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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		TEX	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		TEX	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	BAL		TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	BAL		TOR	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	BAL		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
8	8	Apr 18	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	10	2	1	13	2	C
10	10	Apr 20	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	BAL	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	BAL	@	TEX	W,11-1	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-1	GF	9	2.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
17	17	Apr 27	BAL		CLE	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	BAL		CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	BAL		CHW	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
21	21	May 3	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	22	May 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	24 (1)	May 7	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	25	May 8	BAL	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	26	May 10	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	28 (1)	May 12	BAL		MIN	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	29	May 13	BAL		KCR	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	30	May 14	BAL		KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	31	May 15	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
30	32	May 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	34 (1)	May 18	BAL	@	SEA	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	35	May 19	BAL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
33	36	May 21	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	5	1	1	7	0	C
34	37	May 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	38	May 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
36	39	May 24	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	41 (1)	May 26	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	42	May 27	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	43	May 29	BAL		SEA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	45 (1)	May 31	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46	Jun 1	BAL		OAK	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	48 (1)	Jun 3	BAL		CAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	49	Jun 4	BAL		CAL	L,5-6	GS	45	11.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
44	50	Jun 5	BAL		CAL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	51	Jun 7	BAL		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	54 (2)	Jun 10	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	56 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		MIL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
48	57	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
49	58	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
50	59	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	60	Jun 17	BAL		NYY	L,0-10	CG	49	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
52	61	Jun 18	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	62	Jun 19	BAL		NYY	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	63	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	64	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	65	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-3	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	66	Jun 24	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	67	Jun 25	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
59	69 (1)	Jun 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	73 (3)	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	74	Jul 3	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	75	Jul 4	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	77 (1)	Jul 6	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	78	Jul 7	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	79	Jul 8	BAL		MIN	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	80	Jul 9	BAL		MIN	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	81	Jul 10	BAL		MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	82	Jul 11	BAL		CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
69	83	Jul 12	BAL		CHW	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	84	Jul 13	BAL		CHW	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	85	Jul 14	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
72	86	Jul 18	BAL		KCR	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	87	Jul 19	BAL		KCR	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	88	Jul 20	BAL		KCR	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
75	89	Jul 21	BAL		KCR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	90	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	92 (1)	Jul 24	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	93	Jul 25	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	94	Jul 26	BAL	@	CHW	L,8-9	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
80	95	Jul 27	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	96	Jul 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	97	Jul 29	BAL		TOR	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	98	Jul 30	BAL		TOR	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	100 (1)	Aug 1	BAL		TOR	L,3-9	GS	33	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
85	101	Aug 2	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
86	102	Aug 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	103	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	105 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	L,4-7	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	107 (1)	Aug 10	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	108	Aug 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-4	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	109	Aug 12	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	110	Aug 13	BAL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
93	111	Aug 14	BAL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
94	112	Aug 15	BAL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	114 (1)	Aug 17	BAL		TEX	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	115	Aug 19	BAL		TEX	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
97	116	Aug 20	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	117	Aug 21	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	118	Aug 22	BAL	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	119	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
101	120	Aug 24	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
102	121	Aug 25	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
103	122	Aug 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,17-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
104	125 (2)	Aug 30	BAL		SEA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	126	Aug 31	BAL		SEA	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	127	Sep 1	BAL		SEA	L,2-10	GS	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
107	131 (3)	Sep 6	BAL		CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
108	133 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		CAL	L,4-7	GF	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	134	Sep 10 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
110	135	Sep 10 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
111	136	Sep 11	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	137	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
113	138	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
114	140 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	141	Sep 15	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
116	142	Sep 16	BAL	@	DET	W,14-7	GF	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
117	143	Sep 17	BAL		MIL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	145 (1)	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	L,2-5	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
119	147 (1)	Sep 21	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
120	148	Sep 22	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
121	150 (1)	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
122	152 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	C
123	153	Sep 29 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
124	154	Sep 29 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
125	155	Sep 30	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
126	156	Oct 1	BAL		BOS	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
127	157	Oct 3 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
128	158	Oct 3 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
129	159	Oct 4	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
130	160	Oct 5	BAL		DET	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
131	161	Oct 6	BAL		DET	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
							131gm		1008.0	575	49	8	632	5