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	20-40 / in Starts: 18-30
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 170 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	101 (51-31-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 170 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	104 (50-34-18)

Most Driven In
C Snyder	3
B Jacoby	2
J Bell	2
C Parsons	1
Self	1
B Butler	0
P Tabler	0
M Hall	0

Most Driven In By
J Franco	5
B Butler	3
O Nixon	1
Self	1
P Tabler	1
T Hinzo	1
J Carter	1
M Hall	1

1987 Batting Game Log

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1987 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	1420	2 (1)	Apr 8	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.97	0.055	1.30	0.04%	1.09	C
2	1421	4 (1)	Apr 10	CLE		BAL	L,11-12	CG(10)	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.14	-0.011	1.56	-0.01%	-0.26	C
3	1422	6 (1)	Apr 12	CLE		BAL	L,1-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.667	1.121	9	.38	-0.008	.40	-0.01%	0.57	C
4	1423	7	Apr 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.500	.600	1.100	9	.30	-0.014	.25	-0.01%	0.35	C
5	1424	8	Apr 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-10	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.533	.727	1.261	9	.67	0.049	.55	0.02%	0.89	PH
6	1425	9	Apr 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.526	.643	1.169	8	1.90	0.093	1.30	0.04%	0.14	C
7	1426	11 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-16	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.565	.600	1.165	7	.90	-0.033	.45	-0.01%	0.33	C
8	1427	12	Apr 19 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.500	.500	1.000	8	.58	-0.046	.26	-0.01%	-0.61	C
9	1428	13	Apr 19 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-7	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.464	.450	.914	9	2.10	-0.151	1.02	-0.04%	-1.32	PH C
10	1429	14	Apr 20	CLE		TOR	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.438	.417	.854	8	1.03	-0.080	.51	-0.02%	-0.53	C
11	1430	16 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		TOR	L,3-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.400	.385	.785	8	.86	-0.010	.43	0.00%	-0.28	C
12	1431	17	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.385	.345	.729	9	1.38	-0.073	.59	-0.02%	-0.36	C
13	1432	19 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188	.357	.313	.670	9	.88	-0.012	.36	0.00%	0.14	C
14	1433	21 (1)	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.378	.324	.701	9	1.45	0.066	.42	0.01%	0.41	C
15	1434	22	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.189	.354	.297	.651	9	1.08	-0.045	.38	-0.01%	-0.55	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
16	1435	24 (1)	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.340	.282	.622	9	1.20	-0.093	.51	-0.02%	-1.09	C
17	1436	25	May 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.333	.275	.608	9	1.97	-0.087	.70	-0.02%	-0.71	C
18	1437	26	May 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.159	.309	.250	.559	9	1.73	-0.283	.57	-0.06%	-2.57	C
19	1438	28 (1)	May 8	CLE		KCR	L,6-9	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.328	.298	.625	9	.60	0.020	.16	0.00%	0.32	C
20	1439	30 (1)	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.323	.314	.636	9	1.44	0.066	.29	0.01%	0.59	C
21	1440	32 (1)	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.338	.321	.659	9	.71	-0.012	.14	0.00%	0.15	C
22	1441	33	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.333	.304	.637	9	.55	-0.002	.10	0.00%	-0.28	C
23	1442	34	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.333	.304	.637	9						C
24	1443	35	May 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.333	.293	.626	9	.98	-0.051	.18	-0.01%	-0.28	C
25	1444	37 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.360	.293	.653	9	.85	0.108	.10	0.01%	1.05	C
26	1445	38	May 19	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.364	.288	.652	9	.98	0.009	.08	0.00%	0.02	C
27	1446	39	May 20	CLE		MIN	L,2-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.364	.288	.652	2						C
28	1447	40	May 21	CLE		MIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.358	.302	.660	9	.31	-0.007	.03	0.00%	-0.05	C
29	1448	41	May 22	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.358	.302	.660	9						C
30	1449	42	May 23	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.341	.284	.625	9	1.03	-0.110	.10	-0.01%	-1.29	C
31	1450	43	May 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.326	.268	.593	9	1.12	-0.110	.13	-0.01%	-1.27	C
32	1451	44	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	GS-9	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.348	.278	.626	9	.93	0.128	.12	0.01%	1.87	C
33	1452	45	May 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.347	.293	.641	9	.72	-0.056	.06	0.00%	-0.78	C
34	1453	47 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-12	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.347	.308	.655	9	.71	0.038	.04	0.00%	0.11	C
35	1454	48	May 29	CLE		MIL	W,9-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.347	.309	.655	9	.58	0.009	.02	0.00%	-0.16	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
36	1455	55 (6)	Jun 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.343	.298	.640	9	.18	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.02	C
37	1456	57 (1)	Jun 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.184	.333	.287	.621	9	.85	-0.116	.03	0.00%	-1.64	C
38	1457	58	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,7-10	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.333	.287	.621	9						C
39	1458	59	Jun 12	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-6	CG	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.357	.315	.672	9	1.09	0.160	.02	0.00%	1.84	C
40	1459	61 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.345	.301	.646	9	1.38	-0.157	.04	0.00%	-1.73	C
41	1460	62	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.333	.289	.622	9	.58	-0.064	.01	0.00%	-1.03	C
42	1461	63	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.333	.289	.622	9						C
43	1462	65 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		SEA	L,4-7	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.325	.280	.605	9	1.54	-0.118	.02	0.00%	-1.14	C
44	1463	66	Jun 20	CLE		SEA	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.331	.298	.629	9	.40	0.047	.01	0.00%	0.44	C
45	1464	67	Jun 21	CLE		SEA	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.326	.292	.618	9	.54	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.44	C
46	1465	68	Jun 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-9	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.323	.290	.613	4	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PR C
47	1466	71 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		OAK	L,0-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.326	.287	.613	9	.64	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.22	C
48	1467	74 (2)	Jun 29	CLE		CAL	L,4-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.319	.279	.598	9	.84	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-1.03	C
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
49	1468	76 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	L,5-10	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.319	.289	.608	9	1.00	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
50	1469	77	Jul 2	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.310	.280	.590	9	1.75	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-1.28	C
51	1470	78	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,9-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.301	.270	.572	9	.47	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
52	1471	79	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.304	.268	.572	9	1.16	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
53	1472	82 (2)	Jul 7	CLE		KCR	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.300	.264	.564	9	1.74	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
54	1473	83	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.168	.300	.264	.564	9						C
55	1474	87 (3)	Jul 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.301	.266	.566	9	.81	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
56	1475	89 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.299	.264	.562	8	2.39	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
57	1476	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.293	.258	.551	9	1.28	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.10	C
58	1477	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.169	.292	.265	.557	9	1.67	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
59	1478	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.295	.270	.565	9	1.04	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.25	C
60	1479	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.295	.270	.565	9						C
							20-40		170	141	16	25	10	0	1	9	23	0	29	1	4	1	2	4	0	0	.177	.295	.270	.565		1.00	-1.493	.26	-0.13%	-12.40

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