Dennis Rasmussen

Full Name: Dennis Lee Rasmussen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 7"/230	First Game: September 16, 1983
Birthdate: April 18, 1959	Final Game: July 1, 1995
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 18, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, Dennis Rasmussen (Dennis Lee Rasmussen) played for the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 12 year career. Rasmussen broke into the bigs on September 16, 1983 with the San Diego Padres, and put up a 4.57 ERA in 147.2 innings pitched in 1984, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dennis Rasmussen's best season was 1986, when he posted a 3.88 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 131 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1983	SD	N	4	1	0	0	1.98	13	5	3	0	0	13.2	10	1	8	0	1	0
1984	NY	A	24	24	9	6	4.57	110	79	75	1	0	147.2	127	16	60	0	8	4
1985	NY	A	22	16	3	5	3.98	63	56	45	2	0	101.2	97	10	42	1	3	1
1986	NY	A	31	31	18	6	3.88	131	91	87	3	1	202	160	28	74	0	5	2
1987	NY	A	26	25	9	7	4.75	89	78	77	2	0	146	145	31	55	1	6	4
1987	CIN	N	7	7	4	1	3.97	39	22	20	0	0	45.1	39	5	12	0	1	1
1987	Total		33	32	13	8	4.56	128	100	97	2	0	191.1	184	36	67	1	7	5
1988	SD	N	20	20	14	4	2.55	85	48	42	6	0	148.1	131	9	36	0	6	2
1988	CIN	N	11	11	2	6	5.75	27	36	36	1	1	56.1	68	8	22	4	1	2
1988	TOT	N	31	31	16	10	3.43	112	84	78	7	1	204.2	199	17	58	4	7	4
1989	SD	N	33	33	10	10	4.26	87	100	87	1	0	183.2	190	18	72	6	4	3
1990	SD	N	32	32	11	15	4.51	86	110	94	3	1	187.2	217	28	62	4	9	3
1991	SD	N	24	24	6	13	3.74	75	74	61	1	1	146.2	155	12	49	3	1	2
1992	KC	A	5	5	4	1	1.43	12	7	6	1	1	37.2	25	0	6	0	3	0
1992	CHI	N	3	1	0	0	1.80	0	6	6	0	0	5	7	2	2	1	0	1
1992	Total		8	6	4	1	2.53	12	13	12	1	1	42.2	32	2	8	1	3	1
1993	KC	A	9	4	1	2	7.45	12	25	24	0	0	29	40	4	14	1	2	1
1995	KC	A	5	1	0	1	9.00	6	10	10	0	0	10	13	3	8	2	2	0
Total	NL		134	129	47	49	3.99	412	401	349	12	3	786.2	817	83	263	18	23	14
Total	AL		122	106	44	28	4.33	423	346	324	9	2	674	607	92	259	5	29	12
Total			256	235	91	77	4.15	835	747	673	21	5	1460.2	1424	175	522	23	52	26

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1983	SD	N	P	4	1	13.2	0	4	0	1	0	4	1	0	1.000
1984	NY	A	P	24	24	147.2	7	14	2	1	0	6	8	1	.913
1985	NY	A	P	22	16	101.2	7	13	0	2	0	3	6	2	1.000
1986	NY	A	P	31	31	202	6	26	0	0	1	10	8	3	1.000
1987	NY	A	P	26	25	146	6	22	1	0	0	7	11	3	.966
1987	CIN	N	P	7	7	45.1	0	8	1	0	0	7	3	3	.889
1987	Total		P	33	32	191.1	6	30	2	0	0	14	14	6	.947
1988	SD	N	P	20	20	148.1	3	34	0	0	3	5	9	6	1.000
1988	CIN	N	P	11	11	56.1	0	11	0	1	1	9	5	0	1.000
1988	TOT	N	P	31	31	204.2	3	45	0	1	4	14	14	6	1.000
1989	SD	N	P	33	33	183.2	6	27	0	3	3	10	6	1	1.000
1990	SD	N	P	32	32	187.2	8	31	3	2	0	21	16	7	.929
1991	SD	N	P	24	24	146.2	5	34	1	0	0	21	6	0	.975
1992	KC	A	P	5	5	37.2	1	12	0	0	0	1	6	0	1.000
1992	CHI	N	P	3	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1992	Total		P	8	6	42.2	1	13	0	0	0	2	7	0	1.000
1993	KC	A	P	9	4	29	0	5	0	0	1	1	4	1	1.000
1995	KC	A	P	5	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Total			P	256	235	1460.2	49	242	8	10	9	107	90	27	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1983	SD	N	4	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1984	NY	A	24	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	NY	A	22	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	NY	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NY	A	26	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CIN	N	7	15	1	1	0	.067	.125	.067	0	1	7	0	0	0
1987	Total		33	15	1	1	0	.067	.125	.067	0	1	7	0	0	0
1988	SD	N	20	48	6	9	3	.188	.259	.208	1	4	17	1	6	2
1988	CIN	N	11	22	1	5	1	.227	.227	.273	1	0	6	0	0	0
1988	TOT	N	31	70	7	14	4	.200	.250	.229	2	4	23	1	6	2
1989	SD	N	33	65	1	11	2	.169	.182	.215	3	1	20	0	3	1
1990	SD	N	33	62	8	18	8	.290	.308	.323	2	2	18	0	6	1
1991	SD	N	25	44	3	6	0	.136	.224	.159	1	5	12	0	3	0
1992	KC	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	CHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1992	Total		8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1993	KC	A	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	KC	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		136	259	20	50	14	.193	.233	.224	8	13	82	1	19	4
Total	AL		122	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			258	259	20	50	14	.193	.233	.224	8	13	82	1	19	4

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977).
Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
Traded by California Angels to New York Yankees (November 24, 1982) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded Tommy John to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (August 31, 1982).
Traded by New York Yankees with Edwin Rodriguez to San Diego Padres (September 12, 1983) completing trade in which New York Yankees traded $200000 and 2 players to be named later to San Diego Padres in exchange for John Montefusco (August 26, 1983).
Traded by San Diego Padres with a player to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Graig Nettles (March 30, 1984); New York Yankees received Darin Cloninger (April 26, 1984).
Traded by New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bill Gullickson (August 26, 1987).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to San Diego Padres in exchange for Candy Sierra (June 8, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
Signed by San Diego Padres (January 9, 1991).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1991).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 31, 1992).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (June 2, 1992).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (June 5, 1992).
Released by Chicago Cubs (July 21, 1992).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (July 27, 1992).
Granted free agency (October 29, 1993).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 31, 1994).
Released by San Francisco Giants (May 2, 1994).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (May 27, 1994).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 15, 1994).
Released by Kansas City Royals (July 7, 1995).

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