Dennis Rasmussen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-7, 230lb (201cm, 104kg)

Born: April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bear Creek HS (Lakewood, CO) and the California Angels in the 1st round (17th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).

High School: Bear Creek HS (Lakewood, CO)

School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)

Debut: September 16, 1983 (Age 24-151d, 12,456th in MLB history)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 1, 1995 (Age 36-074d)
vs. CHW 4.1 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Dennis Lee Rasmussen

Relatives: Grandson of Bill Brubaker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

W

L

ERA

4.15

G

256

GS

235

SV

IP

1460.2

SO

835

WHIP

1.332

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1980	21	CAL-min	A	4	6	.400	5.45	11	11		4	1	0	76.0	69	51	46	6	52	0	63	4	1	8				1.592	8.2	0.7	6.2	7.5	1.21	SLS CALL
1981	22	CAL-min	AA	8	12	.400	3.98	24	24	0	6	1	0	156.0	134	95	69	9	99	3	125	6	2	18				1.494	7.7	0.5	5.7	7.2	1.26	HLY EL
1982	23	CAL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	5.03	27	27	0	4	2	0	171.2	166	110	96	15	113	0	162	8	0	12				1.625	8.7	0.8	5.9	8.5	1.43	SPO PCL
1983	24	NYY-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.57	28	28	0	8	1	0	181.0	161	106	92	16	108	1	187	2	1	5				1.486	8.0	0.8	5.4	9.3	1.73	CLB IL
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	184	3.56	1.317	6.6	0.7	5.3	8.6	1.63
1984	25	NYY-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.09	6	6	0	3	1	0	43.2	24	15	15	1	27	0	30	0	0	8				1.168	4.9	0.2	5.6	6.2	1.11	CLB IL
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	3.99	1.266	7.7	1.0	3.7	6.7	1.83
1985	26	NYY-min	AAA	0	3	.000	3.80	7	7	0	1	0	0	45.0	41	24	19	1	25	0	43	1	1	3				1.467	8.2	0.2	5.0	8.6	1.72	CLB IL
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	3.99	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	4.40	1.158	7.1	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.77
1987	28	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0				0.714	6.4	0.0	0.0	5.1		CLB IL
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	5.11	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	5.62	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	107	3.44	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	102	3.66	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	63	4.93	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	135	3.18	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	82	4.31	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	4.87	1.487	10.4	1.3	3.0	4.1	1.39
1991	32	SDP-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.47	5	5	0	1	0	0	26.1	23	18	16	2	15	0	12	2	1	1	114			1.443	7.9	0.7	5.1	4.1	0.80	LVG PCL
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	102	3.94	1.391	9.5	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.53
1992	33	KCR-BAL-CHC-min	AAA	4	11	.267	3.58	22	17	1	4	2	0	108.0	101	54	43	6	42	2	83	1	1	1	465			1.324	8.4	0.5	3.5	6.9	1.98	OMA,ROC,IWA IL,AA
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	160	3.46	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	36	9.78	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	2.62	0.823	6.0	0.0	1.4	2.9	2.00
1993	34	KCR-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.03	17	17	0	3	1	0	105.2	124	68	59	16	27	0	59	1	2	4	451			1.429	10.6	1.4	2.3	5.0	2.19	OMA AA
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	5.51	1.862	12.4	1.2	4.3	3.7	0.86

1994	35	KCR-SFG-min	AAA	11	9	.550	3.41	25	23	0	10	2	0	169.0	174	76	64	14	43	0	96	5	0	5	695			1.284	9.3	0.7	2.3	5.1	2.23	OMA,PHX AA,PCL
1995	36	KCR-min	AAA	6	3	.667	2.89	10	10	0	3	1	0	65.1	63	22	21	7	17	0	51	2	0	1	269			1.224	8.7	1.0	2.3	7.0	3.00	OMA AA
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	55	8.20	2.100	11.7	2.7	7.2	5.4	0.75
12 Yrs				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	4.34	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	4.34	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.12	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	4.53	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	94	4.44	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	79	4.27	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	36	9.78	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	4.18	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	96	4.52	1.285	8.1	1.2	3.5	5.6	1.63

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