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Eric
Rasmussen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 22, 1952 in Usa, WI, RACINE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 23 PIT NL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1976 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1977 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 6 7 6
1978 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1979 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 5
1980 28 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1981 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1982 30 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 5
1983 31 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5
1985 33 SEM AL   4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1975 23 AAA   8 13 .381 23 23 1 0 0 155.7 172 71 15 52 78 4.11 .279 .335 .417 .753  
1976 24 PIT NL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 2 25.0 29 15 2 14 10 5.40 .276 .361 .362 .723 0.7
    AAA   6 8 .429 22 22 6 0 0 156.0 137 55 15 46 75 3.17 .233 .289 .375 .664  
1977 25 PIT NL 3 3 .500 46 0 0 0 13 66.7 91 31 3 18 18 4.19 .333 .369 .425 .794 5.1
1978 26 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 3 13.0 17 7 2 4 5 4.85 .333 .382 .510 .892 0.4
  NYG NL 5 2 .714 20 1 0 0 3 36.3 36 16 5 16 13 3.96 .254 .327 .401 .728 3.3
  TOT   6 2 .750 26 1 0 0 6 49.3 53 23 7 20 18 4.20 .275 .341 .430 .771 3.7
    AAA   0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 5 0 0 2 1 0.00 .294 .368 .412 .780  
1979 27 NYG NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.7 8 5 1 1 6 6.76 .296 .321 .519 .840 0.0
    AAA   7 1 .875 12 12 3 1 0 88.0 71 25 4 28 63 2.56 .223 .285 .304 .589  
1980 28 NYG NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 12.7 16 6 1 2 7 4.27 .314 .333 .490 .824 0.1
    AAA   7 3 .700 16 11 2 0 0 85.3 100 48 12 29 62 5.06 .292 .348 .474 .821  
1981 29 NYG NL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 19.3 23 9 0 6 11 4.19 .291 .341 .367 .708 0.7
    AAA   1 3 .250 19 2 0 0 1 37.7 45 16 2 18 27 3.82 .300 .375 .433 .808  
1982 30 AAA   0 2 .000 25 0 0 0 0 44.7 42 19 4 15 23 3.83 .250 .311 .345 .657  
    AA   1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 2 19.3 18 6 0 7 14 2.79 .257 .325 .271 .596  
1983 31 AA   2 4 .333 66 0 0 0 8 46.7 32 6 3 12 31 1.16 .204 .260 .268 .528  
1985 33 SEM AL 1 6 .143 42 0 0 0 8 79.0 90 48 9 39 31 5.47 .288 .367 .435 .802 0.7
7 Years Sim 10 11 .476 151 1 0 0 29 258.6 310 137 23 100 101 4.77 .298 .358 .424 .781 11.0
7 Years AAA 29 31 .483 120 70 12 1 1 572.0 572 234 52 190 329 3.68 .260 .319 .394 .713  
2 Years AA 3 5 .375 77 0 0 0 10 66.0 50 12 3 19 45 1.64 .220 .280 .269 .549  
9 Years Minors 32 36 .471 197 70 12 1 11 638.0 622 246 55 209 374 3.47 .256 .315 .382 .697  
Season Average 1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 4 36.9 44 19 3 14 14 4.77 .298 .358 .424 .781  
Career Highs 6 6 .750 46 1 0 0 13 79.0 91 48 9 39 31 6.76 .333 .369 .519 .840  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   144 65 13 52 63   .267 .332 .401 .732
vs LH   166 72 10 48 38   .331 .389 .448 .837
Home 4 8 .333 72 1 0 0 11 114.7 142 75 11 60 42 5.89 .311 .391 .443 .834
Away 6 3 .667 79 0 0 0 18 144.0 168 62 12 40 59 3.88 .287 .333 .409 .741
Mar/Apr 2 4 .333 28 0 0 0 3 55.0 72 28 5 21 28 4.58 .317 .375 .467 .842
May 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 1 56.6 67 26 6 14 23 4.13 .296 .338 .429 .767
June 0 0 .000 22 0 0 0 7 31.0 42 21 5 9 13 6.10 .323 .367 .508 .875
July 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 3 23.0 17 3 0 6 5 1.17 .215 .271 .278 .549
August 4 1 .800 34 0 0 0 6 47.7 57 28 4 20 19 5.29 .298 .365 .403 .768
Sep/Oct 2 4 .333 32 1 0 0 9 45.3 55 31 3 30 13 6.16 .293 .390 .388 .778
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1976 24 PIT NL P 17 0 25.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.72    
1977 25 PIT NL P 46 0 66.7 8 16 0 0 1.000 3.24    
1978 26 PIT NL P 6 0 13.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.08    
  NYG NL P 20 1 36.3 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.48    
  TOT   P 26 1 49.3 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.37    
1979 27 NYG NL P 4 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1980 28 NYG NL P 6 0 12.7 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.42    
1981 29 NYG NL P 10 0 19.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1985 33 SEM AL P 42 0 79.0 7 7 1 0 .933 1.59    
Career Totals   151 1 258.6 19 41 1 3 .984 2.09    
Career Highs   46 1 79.0 8 16 1 2 1.000 3.24    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1977 25 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
1980 28 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 3 1 2.25 .143 .294 .357 .651
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.7 3 1 1 3 2 1.59 .150 .261 .300 .561
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1977-3-13
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Clyde King (989)
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  7. Richard Dotson (979)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975
Injured on 4/25/1975 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/22/1976 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Earned first career win on 4/20/1977
Injured on 6/2/1978 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/1/1978 (Going to NYG: P Eric Rasmussen. Going to PIT: SS Ozzie Smith)
Injured on 4/26/1979 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/22/1979 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 9/5/1979 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1982 (Going to NYG: 2B Ron Washington. Going to BOS: C Steve Yeager, P Eric Rasmussen, P Steve Stone)
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1985
 
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