Rick Dempsey

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