Rick Dempsey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: September 13, 1949 in Fayetteville, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crespi Carmelite HS (Encino, CA).

High School: Crespi Carmelite HS (Encino, CA)

Debut: September 23, 1969 (Age 20-010d, 12,942nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1992 (Age 43-014d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Warner Sports Management • Previously: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: John Rikard Dempsey

Nicknames: The Dipper

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Relatives: Uncle of Gregg Zaun

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.1

4692

1093

.233

525

RBI

471

OBP

.319

SLG

.347

OPS

.666

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	5	Apr 10	BAL		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	6	Apr 11	BAL		KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
6	7	Apr 14	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 17	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	12	Apr 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	16 (3)	Apr 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	17	Apr 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	18	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	19	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	20	Apr 27	BAL		TEX	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	27 (6)	May 5	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
17	28	May 6	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
18	29	May 9 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	31 (1)	May 10	BAL		TOR	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	32	May 11	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	34 (1)	May 13	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	35	May 14	BAL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	36	May 15	BAL		CAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	37	May 16	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
25	38	May 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	41 (2)	May 22	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	43 (1)	May 24	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	45 (1)	May 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	46	May 27	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	47	May 28	BAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	49 (1)	May 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	50	Jun 1	BAL	@	DET	L,2-14	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	51	Jun 2	BAL	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	52	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	53	Jun 4	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	54	Jun 5	BAL		MIL	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	55	Jun 6	BAL		MIL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	56	Jun 8	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	57	Jun 9	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	58	Jun 10 (1)	BAL		DET	L,4-10	GS	36	7.2	5	2	1	8	0	C
41	64 (5)	Jun 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	65	Jun 16	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
43	66	Jun 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
44	67	Jun 19	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	68	Jun 20	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	69	Jun 21	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	70	Jun 22	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	71	Jun 23	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
49	76 (4)	Jun 29	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	78 (1)	Jul 1	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	79	Jul 2	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	81 (1)	Jul 4	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	82	Jul 6	BAL		KCR	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	86 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
55	88 (1)	Jul 13	BAL		CHW	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
56	92 (3)	Jul 17	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	95 (2)	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	96	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	97	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
60	98	Jul 23	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	99	Jul 24	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
62	100	Jul 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	101	Jul 27	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	102	Jul 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	105 (2)	Jul 31	BAL		TEX	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	107 (1)	Aug 3	BAL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
67	110 (2)	Aug 6	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
68	111	Aug 7	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
69	112	Aug 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	113	Aug 9	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
71	114	Aug 10	BAL	@	TOR	L,0-2	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	115	Aug 11	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	117 (1)	Aug 13	BAL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	118	Aug 14	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	119	Aug 15	BAL		OAK	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	121 (1)	Aug 17	BAL		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	122	Aug 18	BAL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	123	Aug 19	BAL		CAL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	124	Aug 20	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
80	125	Aug 21	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
81	126	Aug 22	BAL		SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	127	Aug 24	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
83	128	Aug 25	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	129	Aug 26	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	130	Aug 27	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	131	Aug 28	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	133 (1)	Aug 31	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	134	Sep 1	BAL	@	SEA	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
89	136 (1)	Sep 3	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
90	137	Sep 4	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
91	138	Sep 5	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	139	Sep 7	BAL		MIL	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	140	Sep 8	BAL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
94	142 (1)	Sep 10	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	143	Sep 11	BAL		DET	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	144	Sep 12	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	145	Sep 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	147 (1)	Sep 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
99	148	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
100	149	Sep 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
101	150	Sep 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	151	Sep 20	BAL		BOS	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	153 (1)	Sep 22	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	155 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	157 (1)	Sep 25	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	158	Sep 26	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
107	159	Sep 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
108	161 (1)	Sep 29	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							108gm		907.2	453	43	4	500	5