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Eric Rasmussen
Eric Ralph Rasmussen
Born Harold Ralph Rasmussen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of New Orleans

Debut July 21, 1975
  vs. SDP 9.0 IP, 7 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game October 2, 1983
Born March 22, 1952 in Racine, WI

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 32nd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 23 STL NL   5   5  14  13   2   1   0  0   81.0   86   44   34   8   20   59   0   1   348   2   0  3.78  3.81  101 1.309
 1976 24 STL NL   6  12  43  17   2   1   9  0  150.3  139   67   59  10   54   76   2   6   631   6   1  3.53  3.54  100 1.284
 1977 25 STL NL  11  17  34  34  11   3   0  0  233.0  223  103   90  24   63  120   5   2   962   7   2  3.48  3.87  111 1.227
 1978 26 TOT NL  14  15  37  34   5   3   0  0  206.7  215  104   94  20   63   91   1   3   868   8   6  4.09  3.37   82 1.345
         STL NL   2   5  10  10   2   1   0  0   60.3   61   32   28   4   20   32   0   2   255   2   2  4.18  3.54   85 1.343
         SDP NL  12  10  27  24   3   2   0  0  146.3  154   72   66  16   43   59   1   1   613   6   4  4.06  3.29   81 1.346
 1979 27 SDP NL   6   9  45  20   5   3  11  3  156.7  142   59   57   9   42   54   0   0   643   6   4  3.27  3.52  107 1.174
 1980 28 SDP NL   4  11  40  14   0   0  12  1  111.3  130   60   54   9   33   50   3   1   488   6   1  4.37  3.43   79 1.464
 1982 30 STL NL   1   2   8   3   0   0   1  0   18.3   21   13    9   2    8   15   0   0    83   4   0  4.42  3.64   82 1.582
 1983 31 TOT      3   6  17   9   2   1   6  1   60.3   77   39   38   5   26   24   0   2   276   2   0  5.67  4.02   71 1.707
         STL NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   5  1    7.7   16   11   10   1    4    6   0   2    40   2   0 11.74  3.64   31 2.609
         KCR AL   3   6  11   9   2   1   1  0   52.7   61   28   28   4   22   18   0   0   236   0   0  4.78  4.08   85 1.576
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .394  50  77 238 144  27  12  39  5 1017.7 1033  489  435  87  309  489  11  15  4299  41  14  3.85  3.62   94 1.319
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  42  25   4   2   6  0  181.0  183   87   77  15   55   87   1   2   765   7   2  3.85  3.62   94 1.319
 Career High     14  17  45  34  11   3  12  3  233.0  223  104   94  24   63  120   5   6   962   8   6  3.27  4.02  111 1.174

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 23 STL NL  14   26    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   8  .154  .185  .154   -6    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1976 24 STL NL  43   38    0    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  15  .105  .150  .132  -20    5   4   0   0   0   1
 1977 25 STL NL  34   72    4   10   5  0   0    3   0  0   5  27  .139  .195  .208    9   15   6   0   0   0   0
 1978 26 TOT NL  37   64    1    9   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  18  .141  .141  .141  -18    9  10   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  10   18    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .111  .111  .111  -37    2   2   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  27   46    0    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .152  .152  .152  -11    7   8   0   0   0   0
 1979 27 SDP NL  46   36    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   7  .056  .128  .056  -46    2   6   0   0   0   0
 1980 28 SDP NL  40   21    0    2   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .095  .095  .190  -20    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 STL NL   8    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .250  .000  -24    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      239  260    7   31   8  0   0   10   0  0  12  84  .119  .158  .150  -13   39  34   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        176    5   21   5  0   0    7   0  0   8  57  .119  .158  .150  -13   26  23   0   0   0   1
 Career High     46   72    4   10   5  0   0    3   0  0   5  27                          15  10   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 23 STL NL   28   23    1   1.2    99| .154  .270| .185  .342| .154  .390| .339  .732|  -6  .084  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1976 24 STL NL   44   39    1   0.7    93| .105  .264| .150  .330| .132  .376| .282  .706| -20  .037  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1977 25 STL NL   83   68    4   1.6   102| .139  .268| .195  .336| .208  .408| .403  .744|   9  .124  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1978 26 TOT NL   74   65    1   0.4    89| .141  .254| .141  .321| .141  .373| .282  .694| -18  .014 -10.0  -1.1   0%
         STL NL   20   18    0   0.0    94| .111  .261| .111  .328| .111  .384| .222  .712| -37  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         SDP NL   54   47    1   0.6    87| .152  .251| .152  .318| .152  .370| .304  .687| -11  .025  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1979 27 SDP NL   45   40    1   0.7    94| .056  .260| .128  .325| .056  .386| .184  .711| -46  .031  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1980 28 SDP NL   27   25    1   1.1    90| .095  .260| .095  .321| .190  .377| .285  .698| -20  .076  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1982 30 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0    95| .000  .267| .250  .330| .000  .388| .250  .718| -24  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       306  264    9   0.9    95| .119  .262| .158  .329| .150  .387| .308  .717| -13  .055 -40.1  -4.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 23 STL NL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.72 1.44 1.86 13 81.0 1976 24 STL NL P 43 15 34 1 2 .980 .950 1.14 0.72 2.93 1.88 17 150.3 1977 25 STL NL P 34 8 30 1 4 .974 .950 1.12 0.67 1.47 1.85 34 233.0 1978 26 TOT NL P 37 14 37 2 3 .962 .951 1.38 0.72 2.22 1.91 34 206.6 STL NL P 10 3 9 1 2 .923 .952 1.20 0.72 1.79 1.91 10 60.3 SDP NL P 27 11 28 1 1 .975 .951 1.44 0.72 2.40 1.91 24 146.3 1979 27 SDP NL P 45 6 24 1 1 .968 .952 0.67 0.66 1.72 1.80 21 156.7 1980 28 SDP NL P 40 8 15 2 2 .920 .950 0.57 0.69 1.86 1.91 14 111.3 1982 30 STL NL P 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.70 1.97 1.97 3 18.3 1983 31 TOT P 17 2 8 0 2 1.000 .952 0.59 0.71 1.49 1.80 9 60.4 STL NL P 6 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.17 0.68 1.17 1.87 0 7.7 KCR AL P 11 2 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.82 0.73 1.54 1.79 9 52.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 23 STL NL P 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 .949 0.93 0.72 1.44 1.86 13 81.0 1976 24 STL NL P 43 15 34 1 2 .980 .950 1.14 0.72 2.93 1.88 17 150.3 1977 25 STL NL P 34 8 30 1 4 .974 .950 1.12 0.67 1.47 1.85 34 233.0 1978 26 TOT NL P 37 14 37 2 3 .962 .951 1.38 0.72 2.22 1.91 34 206.6 STL NL P 10 3 9 1 2 .923 .952 1.20 0.72 1.79 1.91 10 60.3 SDP NL P 27 11 28 1 1 .975 .951 1.44 0.72 2.40 1.91 24 146.3 1979 27 SDP NL P 45 6 24 1 1 .968 .952 0.67 0.66 1.72 1.80 21 156.7 1980 28 SDP NL P 40 8 15 2 2 .920 .950 0.57 0.69 1.86 1.91 14 111.3 1982 30 STL NL P 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.70 1.97 1.97 3 18.3 1983 31 TOT P 17 2 8 0 2 1.000 .952 0.59 0.71 1.49 1.80 9 60.4 STL NL P 6 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.17 0.68 1.17 1.87 0 7.7 KCR AL P 11 2 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.82 0.73 1.54 1.79 9 52.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 238 55 163 7 14 .969 .951 0.92 0.70 1.93 1.86 145 1017.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 238 55 163 7 14 .969 .951 0.92 0.70 1.93 1.86 145 1018
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1977 NL-2.43-10

Innings
1977 NL-233.0-10

Comp. Games
1977 NL-11-6

Shutouts
1977 NL-3-4
1978 NL-3-6
1979 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1977 NL-24-9
1978 NL-20-7

Losses
1977 NL-17-4
1978 NL-15-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1978 NL-94-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1435) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1187) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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 the Yucatan (Mexican).

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

August 11, 1982: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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