Biography

Coached by Rasmus’ father, Tony, Russell County High has been ranked No. 1 in virtually every national high school baseball Top 25 this season, and Colby Rasmus is one of the major reasons. Rated a first-round major league draft prospect by schoolsports.com, Rasmus, an outfielder who will attend Auburn University, currently is batting .505 and leads the nation with 22 home runs, two more than Bo Jackson’s previous single-season state record of 20.

He also has 13 doubles, three triples, 61 RBIs and 64 runs scored. He also can run, as he showed last year when he stole 33 bases. His brother, Cory, a junior, also is a future star with a .442 average, 15 home runs, and a 9-0 record and 0.50 ERA as a pitcher.

Rasmus was selected as the 28th pick during the MLB Draft in 2005 by the St. Louis Cardinals. He made his debut in 2005 with the Johnson City Cardinals. He made his debut in the “bigs” on April 3, 2009. Earlier in the year, he was listed as the No. 3 prospect in Baseball America’s 2009 Top 100 Prospects.

Rasmus played with various teams throughout his career before retiring in 2018 from the Toronto Blue Jays.