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Dennis Rasmussen
Dennis Lee Rasmussen

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 7", Weight 230 lb.
School Creighton University

Debut September 16, 1983
  vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 1, 1995
Born April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA

Grandson of Bill Brubaker

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 SDP NL   0   0   4   1   0   0   1  0   13.7   10    5    3   1    8   13   0   1    58   0   0  1.98  3.53  179 1.317
 1984 25 NYY AL   9   6  24  24   1   0   0  0  147.7  127   79   75  16   60  110   4   8   616   0   2  4.57  3.80   83 1.266
 1985 26 NYY AL   3   5  22  16   2   0   1  0  101.7   97   56   45  10   42   63   1   3   429   1   1  3.98  4.02  101 1.367
 1986 27 NYY AL  18   6  31  31   3   1   0  0  202.0  160   91   87  28   74  131   2   5   819   0   0  3.88  4.10  106 1.158
 1987 28 TOT     13   8  33  32   2   0   0  0  191.3  184  100   97  36   67  128   5   7   814   1   2  4.56  4.38   96 1.312
         NYY AL   9   7  26  25   2   0   0  0  146.0  145   78   77  31   55   89   4   6   627   1   0  4.75  4.43   93 1.370
         CIN NL   4   1   7   7   0   0   0  0   45.3   39   22   20   5   12   39   1   1   187   0   2  3.97  4.21  106 1.125
 1988 29 TOT NL  16  10  31  31   7   1   0  0  204.7  199   84   78  17   58  112   4   7   854   4   5  3.43  3.47  101 1.256
         CIN NL   2   6  11  11   1   1   0  0   56.3   68   36   36   8   22   27   2   1   255   4   5  5.75  3.59   62 1.598
         SDP NL  14   4  20  20   6   0   0  0  148.3  131   48   42   9   36   85   2   6   599   0   0  2.55  3.42  134 1.126
 1989 30 SDP NL  10  10  33  33   1   0   0  0  183.7  190  100   87  18   72   87   3   4   799   6   2  4.26  3.54   83 1.426
 1990 31 SDP NL  11  15  32  32   3   1   0  0  187.7  217  110   94  28   62   86   3   9   825   4   1  4.51  3.83   85 1.487
 1991 32 SDP NL   6  13  24  24   1   1   0  0  146.7  155   74   61  12   49   75   2   1   633   3   1  3.74  3.80  101 1.391
 1992 33 TOT      4   1   8   6   1   1   1  0   42.7   32   13   12   2    8   12   1   3   158   1   0  2.53  4.01  159 0.938
         CHC NL   0   0   3   1   0   0   1  0    5.0    7    6    6   2    2    0   1   0    24   1   0 10.80  3.61   33 1.800
         KCR AL   4   1   5   5   1   1   0  0   37.7   25    7    6   0    6   12   0   3   134   0   0  1.43  4.07  284 0.823
 1993 34 KCR AL   1   2   9   4   0   0   3  0   29.0   40   25   24   4   14   12   1   2   138   1   0  7.45  4.60   62 1.862
 1995 36 KCR AL   0   1   5   1   0   0   1  0   10.0   13   10   10   3    8    6   0   2    51   2   0  9.00  4.77   53 2.100
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .542  91  77 256 235  21   5   7  0 1460.7 1424  747  673 175  522  835  26  52  6194  23  14  4.15  3.88   94 1.332
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  35  32   2   0   0  0  202.0  197  103   93  24   72  115   3   7   857   3   1  4.15  3.88   94 1.332
 Career High     18  15  33  33   7   1   3  0  204.7  217  110   97  36   74  131   5   9   854   6   5  2.53  4.38  159 0.938
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 24 SDP NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 28 TOT     33   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1      .067  .125  .067  -48    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL   7   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .067  .125  .067  -48    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 29 TOT NL  31   70    7   14   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  23  .200  .250  .229   39   16   6   1   0   1   2
         CIN NL  11   22    1    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .227  .227  .273   41    6   0   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  20   48    6    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  17  .188  .259  .208   37   10   6   1   0   1   2
 1989 30 SDP NL  33   65    1   11   3  0   0    2   0  0   1  20  .169  .182  .215   13   14   3   0   0   0   1
 1990 31 SDP NL  33   62    8   18   2  0   0    8   0  0   2  18  .290  .308  .323   74   20   6   1   0   0   1
 1991 32 SDP NL  25   44    3    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   5  12  .136  .224  .159    9    7   3   0   0   0   0
 1992 33 TOT      8    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0                               0   1   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     258  259   20   50   8  0   0   14   0  0  13  75  .193  .233  .224   29   58  19   2   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        163   13   31   5  0   0    9   0  0   8  47  .193  .233  .224   29   36  12   1   0   1   3
 Career High     33   70    8   18   3  0   0    8   0  0   5  23                          20   6   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 24 SDP NL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .260| .000  .328| .000  .385| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1987 28 TOT      16   14    0   0.0   109| .067  .274| .125  .344| .067  .427| .192  .770| -48  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         CIN NL   16   14    0   0.0   109| .067  .274| .125  .344| .067  .427| .192  .770| -48  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1988 29 TOT NL   82   65    4   1.7    90| .200  .257| .250  .320| .229  .377| .479  .698|  39  .167  -5.5  -0.6   0%
         CIN NL   22   17    1   1.6    93| .227  .261| .227  .325| .273  .383| .500  .708|  41  .156  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         SDP NL   60   48    3   1.7    89| .188  .255| .259  .319| .208  .374| .467  .693|  37  .171  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1989 30 SDP NL   69   58    3   1.4    91| .169  .255| .182  .322| .215  .380| .397  .702|  13  .125  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1990 31 SDP NL   71   52    6   3.1    99| .290  .265| .308  .332| .323  .399| .631  .731|  74  .344  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1991 32 SDP NL   52   41    2   1.3    96| .136  .261| .224  .329| .159  .391| .383  .720|   9  .106  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1992 33 TOT       1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      294  234   15   1.7    95| .193  .260| .233  .327| .224  .388| .457  .715|  29  .165 -25.0  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1983 24 SDP NL P 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.68 2.63 1.91 1 13.7 1984 25 NYY AL P 24 7 14 2 1 .913 .959 0.88 0.70 1.28 1.79 24 147.7 1985 26 NYY AL P 22 7 13 0 2 1.000 .952 0.91 0.70 1.77 1.86 16 101.7 1986 27 NYY AL P 31 6 26 0 0 1.000 .958 1.03 0.68 1.43 1.83 31 202.0 1987 28 TOT P 33 6 30 2 0 .947 .955 1.09 0.66 1.69 1.85 32 191.3 NYY AL P 26 6 22 1 0 .966 .956 1.08 0.67 1.73 1.84 25 146.0 CIN NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 1.14 0.61 1.59 1.91 7 45.3 1988 29 TOT NL P 31 3 45 0 1 1.000 .956 1.55 0.69 2.11 1.96 31 204.6 CIN NL P 11 0 11 0 1 1.000 .957 1.00 0.69 1.76 1.97 11 56.3 SDP NL P 20 3 34 0 0 1.000 .956 1.85 0.69 2.25 1.96 20 148.3 1989 30 SDP NL P 33 6 27 0 3 1.000 .948 1.00 0.63 1.62 1.87 33 183.7 1990 31 SDP NL P 32 8 31 3 2 .929 .956 1.22 0.58 1.87 1.80 32 187.7 1991 32 SDP NL P 24 5 34 1 0 .975 .956 1.62 0.59 2.39 1.86 24 146.7 1992 33 TOT P 8 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 0.57 2.95 1.75 6 42.7 CHC NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.60 1.80 1.98 1 5.0 KCR AL P 5 1 12 0 0 1.000 .956 2.60 0.56 3.10 1.72 5 37.7 1993 34 KCR AL P 9 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.56 1.55 1.80 4 29.0 1995 36 KCR AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.80 1 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 SDP NL P 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.68 2.63 1.91 1 13.7 1984 25 NYY AL P 24 7 14 2 1 .913 .959 0.88 0.70 1.28 1.79 24 147.7 1985 26 NYY AL P 22 7 13 0 2 1.000 .952 0.91 0.70 1.77 1.86 16 101.7 1986 27 NYY AL P 31 6 26 0 0 1.000 .958 1.03 0.68 1.43 1.83 31 202.0 1987 28 TOT P 33 6 30 2 0 .947 .955 1.09 0.66 1.69 1.85 32 191.3 NYY AL P 26 6 22 1 0 .966 .956 1.08 0.67 1.73 1.84 25 146.0 CIN NL P 7 0 8 1 0 .889 .952 1.14 0.61 1.59 1.91 7 45.3 1988 29 TOT NL P 31 3 45 0 1 1.000 .956 1.55 0.69 2.11 1.96 31 204.6 CIN NL P 11 0 11 0 1 1.000 .957 1.00 0.69 1.76 1.97 11 56.3 SDP NL P 20 3 34 0 0 1.000 .956 1.85 0.69 2.25 1.96 20 148.3 1989 30 SDP NL P 33 6 27 0 3 1.000 .948 1.00 0.63 1.62 1.87 33 183.7 1990 31 SDP NL P 32 8 31 3 2 .929 .956 1.22 0.58 1.87 1.80 32 187.7 1991 32 SDP NL P 24 5 34 1 0 .975 .956 1.62 0.59 2.39 1.86 24 146.7 1992 33 TOT P 8 1 13 0 0 1.000 .959 1.75 0.57 2.95 1.75 6 42.7 CHC NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.60 1.80 1.98 1 5.0 KCR AL P 5 1 12 0 0 1.000 .956 2.60 0.56 3.10 1.72 5 37.7 1993 34 KCR AL P 9 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.56 0.56 1.55 1.80 4 29.0 1995 36 KCR AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.54 0.00 1.80 1 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 256 49 242 8 10 .973 .955 1.14 0.64 1.79 1.85 235 1460.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 256 49 242 8 10 .973 .955 1.14 0.64 1.79 1.85 235 1461
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.

Wins
1986 AL-18-4
1988 NL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1986 AL-.750-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1986 AL-1.158-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1986 AL-7.13-2

Games Started
1989 NL-33-7

Home Runs Allow.
1990 NL-28-1

Hits Allowed
1990 NL-217-8

Losses
1990 NL-15-3
1991 NL-13-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1989 NL-87-7
1990 NL-94-6

Wild Pitches
1984 AL-8-10
1990 NL-9-7

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

November 24, 1982: Sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1982. The California Angels sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Tommy John. The California Angels sent Dennis Rasmussen (November 24, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

September 12, 1983: Sent by the New York Yankees to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 26, 1983. The New York Yankees sent players to be named later and $200,000 to the San Diego Padres for John Montefusco. The New York Yankees sent Dennis Rasmussen (September 12, 1983) and Edwin Rodriguez (September 12, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

March 30, 1984: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Graig Nettles. The San Diego Padres sent Darin Cloninger (minors) (April 26, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

August 26, 1987: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Gullickson.

June 8, 1988: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Candy Sierra.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

June 2, 1992: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 5, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

July 21, 1992: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

July 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

May 2, 1994: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

May 27, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

November 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 7, 1995: 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.
Salaries Leaders
1986New York Yankees$100,000
1987New York Yankees$175,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$457,500
1989San Diego Padres$802,500
1990San Diego Padres$802,000
1991San Diego Padres$805,000
1993Kansas City Royals$325,000
1995Kansas City Royals$185,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,652,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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