Eric Rasmussen | Major Leaguer 1975-1983

Full Name: Eric Ralph Rasmussen
Born: March 22,1952 in Racine, Wisconsin
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College: Louisiana State University

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Drafted: Selected by Boston Red Sox in 4th Round (72nd overall) of 1971 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg) ... Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 32nd Round (676th overall) of 1973 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [May 26,1978] - Traded by Cardinals to Padres for George Hendrick. [Mar 27,1981] - Released by Padres. [Dec 9,1981] - Purchased by Cardinals from Yucatan (Mexican). [Apr 6,1982] - Purchased by Yucatan (Mexican) from Cardinals. [Aug 11,1982] - Purchased by Cardinals from Yucatan (Mexican). [Aug 2,1983] - Purchased by Royals from Cardinals. [Oct 17,1983] - 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%
1973	GCL Cards	GCL	21	Stl	Rk	2	0	1.17	3						23.0	16	4	3		4	27			6.26	---	1.57	10.57	0.87	--
	St. Peters	FSL	21	Stl	A+	3	3	2.25	8						52.0	47	17	13		6	33			8.13	---	1.04	5.71	1.02	--
1974	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	14	5	3.11	22						159.0	154	65	55		32	121			8.72	---	1.81	6.85	1.17	--
1975	Tulsa	Amer	23	Stl	AAA	10	5	3.70	18						129.0	133	56	53		36	89			9.28	---	2.51	6.21	1.31	--
	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	5	5	3.78	14	13	2	1	0	0	81.0	86	44	34	8	20	59	1	0	9.56	0.89	2.22	6.56	1.31	41%
1976	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	6	12	3.53	43	17	2	1	9	0	150.1	139	67	59	10	54	76	6	1	8.32	0.60	3.23	4.55	1.28	53%
1977	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	11	17	3.48	34	34	11	3	0	0	233.0	223	103	90	24	63	120	2	2	8.61	0.93	2.43	4.64	1.23	48%
1978	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	2	5	4.18	10	10	2	1	0	0	60.1	61	32	28	4	20	32	2	2	9.10	0.60	2.98	4.77	1.34	52%
	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	12	10	4.06	27	24	3	2	0	0	146.1	154	72	66	16	43	59	1	4	9.47	0.98	2.64	3.63	1.35	57%
1979	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	6	9	3.27	45	20	5	3	11	3	156.2	142	59	57	9	42	54	0	4	8.16	0.52	2.41	3.10	1.17	57%
1980	San Diego	NL	28	Sd	MLB	4	11	4.37	40	14	0	0	12	1	111.1	130	60	54	9	33	50	1	1	10.51	0.73	2.67	4.04	1.46	50%
1982	Louisville	Amer	30	Stl	AAA	2	2	4.13	4	4	0	0	0	0	28.1	27	13	13	1	9	20	1		8.58	0.32	2.86	6.35	1.27	--
	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	1	2	4.42	8	3	0	0	1	0	18.1	21	13	9	2	8	15	0	0	10.31	0.98	3.93	7.36	1.58	20%
1983	Louisville	Amer	31	Stl	AAA	8	1	2.28	11	11	1	1	0	0	71.0	60	21	18	6	18	46	1		7.61	0.76	2.28	5.83	1.10	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	3	6	4.79	11	9	2	1	1	0	52.2	61	28	28	4	22	18	0	0	10.43	0.68	3.76	3.08	1.58	32%
	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	0	0	11.75	6	0	0	0	5	1	7.2	16	11	10	1	4	6	2	0	18.80	1.17	4.70	7.05	2.61	6%
1984	Tucson	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	10	12	4.31	28	28	7	1	0	0	185.2	204	97	89	11	56	100	2		9.89	0.53	2.71	4.85	1.40	--
1985	Louisville	Amer	33	Stl	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0		5.79	0.00	0.00	5.79	0.64	--
1986	Miami	FSL	34		A+	1	4	2.92	5	5	3	0	0	0	37.0	23	15	12	1	11	26	1		5.59	0.24	2.68	6.32	0.92	--
	Rochester	IL	34	Bal	AAA	4	3	1.98	31	5	2	1	11	4	91.0	74	24	20	7	25	77	2		7.32	0.69	2.47	7.62	1.09	--
1987	Rochester	IL	35	Bal	AAA	6	8	4.80	49	3	0	0	15	8	110.2	122	59	59	10	60	66	8		9.92	0.81	4.88	5.37	1.64	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						50	77	3.85	238	144	27	12	39	5	1,017.2	1033	489	435	87	309	489	15	14	9.14	0.77	2.73	4.32	1.32	50%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						60	43	3.38	180						891.1	863	371	335		257	608			8.72	---	2.60	6.14	1.26	--

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%
1975	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	p	9	14	26	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.185	.154	339	80%
1976	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	p	9	43	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	0	0	4	0	1	.105	.150	.132	282	50%
1977	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p	9	34	72	4	10	5	0	0	3	0	0	5	27	0	0	6	0	0	.139	.195	.208	403	56%
1978	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	p	9	10	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	50%
	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	p	9	27	46	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	8	0	0	.152	.152	.152	304	65%
1979	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	p	9	46	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	6	0	0	.056	.128	.056	184	75%
1980	idaho flls	Pio	28	Cal	Rk	c-1b		30	105	15	25	5	0	5	22	0	0	14	19	5		1	0		.238	.355	.429	784	--
	San Diego	NL	28	Sd	MLB	p	9	40	21	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	6	0	0	.095	.095	.190	285	80%
1982	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p	9	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	67%
1983	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	p	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Tucson	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	p		28	33	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	13	0	0	6	0		.061	.114	.091	205	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)								239	260	7	31	8	0	0	10	0	0	12	84	0	0	34	0	1	.119	.158	.150	308	65%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								58	138	16	27	6	0	5	23	0	1	16	32	5		7	0		.196	.302	.348	650	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1975	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	P	14		81	2	11	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.44

1976	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	P	43		150.1	15	34	1	50	2	-	-	-	.980	2.93

1977	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	34		233	8	30	1	39	4	-	-	-	.974	1.47

1978	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	P	27		146.1	11	28	1	40	1	-	-	-	.975	2.40
1978	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	P	10		60.1	3	9	1	13	2	-	-	-	.923	1.79

1979	San Diego	NL	27	Sd	MLB	P	45		156.2	6	24	1	31	1	-	-	-	.968	1.72

1980	idaho flls	Pio	28	Cal	Rk	C	14			93	9	3	105	1	3			.971	--
1980	idaho flls	Pio	28	Cal	Rk	1B	5			34	3	2	39	3	-	-	-	.949	--
1980	San Diego	NL	28	Sd	MLB	P	40		111.1	8	15	2	25	2	-	-	-	.920	1.86

1982	Louisville	Amer	30	Stl	AAA	P	4			1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1982	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	8		18.1	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.96

1983	Louisville	Amer	31	Stl	AAA	P	11			5	5	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1983	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	P	11		52.2	2	7	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.54
1983	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	P	6		7.2	0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.17

1984	Tucson	PCL	32	Hou	AAA	P	28			16	24	0	40	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

1985	Miami	FSL	33		A+	P	27			15	25	1	41	3	-	-	-	.976	--
1985	Louisville	Amer	33	Stl	AAA	P	1			1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1986	Miami	FSL	34		A+	P	5			3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	Rochester	IL	34	Bal	AAA	P	31			8	10	1	19	0	-	-	-	.947	--

1987	Rochester	IL	35	Bal	AAA	P	49			3	13	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	--

Awards

Trivia and Player Notes

2006 - Pitching Coach for Fort Myers of Florida State League (A+)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1991-1995	GCL Twins [Gcl]	Pitching Coach
1996-1997	Fort Myers [Fsl]	Pitching Coach
1998	New Britain [East]	Pitching Coach
2000-2008	Fort Myers [Fsl]	Pitching Coach