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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BAL		KCR	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	4	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	8	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,6-10	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
7	9	Apr 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
8	10	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	12 (1)	Apr 23	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
10	13	Apr 24	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
11	14	Apr 25	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 28 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	17	Apr 29	BAL		OAK	L,6-9	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	18	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19	May 1	BAL		CAL	L,4-6	GS	40	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 2	BAL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	21	May 3	BAL		SEA	W,6-0	CG	27	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	22	May 4	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	23	May 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	24	May 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	26 (1)	May 9	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	27	May 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	46	9.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
23	29 (1)	May 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	GF	8	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH C
24	30	May 13	BAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	31	May 14	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	32	May 15	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	33	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	34	May 18	BAL		MIN	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	35	May 19	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	38 (2)	May 22	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	39	May 23	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
32	40	May 24	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	41	May 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	42	May 26	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	43	May 27	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	45 (1)	May 29 (2)	BAL		TOR	L,10-11	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	46	May 30	BAL		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
38	47	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48	Jun 2	BAL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	51 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	50	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
43	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	55 (1)	Jun 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
45	56	Jun 11	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
46	57	Jun 12	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,9-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	61 (1)	Jun 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
50	62	Jun 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	64	15.1	5	2	0	7	1	C
51	63	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	40	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	64	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	66 (1)	Jun 23	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	68 (1)	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
55	69	Jun 26	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73 (3)	Jul 1	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	74	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
58	76 (1)	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	77	Jul 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	78	Jul 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	81 (2)	Jul 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
63	83	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	84	Jul 15	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	85	Jul 16	BAL		SEA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	86	Jul 17	BAL		SEA	W,8-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
67	87	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	89 (1)	Jul 20	BAL		CAL	L,4-7	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
69	90	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	91	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
71	93 (1)	Jul 25	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	94	Jul 26	BAL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	95	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	96	Jul 28	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
75	98 (1)	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	99	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	100	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	101	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
79	102	Aug 3 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	104 (1)	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
81	105	Aug 5	BAL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	107 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	BAL		KCR	L,0-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	108	Aug 7	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	109	Aug 8	BAL		KCR	W,10-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	110	Aug 9	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-9	GF	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
86	111	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	112	Aug 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	113	Aug 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	116 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	120 (1)	Aug 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	49	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	122 (1)	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
95	123	Aug 24	BAL		TOR	W,7-3	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
96	124	Aug 25	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	BAL		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	128 (1)	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	129	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	132 (2)	Sep 1	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	133	Sep 3	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	135 (1)	Sep 5	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
103	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	140 (3)	Sep 10	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	142 (1)	Sep 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
106	143	Sep 13	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	144	Sep 14 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
108	145	Sep 14 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	146	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	W,8-5	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	147	Sep 16	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	150 (2)	Sep 19	BAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	151	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
113	152	Sep 21	BAL		DET	L,1-11	GS	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	153	Sep 23	BAL		DET	L,5-10	GF	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
115	154	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-15	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	155	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	156	Sep 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
118	157	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
120	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
121	160	Oct 1 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	161	Oct 1 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	162	Oct 2	BAL		MIL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	163	Oct 3	BAL		MIL	L,2-10	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							124gm		944.0	491	46	5	542	8