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 Pitching

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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
1975 23 STL NL 5 5 .500 3.78 14 13 0 2 1 0 81.0 86 44 34 8 20 2 59 0 0 1 348 101 1.309 9.6 0.9 2.2 6.6 2.95
1976 24 STL NL 6 12 .333 3.53 43 17 9 2 1 0 150.1 139 67 59 10 54 6 76 2 1 6 631 100 1.284 8.3 0.6 3.2 4.5 1.41
1977 25 STL NL 11 17 .393 3.48 34 34 0 11 3 0 233.0 223 103 90 24 63 7 120 5 2 2 962 111 1.227 8.6 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.90
1978 26 TOT NL 14 15 .483 4.09 37 34 0 5 3 0 206.2 215 104 94 20 63 8 91 1 6 3 868 82 1.345 9.4 0.9 2.7 4.0 1.44
1978 26 STL NL 2 5 .286 4.18 10 10 0 2 1 0 60.1 61 32 28 4 20 2 32 0 2 2 255 85 1.343 9.1 0.6 3.0 4.8 1.60
1978 26 SDP NL 12 10 .545 4.06 27 24 0 3 2 0 146.1 154 72 66 16 43 6 59 1 4 1 613 81 1.346 9.5 1.0 2.6 3.6 1.37
1979 27 SDP NL 6 9 .400 3.27 45 20 11 5 3 3 156.2 142 59 57 9 42 6 54 0 4 0 643 107 1.174 8.2 0.5 2.4 3.1 1.29
1980 28 SDP NL 4 11 .267 4.37 40 14 12 0 0 1 111.1 130 60 54 9 33 6 50 3 1 1 488 79 1.464 10.5 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.52
1982 30 STL NL 1 2 .333 4.42 8 3 1 0 0 0 18.1 21 13 9 2 8 4 15 0 0 0 83 82 1.582 10.3 1.0 3.9 7.4 1.88
1983 31 TOT MLB 3 6 .333 5.67 17 9 6 2 1 1 60.1 77 39 38 5 26 2 24 0 0 2 276 71 1.707 11.5 0.7 3.9 3.6 0.92
1983 31 STL NL 0 0 11.74 6 0 5 0 0 1 7.2 16 11 10 1 4 2 6 0 0 2 40 31 2.609 18.8 1.2 4.7 7.0 1.50
1983 31 KCR AL 3 6 .333 4.78 11 9 1 2 1 0 52.2 61 28 28 4 22 0 18 0 0 0 236 85 1.576 10.4 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.82
8 Seasons 50 77 .394 3.85 238 144 39 27 12 5 1017.2 1033 489 435 87 309 41 489 11 14 15 4299 94 1.319 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .394 3.85 42 26 7 5 2 1 181 184 87 77 15 55 7 87 2 2 3 765 94 1.319 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58
STL (6 yrs) 25 41 .379 3.76 115 77 15 17 6 1 550.2 546 270 230 49 169 23 308 7 5 13 2319 99 1.298 8.9 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.82
SDP (3 yrs) 22 30 .423 3.84 112 58 23 8 5 4 414.1 426 191 177 34 118 18 163 4 9 2 1744 89 1.313 9.3 0.7 2.6 3.5 1.38
KCR (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.78 11 9 1 2 1 0 52.2 61 28 28 4 22 0 18 0 0 0 236 85 1.576 10.4 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.82
NL (8 yrs) 47 71 .398 3.80 227 135 38 25 11 5 965.0 972 461 407 83 287 41 471 11 14 15 4063 95 1.305 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.4 1.64
AL (1 yr) 3 6 .333 4.78 11 9 1 2 1 0 52.2 61 28 28 4 22 0 18 0 0 0 236 85 1.576 10.4 0.7 3.8 3.1 0.82

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 23 STL NL 14 347 325 44 86 17 4 8 6 3 20 59 .265 .307 .415 .723 .302 135 3 0 2 0 2
1976 24 STL NL 43 631 562 67 139 18 3 10 13 11 54 76 .247 .313 .343 .656 .268 193 12 2 8 5 6
1977 25 STL NL 34 962 878 103 223 38 4 24 33 8 63 120 .254 .305 .388 .693 .268 341 25 5 8 8 7
1978 26 SDP NL 27 613 555 72 154 25 6 16 17 7 43 59 .277 .327 .431 .758 .284 239 10 1 8 6 6
1978 26 STL NL 10 255 226 32 61 13 3 4 6 5 20 32 .270 .324 .407 .731 .294 92 5 0 5 4 2
1978 26 TOT NL 37 868 781 104 215 38 9 20 23 12 63 91 .275 .326 .424 .750 .287 331 15 1 13 10 8
1979 27 SDP NL 45 643 582 59 142 27 3 9 8 2 42 54 .244 .292 .347 .639 .253 202 15 0 12 7 6
1980 28 SDP NL 40 488 440 60 130 31 3 9 15 4 33 50 .295 .347 .441 .787 .315 194 9 3 9 3 6
1982 30 STL NL 8 83 73 13 21 5 1 2 2 1 8 15 .288 .354 .466 .819 .333 34 0 0 1 1 4
1983 31 KCR AL 11 236 211 28 61 8 2 4 3 1 22 18 .289 .355 .403 .758 .300 85 5 0 2 1 0
1983 31 STL NL 6 40 36 11 16 3 3 1 0 1 4 6 .444 .500 .778 1.278 .517 28 1 0 0 0 2
1983 31 TOT MLB 17 276 247 39 77 11 5 5 3 2 26 24 .312 .376 .457 .833 .329 113 6 0 2 1 2
8 Seasons 238 4298 3888 489 1033 185 32 87 103 43 309 489 .266 .319 .397 .716 .283 1543 85 11 55 35 41
162 Game Avg. 42 765 692 87 184 33 6 15 18 8 55 87 .266 .319 .397 .716 .283 275 15 2 10 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 23 STL NL 14 13 5 5 3 0 1 6 7 .462 0 2 2 1 7 54% 51 79 19 14 6 3 2 3.9 2.9 6.2
1976 24 STL NL 43 17 3 7 7 1 2 7 10 .412 1 4 2 1 8 47% 53 82 33 22 9 1 9 3.7 2.8 6.3
1977 25 STL NL 34 34 11 17 6 1 6 12 22 .353 2 2 11 3 19 56% 54 82 22 18 7 7 14 3.7 4.2 6.9
1978 26 TOT NL 37 34 14 15 5 5 6 16 18 .471 0 2 5 3 17 50% 48 81 13 25 7 14 9 3.5 3.5 5.9
1978 26 STL NL 10 10 2 5 3 0 2 2 8 .200 0 0 2 1 5 50% 49 79 29 2 0 4 3 2.4 3.2 6.0
1978 26 SDP NL 27 24 12 10 2 5 4 14 10 .583 0 2 3 2 12 50% 48 81 13 23 7 10 6 4.0 3.6 5.9
1979 27 SDP NL 45 20 6 9 5 0 2 9 12 .429 2 3 5 3 11 55% 52 83 19 22 8 9 4 4.0 3.6 5.7
1980 28 SDP NL 40 14 1 9 4 0 2 3 11 .214 0 3 0 0 4 29% 42 71 24 25 6 3 7 3.0 1.8 4.6
1982 30 STL NL 8 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 43 65 23 8 4 1 0 1.9 3.3 4.1
1983 31 TOT MLB 17 9 3 6 0 0 2 3 6 .333 0 0 2 1 5 56% 75 13 9 2 1 6 3.6 3.1 5.7
1983 31 KCR AL 11 9 3 6 0 0 2 3 6 .333 0 0 2 1 5 56% 46 75 13 9 2 1 6 3.6 3.1 5.7
8 Seasons 232 144 43 70 31 7 21 57 88 .393 5 16 27 12 72 50% 50 83 13 143 49 39 51 3.6 3.4 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 23 STL NL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.105 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 24 STL NL 43 26 9 3 5 2 0 2 0% 4 1 21 9 43% 6 1.132 11 9 5 5 7 14 12 14 16 5 17 2 5.0
1978 26 TOT NL 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1.027 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 5.3
1978 26 SDP NL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0.993 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 5.3
1979 27 SDP NL 45 25 11 0 0 5 3 2 60% 5 0 16 9 56% 8 0.922 7 2 16 6 2 17 7 18 13 6 13 5 4.5
1980 28 SDP NL 40 26 12 3 2 4 1 3 25% 4 0 18 9 50% 7 0.957 9 1 15 4 4 18 11 15 14 5 16 5 5.4
1982 30 STL NL 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 4 1.663 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 0 3.6
1983 31 TOT MLB 17 8 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 0 0% 0.950 1 0 6 1 0 7 3 5 2 2 2 0 3.4
1983 31 STL NL 6 6 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 0.700 1 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 2 0 3.8
1983 31 KCR AL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.992 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
7 Seasons 194 94 39 7 7 12 5 7 42% 15 2 65 28 43% 1.028 31 14 46 17 15 62 36 58 49 21 52 12 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 23 STL NL 348 46% 2.3% 17.0% 5.8% 8.4% 34% 0.82 74% 53 3 6%
1976 24 STL NL 631 43% 1.6% 12.0% 8.6% 4.9% 22% 1.03 76% 120 12 10%
1977 25 STL NL 962 38% 2.5% 12.5% 6.6% 6.9% 30% 0.95 77% 156 25 16%
1978 26 TOT NL 868 43% 2.3% 10.5% 7.3% 7.7% 31% 1.06 78% 132 15 11%
1978 26 STL NL 255 38% 1.6% 12.6% 7.8% 7.8% 33% 0.77 76% 47 5 11%
1978 26 SDP NL 613 45% 2.6% 9.6% 7.0% 7.7% 31% 1.20 79% 85 10 12%
1979 27 SDP NL 643 38% 1.4% 8.4% 6.5% 6.1% 28% 1.26 82% 97 15 15%
1980 28 SDP NL 488 41% 1.8% 10.3% 6.8% 8.8% 33% 1.07 79% 80 9 11%
1982 30 STL NL 83 39% 2.4% 18.1% 9.6% 9.6% 38% 1.05 69% 8 0 0%
1983 31 TOT MLB 276 45% 1.8% 8.7% 9.4% 7.6% 27% 0.66 79% 67 6 9%
1983 31 STL NL 40 48% 2.5% 15.0% 10.0% 17.5% 44% 1.00 73% 9 1 11%
1983 31 KCR AL 236 44% 1.7% 7.6% 9.3% 5.9% 23% 0.64 81% 58 5 9%
8 Seasons 4299 41% 2.0% 11.4% 7.2% 7.1% 29% 1.01 78% 713 85 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 23 STL NL 348 86 8 0 2 7 1 3 5 12 4 2 33% 9 1 0 127 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 24 STL NL 631 139 10 0 11 6 4 6 4 28 19 5 68% 11 6 3 238 13 11 54% 12 11 1 0 0 0 2 1 18 0
1977 25 STL NL 962 223 24 0 11 14 10 7 17 45 29 6 64% 11 2 1 346 33 8 80% 28 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 16 0
1978 26 TOT NL 868 215 20 1 9 12 8 6 14 49 34 1 69% 8 3 3 304 23 12 66% 22 11 1 0 0 1 4 1 25 0
1978 26 STL NL 255 61 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 15 12 1 80% 4 2 0 102 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1978 26 SDP NL 613 154 16 1 8 10 6 5 11 34 22 0 65% 4 1 3 202 17 7 71% 16 6 1 0 0 1 3 1 15 0
1979 27 SDP NL 643 142 9 0 8 7 2 3 6 22 12 1 55% 8 0 2 231 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1980 28 SDP NL 488 130 9 0 5 6 3 4 5 26 15 2 58% 6 1 0 202 15 4 79% 12 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1982 30 STL NL 83 21 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 8 2 2 25% 1 0 1 17 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 31 TOT MLB 276 77 5 0 8 3 2 1 4 20 12 1 60% 3 2 0 119 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 31 STL NL 40 16 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 8 2 1 25% 0 2 0 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1983 31 KCR AL 236 61 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 12 10 0 83% 3 0 0 106 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 4299 1033 87 1 60 57 30 31 56 210 127 20 60% 57 15 10 1584 103 43 71% 93 40 9 2 1 1 11 3 85 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1975 23 5 5 .500 3.78 14 13 0 2 1 0 81.0 86 44 34 8 20 2 59 0 0 1 348 101 1.309 9.6 0.9 2.2 6.6 2.95 101
1976 24 11 17 .393 3.62 57 30 9 4 2 0 231.1 225 111 93 18 74 8 135 2 1 7 979 101 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.9 5.3 1.82 101
1977 25 22 34 .393 3.55 91 64 9 15 5 0 464.1 448 214 183 42 137 15 255 7 3 9 1941 106 1.260 8.7 0.8 2.7 4.9 1.86 106
1978 26 36 49 .424 3.72 128 98 9 20 8 0 671.0 663 318 277 62 200 23 346 8 9 12 2809 98 1.286 8.9 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.73 98
1979 27 42 58 .420 3.63 173 118 20 25 11 3 827.2 805 377 334 71 242 29 400 8 13 12 3452 99 1.265 8.8 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.65 99
1980 28 46 69 .400 3.72 213 132 32 25 11 4 939.0 935 437 388 80 275 35 450 11 14 13 3940 97 1.289 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.64 97
1981 29 46 69 .400 3.72 213 132 32 25 11 4 939.0 935 437 388 80 275 35 450 11 14 13 3940 97 1.289 9.0 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.64 97
1982 30 47 71 .398 3.73 221 135 33 25 11 4 957.1 956 450 397 82 283 39 465 11 14 13 4023 96 1.294 9.0 0.8 2.7 4.4 1.64 96
1983 31 50 77 .394 3.85 238 144 39 27 12 5 1017.2 1033 489 435 87 309 41 489 11 14 15 4299 94 1.319 9.1 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.58 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 23 4 4 .500 3.94 80.0 88 39 35 8 20 58 0 1.350 9.9 2.3 6.5 2.90 0.9 14
1976 24 7 8 .467 4.12 142.0 146 72 65 11 57 72 2 1.430 9.3 3.6 4.6 1.26 0.7 43
1977 25 13 11 .542 3.67 223.0 225 101 91 24 64 115 5 1.296 9.1 2.6 4.6 1.80 1.0 34
1978 26 7 13 .350 5.29 189.0 233 123 111 22 68 83 1 1.593 11.1 3.2 4.0 1.22 1.0 37
1979 27 8 8 .500 3.84 150.0 150 71 64 10 44 52 0 1.293 9.0 2.6 3.1 1.18 0.6 45
1980 28 4 7 .364 5.50 103.0 140 70 63 10 36 46 3 1.709 12.2 3.1 4.0 1.28 0.9 40
1982 30 0 1 .000 5.00 18.0 22 11 10 2 8 15 0 1.667 11.0 4.0 7.5 1.88 1.0 8
1983 31 2 4 .333 6.32 57.0 78 44 40 5 26 23 0 1.825 12.3 4.1 3.6 0.88 0.8 17
8 Seasons 45 56 .446 4.48 962.0 1082 531 479 92 323 464 11 1.460 10.1 4.3 1.44 0.9 238

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 NL  2.434 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 NL  233.0 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL  11 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL  3 (4th)
1978 NL  3 (6th)
1979 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  24 (9th)
1978 NL  20 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 NL  17 (4th)
1978 NL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL  94 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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