Dennis Rasmussen | Major Leaguer 1983-1995

Full Name: Dennis Lee Rasmussen
Born: April 18,1959 in Los Angeles, California
Height: 6-7 Weight: 225 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Bear Creek (Lakewood,CO)
College: Creighton University

Grandson of Bill Brubaker

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Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 18th Round (459th overall) of 1977 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by California Angels in 1st Round (17th overall) of 1980 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Nov 24,1982] - Traded by Angels to Yankees for Tommy John. [Sep 12,1983] - Traded by Yankees with Edwin Rodriguez and Cash to Padres for John Montefusco. [Mar 30,1984] - Traded by Padres with Darin Cloninger to Yankees for Graig Nettles. [Aug 26,1987] - Traded by Yankees to Reds for Bill Gullickson. [Jun 8,1988] - Traded by Reds to Padres for Candy Sierra. [Nov 5,1990] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 9,1991] - Signed as Free Agent by Padres. [Oct 28,1991] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 31,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Jun 2,1992] - Released by Orioles. [Jun 5,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Jul 21,1992] - Released by Cubs. [Jul 27,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Oct 29,1993] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 31,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [May 2,1994] - Released by Giants. [May 27,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Oct 15,1994] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 15,1994] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Jul 7,1995] - Released by Royals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	Salinas	Calif	21	Cal	A+	4	6	5.45	11	11	4	1		0	76.0	69	51	46	6	52	63	8		8.17	0.71	6.16	7.46	1.59	--
1981	Holyoke	East	22	Cal	AA	8	12	3.98	24	24	6	1	0	0	156.0	134	95	69	9	99	125	18		7.73	0.52	5.71	7.21	1.49	--
1982	Spokane	PCL	23	Cal	AAA	11	8	5.03	27	27	4	2	0	0	171.2	166	110	96	15	113	162	12		8.70	0.79	5.92	8.49	1.63	--
1983	Columbus	IL	24	Nyy	AAA	13	10	4.57	28	28	8	1	0	0	181.0	161	106	92	16	108	187	5		8.01	0.80	5.37	9.30	1.49	--
	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	0	0	1.98	4	1	0	0	1	0	13.2	10	5	3	1	8	13	1	0	6.59	0.66	5.27	8.57	1.32	43%
1984	Columbus	IL	25	Nyy	AAA	4	1	3.09	6	6	3	1	0	0	43.2	24	15	15	1	27	30	8		4.95	0.21	5.57	6.18	1.17	--
	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	9	6	4.57	24	24	1	0	0	0	147.2	127	79	75	16	60	110	8	2	7.74	0.98	3.66	6.70	1.27	42%
1985	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	3	5	3.98	22	16	2	0	1	0	101.2	97	56	45	10	42	63	3	1	8.59	0.89	3.72	5.58	1.37	47%
1986	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	18	6	3.88	31	31	3	1	0	0	202.0	160	91	87	28	74	131	5	0	7.13	1.25	3.30	5.84	1.16	43%
1987	Columbus	IL	28	Nyy	AAA	1	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	4	0		6.43	0.00	0.00	5.14	0.71	--
	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	4	1	3.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	45.1	39	22	20	5	12	39	1	2	7.74	0.99	2.38	7.74	1.13	48%
	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	9	7	4.75	26	25	2	0	0	0	146.0	145	78	77	31	55	89	6	0	8.94	1.91	3.39	5.49	1.37	39%
1988	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	2	6	5.75	11	11	1	1	0	0	56.1	68	36	36	8	22	27	1	5	10.86	1.28	3.52	4.31	1.60	40%
	San Diego	NL	29	Sd	MLB	14	4	2.55	20	20	6	0	0	0	148.1	131	48	42	9	36	85	6	0	7.95	0.55	2.18	5.16	1.13	35%
1989	San Diego	NL	30	Sd	MLB	10	10	4.26	33	33	1	0	0	0	183.2	190	100	87	18	72	87	4	2	9.31	0.88	3.53	4.26	1.43	47%
1990	San Diego	NL	31	Sd	MLB	11	15	4.51	32	32	3	1	0	0	187.2	217	110	94	28	62	86	9	1	10.41	1.34	2.97	4.12	1.49	44%
1991	Las Vegas	PCL	32	Sd	AAA	1	3	5.08	5	5	1	0	0	0	28.1	23	18	16	2	15	12	1		7.31	0.64	4.77	3.81	1.34	--
	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	6	13	3.74	24	24	1	1	0	0	146.2	155	74	61	12	49	75	1	1	9.51	0.74	3.01	4.60	1.39	45%
1992	Iowa & Omaha	Amer	33	Chc/Kc	AAA	4	4	2.03	13	8	3	2	1	0	62.0	52	21	14	3	20	50	0		7.55	0.44	2.90	7.26	1.16	--
	Rochester	IL	33	Bal	AAA	0	7	5.67	9	9	1	0	0	0	46.0	49	33	29	3	22	33	1		9.59	0.59	4.30	6.46	1.54	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	0	0	10.80	3	1	0	0	1	0	5.0	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	12.60	3.60	3.60	0.00	1.80	37%
	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	4	1	1.43	5	5	1	1	0	0	37.2	25	7	6	0	6	12	3	0	5.97	0.00	1.43	2.87	0.82	47%
1993	Omaha	Amer	34	Kc	AAA	7	8	5.03	17	17	3	1	0	0	105.2	124	88	59	18	27	59	4		10.56	1.53	2.30	5.03	1.43	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	1	2	7.45	9	4	0	0	3	0	29.0	40	25	24	4	14	12	2	0	12.41	1.24	4.34	3.72	1.86	25%
1994	Omaha	Amer	35	Kc	AAA	10	7	3.24	20	18	9	2	0	0	139.0	135	59	50	12	36	84	2	0	8.74	0.78	2.33	5.44	1.23	--
	Phoenix	PCL	35	Sf	AAA	1	2	4.20	5	5	1	0	0	0	30.0	39	17	14	2	7	12	3	0	11.70	0.60	2.10	3.60	1.53	--
1995	Omaha	Amer	36	Kc	AAA	6	3	2.89	10	10	3	1	0	0	65.1	63	22	21	7	17	51	1	0	8.68	0.96	2.34	7.03	1.22	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	36	Kc	MLB	0	1	9.00	5	1	0	0	1	0	10.0	13	10	10	3	8	6	2	0	11.70	2.70	7.20	5.40	2.10	61%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						91	77	4.15	256	235	21	5	7	0	1,460.2	1424	747	673	175	522	835	52	14	8.77	1.08	3.22	5.14	1.33	43%
Minor League Totals - 11 Season(s)						70	71	4.23	176	169	46	12		0	1,111.2	1044	636	522	94	543	872	63		8.46	0.76	4.40	7.06	1.43	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1980	Salinas	Calif	21	Cal	A+			12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1983	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	p	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1984	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	7	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	192	62%
	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	p	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	San Diego	NL	29	Sd	MLB	p	9	20	48	6	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	17	1	0	6	1	2	.188	.259	.208	467	72%
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	11	22	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.273	500	40%
1989	San Diego	NL	30	Sd	MLB	p	9	33	65	1	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	0	0	3	0	1	.169	.182	.215	397	40%
1990	San Diego	NL	31	Sd	MLB	p	9	33	62	8	18	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	18	0	0	6	1	1	.290	.308	.323	631	54%
1991	Las Vegas	PCL	32	Sd	AAA	p		5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	p	9	25	44	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	0	0	3	0	0	.136	.224	.159	383	59%
1992	Iowa & Omaha	Amer	33	Chc/Kc	AAA	p		13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.500	.000	500	--
	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	p	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1994	Phoenix	PCL	35	Sf	AAA	p		5	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	36	Kc	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								258	259	20	50	8	0	0	14	0	0	13	82	1	0	19	2	4	.193	.233	.224	457	55%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)								35	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0		0	0		.133	.188	.133	321	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981	Holyoke	East	22	Cal	AA	P	24			3	38	4	45	1	-	-	-	.911	--

1982	Spokane	PCL	23	Cal	AAA	P	27			1	28	2	31	2	-	-	-	.935	--

1983	Columbus	IL	24	Nyy	AAA	P	28			8	24	3	35	1	-	-	-	.914	--
1983	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	P	4		13.2	0	4	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.63

1984	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	P	24		147.2	7	14	2	23	1	-	-	-	.913	1.28

1985	Columbus	IL	26	Nyy	AAA	P	7			2	8	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	22		101.2	7	13	0	20	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.77

1986	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	31		202	6	26	0	32	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.43

1987	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	7		45.1	0	8	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.59
1987	NY Yankees	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	P	26		146	6	22	1	29	0	-	-	-	.966	1.73

1988	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	11		56.1	0	11	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.76
1988	San Diego	NL	29	Sd	MLB	P	20		148.1	3	34	0	37	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.24

1989	San Diego	NL	30	Sd	MLB	P	33		183.2	6	27	0	33	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.62

1990	San Diego	NL	31	Sd	MLB	P	32		187.2	8	31	3	42	2	-	-	-	.929	1.87

1991	Las Vegas	PCL	32	Sd	AAA	P	5			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1991	San Diego	NL	32	Sd	MLB	P	24		146.2	5	34	1	40	0	-	-	-	.975	2.39

1992	Iowa & Omaha	Amer	33	Chc/Kc	AAA	P	13			3	14	1	18	1	-	-	-	.944	--
1992	Rochester	IL	33	Bal	AAA	P	9			2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	--
1992	Chi Cubs	NL	33	Chc	MLB	P	3		5	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80
1992	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	P	5		37.2	1	12	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.11

1993	Omaha	Amer	34	Kc	AAA	P	17			7	23	3	33	2	-	-	-	.909	--
1993	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	P	9		29	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.55

1994	Omaha	Amer	35	Kc	AAA	P	20			10	26	0	36	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1994	Phoenix	PCL	35	Sf	AAA	P	5			2	7	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1995	Omaha	Amer	36	Kc	AAA	P	10			1	14	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1995	Kansas Cty	AL	36	Kc	MLB	P	5		10	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Awards

[1994] - American Association All-Star LHP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	80
1986	100,000		325,466	59
1987	175,000		292,853	41
1988	457,500		325,305	27
1989	802,500		375,257	16
1990	802,000		426,358	20
1991	805,000		617,627	25
1992	*109,000		798,185	72
1993	325,000		815,723	41
1995	185,000		831,504	50

Career:	$3,821,000	estimate

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