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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-7	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (14)	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,14-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
6	26 (6)	May 15	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	27	May 16	NYY		BAL	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	29 (1)	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	31 (1)	May 21	NYY		BOS	W,6-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
10	36 (4)	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	37	May 27	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
12	40 (2)	May 30	NYY	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	50 (9)	Jun 10	NYY		CAL	L,0-2	GF	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
				Player went from New York Yankees to Baltimore Orioles
14	63	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	GS	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	66 (2)	Jun 26	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
16	68 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	71 (2)	Jun 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	75 (3)	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	76	Jul 5	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
20	78 (1)	Jul 7	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
21	79	Jul 8	BAL	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	80	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	81	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	82	Jul 11	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	83	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
26	86 (2)	Jul 18	BAL		CAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	87	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	88	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
29	89	Jul 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	91 (1)	Jul 23	BAL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
31	92	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	94 (1)	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
33	97 (2)	Jul 28	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	101 (3)	Aug 1	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	103	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	104	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	109 (4)	Aug 11	BAL		MIN	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
39	110	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	111	Aug 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	114 (2)	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	115	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
43	116	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
44	119 (2)	Aug 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	57	11.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	120	Aug 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	121	Aug 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
47	122	Aug 23	BAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	126 (3)	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
49	127	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	L,0-11	GS	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C RF
50	129 (1)	Aug 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	130	Sep 1	BAL		KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	131	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	132	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
54	137 (4)	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
55	138	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
56	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	141 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	143	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	144	Sep 14	BAL		DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	145	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
62	146	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
63	149 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	53	12.2	3	0	0	3	0	C LF
64	150	Sep 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,11-8	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	151	Sep 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	152	Sep 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	153	Sep 23	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	154	Sep 24	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
69	156 (1)	Sep 26	BAL		BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
70	158 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
71	159	Sep 29	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	161 (1)	Oct 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							74gm		569.1	308	40	4	352	8