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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-16	CG	51	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 14	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 16 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
9	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 21	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	C
11	13	Apr 22	BAL		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	14	Apr 23	BAL		KCR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
13	15	Apr 24	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	16	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	17	Apr 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	18	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20 (1)	May 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	22 (1)	May 3	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
19	23	May 5	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
20	25 (1)	May 7	BAL		MIN	L,9-15	CG	53	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
21	26	May 10	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	28 (1)	May 12	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
23	29	May 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	30	May 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	33 (2)	May 18	BAL		TOR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
26	35 (1)	May 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
27	37 (1)	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	38	May 23	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
29	40 (1)	May 24 (2)	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	41	May 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	42	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	43	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
33	44	May 28 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
34	45	May 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
35	46	May 29	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	47	May 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	48	May 31	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
39	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	55 (1)	Jun 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	56	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	57	Jun 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	58	Jun 12	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	59	Jun 13	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	37	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	60	Jun 14	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	61	Jun 15	BAL		CAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
50	63 (1)	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
51	64	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	65	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	67 (1)	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
54	68	Jun 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
55	69	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	71 (1)	Jun 26	BAL	@	TOR	L,10-24	CG	56	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	72	Jun 27 (1)	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	73	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	L,8-9	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
59	74	Jun 28	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	76 (1)	Jun 30	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	15	5	0	20	2	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	77	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	81 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
64	82	Jul 6	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
65	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	1	5	1	C
66	84	Jul 8	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-11	GS	41	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	86 (1)	Jul 13	BAL		MIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
68	87	Jul 14	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	88	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
70	89	Jul 15 (2)	BAL		TEX	L,1-11	CG	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
71	90	Jul 16	BAL		TEX	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
72	91	Jul 17	BAL		TEX	L,0-2	CG	39	11.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
73	92	Jul 18	BAL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS	18	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	98 (1)	Jul 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	99	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	100	Jul 27	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	101	Jul 28	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
82	103 (1)	Jul 30	BAL		CAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	104	Jul 31 susp	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	105	Aug 2	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
85	106	Aug 3	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
86	107	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	108	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	109	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	C
89	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
90	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
91	112	Aug 9	BAL		KCR	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
92	113	Aug 10	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	C
93	114	Aug 11	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	115	Aug 12	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
95	116	Aug 13	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
96	117	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
97	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
98	119	Aug 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
99	120	Aug 18	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
100	121	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
101	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	49	13.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
102	123	Aug 21	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
103	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	125	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	126	Aug 25	BAL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
106	127	Aug 26	BAL		SEA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	128	Aug 27	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
108	129	Aug 28	BAL		OAK	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	130	Aug 29	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	131	Aug 30	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
111	132	Aug 31	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	133	Sep 1 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
113	135 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	137 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
115	138	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	139	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
117	140	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
118	141	Sep 8	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	142	Sep 9	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
120	143	Sep 11	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
121	144	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	145	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	146	Sep 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	147	Sep 15	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
125	148	Sep 16	BAL		TOR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
126	149	Sep 17	BAL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	151 (1)	Sep 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
128	152	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
129	154 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
130	155	Sep 24	BAL		DET	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
131	156	Sep 26	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
132	157	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
133	158	Sep 28	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	159	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
135	160	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							135gm		1145.2	636	79	11	726	14