.3	1.23
1988	29	SDP	NL	14	4	.778	2.55	20	20	0	6	0	0	148.1	131	48	42	9	36	0	85	2	0	6	599	135	1.126	7.9	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.36
1989	30	SDP	NL	10	10	.500	4.26	33	33	0	1	0	0	183.2	190	100	87	18	72	6	87	3	2	4	799	83	1.426	9.3	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.21
1990	31	SDP	NL	11	15	.423	4.51	32	32	0	3	1	0	187.2	217	110	94	28	62	4	86	3	1	9	825	85	1.487	10.4	1.3	3.0	4.1	1.39
1991	32	SDP-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.47	5	5	0	1	0	0	26.1	23	18	16	2	15	0	12	2	1	1	114		1.443	7.9	0.7	5.1	4.1	0.80	LVG · PCL
1991	32	SDP	NL	6	13	.316	3.74	24	24	0	1	1	0	146.2	155	74	61	12	49	3	75	2	1	1	633	102	1.391	9.5	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.53
1992	33	KCR-BAL-CHC-min	AAA	4	11	.267	3.58	22	17	1	4	2	0	108.0	101	54	43	6	42	2	83	1	1	1	465		1.324	8.4	0.5	3.5	6.9	1.98	OMA,ROC,IWA · IL,AA
1992	33	TOT	MLB	4	1	.800	2.53	8	6	1	1	1	0	42.2	32	13	12	2	8	1	12	1	0	3	158	161	0.938	6.8	0.4	1.7	2.5	1.50
1992	33	CHC	NL	0	0		10.80	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	24	36	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	0.0	0.00
1992	33	KCR	AL	4	1	.800	1.43	5	5	0	1	1	0	37.2	25	7	6	0	6	0	12	0	0	3	134	287	0.823	6.0	0.0	1.4	2.9	2.00
1993	34	KCR-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.03	17	17	0	3	1	0	105.2	124	68	59	16	27	0	59	1	2	4	451		1.429	10.6	1.4	2.3	5.0	2.19	OMA · AA
1993	34	KCR	AL	1	2	.333	7.45	9	4	3	0	0	0	29.0	40	25	24	4	14	1	12	1	0	2	138	62	1.862	12.4	1.2	4.3	3.7	0.86

1995	36	KCR-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.89	10	10	0	3	1	0	65.1	63	22	21	7	17	0	51	2	0	1	269		1.224	8.7	1.0	2.3	7.0	3.00	OMA · AA
1995	36	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	5	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	13	10	10	3	8	2	6	0	0	2	51	55	2.100	11.7	2.7	7.2	5.4	0.75
12 Seasons				91	77	.542	4.15	256	235	7	21	5	0	1460.2	1424	747	673	175	522	23	835	26	14	52	6194	94	1.332	8.8	1.1	3.2	5.1	1.60
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.542	4.15	35	33	1	3	1	0	202	197	103	93	24	72	3	116	4	2	7	858	94	1.332	8.8	1.1	3.2	5.1	1.60
			Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
SDP (5 yrs)				41	42	.494	3.80	113	110	1	11	2	0	680.0	703	337	287	68	227	13	346	10	4	21	2914	96	1.368	9.3	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.52
NYY (4 yrs)				39	24	.619	4.28	103	96	1	8	1	0	597.1	529	304	284	85	231	2	393	11	3	22	2491	96	1.272	8.0	1.3	3.5	5.9	1.70
KCR (3 yrs)				5	4	.556	4.70	19	10	4	1	1	0	76.2	78	42	40	7	28	3	30	1	0	7	323	94	1.383	9.2	0.8	3.3	3.5	1.07
CIN (2 yrs)				6	7	.462	4.96	18	18	0	1	1	0	101.2	107	58	56	13	34	4	66	3	7	2	442	79	1.387	9.5	1.2	3.0	5.8	1.94
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	3	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	24	36	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	0.0	0.00

NL (7 yrs)			NL	47	49	.490	3.99	134	129	2	12	3	0	786.2	817	401	349	83	263	18	412	14	11	23	3380	92	1.373	9.3	0.9	3.0	4.7	1.57
AL (7 yrs)			AL	44	28	.611	4.33	122	106	5	9	2	0	674.0	607	346	324	92	259	5	423	12	3	29	2814	96	1.285	8.1	1.2	3.5	5.6	1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1983	24	SDP	NL	13.2	1	5	8	0	.7	3	0.2	$
1984	25	NYY	AL	147.2	24	79	85	-3	1.0	6	0.7	$
1985	26	NYY	AL	101.2	16	56	56	2	.9	0	0.0	$
1986	27	NYY	AL	202.0	31	91	120	-1	.9	29	2.9	$100,000
1987	28	NYY	AL	146.0	25	78	92	2	.9	14	1.3	$175,000
1987	28	CIN	NL	45.1	7	22	27	0	1.0	5	0.5	$
1988	29	CIN	NL	56.1	11	36	28	3	.9	-8	-0.9	$457,500
1988	29	SDP	NL	148.1	20	48	73	3	.9	25	2.8	$
1989	30	SDP	NL	183.2	33	100	108	-11	1.1	8	1.0	$802,500
1990	31	SDP	NL	187.2	32	110	110	-7	1.0	0	-0.1	$802,000
1991	32	SDP	NL	146.2	24	74	75	7	1.0	1	0.1	$805,000
1992	33	CHC	NL	5.0	1	6	3	0	.9	-3	-0.3	$
1992	33	KCR	AL	37.2	5	7	23	0	1.1	16	1.7	$
1993	34	KCR	AL	29.0	4	25	20	1	1.0	-5	-0.5	$325,000

1995	36	KCR	AL	10.0	1	10	7	0	.5	-3	-0.3	$185,000
12 Seasons				1460.2	235	747	835	-4	1.0	88	9.1	$3,652,000

SDP (5 yrs)				680.0	110	337	374	-8	1.0	37	4.0	$2,409,500
NYY (4 yrs)				597.1	96	304	353	0	.9	49	4.9	$275,000
KCR (3 yrs)				76.2	10	42	50	1	1.0	8	0.9	$510,000
CIN (2 yrs)				101.2	18	58	55	3	.9	-3	-0.4	$457,500
CHC (1 yr)				5.0	1	6	3	0	.9	-3	-0.3	$

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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
1980	21	ANA-min	A	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		SLS · CALL
1981	22	ANA-min	AA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	HLY · EL
1982	23	ANA-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPO · PCL
1983	24	NYY-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1983	24	SDP	NL	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	25	NYY-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1984	25	NYY	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	26	NYY-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1985	26	NYY	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	NYY	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
1987	28	TOT	MLB	33	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-48	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	NYY	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	28	CIN	NL	7	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	-48	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	29	TOT	NL	31	82	70	7	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	23	.200	.250	.229	.479	39	16	2	1	6	1	0	1
1988	29	CIN	NL	11	22	22	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.227	.227	.273	.500	41	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	29	SDP	NL	20	60	48	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	17	.188	.259	.208	.468	37	10	2	1	6	1	0	1
1989	30	SDP	NL	33	69	65	1	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	.169	.182	.215	.397	13	14	1	0	3	0	0	1
1990	31	SDP	NL	33	71	62	8	18	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	18	.290	.308	.323	.630	74	20	1	0	6	1	0	1
1991	32	SDP-min	AAA	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	LVG · PCL
1991	32	SDP	NL	25	52	44	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	.136	.224	.159	.384	9	7	0	0	3	0	0	1
1992	33	CHC-BAL-KCR-min	AAA	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0	IWA,ROC,OMA · AA,IL
1992	33	TOT	MLB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1992	33	CHC	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1992	33	KCR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1993	34	KCR-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
1993	34	KCR	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1995	36	KCR-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
1995	36	KCR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				258	294	259	20	50	8	0	0	14	0	0	13	82	.193	.233	.224	.457	29	58	4	1	19	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	185	163	13	31	5	0	0	9	0	0	8	51	.193	.233	.224	.457	29	36	3	1	12	1	0
				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
SDP (5 yrs)				115	255	222	18	44	7	0	0	13	0	0	12	69	.198	.241	.230	.470	33	51	4	1	18	2	0
NYY (4 yrs)				103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (3 yrs)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				18	38	37	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.162	.184	.189	.373	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				136	294	259	20	50	8	0	0	14	0	0	13	82	.193	.233	.224	.457	29	58	4	1	19	2	0
AL (7 yrs)				122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1983	24	SDP	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1987	28	CIN	NL	16	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/1
1988	29	CIN	NL	22	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$457,500	1
1988	29	SDP	NL	60	-4	-1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	1
1989	30	SDP	NL	69	-7	0	-1	0	0	6	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$802,500	1
1990	31	SDP	NL	71	-2	-1	-1	0	0	7	2	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$802,000	1
1991	32	SDP	NL	52	-5	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$805,000	1
6 Seasons				293	-24	-2	-2	0	0	27	9	8	0.4	8	0.8	-0.4	$2,867,000

SDP (5 yrs)				255	-19	-2	-2	0	0	23	7	7	0.5	7	0.7	-0.2	$2,409,500
CIN (2 yrs)				38	-5	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$457,500

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1983	SDP	NL	24	P	4	1	0	13.2	4	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.63	1.00	.952	1.91	1.90	4	1	20%	0
1984	NYY	AL	25	P	24	24	1	147.2	23	7	14	2	1	.913	1.28	0.88	.958	1.79	1.78	6	8	57%	1
1985	NYY	AL	26	P	22	16	2	101.2	20	7	13	0	2	1.000	1.77	0.91	.953	1.86	1.84	3	6	67%	2
1986	NYY	AL	27	P	31	31	3	202.0	32	6	26	0	0	1.000	1.43	1.03	.957	1.83	1.81	10	8	44%	3
1987	TOT	MLB	28	P	33	32	2	191.1	38	6	30	2	0	.947	1.69	1.09	.955	1.85	1.84	14	14	50%	6
1987	NYY	AL	28	P	26	25	2	146.0	29	6	22	1	0	.966	1.73	1.08	.955	1.84	1.82	7	11	61%	3
1987	CIN	NL	28	P	7	7	0	45.1	9	0	8	1	0	.889	1.59	1.14	.956	1.91	1.90	7	3	30%	3
1988	TOT	NL	29	P	31	31	7	204.2	48	3	45	0	1	1.000	2.11	1.55	.955	1.96	1.96	14	14	50%	6
1988	CIN	NL	29	P	11	11	1	56.1	11	0	11	0	1	1.000	1.76	1.00	.955	1.97	1.96	9	5	36%	0
1988	SDP	NL	29	P	20	20	6	148.1	37	3	34	0	0	1.000	2.24	1.85	.955	1.96	1.96	5	9	64%	6
1989	SDP	NL	30	P	33	33	1	183.2	33	6	27	0	3	1.000	1.62	1.00	.947	1.87	1.87	10	6	38%	2
1990	SDP	NL	31	P	32	32	3	187.2	42	8	31	3	2	.929	1.87	1.22	.957	1.80	1.79	21	16	43%	6
1991	SDP	NL	32	P	24	24	1	146.2	40	5	34	1	0	.975	2.39	1.63	.955	1.86	1.85	21	6	22%	0
1992	TOT	MLB	33	P	8	6	1	42.2	14	1	13	0	0	1.000	2.95	1.75	.953	1.75	1.80	2	7	78%	0
1992	CHC	NL	33	P	3	1	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.33	.950	1.98	1.93	1	1	50%	0
1992	KCR	AL	33	P	5	5	1	37.2	13	1	12	0	0	1.000	3.11	2.60	.953	1.72	1.72	1	6	86%	0
1993	KCR	AL	34	P	9	4	0	29.0	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.55	0.56	.952	1.80	1.78	1	4	80%	1
1995	KCR	AL	36	P	5	1	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.76	1	0	0%	0
	12 Seasons			P	256	235	21	1460.2	299	49	242	8	10	.973	1.79	1.14	.955	1.85	1.84	107	90	46%	27
	12 Seasons			TOT	256	235	21	1460.2	299	49	242	8	10	.973	1.79	1.14	.955	1.85	1.84	107	90	46%	27
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1986 AL 18 (4th) 1988 NL 16 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1986 AL .750 (2nd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1986 AL 1.158 (3rd)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1986 AL 7.129 (2nd)
Games Started s c a p y 1989 NL 33 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1990 NL 28 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1990 NL 217 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1990 NL 15 (3rd) 1991 NL 13 (6th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1989 NL 87 (7th) 1990 NL 94 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1984 AL 8 (10th) 1990 NL 9 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1986 AL 2.4 (6th)	Assists as P s c a p y 1988 NL 45 (4th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1989 NL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1277), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Earl Johnson (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bo Belinsky (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Saunders (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Saunders (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Clark (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Saunders (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jarrod Washburn (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jarrod Washburn (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
David Wells (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Moyer (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Woody Williams (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1980: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
November 24, 1982: the California Angels sent Dennis Rasmussen to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1982. August 31, 1982: The California Angels sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Tommy John.
September 12, 1983: the New York Yankees sent Dennis Rasmussen and Edwin Rodriguez to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 26, 1983. August 26, 1983: The New York Yankees sent players to be named later and $200,000 to the San Diego Padres for John Montefusco.
March 30, 1984: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Graig Nettles. The San Diego Padres sent Darin Cloninger (minors) (April 26, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
August 26, 1987: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Gullickson.
June 8, 1988: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Candy Sierra.
November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
January 31, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
June 2, 1992: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
June 5, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
July 21, 1992: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
July 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 31, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
May 2, 1994: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
May 27, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
July 7, 1995: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1984	25	New York Yankees	$44,000	1/4/85 TSN

1986	27	New York Yankees	$100,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	28	New York Yankees	$175,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	29	Cincinnati Reds	$457,500	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	30	San Diego Padres	$802,500	1989 USA Today survey
1990	31	San Diego Padres	$802,000*
1991	32	San Diego Padres	$805,000	USA Today survey

1993	34	Kansas City Royals	$325,000	USA Today

1995	36	Kansas City Royals	$185,000	7/7/95 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,696,000

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $802,500 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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