Rick Dempsey
Bats R Throws R6'0" 190 lbBorn 1949 Fayetteville, USADebut 1969Team BALDraft 1967 R15 #297 Minnesota Twins, Crespi HS (Simi Valley, CA)
Awards: Babe Ruth Award, World Series MVP
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 1992 | BAL | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.111 | 0.273 | 0.111 | 0.384 | 22.4 |
| 1991 | ML4 | 61 | 174 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 0.231 | 0.329 | 0.347 | 0.676 | 91.9 |
| 1990 | LAD | 62 | 151 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 0.195 | 0.318 | 0.281 | 0.599 | 76.6 |
| 1989 | LAD | 79 | 183 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 37 | 0.179 | 0.319 | 0.305 | 0.623 | 84.9 |
| 1988 | LAD | 77 | 198 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 44 | 0.251 | 0.338 | 0.455 | 0.793 | 130.7 |
| 1987 | CLE | 60 | 170 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 0.177 | 0.295 | 0.270 | 0.565 | 57.7 |
| 1986 | BAL | 122 | 382 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 45 | 78 | 0.208 | 0.309 | 0.379 | 0.689 | 92.1 |
| 1985 | BAL | 132 | 420 | 54 | 92 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 50 | 87 | 0.254 | 0.345 | 0.406 | 0.751 | 111.8 |
| 1984 | BAL | 109 | 380 | 37 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 40 | 58 | 0.230 | 0.312 | 0.364 | 0.676 | 91.3 |
| 1983 | BAL | 128 | 400 | 33 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 40 | 54 | 0.231 | 0.311 | 0.323 | 0.634 | 79.5 |
| 1982 | BAL | 125 | 402 | 35 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 0.256 | 0.339 | 0.349 | 0.688 | 92.4 |
| 1981 | BAL | 92 | 287 | 24 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 0.215 | 0.306 | 0.335 | 0.641 | 87.9 |
| 1980 | BAL | 119 | 406 | 51 | 95 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 36 | 45 | 0.262 | 0.333 | 0.425 | 0.759 | 109.9 |
| 1979 | BAL | 124 | 413 | 48 | 88 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 37 | 0.239 | 0.307 | 0.351 | 0.658 | 81.7 |
| 1978 | BAL | 136 | 498 | 41 | 114 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 48 | 54 | 0.259 | 0.327 | 0.356 | 0.683 | 99.3 |
| 1977 | BAL | 91 | 314 | 27 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 0.226 | 0.314 | 0.315 | 0.629 | 80.8 |
| 1976 | BAL | 80 | 240 | 12 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 0.194 | 0.263 | 0.204 | 0.466 | 43.4 |
| 1975 | NYY | 71 | 170 | 18 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0.262 | 0.353 | 0.338 | 0.691 | 101.2 |
| 1974 | NYY | 43 | 119 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0.239 | 0.288 | 0.321 | 0.609 | 76.2 |
| 1973 | NYY | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.182 | 0.250 | 0.182 | 0.432 | 26.2 |
| 1972 | MIN | 25 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0.200 | 0.304 | 0.225 | 0.529 | 59.2 |
| 1971 | MIN | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.308 | 0.357 | 0.385 | 0.742 | 111.6 |
| 1970 | MIN | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.125 | 0.000 | 0.125 | -66.7 |
| 1969 | MIN | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.571 | 0.667 | 1.238 | 252.6 |
| Career | | 1766 | 5407 | 525 | 1093 | 223 | 12 | 96 | 471 | 20 | 592 | 736 | 0.233 | 0.319 | 0.347 | 0.666 | 89.8 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | BF | HR | BB | SO | PITCH+ |
|---|
| 1991 | ML4 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | |
| Career | | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 1992 | BAL | C | 8 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1991 | ML4 | C | 56 | 409 | 246 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0.993 | |
| 1991 | ML4 | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1991 | ML4 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1990 | LAD | C | 53 | 315 | 213 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0.992 | |
| 1989 | LAD | C | 62 | 379 | 265 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0.984 | |
| 1988 | LAD | C | 74 | 451 | 333 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0.989 | |
| 1987 | CLE | C | 59 | 422 | 293 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0.984 | |
| 1986 | BAL | C | 121 | 922 | 659 | 53 | 7 | 9 | 0.990 | |
| 1985 | BAL | C | 131 | 1008 | 575 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 0.987 | |
| 1984 | BAL | C | 108 | 908 | 453 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 0.992 | |
| 1983 | BAL | C | 128 | 990 | 591 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 0.997 | |
| 1982 | BAL | C | 124 | 944 | 491 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 0.991 | |
| 1981 | BAL | C | 90 | 664 | 384 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0.998 | |
| 1980 | BAL | C | 112 | 878 | 531 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 0.987 | |
| 1980 | BAL | OF | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1980 | BAL | 1B | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 1979 | BAL | C | 124 | 1016 | 615 | 81 | 7 | 13 | 0.990 | |
| 1978 | BAL | C | 135 | 1146 | 636 | 79 | 11 | 14 | 0.985 | |
| 1977 | BAL | C | 91 | 745 | 416 | 52 | 11 | 10 | 0.977 | |
| 1976 | BAL | C | 67 | 537 | 302 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 0.988 | |
| 1976 | BAL | OF | 7 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 1975 | NYY | C | 19 | 116 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.977 | |
| 1975 | NYY | OF | 8 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.944 | |
| 1975 | NYY | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1974 | NYY | C | 31 | 237 | 152 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0.978 | |
| 1974 | NYY | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1973 | NYY | C | 5 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 1972 | MIN | C | 23 | 113 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.986 | |
| 1971 | MIN | C | 6 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.944 | |
| 1970 | MIN | C | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.923 | |
| 1969 | MIN | C | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.300 | 0.417 | 0.600 | 1.017 |
| 1983 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.280 | 0.357 | 0.560 | 0.917 |
| 1979 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.323 | 0.364 | 0.452 | 0.815 |
| Career | 25 | 66 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.303 | 0.370 | 0.515 | 0.885 |
Salaries
| Year | Team | Salary |
|---|
| 1992 | BAL | $450,000 |
| 1991 | ML4 | $150,000 |
| 1990 | LAD | $500,000 |
| 1989 | LAD | $420,000 |
| 1988 | LAD | $250,000 |
| 1987 | CLE | $400,000 |
| 1986 | BAL | $442,066 |
| 1985 | BAL | $512,500 |
Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.