Dennis Lee Rasmussen is a former starting pitcher

Starting pitcher

In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....

 for Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

 (1983 and 1988–91), New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 (1984–87), Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 (1987–88), Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 (1992) and Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

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 (1992–93 and 1995). He batted and threw left-handed.

In 1986, pitching for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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, his batting average against of .217 was 2nd best in the AL.

In 1988, his 14-4 record with the Padres tied him with Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Jackson Perry is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average...

 for the team single season Won-Loss record (.778).

In 1990, he led the National League in Home Run

Home run

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s Allowed with 28.

In a 12-season career, Rasmussen posted a 91-77 record with 835 strikeout

Strikeout

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s and a 4.15 ERA

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

 in 1460-2/3 innings pitched

Innings pitched

In baseball, innings pitched are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two...

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In a San Diego Padres

PADRES

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 telecast

Telecast

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 on April 30, 2007, color commentator

Color commentator

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 Mark Grant

Mark Grant

Mark Andrew Grant is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher and is the current color commentator for the San Diego Padres' television broadcasts.-Career:...

 mentioned that former player and scout Pat Dobson

Pat Dobson

Patrick Edward Dobson, Jr. was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , San Diego Padres , Baltimore Orioles , Atlanta Braves , New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians...

 nicknamed Rasmussen "Count Full Count" due to him frequently getting opposing batters into full count

Full count

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Personal life

Rasmussen's grandfather was former player Bill Brubaker

Bill Brubaker

Wilbur Lee "Bill" Brubaker was a professional American baseball player from 1932 to 1943, although he did not play the 1941 or 1942 seasons. Of his ten years of play, Brubaker played nine with the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing third base...

. He played collegiate baseball for Creighton University

Creighton University

Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...

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