Eric Rasmussen stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1975
- College
- New Orleans
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1975
- College
- New Orleans
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 238
- W
- 50
- L
- 77
- ERA
- 3.85
- IP
- 1017.2
- K
- 489
- BB
- 309
- WHIP
- 1.32
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | STL | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3.78 | 81.0 | 59 | 20 | 1.31 |
| 1976 | STL | 43 | 6 | 12 | 3.53 | 150.1 | 76 | 54 | 1.28 |
| 1977 | STL | 34 | 11 | 17 | 3.48 | 233.0 | 120 | 63 | 1.23 |
| 1978 |  STL/SD | 37 | 14 | 15 | 4.09 | 206.2 | 91 | 63 | 1.35 |
| 1979 | SD | 45 | 6 | 9 | 3.27 | 156.2 | 54 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 1980 | SD | 40 | 4 | 11 | 4.37 | 111.1 | 50 | 33 | 1.46 |
| 1982 | STL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4.42 | 18.1 | 15 | 8 | 1.58 |
| 1983 |  STL/KC | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5.67 | 60.1 | 24 | 26 | 1.71 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 27
- SHO
- 12
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL/SD | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | SD | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | STL/KC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Eric Rasmussen's career stats?
Eric Rasmussen played 8 seasons for the Cardinals and the Padres. He had 50 wins and 489 strikeouts with a 3.85 ERA over 1,017.2 innings. His best season was 1978: 14 wins, a 4.09 ERA and 91 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1975 to 1983
Championships
- 1982 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
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