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Rick Dempsey was born on Tuesday, September 13, 1949, in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Dempsey was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 23, 1969, with the Minnesota Twins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rick Dempsey baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	John Rikard Dempsey (Twitter: @RickDempsey24)
Nickname:	Dipper
Born On:	09-13-1949 (Virgo)
Born In:	Fayetteville, Tennessee
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Crespi Carmelite High School (Encino, CA)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00	Weight:	190
First Game:	09-23-1969 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-27-1992
Draft:	1967 : 15th Round (296th)

Rick Dempsey Rick Dempsey Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1991	42	Brewers	2	0	2	0	0	.000	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	10	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1 Year			2	0	2	0	0	.000	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	10	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-

Rick Dempsey Rick Dempsey Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	20	Twins	5	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.667
1970	21	Twins	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000
1971	22	Twins	6	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.308	.357	.385
1972	23	Twins	25	40	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	8	1	0	0	2	.200	.304	.225
1973	24	Yankees	6	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	.182	.250	.182
1974	25	Yankees	43	109	12	26	3	0	2	0	12	8	0	7	1	1	0	5	.239	.288	.321
1975	26	Yankees	71	145	18	38	8	0	1	0	11	21	1	15	3	1	0	5	.262	.353	.338
1976	27	Yankees	21	42	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	.119	.213	.119
1976	27	Orioles	59	174	11	37	2	0	0	0	10	13	0	17	3	0	2	2	.213	.275	.224
1977	28	Orioles	91	270	27	61	7	4	3	0	34	34	1	34	5	3	2	9	.226	.314	.315
1978	29	Orioles	136	441	41	114	25	0	6	0	32	48	2	54	3	6	0	11	.259	.327	.356
1979	30	Orioles	124	368	48	88	23	0	6	1	41	38	1	37	3	4	0	12	.239	.307	.351
1980	31	Orioles	119	362	51	95	26	3	9	0	40	36	1	45	4	1	3	11	.262	.333	.425
1981	32	Orioles	92	251	24	54	10	1	6	0	15	32	1	36	3	0	1	5	.215	.306	.335
1982	33	Orioles	125	344	35	88	15	1	5	0	36	46	1	37	7	5	0	10	.256	.339	.349
1983	34	Orioles	128	347	33	80	16	2	4	0	32	40	1	54	5	5	3	9	.231	.311	.323
1984	35	Orioles	109	330	37	76	11	0	11	0	34	40	0	58	5	4	1	11	.230	.312	.364
1985	36	Orioles	132	362	54	92	19	0	12	0	52	50	0	87	5	2	1	2	.254	.345	.406
1986	37	Orioles	122	327	42	68	15	1	13	1	29	45	0	78	7	0	3	5	.208	.309	.379
1987	38	Indians	60	141	16	25	10	0	1	0	9	23	0	29	4	1	1	4	.177	.295	.270
1988	39	Dodgers	77	167	25	42	13	0	7	0	30	25	0	44	0	6	0	4	.251	.338	.455
1989	40	Dodgers	79	151	16	27	7	0	4	0	16	30	3	37	1	0	1	5	.179	.319	.305
1990	41	Dodgers	62	128	13	25	5	0	2	0	15	23	0	29	0	0	0	8	.195	.318	.281
1991	42	Brewers	61	147	15	34	5	0	4	0	21	23	1	20	1	3	0	7	.231	.329	.347
1992	43	Orioles	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.273	.111
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
24 Years			1,766	4,692	525	1,093	223	12	96	2	471	592	13	736	63	42	18	131	.233	.319	.347

Rick Dempsey Rick Dempsey Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1969 Twins	C	3	0	32	6	2.0	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.833	4.22
1970 Twins	C	3	1	48	13	4.3	12	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	.923	6.75
1971 Twins	C	6	4	111	36	6.0	34	30	4	2	0	0	4	2	.944	8.27
1972 Twins	C	23	8	339	73	3.2	72	67	5	1	0	2	5	4	.986	5.73
1973 Yankees	C	5	3	93	11	2.2	9	9	0	2	0	0	3	0	.818	2.61
1974 Yankees	C	31	25	712	178	5.7	174	152	22	4	0	1	6	16	.978	6.60
1974 Yankees	LF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1974 Yankees	RF	1	0	18	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1975 Yankees	3B	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1975 Yankees	C	19	12	348	86	4.5	84	76	8	2	0	0	11	4	.977	6.52
1975 Yankees	LF	1	1	27	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1975 Yankees	RF	7	6	159	15	2.1	14	13	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	2.38
1976 Yankees	C	9	7	201	44	4.9	44	39	5	0	0	0	4	4	1.000	5.91
1976 Orioles	LF	1	0	15	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1976 Yankees	RF	4	2	63	7	1.8	7	6	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1976 Orioles	RF	2	1	18	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1976 Orioles	C	58	53	1,409	301	5.2	297	263	34	4	8	3	23	27	.987	5.69
1977 Orioles	C	91	84	2,235	479	5.3	468	416	52	11	10	2	30	41	.977	5.65
1978 Orioles	C	135	130	3,437	726	5.4	715	636	79	11	14	7	62	55	.985	5.62
1979 Orioles	C	124	112	3,047	703	5.7	696	615	81	7	13	5	48	45	.990	6.17
1980 Orioles	1B	2	0	24	11	5.5	11	10	1	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	12.38
1980 Orioles	C	112	95	2,634	593	5.3	585	531	54	8	8	5	53	45	.987	6.00
1980 Orioles	LF	3	0	9	1	0.3	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.00
1980 Orioles	RF	3	0	21	3	1.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.86
1981 Orioles	C	90	71	1,996	420	4.7	419	384	35	1	6	4	30	24	.998	5.67
1982 Orioles	C	124	101	2,832	542	4.4	537	491	46	5	8	5	47	27	.991	5.12
1983 Orioles	C	128	109	2,969	658	5.1	656	591	65	2	7	1	60	35	.997	5.97
1984 Orioles	C	108	104	2,723	500	4.6	496	453	43	4	5	4	59	23	.992	4.92
1985 Orioles	C	131	113	3,024	632	4.8	624	575	49	8	5	2	79	30	.987	5.57
1986 Orioles	C	121	101	2,767	719	5.9	712	659	53	7	9	2	68	34	.990	6.95
1987 Indians	C	59	48	1,266	316	5.4	311	293	18	5	3	3	35	18	.984	6.63
1988 Dodgers	C	74	46	1,352	366	4.9	362	333	29	4	4	2	47	19	.989	7.23
1989 Dodgers	C	62	38	1,138	305	4.9	300	265	35	5	4	3	26	25	.984	7.12
1990 Dodgers	C	53	33	944	242	4.6	240	213	27	2	3	4	34	17	.992	6.86
1991 Brewers	1B	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1991 Brewers	C	56	44	1,226	271	4.8	269	246	23	2	4	5	29	12	.993	5.92
1991 Brewers	P	2	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1992 Orioles	C	8	1	90	14	1.8	14	13	1	0	0	1	4	0	1.000	4.20
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
C Totals		1,633	1,343	36,973	8,234	5.0	8,135	7,367	768	99	111	61	770	507	.988	5.94
RF Totals		17	9	279	25	1.5	24	22	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	2.32
LF Totals		6	1	54	4	0.7	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00
1B Totals		3	0	24	11	3.7	11	10	1	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	12.38
P Totals		2	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
3B Totals		1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
24 Years		1,662	1,353	37,339	8,274	5.0	8,174	7,403	771	100	114	61	770	507	.988	5.91

Rick Dempsey Rick Dempsey Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1969 Twins	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1970 Twins	0	0	.000	1	1	n/a	0.0	7.0	0.0	-	-	-
1971 Twins	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	13.0	0.0	-	-	-
1972 Twins	0	0	.000	2	0	n/a	0.0	5.0	0.0	-	-	-
1973 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	1	0	0.0	3.7	0.0	-	-	-
1974 Yankees	1	0	1.000	12	2	1	54.5	15.6	9.1	-	-	-
1975 Yankees	0	0	.000	30	0	18	145.0	9.7	13.2	-	-	-
1976 Yankees	0	0	.000	9	0	0	0.0	10.5	21.0	-	-	-
1976 Orioles	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0.0	10.2	17.4	-	-	-
1977 Orioles	2	3	.400	2	0	0	90.0	7.9	7.9	-	-	-
1978 Orioles	7	3	.700	4	2	0	73.5	8.2	13.8	-	-	-
1979 Orioles	0	1	.000	2	3	0	61.3	9.9	9.0	-	-	-
1980 Orioles	3	1	.750	11	2	1	40.2	8.0	9.1	-	-	-
1981 Orioles	0	1	.000	9	6	1	41.8	7.0	16.7	-	-	-
1982 Orioles	0	3	.000	9	3	1	68.8	9.3	9.6	-	-	-
1983 Orioles	1	1	.500	7	1	0	86.8	6.4	10.8	-	-	-
1984 Orioles	1	2	.333	1	1	0	30.0	5.7	9.7	-	-	-
1985 Orioles	0	1	.000	7	0	0	30.2	4.2	7.0	-	-	-
1986 Orioles	1	0	1.000	10	1	0	25.2	4.2	11.3	-	-	-
1987 Indians	0	0	.000	2	1	0	141.0	4.9	15.7	-	-	-
1988 Dodgers	1	0	1.000	11	3	n/a	23.9	3.8	5.6	-	-	-
1989 Dodgers	1	0	1.000	29	1	n/a	37.8	4.1	9.4	-	-	-
1990 Dodgers	1	0	1.000	17	0	n/a	64.0	4.4	8.5	-	-	-
1991 Brewers	0	2	.000	5	0	0	36.8	7.4	7.0	0.00	0.00	4.50
1992 Orioles	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	9.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
24 Years	20	19	.513	182	29	22	48.9	6.4	10.0	0.00	0.00	4.50

Rick Dempsey Rick Dempsey Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1969 Minnesota Twins	8	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Minnesota Twins	38	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Minnesota Twins	25	Undetermined	-	-
1972 Minnesota Twins	25	$9,000.00	-	-
1973 New York Yankees	46	Undetermined	-	-
1974 New York Yankees	46	Undetermined	-	-
1975 New York Yankees	46	Undetermined	-	-
1976 New York Yankees	46	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Baltimore Orioles	24	$31,000.00	-	-
1977 Baltimore Orioles	24	$45,000.00	-	-
1978 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	Stats
1980 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	Stats
1984 Baltimore Orioles	24	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Baltimore Orioles	24	$512,500.00	-	-
1986 Baltimore Orioles	24	$442,066.00	-	-
1987 Cleveland Indians	24	$400,000.00	-	-
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers	17	$250,000.00	-	Stats
1989 Los Angeles Dodgers	17	$420,000.00	-	-
1990 Los Angeles Dodgers	17	$500,000.00	-	-
1991 Milwaukee Brewers	14	$150,000.00	-	-
1992 Baltimore Orioles	24	$450,000.00	-	-
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