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.

High School: Crespi Carmelite HS (Encino, CA)

Debut: September 23, 1969 (Age 20-010d, 10,550th in MLB 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: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: John Rikard Dempsey

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Relatives: Uncle of Gregg Zaun

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.2

AB

4692

R

525

H

1093

BA

.233

HR

RBI

471

SB

OBP

.319

SLG

.347

OPS

.666

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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
1967	17	MIN-min	Rk	40	112	102	9	21	4	3	0	9	1	2	7	12	.206	.250	.304	.554		31		0	0	3			TWN · GULF
1968	18	MIN-min	A-,A,WRk	84	332	305	60	87	12	7	8	67	3	0	24	46	.285	.337	.449	.787		137		1	0	2			AUB,WRA,TWI · NYPL,MIDW,FLIL
1969	19	MIN-min	A,WRk	72	241	208	41	67	12	2	6	37	7	2	31	23	.322	.411	.486	.896		101		1	0	1			WRA,TWI · MIDW,FLIN
1969	19	MIN	AL	5	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	241	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1970	20	MIN-min	AA	105	390	351	28	86	20	6	4	42	4	1	35	66	.245	.314	.370	.685		130		1	2	1			CHR · SOUL
1970	20	MIN	AL	5	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1971	21	MIN-min	AA	105	382	338	39	82	16	2	8	47	3	1	42	28	.243	.328	.373	.701		126		1	1	0			CHR · DIXA
1971	21	MIN	AL	6	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.308	.357	.385	.742	108	5	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1972	22	MIN-min	AAA	48	176	161	13	38	6	2	3	18	2	1	12	27	.236	.290	.354	.644		57		1	0	2			TAC · PCL
1972	22	MIN	AL	25	47	40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	.200	.304	.225	.529	56	9	2	0	1	0	0	2
1973	23	NYY-min	AAA	122	451	387	53	96	14	4	6	47	11	4	55	43	.248	.338	.351	.689		136		1	1	7			SYR · IL
1973	23	NYY	AL	6	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	/2
1974	24	NYY	AL	43	119	109	12	26	3	0	2	12	1	0	8	7	.239	.288	.321	.609	76	35	5	0	1	1	0	2/D79
1975	25	NYY	AL	71	170	145	18	38	8	0	1	11	0	0	21	15	.262	.353	.338	.691	98	49	5	0	3	1	1	2D/957
1976	26	TOT	AL	80	240	216	12	42	2	0	0	12	1	1	18	21	.194	.263	.204	.466	42	44	2	2	4	0	0	2/97
1976	26	NYY	AL	21	48	42	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.119	.213	.119	.332	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	/29
1976	26	BAL	AL	59	192	174	11	37	2	0	0	10	1	1	13	17	.213	.275	.224	.499	52	39	2	2	3	0	0	2/97
1977	27	BAL	AL	91	314	270	27	61	7	4	3	34	2	3	34	34	.226	.314	.315	.629	77	85	9	2	5	3	1	2
1978	28	BAL	AL	136	498	441	41	114	25	0	6	32	7	3	48	54	.259	.327	.356	.683	98	157	11	0	3	6	2	*2
1979	29	BAL	AL	124	413	368	48	88	23	0	6	41	0	1	38	37	.239	.307	.351	.658	80	129	12	0	3	4	1	*2
1980	30	BAL	AL	119	406	362	51	95	26	3	9	40	3	1	36	45	.262	.333	.425	.759	108	154	11	3	4	1	1	*2/793D
1981	31	BAL	AL	92	287	251	24	54	10	1	6	15	0	1	32	36	.215	.306	.335	.641	85	84	5	1	3	0	1	*2
1982	32	BAL	AL	125	402	344	35	88	15	1	5	36	0	3	46	37	.256	.339	.349	.688	90	120	10	0	7	5	1	*2/D
1983	33	BAL	AL	128	400	347	33	80	16	2	4	32	1	1	40	54	.231	.311	.323	.634	77	112	9	3	5	5	1	*2
1984	34	BAL	AL	109	380	330	37	76	11	0	11	34	1	2	40	58	.230	.312	.364	.676	89	120	11	1	5	4	0	2
1985	35	BAL	AL	132	420	362	54	92	19	0	12	52	0	1	50	87	.254	.345	.406	.751	108	147	2	1	5	2	0	*2
1986	36	BAL	AL	122	382	327	42	68	15	1	13	29	1	0	45	78	.208	.309	.379	.689	88	124	5	3	7	0	0	*2
1987	37	CLE	AL	60	170	141	16	25	10	0	1	9	0	0	23	29	.177	.295	.270	.565	52	38	4	1	4	1	0	2
1988	38	LAD	NL	77	198	167	25	42	13	0	7	30	1	0	25	44	.251	.338	.455	.793	129	76	4	0	0	6	0	2
1989	39	LAD	NL	79	183	151	16	27	7	0	4	16	1	0	30	37	.179	.319	.305	.623	80	46	5	1	1	0	3	2
1990	40	LAD	NL	62	151	128	13	25	5	0	2	15	1	0	23	29	.195	.318	.281	.599	69	36	8	0	0	0	0	2
1991	41	MIL	AL	60	174	147	15	34	5	0	4	21	0	2	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	90	51	7	0	1	3	1	2/13
1992	42	BAL	AL	8	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
24 Yrs				1765	5407	4692	525	1093	223	12	96	471	20	19	592	736	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	1628	131	18	63	42	13
162 Game Avg.				162	496	431	48	100	20	1	9	43	2	2	54	68	.233	.319	.347	.666	87	149	12	2	6	4	1
				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
BAL (12 yrs)				1245	4105	3585	405	854	169	12	75	355	16	17	424	538	.238	.319	.355	.674	89	1272	88	16	50	30	8
MIN (4 yrs)				41	76	66	4	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	10	.227	.320	.273	.593	71	18	4	0	1	0	0
NYY (4 yrs)				141	350	307	31	71	11	0	3	25	1	0	35	29	.231	.308	.296	.605	75	91	11	0	6	2	1
LAD (3 yrs)				218	532	446	54	94	25	0	13	61	3	0	78	110	.211	.326	.354	.680	95	158	17	1	1	6	3
CLE (1 yr)				60	170	141	16	25	10	0	1	9	0	0	23	29	.177	.295	.270	.565	52	38	4	1	4	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				60	174	147	15	34	5	0	4	21	0	2	23	20	.231	.329	.347	.676	90	51	7	0	1	3	1

AL (21 yrs)				1547	4875	4246	471	999	198	12	83	410	17	19	514	626	.235	.318	.346	.664	86	1470	114	17	62	36	10
NL (3 yrs)				218	532	446	54	94	25	0	13	61	3	0	78	110	.211	.326	.354	.680	95	158	17	1	1	6	3

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SUMMARY

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H

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HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

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