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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
5	5	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	8	Apr 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
9	10	Apr 20	BAL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	13 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	14	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	15	Apr 27	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	16	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
15	17	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	18	May 1	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
17	19	May 2	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	20	May 4	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	21	May 6	BAL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	22	May 7	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
21	23	May 8	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
22	24	May 11	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	25	May 12	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	C
24	26	May 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	27	May 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	28	May 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
28	30	May 17	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	GS	40	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	31	May 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
30	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	33	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	34	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 23	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	37	May 24	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
35	38	May 25 (1)	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
36	39	May 25 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,7-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	40	May 27	BAL		MIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	41	May 28	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	42	May 29	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
40	43	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	44	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	6	4	0	10	3	C
43	46	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	47	Jun 3	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	48	Jun 4 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	49	Jun 4 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	L,13-14	GF	18	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	51	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
49	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
51	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	55	Jun 10	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	56	Jun 11	BAL		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	57	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
55	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,8-5	CG	45	11.0	10	3	0	13	0	C
56	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	60	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	61	Jun 17	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	62	Jun 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	63	Jun 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	C
61	64	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,0-4	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	65	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
63	66	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	67	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	68	Jun 24	BAL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	69	Jun 25 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	71 (1)	Jun 26	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
68	72	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	73	Jun 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	74	Jun 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
71	75	Jun 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
73	77	Jul 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
75	79	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	80	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
77	81	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
78	82	Jul 6	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	83	Jul 8	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	121 (37)	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,7-8	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	132 (9)	Sep 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	134 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	33	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	138 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,5-12	GS	41	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	141 (2)	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
86	144 (2)	Sep 14 (1)	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
87	154 (9)	Sep 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
88	157 (2)	Sep 27	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
89	158	Sep 28	BAL		DET	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	159	Sep 29	BAL		DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	160	Sep 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							91gm		745.0	416	52	11	479	10