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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
2	5 (1)	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	10 (4)	Apr 15	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
4	12 (1)	Apr 17	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	17 (4)	Apr 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	23 (5)	May 3	LAD		PIT	W,14-6	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	25 (1)	May 6	LAD	@	STL	W,10-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	26	May 7	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	10	0	1	11	1	C
9	27	May 8	LAD	@	STL	W,12-6	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
10	28	May 10	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	29	May 11	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	30	May 12	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	33 (2)	May 15	LAD		PHI	W,9-2	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
14	37 (3)	May 20	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	40 (2)	May 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	42 (1)	May 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-8	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	43	May 27	LAD	@	MON	W,5-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	48 (4)	Jun 1	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	49	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	W,13-5	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	51 (1)	Jun 5	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	GF	5	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	52	Jun 6	LAD		HOU	L,4-10	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	57 (4)	Jun 11	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	60 (2)	Jun 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS	31	7.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	61	Jun 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
25	63 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	65 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	66	Jun 19 (2)	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	67	Jun 20	LAD		ATL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	72 (4)	Jun 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
30	73	Jun 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	74	Jun 28	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	79 (4)	Jul 4	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	81 (1)	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
34	82	Jul 8	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
35	86 (3)	Jul 14 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	88 (1)	Jul 16	LAD	@	CHC	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	90 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	92 (1)	Jul 19	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
39	93	Jul 20	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
40	95 (1)	Jul 22	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
41	96	Jul 23	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	99 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
43	100	Jul 26 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	16	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	101	Jul 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	104 (2)	Jul 31	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	105	Aug 1	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	107 (1)	Aug 3	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	CG	47	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
48	108	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
49	110 (1)	Aug 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	112 (1)	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
51	116 (3)	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
52	117	Aug 14	LAD		SFG	L,4-15	GF	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	119 (1)	Aug 16	LAD		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	127 (7)	Aug 24	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	129 (1)	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
56	133 (3)	Aug 31	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	32	8.2	9	2	0	11	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	140 (6)	Sep 9	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
58	141	Sep 10	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
59	142	Sep 11	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
60	143	Sep 12	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	145 (1)	Sep 14	LAD		ATL	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	146	Sep 16	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	147	Sep 17	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	150 (2)	Sep 20	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	151	Sep 21 (1)	LAD		SDP	L,3-9	GS	28	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	152	Sep 21 (2)	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
67	153	Sep 22	LAD		SDP	L,4-5	GF	23	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	154	Sep 23	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	155	Sep 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
70	156	Sep 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
71	157	Sep 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	159 (1)	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GF	23	5.2	5	2	0	7	1	C
73	160	Sep 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-4	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	161	Oct 1	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							74gm		450.2	333	29	4	366	4