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Rick Dempsey

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Full Name: John Rikard Dempsey Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: September 23, 1969
Birthdate: September 13, 1949 Final Game: September 27, 1992
Birthplace: Fayetteville, Tennessee MLB Experience: 24 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Rick Dempsey (John Rikard Dempsey) was born on September 13, 1949 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1969 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .262 with 1 home run and 11 RBI. Dempsey played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 24 year career.

Most people believe that Rick Dempsey's best season was 1985, when he knocked in 52 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 MIN A 5 6 1 3 0 0 .500 .571 .667 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIN A 5 7 1 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 MIN A 6 13 2 4 0 0 .308 .357 .385 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1972 MIN A 25 40 0 8 0 0 .200 .304 .225 1 0 6 8 0 1 0 0 2
1973 NY A 6 11 0 2 0 0 .182 .250 .182 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1
1974 NY A 43 109 12 26 2 12 .239 .288 .321 3 0 8 7 0 1 1 0 5
1975 NY A 71 145 18 38 1 11 .262 .353 .338 8 0 21 15 0 3 0 1 5
1976 NY A 21 42 1 5 0 2 .119 .213 .119 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0
1976 BAL A 59 174 11 37 0 10 .213 .275 .224 2 0 13 17 2 3 1 0 2
1976 TOT A 80 216 12 42 0 12 .194 .263 .204 2 0 18 21 2 4 1 0 2
1977 BAL A 91 270 27 61 3 34 .226 .314 .315 7 4 34 34 2 5 2 1 9
1978 BAL A 136 441 41 114 6 32 .259 .327 .356 25 0 48 54 0 3 7 2 11
1979 BAL A 124 368 48 88 6 41 .239 .307 .351 23 0 38 37 0 3 0 1 12
1980 BAL A 119 362 51 95 9 40 .262 .333 .425 26 3 36 45 3 4 3 1 11
1981 BAL A 92 251 24 54 6 15 .215 .306 .335 10 1 32 36 1 3 0 1 5
1982 BAL A 125 344 35 88 5 36 .256 .339 .349 15 1 46 37 0 7 0 1 10
1983 BAL A 128 347 33 80 4 32 .231 .311 .323 16 2 40 54 3 5 1 1 9
1984 BAL A 109 330 37 76 11 34 .230 .312 .364 11 0 40 58 1 5 1 0 11
1985 BAL A 132 362 54 92 12 52 .254 .345 .406 19 0 50 87 1 5 0 0 2
1986 BAL A 122 327 42 68 13 29 .208 .309 .379 15 1 45 78 3 7 1 0 5
1987 CLE A 60 141 16 25 1 9 .177 .295 .270 10 0 23 29 1 4 0 0 4
1988 LA N 77 167 25 42 7 30 .251 .338 .455 13 0 25 44 0 0 1 0 4
1989 LA N 79 151 16 27 4 16 .179 .319 .305 7 0 30 37 1 1 1 3 5
1990 LA N 62 128 13 25 2 15 .195 .318 .281 5 0 23 29 0 0 1 0 8
1991 MIL A 61 147 15 34 4 21 .231 .329 .347 5 0 23 20 0 1 0 1 7
1992 BAL A 8 9 2 1 0 0 .111 .273 .111 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total NL 218 446 54 94 13 61 .211 .326 .354 25 0 78 110 1 1 3 3 17
Total AL 1548 4246 471 999 83 410 .235 .318 .346 198 12 514 626 17 62 17 10 114
Total 1766 4692 525 1093 96 471 .233 .319 .347 223 12 592 736 18 63 20 13 131

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1969 MIN A C 3 0 10.2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .833
1970 MIN A C 3 1 16 12 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .923
1971 MIN A C 6 4 37 30 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 .944
1972 MIN A C 23 8 113 67 5 1 0 0 2 5 4 0 .986
1973 NY A C 5 3 31 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .818
1974 NY A C 31 25 237.1 152 22 4 0 0 1 6 16 2 .978
1974 NY A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 NY A OF 2 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 NY A LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 NY A RF 1 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 NY A DH 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 NY A 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 NY A OF 8 7 62.1 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1975 NY A LF 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 NY A C 19 12 116 76 8 2 0 0 0 11 4 0 .977
1975 NY A RF 7 6 53.1 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1976 NY A RF 4 2 21 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 NY A OF 4 2 21 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 NY A C 9 7 67 39 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1.000
1976 BAL A LF 1 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 BAL A OF 3 1 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 BAL A RF 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 BAL A C 58 53 469.2 263 34 4 8 0 3 23 27 0 .987
1976 TOT A RF 6 3 27 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 TOT A C 67 60 536.2 302 39 4 8 0 3 27 31 0 .988
1976 TOT A OF 7 3 32.2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 BAL A C 91 84 745 416 52 11 10 0 2 30 41 1 .977
1978 BAL A C 135 130 1145.2 636 79 11 14 0 7 62 55 2 .985
1979 BAL A C 124 112 1015.2 615 81 7 13 0 5 48 45 1 .990
1980 BAL A LF 3 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 BAL A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 BAL A C 113 95 878 531 54 8 8 0 5 53 45 2 .987
1980 BAL A RF 3 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 BAL A OF 6 0 10.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 BAL A 1B 2 0 8 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 BAL A C 90 71 665.1 384 35 1 6 0 4 30 24 5 .998
1982 BAL A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 BAL A C 124 101 944 491 46 5 8 0 5 47 27 2 .991
1983 BAL A C 128 109 989.2 591 65 2 7 0 1 60 35 2 .997
1984 BAL A C 108 104 907.2 453 43 4 5 0 4 59 23 0 .992
1985 BAL A C 131 113 1008 575 49 8 5 0 2 79 30 2 .987
1986 BAL A C 121 101 922.1 659 53 7 9 0 2 68 34 3 .990
1987 CLE A C 59 48 422 293 18 5 3 0 3 35 18 0 .984
1988 LA N C 74 46 450.2 333 29 4 4 0 2 47 19 0 .989
1989 LA N C 62 38 379.1 265 35 5 4 0 3 26 25 1 .984
1990 LA N C 53 33 314.2 213 27 2 3 0 4 34 17 0 .992
1991 MIL A C 56 44 408.2 246 23 2 4 0 5 29 12 1 .993
1991 MIL A P 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 MIL A 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 BAL A C 8 1 30 13 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.000
Total RF 17 9 93.2 22 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total C 1634 1343 12324.1 7367 768 99 111 0 61 770 507 24 .988
Total OF 23 10 113 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 1B 3 0 8 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total LF 6 1 19.1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1991 MIL A 2 0 0 0 4.50 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 15th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
  • Traded by Minnesota Twins to New York Yankees in exchange for Danny Walton (October 27, 1972).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Rudy May, Tippy Martinez, Dave Pagan and Scott McGregor to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ken Holtzman, Doyle Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Hendricks and Jimmy Freeman (June 15, 1976).
  • Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 6, 1987).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (October 29, 1987).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 30, 1988).
  • Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
  • Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 2, 1991).
  • Released by Milwaukee Brewers (October 9, 1991).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (June 22, 1992).
  • Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 31, 1992).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (September 27, 1992).
  • Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 15, 1992).

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