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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
Schools: 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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Minors
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- 1975
- 1979
- 1976
- 1980
- 1977
- 1982
- 1978
- 1983
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1975
- 1979
- 1976
- 1980
- 1977
- 1982
- 1978
- 1983
HR Log
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1975
- 1979
- 1976
- 1980
- 1977
- 1982
- 1978
- 1983
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- Career
- 1975
- 1979
- 1976
- 1980
- 1977
- 1982
- 1978
- 1983
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1975	23	STL	NL	14	28	26	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.154	.185	.154	.339	-6	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1976	24	STL	NL	43	44	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.105	.150	.132	.282	-20	5	1	0	4	0	0	1
1977	25	STL	NL	34	83	72	4	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	5	27	.139	.195	.208	.403	9	15	0	0	6	0	0	1
1978	26	TOT	NL	37	74	64	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.141	.141	.141	.281	-18	9	0	0	10	0	0	1
1978	26	STL	NL	10	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1978	26	SDP	NL	27	54	46	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.152	.152	.152	.304	-11	7	0	0	8	0	0	1
1979	27	SDP	NL	46	45	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.056	.128	.056	.184	-46	2	0	0	6	0	0	1
1980	28	SDP	NL	40	27	21	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.095	.095	.190	.286	-20	4	0	0	6	0	0	1

1982	30	STL	NL	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-24	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1983	31	TOT	MLB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	31	STL	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Seasons				228	306	260	7	31	8	0	0	10	0	0	12	84	.119	.158	.150	.308	-13	39	1	0	34	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	217	185	5	22	6	0	0	7	0	0	9	60	.119	.158	.150	.308	-13	28	1	0	24	0	0

STL (6 yrs)				115	180	157	6	20	6	0	0	9	0	0	9	59	.127	.175	.166	.340	-6	26	1	0	14	0	0
SDP (3 yrs)				113	126	103	1	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	25	.107	.132	.126	.258	-25	13	0	0	20	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				228	306	260	7	31	8	0	0	10	0	0	12	84	.119	.158	.150	.308	-13	39	1	0	34	0	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
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 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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 10 (1501), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Alan Foster (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rick Langford (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Raffensberger (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tim Leary (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 13, 1971: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

May 26, 1978: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for George Hendrick.

March 27, 1981: Released by the San Diego Padres.

December 9, 1981: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from Yucatan (Mexican).

April 6, 1982: Purchased by Yucatan (Mexican) from the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 11, 1982: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from Yucatan (Mexican).

August 2, 1983: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 17, 1983: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1501), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50