Eric Rasmussen
Eric Ralph Rasmussen
Born Harold Ralph Rasmussen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 22, 1952 in Racine, WI
School: University of New Orleans
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1975
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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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
1975 STL NL 23 P 14 13 81.0 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.44 0.93 .946 1.86 0.72
1976 STL NL 24 P 43 17 150.1 50 15 34 1 2 .980 2.93 1.14 .948 1.88 0.72
1977 STL NL 25 P 34 34 233.0 39 8 30 1 4 .974 1.47 1.12 .949 1.85 0.67
1978 TOT NL 26 P 37 34 206.2 53 14 37 2 3 .962 2.22 1.38 .951 1.91 0.72
1978 STL NL 26 P 10 10 60.1 13 3 9 1 2 .923 1.79 1.20 .954 1.91 0.72
1978 SDP NL 26 P 27 24 146.1 40 11 28 1 1 .975 2.40 1.44 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 SDP NL 27 P 45 21 156.2 31 6 24 1 1 .968 1.72 0.67 .952 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 28 P 40 14 111.1 25 8 15 2 2 .920 1.86 0.58 .952 1.91 0.69
1982 STL NL 30 P 8 3 18.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.96 0.50 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 TOT MLB 31 P 17 9 60.4 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.49 0.59 .950 1.80 0.71
1983 STL NL 31 P 6 0 7.2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.17 0.17 .900 1.88 0.68
1983 KCR AL 31 P 11 9 52.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.54 0.82 .956 1.79 0.73
8 Seasons P 238 145 1017.2 225 55 163 7 14 .969 1.93 0.92 .950 1.86 0.70
8 Seasons TOT 238 145 1017.2 225 55 163 7 14 .969 1.93 0.92 .919 1.86 0.70

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 STL NL 23 14 13 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 24 43 17 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 25 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDP NL 26 27 24 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 STL NL 26 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 27 46 21 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SDP NL 28 40 14 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 STL NL 30 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 31 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 STL NL 31 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 239 136 228 239 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1975 STL NL 23 358 78% 23% 12 92% 0 2 0 1 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1976 STL NL 24 667 80% 26% 35 94% 0 14 2 12 34 24 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1977 STL NL 25 1008 81% 26% 34 88% 0 8 1 7 31 20 6 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 1 100%
1978 SDP NL 26 646 84% 29% 29 97% 1 10 1 9 29 24 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1978 STL NL 26 271 81% 22% 13 77% 0 3 2 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1979 SDP NL 27 660 85% 32% 27 93% 0 6 1 4 25 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1980 SDP NL 28 511 83% 25% 17 94% 0 8 0 8 17 13 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1982 STL NL 30 87 74% 23% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 KCR AL 31 240 83% 20% 8 88% 0 2 0 1 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 STL NL 31 43 77% 16% 3 100% 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
8 Seasons 4491 82% 26% 182 92% 2 53 7 43 169 128 19 7 0 2 5 3 14 11 13 1 28 96%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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