Ryan Dempster

Full Name: Ryan Scott Dempster	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: May 23, 1998
Birthdate: May 3, 1977	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Sechelt, British Columbia (Canada)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Ryan Scott Dempster (born May 3, 1977 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada) is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball.

Dempster bats and throws right handed. He has a win-loss record of 56-59 and an earned run average of 4.83 in 247 games (162 starts) [all statistics are through the 2005 season]. He has played for the Florida Marlins (1998-2002), the Cincinnati Reds (2002-2003), and the Chicago Cubs (2004-present). In August 2003 he underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and made a miraculous recovery from the surgery, taking a little under a year to recover from it, coming back in the last half of 2004 to pitch for the Chicago Cubs. In 2005, after starting 6 games, Dempster was named the closer for the Chicago Cubs, replacing LaTroy Hawkins.

He collected 33 saves in 35 opportunities, the best save percentage in the league; in both blown saves, he collected the win. He is the only Cub and one of just three players ever to start a game and collect 30 saves in a single season. On October 1, 2005, the Cubs signed him through 2008 in a US$15.5 million contract extension. He emerged as one of the team's most consistent closers in 2007. At one point, Lou Pinella, the Cubs' manager, was considering promoting Dempster to a starting pitcher.[1] However, the idea was short lived, as a struggling bull pen forced Dempster to remain as closer. He recorded sixteen saves in eighteen opportunities before missing two weeks of playtime on account of an injured oblique muscle.[2]

Dempster is widely known for his laid-back attitude, constantly joking with fans and teammates and is said to be a positive contribution to a team's clubhouse. Dempster's fun and easy-going personality was especially evident when in comments to an Arizona newspaper in March of 2007, Dempster stated that if his career as a closer began to tumble, he would pursue ninja training.[3] He is also known for his Harry Caray impression. Most notably, he announced the Cubs' starting lineup while speaking like Caray before a nationally televised baseball game on Fox Sports.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	FLA	N	14	11	1	5	7.08	35	47	43	0	0	0	54.2	72	6	38	1	5	9
1999	FLA	N	25	25	7	8	4.71	126	77	77	0	0	0	147	146	21	93	2	8	6
2000	FLA	N	33	33	14	10	3.66	209	102	92	2	1	0	226.1	210	30	97	7	4	5
2001	FLA	N	34	34	15	12	4.94	171	123	116	2	1	0	211.1	218	21	112	5	5	10
2002	FLA	N	18	18	5	8	4.79	87	66	64	3	0	0	120.1	126	12	55	1	0	7
2002	CIN	N	15	15	5	5	6.19	66	61	61	1	0	0	88.2	102	16	38	1	2	3
2002	TOT	N	33	33	10	13	5.38	153	127	125	4	0	0	209	228	28	93	2	2	10
2003	CIN	N	22	20	3	7	6.54	84	89	84	0	0	0	115.2	134	14	70	4	3	5
2004	CHI	N	23	0	1	1	3.92	18	9	9	0	0	2	20.2	16	1	13	0	1	2
2005	CHI	N	63	6	5	3	3.13	89	35	32	0	0	33	92	83	4	49	7	4	4
2006	CHI	N	74	0	1	9	4.80	67	47	40	0	0	24	75	77	5	36	3	6	3
Total			321	162	57	68	4.83	952	656	618	8	2	59	1151.2	1184	130	601	31	38	54

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	FLA	N	P	14	11	54.2	2	12	0	2	2	6	1	0	1.000
1999	FLA	N	P	25	25	147	10	15	1	4	0	4	5	0	.962
2000	FLA	N	P	33	33	226.1	11	29	4	2	0	13	9	1	.909
2001	FLA	N	P	34	34	211.1	16	36	3	7	0	10	7	1	.945
2002	FLA	N	P	18	18	120.1	13	17	0	1	0	3	11	2	1.000
2002	CIN	N	P	15	15	88.2	6	9	0	3	0	4	2	0	1.000
2002	TOT	N	P	33	33	209	19	26	0	4	0	7	13	2	1.000
2003	CIN	N	P	22	20	115.2	4	14	3	2	1	1	3	1	.857
2004	CHI	N	P	23	0	20.2	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2005	CHI	N	P	63	6	92	3	17	0	1	0	6	2	0	1.000
2006	CHI	N	P	74	0	75	3	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	.917
Total			P	321	162	1151.2	72	159	12	22	3	54	40	5	.951

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1998	FLA	N	14	13	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	8	1	1
1999	FLA	N	26	49	5	5	2	.102	.120	.122	1	0	1	22	1	1
2000	FLA	N	33	77	3	6	2	.078	.090	.104	2	0	1	29	4	0
2001	FLA	N	34	61	1	3	0	.049	.065	.066	1	0	1	29	16	0
2002	FLA	N	18	34	0	2	2	.059	.086	.118	0	1	1	12	4	0
2002	CIN	N	17	29	2	6	1	.207	.233	.241	1	0	1	8	5	0
2002	TOT	N	35	63	2	8	3	.127	.154	.175	1	1	2	20	9	0
2003	CIN	N	24	33	1	1	0	.030	.059	.030	0	0	1	19	1	0
2004	CHI	N	23	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	CHI	N	63	14	0	1	0	.071	.071	.071	0	0	0	5	0	0
2006	CHI	N	74	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total			326	313	12	24	7	.077	.094	.099	5	1	6	135	32	2

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Selected by Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1995 - signed July 6, 1995).
Traded by Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to Florida Marlins in exchange for John Burkett (August 8, 1996); Florida Marlins received Rick Helling (September 3, 1996).
Traded by Florida Marlins to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Juan Encarnacion, Wilton Guerrero and Ryan Snare (July 11, 2002).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 4, 2003).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 21, 2004).