Bio
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Creighton
Bio
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Debut
- 1983
- College
- Creighton
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 256
- W
- 91
- L
- 77
- ERA
- 4.15
- IP
- 1460.2
- K
- 835
- BB
- 522
- WHIP
- 1.33
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | SD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 | 13.2 | 13 | 8 | 1.32 |
| 1984 | NYY | 24 | 9 | 6 | 4.57 | 147.2 | 110 | 60 | 1.27 |
| 1985 | NYY | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3.98 | 101.2 | 63 | 42 | 1.37 |
| 1986 | NYY | 31 | 18 | 6 | 3.88 | 202.0 | 131 | 74 | 1.16 |
| 1987 |  NYY/CIN | 33 | 13 | 8 | 4.56 | 191.1 | 128 | 67 | 1.31 |
| 1988 |  CIN/SD | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3.43 | 204.2 | 112 | 58 | 1.26 |
| 1989 | SD | 33 | 10 | 10 | 4.26 | 183.2 | 87 | 72 | 1.43 |
| 1990 | SD | 32 | 11 | 15 | 4.51 | 187.2 | 86 | 62 | 1.49 |
| 1991 | SD | 24 | 6 | 13 | 3.74 | 146.2 | 75 | 49 | 1.39 |
| 1992 |  CHC/KC | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2.53 | 42.2 | 12 | 8 | 0.94 |
| 1993 | KC | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7.45 | 29.0 | 12 | 14 | 1.86 |
| 1995 | KC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 10.0 | 6 | 8 | 2.10 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 122
- CG
- 21
- SHO
- 5
- K/9
- 5.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 52
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | SD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | NYY | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1985 | NYY | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | NYY | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1987 | NYY/CIN | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988 | CIN/SD | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1989 | SD | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1990 | SD | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1991 | SD | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1992 | CHC/KC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What were Dennis Rasmussen's career stats?
Dennis Rasmussen played 12 seasons for the Padres, the Yankees and the Royals. He had 91 wins and 835 strikeouts with a 4.15 ERA over 1,460.2 innings. His best season was 1986: 18 wins, a 3.88 ERA and 131 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1983 to 1995
Dennis Rasmussen finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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