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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 12	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
4	4	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	5	Apr 17	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	10	Apr 25	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	11	Apr 26	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	12	Apr 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
11	13	Apr 28	BAL		CHW	L,6-8	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
12	14	Apr 29	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	16 (1)	May 2 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
14	17	May 2 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	19 (1)	May 4	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	20	May 5	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
17	21	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
18	23 (1)	May 9 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
19	26 (2)	May 13	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
20	27	May 14	BAL	@	TOR	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	28	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
22	29	May 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	30	May 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	31	May 18	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
25	32	May 19	BAL		OAK	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
26	33	May 20	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	34	May 21	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
28	35	May 22	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	36	May 23	BAL	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
30	37	May 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
31	38	May 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	39	May 25	BAL		NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	40	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
34	41	May 27	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	42	May 29	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	43	May 30	BAL		DET	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PR C
37	44	May 31	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	45	Jun 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
39	46	Jun 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
40	48 (1)	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	49	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	50	Jun 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	51	Jun 9 (1)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	52	Jun 9 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
45	53	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	54	Jun 11	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	55	Aug 10	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	56	Aug 12 (1)	BAL		KCR	L,0-10	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
49	57	Aug 12 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	58	Aug 13	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	59	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
52	61 (1)	Aug 16	BAL		CHW	L,7-8	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
53	62	Aug 18	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	63	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	64	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	65	Aug 21	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	67 (1)	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	68	Aug 24	BAL	@	SEA	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	69	Aug 25	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
60	70	Aug 27	BAL		CAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	71	Aug 28	BAL		CAL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	72	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	73	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
64	74	Aug 31	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	75	Sep 1	BAL		SEA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
66	77 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		OAK	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	78	Sep 4	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	79	Sep 5	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	80	Sep 6	BAL		OAK	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	81	Sep 7	BAL		CLE	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	82	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	W,14-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	83	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
73	84	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
74	85	Sep 11	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
75	86	Sep 12	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	87	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
77	88	Sep 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	89	Sep 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
79	90	Sep 18	BAL		MIL	L,1-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
80	91	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	L,8-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	92	Sep 20	BAL		MIL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	93	Sep 21	BAL		DET	L,1-5	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	94	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,3-6	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
84	96 (1)	Sep 24	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	97	Sep 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
86	98	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	99	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	100	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	102 (1)	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
90	105 (2)	Oct 4	BAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							90gm		664.1	384	35	1	420	6