Ryan Dempster

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, Canada ca

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Elphinstone HS (Gibsons, BC).

High Schools: Elphinstone HS (Gibsons, BC), Gibsons HS (Gibsons, BC)

Debut: May 23, 1998 (Age 21-020d, 17,248th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2013 (Age 36-149d)
vs. BAL 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Craig Landis • Previously: Jim Lindell

Full Name: Ryan Scott Dempster

Pronunciation: \DEM-stir\

Twitter: @Dempster46

Instagram: @dempster4646

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.6

132

133

ERA

4.35

579

351

2387.0

2075

WHIP

1.432

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-13 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	520	1	Apr 5	CHC		WSN	L,1-2	GS-8		99	7.2	2	1	1	3	10	0	0	1.17	1.66	29	108	73	22	14	8	8	2	1	0	78			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.513	1.23	0.28%	3.62	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
2	521	6	Apr 11	CHC		MIL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	6.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	1.88	3.16	27	106	65	14	10	7	12	6	1	0	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.011	1.03	-0.01%	1.14	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
3	522	11	Apr 17	CHC	@	MIA	L,2-5	GS-6		5	6.0	4	2	0	2	8	0	0	1.33	2.65	23	100	63	20	14	4	9	3	0	0	66			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.005	.79	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	523	25	May 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-8		15	8.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.95	2.46	28	101	67	17	12	10	11	5	2	0	81			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.435	.54	0.17%	3.96	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a3
5	524	30	May 8	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.02	2.27	27	102	63	20	9	4	15	9	2	0	67			1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.10	0.255	.67	0.09%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
6	525	35	May 14	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-6		5	6.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	0	1.74	2.22	27	95	63	15	13	11	10	3	1	0	42			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.172	.92	-0.07%	-1.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
7	526	40	May 19	CHC		CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	2.28	2.95	26	90	54	11	7	10	10	3	2	0	42			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.196	.27	-0.05%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
8	527	45	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-3)	5	7.1	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.14	2.80	32	106	75	24	10	10	15	5	2	0	65			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.87	0.172	.20	0.02%	1.98	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
9	528	50	May 30	CHC		SDP	W,8-6	GS-5		4	4.1	6	6	6	4	4	3	0	2.90	3.55	23	98	57	12	9	5	10	3	0	0	27			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.458	.14	-0.04%	-3.85	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	529	55	Jun 5	CHC	@	MIL	W,10-0	GS-7	W(1-3)	5	7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.59	3.41	24	101	68	23	7	9	12	3	4	0	74			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.249	.06	0.02%	3.49	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a5
11	530	60	Jun 10	CHC	@	MIN	W,8-2	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	8.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	1	2.31	3.30	30	117	80	22	10	16	6	1	2	0	79			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.377	.04	0.01%	3.88	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a6
12	531	64	Jun 15	CHC		BOS	W,3-0	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.11	3.28	29	106	69	23	7	9	16	5	2	0	68			4	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.317	.04	0.01%	3.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	532	85	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-0	GS-5	W(4-3)	22	5.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.99	3.18	19	63	45	20	6	8	7	1	3	0	63			1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.174	.02	0.00%	2.26	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a4
14	533	87	Jul 14	CHC		ARI	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-3)	5	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.86	3.16	23	89	56	12	12	7	8	3	2	0	66			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.303	.04	0.01%	2.88	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
15	534	92	Jul 20	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.11	3.31	27	94	64	18	3	9	14	11	0	0	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.212	.04	-0.01%	-1.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	535	97	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	6.0	5	3	3	0	6	2	0	2.25	3.43	23	93	64	8	16	7	10	3	2	0	56			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.132	.03	0.00%	-0.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers
17	536	104	Aug 2	TEX		LAA	W,15-9	GS-5		7	4.2	9	8	8	3	6	2	0	2.82	3.63	25	103	59	14	18	7	9	2	0	0	17			1	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.610	2.23	-0.70%	-5.76	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d1
18	537	109	Aug 7	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.2	6	3	0	1	6	1	0	2.65	3.63	27	99	63	19	9	9	11	3	3	0	61			0	0	1	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.150	1.09	0.11%	0.50	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a1
19	538	114	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-7	L(6-6)	5	6.0	9	8	8	2	4	2	0	3.12	3.80	28	93	60	15	8	10	12	3	1	0	24			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	0	.82	-0.384	.74	-0.21%	-4.53	1b start a 1	7b -2- 0 out d5
20	539	121	Aug 20	TEX		BAL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(7-6)	6	8.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.99	3.71	30	111	66	20	10	10	12	3	3	0	74			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.314	.85	0.18%	3.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
21	540	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIN	W,9-3	GS-6	W(8-6)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.99	3.72	26	109	69	24	16	8	9	1	2	0	53			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.138	.44	0.07%	1.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
22	541	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	5	6.0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2.87	3.66	23	104	68	21	10	9	4	0	2	0	70			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.226	.88	0.12%	1.79	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	542	136	Sep 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-6	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.87	3.57	24	96	62	17	14	5	9	4	0	0	62			2	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.153	.94	0.08%	1.03	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a1
24	543	142	Sep 12	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-6)	6	7.0	7	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.86	3.46	28	103	69	22	10	7	12	6	0	0	62			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.216	.91	0.12%	1.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
25	544	147	Sep 18	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-11	GS-4	L(11-7)	5	3.1	6	5	5	3	0	0	1	3.08	3.53	19	82	45	12	5	11	4	3	1	0	25			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.278	1.32	-0.17%	-2.01	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out tie
26	545	152	Sep 23	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	6.2	6	2	2	1	8	2	0	3.07	3.59	27	115	79	21	17	8	10	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.142	.61	0.06%	1.09	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a1
27	546	157	Sep 28	TEX		LAA	L,4-7	GS-6	L(12-8)	4	5.2	7	4	4	4	7	2	0	3.18	3.72	27	102	63	20	12	8	8	4	1	0	42			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.147	.46	-0.05%	-1.22	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
28	547	162	Oct 3	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-12	GS-4		4	3.0	6	5	5	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.69	16	63	39	12	6	4	8	4	1	0	29			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.275	12.28	-1.96%	-2.57	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out a2
							15-13		W-L:12-8	4.7	173.0	155	71	65	52	153	19	2	3.38	3.69	717	2749	64%	18%	11%	0.82		20%	8%	0	56		---%	22	4	1	654	31	4	0	8	4	9	.95	1.264	.86	-1.91%	16.83

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