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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	BAL		KCR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	BAL		KCR	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 12	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	8 (2)	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	10 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11	Apr 19	BAL		TEX	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
8	12	Apr 20	BAL		TEX	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	13	Apr 21	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	49	14.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
10	14	Apr 22	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GF	23	3.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	15	Apr 23	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	16	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	17	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	18	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-1	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21 (1)	May 1	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	22	May 3	BAL		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	24 (1)	May 6	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	25	May 7	BAL		OAK	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
20	26	May 8	BAL		OAK	L,0-1	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
21	28 (1)	May 10	BAL		SEA	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	29	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
23	30	May 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	31	May 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,14-11	CG	57	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	32	May 15	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
26	33	May 17 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	34	May 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
28	35	May 18	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
29	36	May 19	BAL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	37	May 20	BAL	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	39 (1)	May 22	BAL	@	TOR	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
32	40	May 23	BAL		MIN	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
33	43 (2)	May 26	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
34	44	May 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	45	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
36	46	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	49 (2)	Jun 1	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
38	50	Jun 3	BAL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	51	Jun 4	BAL		TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	52	Jun 5	BAL		TOR	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	54 (1)	Jun 7	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	55	Jun 8	BAL		MIL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
43	56	Jun 9	BAL		MIL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	57	Jun 10	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	58	Jun 11	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	59	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	61 (1)	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-8	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
48	62	Jun 16	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
49	63	Jun 17	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	64	Jun 18	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
51	65	Jun 19	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR C
52	66	Jun 21	BAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	67	Jun 22	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	69 (1)	Jun 25	BAL		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	70	Jun 26	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
56	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	72	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	73	Jun 30	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	74	Jul 1	BAL	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
60	75	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	76	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	L,1-10	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	77	Jul 8	BAL		SEA	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
63	78	Jul 9	BAL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	79	Jul 10	BAL		SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
65	80	Jul 11	BAL		OAK	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
66	81	Jul 12	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
67	82	Jul 13	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	84 (1)	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,10-4	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	85	Jul 16	BAL		CAL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	87 (1)	Jul 18	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	89 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
72	90	Jul 21	BAL	@	OAK	L,7-9	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	91	Jul 22	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	92	Jul 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	93	Jul 24	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
76	94	Jul 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
77	95	Jul 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	96	Jul 27	BAL	@	CAL	W,10-4	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	97	Jul 29	BAL		TEX	W,8-6	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
80	99 (1)	Jul 31	BAL		TEX	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	100	Aug 2 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
82	101	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
83	103 (1)	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	104	Aug 5	BAL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
85	105	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
86	106	Aug 7	BAL		CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
87	108 (1)	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
88	110 (1)	Aug 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	112 (1)	Aug 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	114 (1)	Aug 15	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	116 (1)	Aug 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	117	Aug 19 (1)	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
93	118	Aug 19 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	119	Aug 20	BAL		KCR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
95	120	Aug 21	BAL		KCR	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
96	122 (1)	Aug 24	BAL		TOR	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
97	123	Aug 25	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	C
98	124	Aug 26	BAL		MIN	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	125	Aug 27	BAL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
100	127 (1)	Aug 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
101	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	TOR	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	130	Sep 1	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS	25	6.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
104	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
105	133 (1)	Sep 4	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
106	134	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
107	135	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	W,8-1	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
108	137 (1)	Sep 9	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
109	138	Sep 10 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	139	Sep 10 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
111	140	Sep 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
112	142 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
113	143	Sep 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
114	144	Sep 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	145	Sep 16	BAL		MIL	W,8-1	GF	20	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
116	146	Sep 17	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
117	147	Sep 18	BAL		MIL	W,10-9	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
118	148	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	W,8-7		25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
119	150 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
120	152 (1)	Sep 22	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
121	153	Sep 23	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
122	154	Sep 24	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
123	157 (2)	Sep 28	BAL		DET	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
124	158	Sep 29	BAL		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
125	159	Sep 30 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
126	160	Sep 30 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
127	161	Oct 1	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	GS	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
128	162	Oct 2	BAL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							128gm		989.2	591	65	2	658	7