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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
3	3	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	BAL		NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-9	GS	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-11	CG	41	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
12	12	Apr 19	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	13	Apr 20	BAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	14	Apr 21	BAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	16 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	17	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	18	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
18	20 (1)	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	21	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
21	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	25 (1)	May 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	26	May 5	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	28 (1)	May 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
25	29	May 8	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	30	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
27	32 (1)	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	33	May 12	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	34	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	37 (2)	May 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	38	May 19	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	40 (1)	May 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	41	May 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	43 (1)	May 26	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	70	16.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
35	44	May 27 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	45	May 27 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
37	46	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	29	6.0	5	1	1	7	1	PH C
38	47	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
39	48	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	51 (1)	Jun 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	52	Jun 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
43	53	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
44	55 (1)	Jun 7	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	57 (1)	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	59 (1)	Jun 11	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	60	Jun 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	61	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	62	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
50	63	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	64	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
52	65	Jun 19	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	67 (1)	Jun 22	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	4	3	2	9	0	C
54	68	Jun 23 (1)	BAL		DET	W,8-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
55	69	Jun 23 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
56	71 (1)	Jun 25	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
57	72	Jun 26	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	73	Jun 27	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	74	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
60	75	Jun 29 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	77 (1)	Jun 30	BAL		TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	78	Jul 1	BAL		TOR	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	79	Jul 2	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	80	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	81	Jul 4	BAL	@	TEX	L,5-9	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
66	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
67	84 (1)	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	2	8	1	C
68	85	Jul 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	86	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	88 (1)	Jul 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	89	Jul 14	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	91 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	92	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	93	Jul 20	BAL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	94	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	95	Jul 22	BAL		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
77	96	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	98 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		SEA	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	99	Jul 25	BAL		SEA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	100	Jul 26	BAL		SEA	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	101	Jul 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	103 (1)	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	104	Jul 30	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	105	Jul 31	BAL	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	107 (1)	Aug 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
86	108	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	109	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
88	111 (1)	Aug 7	BAL		MIL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	112	Aug 8	BAL		MIL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	113	Aug 9	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
91	115 (1)	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	116	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
93	117	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
94	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
95	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	120	Aug 18	BAL		KCR	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	121	Aug 19	BAL		KCR	L,7-11	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
98	122	Aug 20	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
99	125 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	126	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
101	128 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	129	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	131 (1)	Aug 30	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	133 (1)	Sep 1	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	134	Sep 2	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
106	135	Sep 3 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
107	138 (2)	Sep 7	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	139	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
109	140	Sep 9	BAL	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
110	141	Sep 10	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
111	142	Sep 11	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	143	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
113	145 (1)	Sep 14	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
114	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
115	147	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
116	148	Sep 17	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	149	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	151 (1)	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
119	152	Sep 22	BAL		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
120	154 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
121	155	Sep 25	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
122	156	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	157	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,14-6	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
124	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
							124gm		1015.2	615	81	7	703	13