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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-39 / in Starts: 16-28
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 174 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	108 (52-41-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 174 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	106 (52-34-18)

Most Driven In
D Bichette	5
Self	4
W Randolph	3
D Hamilton	2
G Vaughn	2
D Sveum	2
G Sheffield	1
J Gantner	1

Most Driven In By
W Randolph	4
Self	4
P Molitor	4
R Yount	2
G Vaughn	1
D Sveum	0

1991 Batting Game Log

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1991 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1698	3 (2)	Apr 11	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.77	-0.032	1.33	-0.03%	-0.80	C
2	1699	4	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	8	1.72	0.118	2.84	0.12%	0.42	C 1B
3	1700	11 (6)	Apr 20	MIL		TOR	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.500	.625	7	1.52	-0.110	2.34	-0.10%	-0.74	C
4	1701	14 (2)	Apr 24	MIL		TEX	L,2-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.500	.625	8						C
5	1702	15	Apr 25	MIL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.364	.530	8	.07	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.42	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1703	20 (4)	May 1	MIL		CHW	W,10-9	GS-11	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.500	.853	8	1.29	0.102	1.79	0.09%	1.21	C
7	1704	23 (2)	May 4	MIL		MIN	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.611	.944	8	.55	-0.052	.84	-0.05%	1.21	C
8	1705	24	May 5	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.545	.865	8	1.58	-0.094	2.27	-0.08%	-0.44	C
9	1706	29 (4)	May 12	MIL		KCR	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.286	.480	.766	8	2.10	-0.178	1.89	-0.10%	-1.10	C
10	1707	32 (2)	May 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.414	.664	8	.45	-0.057	.38	-0.03%	-1.07	C
11	1708	33	May 17	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.414	.664	2						C
12	1709	35 (1)	May 19	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.424	.674	8	.60	-0.060	.66	-0.04%	-0.62	C
13	1710	36	May 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.256	.400	.656	7	1.66	-0.042	2.71	-0.04%	-0.28	C
14	1711	42 (5)	May 26	MIL		CLE	W,7-6	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.279	.421	.700	8	1.45	0.020	1.43	0.01%	0.72	C
15	1712	43	May 27	MIL		DET	L,9-15	6-GF(14)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.405	.696	2	1.88	-0.024	2.40	-0.02%	0.75	PH C
16	1713	44	May 28	MIL		DET	W,15-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.191	.283	.383	.666	8	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	-1.39	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	1714	47 (2)	Jun 1	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	8	.50	-0.053	.63	-0.04%	-1.26	C
18	1715	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	7						C
19	1716	52 (3)	Jun 7	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.254	.340	.594	8	.93	-0.047	1.06	-0.03%	-0.40	C
20	1717	56 (3)	Jun 11	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.242	.321	.563	8	1.02	-0.079	.85	-0.04%	-0.70	C
21	1718	59 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	MIL		OAK	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.246	.322	.568	8	.95	0.014	.78	0.01%	0.81	C
22	1719	63 (3)	Jun 19	MIL		CAL	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.250	.323	.573	8	1.20	-0.057	1.37	-0.04%	-0.38	C
23	1720	67 (3)	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.185	.254	.338	.592	8	1.13	0.032	.95	0.02%	-0.54	C
24	1721	68	Jun 25	MIL	@	DET	W,11-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.254	.338	.592	3						C
25	1722	69	Jun 26	MIL	@	DET	L,7-8	8-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.247	.328	.575	3	1.33	-0.069	1.76	-0.06%	-0.21	C
26	1723	72 (2)	Jun 29	MIL		NYY	L,8-9	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.253	.333	.587	8	.85	0.020	1.11	0.02%	0.22	C
27	1724	73	Jun 30	MIL		NYY	L,6-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.263	.343	.606	8	1.80	0.091	2.02	0.06%	0.38	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1725	75 (1)	Jul 2	MIL		BOS	L,4-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.205	.263	.342	.605	8	.80	-0.051	.61	-0.02%	-0.16	C P
29	1726	79 (3)	Jul 6	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.256	.333	.589	7	1.30	-0.071	.47	-0.02%	-0.56	C
30	1727	83 (3)	Jul 13	MIL		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.267	.380	.647	8	.83	0.298	.18	0.04%	2.94	C
31	1728	87 (3)	Jul 17	MIL		SEA	W,6-1	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.297	.390	.687	8	.61	0.085	.10	0.01%	2.15	C
32	1729	89 (1)	Jul 19	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-14	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.293	.386	.679	3	.06	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.31	C
33	1730	90	Jul 20	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.299	.372	.671	8	1.72	-0.034	.16	0.00%	-0.73	C
34	1731	92 (1)	Jul 22	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.313	.379	.692	8	2.08	0.087	.28	0.01%	0.88	C
35	1732	95 (2)	Jul 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.314	.378	.692	8	.92	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.14	C
36	1733	97 (1)	Jul 27	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.302	.362	.664	8	1.58	-0.186	.04	0.00%	-1.31	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1734	102 (4)	Aug 2	MIL		TEX	L,1-15	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.309	.354	.663	8	.19	0.027	.01	0.00%	0.01	C
38	1735	106 (3)	Aug 6	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-13	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.306	.351	.657	8	.13	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
39	1736	111 (4)	Aug 11	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.316	.354	.669	8	1.44	-0.031	.15	0.00%	-0.43	C
40	1737	114 (2)	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.322	.359	.681	8	.80	0.052	.20	0.01%	0.56	C
41	1738	120 (5)	Aug 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.336	.411	.747	8	1.19	0.327	.21	0.04%	3.16	C
42	1739	122 (1)	Aug 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,13-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.252	.336	.411	.747	6						C
43	1740	125 (2)	Aug 26	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.336	.409	.745	8	1.08	0.032	.43	0.01%	-0.29	C
44	1741	126	Aug 27	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.341	.409	.750	7	3.65	0.014	.68	0.00%	0.17	PH
45	1742	127	Aug 28	MIL	@	SEA	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.414	.761	8	1.02	0.044	.13	0.00%	0.73	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1743	130 (2)	Sep 1	MIL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.404	.742	8	.55	-0.044	.05	0.00%	-0.71	C
47	1744	131	Sep 2	MIL		CAL	L,6-7	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.336	.393	.729	8	1.13	-0.067	.17	-0.01%	-0.55	C
48	1745	134 (2)	Sep 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.341	.392	.732	8	.84	0.049	.09	0.00%	0.21	C
49	1746	135	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.340	.390	.731	8	1.25	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.07	C
50	1747	136	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.338	.381	.719	8	1.71	-0.066	.02	0.00%	-0.29	C
51	1748	140 (3)	Sep 14	MIL		DET	L,4-6	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.244	.345	.378	.723	8	1.37	0.163	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
52	1749	144 (3)	Sep 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.349	.382	.730	5	1.46	0.179	.01	0.00%	0.54	C
53	1750	146 (1)	Sep 21	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.346	.373	.719	5	1.35	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-1.09	C
54	1751	147	Sep 22	MIL	@	DET	W,9-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.346	.373	.719	3						C
55	1752	148	Sep 23	MIL		NYY	L,8-9	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.346	.368	.714	5	.49	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.01	C
56	1753	152 (3)	Sep 27	MIL		BOS	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237	.337	.360	.697	5	1.26	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
57	1754	153	Sep 28	MIL		BOS	W,4-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.337	.360	.697	9						C
58	1755	155 (1)	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.335	.357	.693	8	2.47	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
59	1756	157 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.327	.347	.675	8	1.38	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
60	1757	161 (3)	Oct 5	MIL	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.329	.347	.676	8	.55	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.31	C
							21-39		174	147	15	34	5	0	4	21	23	1	20	0	1	3	2	7	0	2	.231	.329	.347	.676		1.09	0.033	.64	-0.32%	0.05

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