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Ryan Dempster
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 201 lb.

Born: May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, BC, CAN
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 21 FLA NL 1 5 .167 7.08 14 11 1 0 0 0 54.2 72 47 43 6 38 1 35 9 0 5 272 57 2.012 11.9 1.0 6.3 5.8 0.92
1999 22 FLA NL 7 8 .467 4.71 25 25 0 0 0 0 147.0 146 77 77 21 93 2 126 6 0 8 666 92 1.626 8.9 1.3 5.7 7.7 1.35
2000 23 FLA NL 14 10 .583 3.66 33 33 0 2 1 0 226.1 210 102 92 30 97 7 209 5 0 4 974 120 1.356 8.4 1.2 3.9 8.3 2.15 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 15 12 .556 4.94 34 34 0 2 1 0 211.1 218 123 116 21 112 5 171 10 0 5 954 86 1.562 9.3 0.9 4.8 7.3 1.53
2002 25 TOT NL 10 13 .435 5.38 33 33 0 4 0 0 209.0 228 127 125 28 93 2 153 10 0 2 915 77 1.536 9.8 1.2 4.0 6.6 1.65
2002 25 FLA NL 5 8 .385 4.79 18 18 0 3 0 0 120.1 126 66 64 12 55 1 87 7 0 0 521 84 1.504 9.4 0.9 4.1 6.5 1.58
2002 25 CIN NL 5 5 .500 6.19 15 15 0 1 0 0 88.2 102 61 61 16 38 1 66 3 0 2 394 70 1.579 10.4 1.6 3.9 6.7 1.74
2003 26 CIN NL 3 7 .300 6.54 22 20 1 0 0 0 115.2 134 89 84 14 70 4 84 5 0 3 545 63 1.764 10.4 1.1 5.4 6.5 1.20
2004 27 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.92 23 0 8 0 0 2 20.2 16 9 9 1 13 0 18 2 0 1 93 112 1.403 7.0 0.4 5.7 7.8 1.38
2005 28 CHC NL 5 3 .625 3.13 63 6 53 0 0 33 92.0 83 35 32 4 49 7 89 4 0 4 401 141 1.435 8.1 0.4 4.8 8.7 1.82
2006 29 CHC NL 1 9 .100 4.80 74 0 64 0 0 24 75.0 77 47 40 5 36 3 67 3 0 6 342 96 1.507 9.2 0.6 4.3 8.0 1.86
2007 30 CHC NL 2 7 .222 4.72 66 0 58 0 0 28 66.2 59 36 35 8 30 4 55 1 1 2 282 99 1.335 8.0 1.1 4.1 7.4 1.83
2008 31 CHC NL 17 6 .739 2.96 33 33 0 1 0 0 206.2 174 75 68 14 76 1 187 7 0 5 856 151 1.210 7.6 0.6 3.3 8.1 2.46 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 5 5 .500 4.09 17 17 0 0 0 0 105.2 101 53 48 13 44 3 89 4 0 5 452 108 1.372 8.6 1.1 3.7 7.6 2.02
12 Seasons 81 86 .485 4.52 437 212 185 9 2 87 1530.2 1518 820 769 165 751 39 1283 66 1 50 6752 96 1.482 8.9 1.0 4.4 7.5 1.71
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .485 4.52 46 22 19 1 0 9 160 159 86 81 17 79 4 134 7 0 5 707 96 1.482 8.9 1.0 4.4 7.5 1.71
CHC (6 yrs) 31 31 .500 3.68 276 56 183 1 0 87 566.2 510 255 232 45 248 18 505 21 1 23 2426 122 1.338 8.1 0.7 3.9 8.0 2.04
FLA (5 yrs) 42 43 .494 4.64 124 121 1 7 2 0 759.2 772 415 392 90 395 16 628 37 0 22 3387 92 1.536 9.1 1.1 4.7 7.4 1.59
CIN (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 6.39 37 35 1 1 0 0 204.1 236 150 145 30 108 5 150 8 0 5 939 66 1.684 10.4 1.3 4.8 6.6 1.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 18.0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 7 2 2.357 7.7 13.5 3.9 0.29
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 7 4 1.941 6.4 11.1 6.4 0.57
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 7 4 1.941 6.4 11.1 6.4 0.57

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 21 FLA NL 12 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1999 22 FLA NL 25 51 49 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .102 .120 .122 .242 -36 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
2000 23 FLA NL 31 82 77 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 29 .078 .090 .104 .194 -50 8 0 0 4 0 0 1 AS
2001 24 FLA NL 32 78 61 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 .049 .065 .066 .130 -66 4 0 0 16 0 0 1
2002 25 TOT NL 32 74 63 2 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 20 .127 .154 .175 .328 -14 11 0 0 9 0 0 1
2002 25 FLA NL 15 39 34 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 .059 .086 .118 .203 -46 4 0 0 4 0 0 1
2002 25 CIN NL 17 35 29 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .207 .233 .241 .475 24 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
2003 26 CIN NL 22 35 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .030 .059 .030 .089 -75 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 27 CHC NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 28 CHC NL 61 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 CHC NL 70 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 30 CHC NL 64 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 31 CHC NL 31 82 61 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .164 .190 .197 .387 -0 12 1 0 19 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2009 32 CHC NL 16 39 34 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .088 .139 .118 .257 -32 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
12 Seasons 419 473 409 17 37 8 1 0 11 0 0 10 167 .090 .112 .115 .227 -40 47 3 0 54 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 183 158 7 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 65 .090 .112 .115 .227 -40 18 1 0 21 0 0
CHC (6 yrs) 265 139 113 5 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 40 .124 .154 .150 .304 -21 17 1 0 22 0 0
FLA (5 yrs) 115 264 234 9 16 4 1 0 6 0 0 4 100 .068 .084 .094 .178 -53 22 2 0 26 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 39 70 62 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 .113 .141 .129 .270 -28 8 0 0 6 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
2 NLDS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 FLA NL 21 P 14 11 54.2 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 2.30 1.00 .957 1.84 0.54
1999 FLA NL 22 P 25 25 147.0 26 10 15 1 4 .962 1.53 1.00 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 FLA NL 23 P 33 33 226.1 44 11 29 4 2 .909 1.59 1.21 .966 1.74 0.48 AS
2001 FLA NL 24 P 34 34 211.1 55 16 36 3 7 .945 2.21 1.53 .960 1.75 0.46
2002 TOT NL 25 P 33 33 209.0 45 19 26 0 4 1.000 1.94 1.36 .960 1.83 0.48
2002 FLA NL 25 P 18 18 120.1 30 13 17 0 1 1.000 2.24 1.67 .960 1.83 0.48
2002 CIN NL 25 P 15 15 88.2 15 6 9 0 3 1.000 1.52 1.00 .960 1.83 0.48
2003 CIN NL 26 P 22 20 115.2 21 4 14 3 2 .857 1.40 0.82 .962 1.85 0.48
2004 CHC NL 27 P 23 0 20.2 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.61 0.26 .967 1.83 0.47
2005 CHC NL 28 P 63 6 92.0 20 3 17 0 1 1.000 1.96 0.32 .960 1.75 0.46
2006 CHC NL 29 P 74 0 75.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 1.32 0.15 .958 1.72 0.43
2007 CHC NL 30 P 66 0 66.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.48 0.17 .964 1.69 0.40
2008 CHC NL 31 P 33 33 206.2 53 18 34 1 2 .981 2.26 1.58 .958 1.73 0.43 AS,CYA-6
2009 CHC NL 32 P 17 17 105.2 33 8 23 2 2 .939 2.64 1.82 .952 1.66 0.41
12 Seasons P 437 212 1530.2 340 102 223 15 27 .956 1.91 0.74 .959 1.76 0.45
12 Seasons TOT 437 212 1530.2 340 102 223 15 27 .956 1.91 0.74 .915 1.76 0.45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2000
2008 *

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2008-NL--6--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 NL--2.961--4th

Wins s c a p y
2008 NL--17--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 NL--.739--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--7.577--3rd
Active--8.926--35th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL--8.311--8th
2008 NL--8.144--9th
Active--7.544--22nd
Career--7.544--42nd

Saves s c a p y
2005 NL--33--8th
2006 NL--24--9th
2007 NL--28--10th
Active--87--28th
Career--87--144th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2000 NL--226.3--8th
2009 NL--105.7--10th
Active--1530.7--45th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 NL--209--4th
2008 NL--187--7th
Active--1283--31st

Games Started s c a p y
2000 NL--33--9th
2001 NL--34--4th
2008 NL--33--9th
2009 NL--17--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL--4--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL--1--9th
2001 NL--1--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL--28--6th
Active--165--48th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 NL--93--6th
2000 NL--97--7th
2001 NL--112--1st
2002 NL--93--5th
2008 NL--76--10th
2009 NL--44--6th
Active--751--20th

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL--228--5th
Active--1518--49th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--.610--8th
Active--.970--39th

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL--13--7th
Active--86--38th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--116--4th
2002 NL--125--1st
Active--769--38th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL--5--10th
Active--50--42nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL--10--8th
Active--66--27th
Career--66--183rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 NL--974--6th
2001 NL--954--7th
2002 NL--915--9th
2009 NL--452--8th
Active--6752--41st

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL--53--9th
2006 NL--64--1st
2007 NL--58--4th
Active--185--38th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 NL--151--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2001 NL--16--4th
2008 NL--19--1st
Active--54--40th

Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL--born 1977-05-03--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 44 (581), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (578), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1483), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1995.

August 8, 1996: Traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later and John Burkett. The Texas Rangers sent Rick Helling (September 3, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

July 11, 2002: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Encarnacion, Wilton Guerrero and Ryan Snare.

November 4, 2003: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999Florida Marlins$202,000
2000Florida Marlins$268,000
2001Florida Marlins$400,000
2002Florida Marlins$2,475,000
2003Cincinnati Reds$3,250,000
2004Chicago Cubs$300,000
2005Chicago Cubs$2,000,000
2006Chicago Cubs$4,333,333
2007Chicago Cubs$5,333,333
2008Chicago Cubs$7,333,333
Career (may be incomplete)$25,894,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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