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.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 10	CLE		BAL	L,11-12	CG	53	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 12	CLE		BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
4	7	Apr 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-16	CG	51	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
7	12	Apr 19 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	C
8	13	Apr 19 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
9	14	Apr 20	CLE		TOR	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	16 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		TOR	L,3-6	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	17	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	19 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	21 (1)	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
14	22	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	24 (1)	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	25	May 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	26	May 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	10	1	0	11	1	C
18	28 (1)	May 8	CLE		KCR	L,6-9	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	30 (1)	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
20	32 (1)	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
21	33	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	34	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	35	May 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
24	37 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS	35	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
25	38	May 19	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	39	May 20	CLE		MIN	L,2-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
27	40	May 21	CLE		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	41	May 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
29	42	May 23	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	43	May 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	44	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	45	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	47 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-12	GS	39	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	48	May 29	CLE		MIL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	55 (6)	Jun 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	57 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	58	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,7-10	GF	13	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	59	Jun 12	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	61 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	62	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
41	63	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	65 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		SEA	L,4-7	GF	26	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	66	Jun 20	CLE		SEA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	67	Jun 21	CLE		SEA	L,0-5	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
46	71 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		OAK	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	74 (2)	Jun 29	CLE		CAL	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	76 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	L,5-10	GS	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	77	Jul 2	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
50	78	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,9-14	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	79	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	82 (2)	Jul 7	CLE		KCR	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	83	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	87 (3)	Jul 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
55	89 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	13	2.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
56	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	GF	33	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
58	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	9	1.2	1	0	1	2	0	C
							59gm		422.0	293	18	5	316	3