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Dennis Rasmussen
Dennis Lee Rasmussen
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
Schools: Creighton University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1983
Final Game: July 1, 1995
Relatives: Grandson of Bill Brubaker
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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
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 58 179 1.317 6.6 0.7 5.3 8.6 1.63
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 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 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 1 187 106 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 7 854 101 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 62 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 6 599 134 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 NL 6 13 .316 3.74 24 24 0 1 1 0 146.2 155 74 61 12 49 3 75 2 1 1 633 101 1.391 9.5 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53
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 3 158 159 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 33 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 3 134 284 0.823 6.0 0.0 1.4 2.9 2.00
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 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 53 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
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 93 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 78 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 33 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.00
NL (7 yrs) 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) 44 28 .611 4.33 122 106 5 9 2 0 674.0 607 346 324 92 259 5 423 12 3 29 2814 95 1.285 8.1 1.2 3.5 5.6 1.63

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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
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
1987 28 TOT MLB 7 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 .192 -48 1 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 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 TOT MLB 3 1 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
12 Seasons 136 294 259 20 50 8 0 0 14 0 0 13 75 .193 .233 .224 .457 29 58 4 1 19 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 350 309 24 60 10 0 0 17 0 0 15 89 .193 .233 .224 .457 29 69 5 1 23 2 0
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
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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 SDP NL 24 P 4 1 13.2 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.63 1.00 .950 1.91 0.68
1984 NYY AL 25 P 24 24 147.2 23 7 14 2 1 .913 1.28 0.88 .961 1.79 0.70
1985 NYY AL 26 P 22 16 101.2 20 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.77 0.91 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 NYY AL 27 P 31 31 202.0 32 6 26 0 0 1.000 1.43 1.03 .956 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT MLB 28 P 33 32 191.1 38 6 30 2 0 .947 1.69 1.09 .955 1.85 0.66
1987 NYY AL 28 P 26 25 146.0 29 6 22 1 0 .966 1.73 1.08 .955 1.84 0.67
1987 CIN NL 28 P 7 7 45.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 1.59 1.14 .956 1.91 0.61
1988 TOT NL 29 P 31 31 204.2 48 3 45 0 1 1.000 2.11 1.55 .954 1.96 0.69
1988 CIN NL 29 P 11 11 56.1 11 0 11 0 1 1.000 1.76 1.00 .955 1.97 0.69
1988 SDP NL 29 P 20 20 148.1 37 3 34 0 0 1.000 2.24 1.85 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 SDP NL 30 P 33 33 183.2 33 6 27 0 3 1.000 1.62 1.00 .945 1.87 0.63
1990 SDP NL 31 P 32 32 187.2 42 8 31 3 2 .929 1.87 1.22 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 SDP NL 32 P 24 24 146.2 40 5 34 1 0 .975 2.39 1.63 .955 1.86 0.59
1992 TOT MLB 33 P 8 6 42.2 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.95 1.75 .957 1.75 0.57
1992 CHC NL 33 P 3 1 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 1.000 1.98 0.60
1992 KCR AL 33 P 5 5 37.2 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 3.11 2.60 .954 1.72 0.56
1993 KCR AL 34 P 9 4 29.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.55 0.56 .960 1.80 0.56
1995 KCR AL 36 P 5 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.54
12 Seasons P 256 235 1460.2 299 49 242 8 10 .973 1.79 1.14 .955 1.85 0.64
12 Seasons TOT 256 235 1460.2 299 49 242 8 10 .973 1.79 1.14 .928 1.85 0.64
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (907), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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: Sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1982. The California Angels sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Tommy John. The California Angels sent Dennis Rasmussen (November 24, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

September 12, 1983: Sent by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 26, 1983. The New York Yankees sent players to be named later and $200,000 to the San Diego Padres for players to be named later and John Montefusco. The New York Yankees sent Dennis Rasmussen (September 12, 1983) and Edwin Rodriguez (September 12, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

March 30, 1984: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and 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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1986New York Yankees$100,000
1987New York Yankees$175,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$457,500
1989San Diego Padres$802,500
1990San Diego Padres$802,000
1991San Diego Padres$805,000
1993Kansas City Royals$325,000
1995Kansas City Royals$185,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,652,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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