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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
High School: Gibsons (Gibsons, BC)
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 11 9 .550 3.64 31 31 0 1 1 0 200.0 196 94 81 22 65 4 172 6 0 11 842 120 1.305 8.8 1.0 2.9 7.7 2.65
12 Seasons 87 90 .492 4.44 451 226 185 10 3 87 1625.0 1613 861 802 174 772 40 1366 68 1 56 7142 98 1.468 8.9 1.0 4.3 7.6 1.77
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .492 4.44 45 23 19 1 0 9 163 162 86 81 17 78 4 137 7 0 6 717 98 1.468 8.9 1.0 4.3 7.6 1.77
CHC (6 yrs) 37 35 .514 3.61 290 70 183 2 1 87 661.0 605 296 265 54 269 19 588 23 1 29 2816 124 1.322 8.2 0.7 3.7 8.0 2.19
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 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 24 2.357 7.7 1.9 13.5 3.9 0.29
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.941 6.4 1.6 11.1 6.4 0.57
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 4 4 4 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 27 1.941 6.4 1.6 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 30 75 64 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 20 .125 .176 .141 .317 -17 9 0 0 7 0 0 1
12 Seasons 433 509 439 18 42 8 1 0 14 0 0 12 174 .096 .120 .118 .238 -37 52 3 0 58 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 190 164 7 16 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 65 .096 .120 .118 .238 -37 19 1 0 22 0 0
CHC (6 yrs) 279 175 143 6 19 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 47 .133 .168 .154 .322 -16 22 1 0 26 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 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 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 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 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 31 31 200.0 53 17 33 3 5 .943 2.25 1.61 .955 1.72 0.42
12 Seasons P 451 226 1625.0 360 111 233 16 30 .956 1.91 0.76 .959 1.76 0.45
12 Seasons TOT 451 226 1625.0 360 111 233 16 30 .956 1.91 0.76 .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--8.934--35th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL--8.311--8th
2008 NL--8.144--9th
Active--7.566--24th
Career--7.566--43rd

Saves s c a p y
2005 NL--33--8th
2006 NL--24--9th
2007 NL--28--10th
Active--87--29th
Career--87--145th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2000 NL--226.3--8th
Active--1625.0--44th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 NL--209--4th
2008 NL--187--7th
Active--1366--28th
Career--1366--223rd

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

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL--4--5th
Active--10--47th

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL--1--9th
2001 NL--1--7th
2009 NL--1--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 NL--28--6th
Active--174--47th

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
Active--772--19th

Hits s c a p y
2002 NL--228--5th
Active--1613--45th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 NL--.610--8th
Active--.964--39th

Losses s c a p y
2002 NL--13--7th
Active--90--38th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--116--4th
2002 NL--125--1st
Active--802--37th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL--11--6th
Active--56--35th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2002 NL--10--8th
Active--68--27th
Career--68--168th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2000 NL--974--6th
2001 NL--954--7th
2002 NL--915--9th
Active--7142--42nd

Games Finished s c a p y
2005 NL--53--9th
2006 NL--64--1st
2007 NL--58--4th
Active--185--40th

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--58--33rd

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 41 (614), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (581), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), 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
2009Chicago Cubs$9,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$34,894,999
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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