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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	BAL		KCR	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	BAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	BAL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	12.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
10	10	Apr 20	BAL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
16	17 (1)	Apr 29	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
17	18	Apr 30	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	19	May 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	20	May 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	21	May 4	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
21	22	May 5	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
22	23	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	24	May 7	BAL		MIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	25	May 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
26	28 (1)	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
27	29	May 12	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	34 (4)	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	27	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	40 (5)	May 24	BAL		DET	W,9-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
30	41	May 25	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	43 (1)	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
32	44	May 28	BAL		CLE	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	46 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	47	Jun 2	BAL		MIL	W,9-8	GS	50	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C RF
35	51 (3)	Jun 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
36	52	Jun 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,13-8	GS	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C RF
37	53	Jun 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
38	54	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	56 (1)	Jun 12	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	57	Jun 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH C
41	58	Jun 14	BAL	@	SEA	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	59	Jun 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-3	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C LF
43	60	Jun 16	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	61	Jun 17	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	62	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	64 (1)	Jun 20	BAL		SEA	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
47	65	Jun 21	BAL		SEA	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	66	Jun 22	BAL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	69 (2)	Jun 26	BAL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	70	Jun 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	73 (2)	Jul 1	BAL	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	74	Jul 2	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	76 (1)	Jul 4	BAL		BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	77	Jul 5	BAL		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
55	78	Jul 6	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF C
56	79	Jul 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	82 (2)	Jul 13	BAL		KCR	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	83	Jul 14	BAL		KCR	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
59	85 (1)	Jul 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	86	Jul 17	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	87	Jul 18	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	88	Jul 19	BAL		TEX	L,8-11	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
63	89	Jul 20	BAL		TEX	L,1-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	90	Jul 21 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	45	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	95 (4)	Jul 26	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	C
66	96	Jul 27	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	97	Jul 29	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	102 (4)	Aug 3	BAL		MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	104 (1)	Aug 6	BAL		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	105	Aug 7	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	106	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	107	Aug 9	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
73	108	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	109	Aug 11	BAL	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	110	Aug 12	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	112 (1)	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	113	Aug 15	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
78	115 (1)	Aug 17	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	116	Aug 18	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	118 (1)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	119	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	120	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	123 (2)	Aug 25	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
84	124	Aug 26	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
85	125	Aug 28	BAL		CAL	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	126	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	127	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
88	128	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	129	Sep 1	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
90	131 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		SEA	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
91	132	Sep 4	BAL		OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
92	133	Sep 5	BAL		OAK	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
93	136 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
94	137	Sep 8 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,8-6	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	138	Sep 9	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
96	139	Sep 10	BAL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
97	140	Sep 11	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	141	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
99	142	Sep 13	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
100	143	Sep 14	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	GF	22	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
101	144	Sep 16	BAL		DET	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
102	145	Sep 17	BAL		DET	W,9-3	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	146	Sep 18	BAL		DET	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
104	147	Sep 19	BAL		TOR	W,8-6	GF	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
105	148	Sep 20	BAL		TOR	W,6-1	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
106	149	Sep 21	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	150	Sep 22	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
108	152 (1)	Sep 24	BAL		BOS	W,12-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
109	153	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
110	155 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
111	156	Sep 29 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	157	Sep 29 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	158	Sep 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
114	159	Oct 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
115	160	Oct 4 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
116	161	Oct 4 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	GF	27	6.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
117	162	Oct 5	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
							120gm		896.2	545	55	8	608	10