COLBY RASMUS

'Springfield Cardinals — No. 4'
'CF'
'Bats:' LEFT	'Throws:' LEFT

'Colby Ryan Rasmus' (born August 11, 1986) is a center fielder in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Contents

Little League Career

High School Career

Professional Career

Career Statistics

External Link

Little League Career

Rasmus played as pitcher and first baseman for Phenix City National Little League during the 1999 Little League World Series. He finished the World Series batting .417 and he pitched 0-1 with 7 strikeouts.

High School Career

Rasmus attented Russell County High School in Alabama. As a senior, he batted .484 with 24 home runs with 66 RBI and 69 runs scored in 39 games. His 24 home runs passed Bo Jackson for second all-time in the state for home runs in a season by a high school player. In a pre-draft workout, Rasmus was clocked at 94 mph throwing from center field. He also ran 60 yards in 6.7 seconds. Rasmus helped lead his high school baseball team to number one in the nation. He graduated from Russell County High School in 2005.

Professional Career

Rasmus was drafted by the Cardinals with the 28th pick of the first round out of high school. The pick was sent to the Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in compensation for the Red Sox signing Edgar Renteria in free agency. Rasmus received a $1,000,000 signing bonus from the Cardinals.
Rasmus ended his 2006 season, his first in professional baseball, on the High-A Palm Beach Cardinals team. Between Low-A Quad Cities and High-A Palm Beach, he combined for a .288 average, 16 home runs, 26 doubles, 8 triples, and 28 stolen bases after getting off to a slow start in April.
He is currently playing for Double-A Springfield Cardinals and as of June 4th is batting .300 with 10 home runs 36RBI and 8 stolen bases.

Career Statistics

Season	Team	League	BA	Games	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	Johnson City	APL	.296	62	216	47	64	16	5	7	27	21	73	13	3	.362	.514	.876
2006	Quad Cities	MWL	.310	78	303	49	94	22	3	11	49	29	55	17	5	.373	.512	.885
2006	Palm Beach	FSL	.254	53	193	22	49	4	5	5	35	27	35	11	3	.351	.404	755
2007	Springfield	TXL	.275	132	290	50	74	26	1	29	72	38	62	12	0	.354	.507	861
Total			.280	271	1002	168	281	68	14	38	157	115	225	53	11	.360	.490	.850

External Link

★ Colby Rasmus page at stlcardinals.scout.com