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Rick Dempsey

Rick Dempsey

1969–1992  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 190 lb  ·  b. 1949 Fayetteville, TN

Career 1,766 G · 1,093 H · 96 HR · 471 RBI · .233 AVG · 4.50 ERA · 2.0 IP

Seasons leading his league
5
3 best in baseball 2 league only
24 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
4 Categories led
1979 Best season

Spanning 1978–1983, peaking at 2 titles in 1979.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,156th League titles 5
  • 897th Best in baseball 3
  • 1,225th Top-5 finishes 24

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Fielding Percentage 2 1st — 1981 .998 1983 .997 1979 #3
Catcher Range Factor 1 1st — 1979 AL 5.61
Catcher Double Plays 1 1st — 1978 14 1979 #3 1981 #3 1982 #3 1983 #3
Catcher Assists 1 1st — 1979 AL 81 1983 #3 1986 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1983 1 C FPCT .997
1981 1 C FPCT .998
1979 2 C A 81 C RF 5.61
1978 1 C DP 14

Batting

24 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 MIN AL 5 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .571 .667 1.238
1970 MIN AL 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
1971 MIN AL 6 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
1972 MIN AL 25 40 0 8 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 .200 .304 .225 .529
1973 NYA AL 6 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
1974 NYA AL 43 109 12 26 3 0 2 12 8 7 1 .239 .288 .321 .609
1975 NYA AL 71 145 18 38 8 0 1 11 21 15 0 .262 .353 .338 .691
1976 BAL +1 AL 80 216 12 42 2 0 0 12 18 21 1 .194 .263 .204 .466
1977 BAL AL 91 270 27 61 7 4 3 34 34 34 2 .226 .314 .315 .629
1978 BAL AL 136 441 41 114 25 0 6 32 48 54 7 .259 .327 .356 .683
1979 BAL AL 124 368 48 88 23 0 6 41 38 37 0 .239 .307 .351 .658
1980 BAL AL 119 362 51 95 26 3 9 40 36 45 3 .262 .333 .425 .759
1981 BAL AL 92 251 24 54 10 1 6 15 32 36 0 .215 .306 .335 .641
1982 BAL AL 125 344 35 88 15 1 5 36 46 37 0 .256 .339 .349 .688
1983 BAL AL 128 347 33 80 16 2 4 32 40 54 1 .231 .311 .323 .634
1984 BAL AL 109 330 37 76 11 0 11 34 40 58 1 .230 .312 .364 .676
1985 BAL AL 132 362 54 92 19 0 12 52 50 87 0 .254 .345 .406 .751
1986 BAL AL 122 327 42 68 15 1 13 29 45 78 1 .208 .309 .379 .689
1987 CLE AL 60 141 16 25 10 0 1 9 23 29 0 .177 .295 .270 .565
1988 LAN NL 77 167 25 42 13 0 7 30 25 44 1 .251 .338 .455 .793
1989 LAN NL 79 151 16 27 7 0 4 16 30 37 1 .179 .319 .305 .623
1990 LAN NL 62 128 13 25 5 0 2 15 23 29 1 .195 .318 .281 .599
1991 ML4 AL 61 147 15 34 5 0 4 21 23 20 0 .231 .329 .347 .676
1992 BAL AL 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
Career — — 1,766 4,692 525 1,093 223 12 96 471 592 736 20 .233 .319 .347 .666

Pitching

1 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1991 ML4 AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 0 2.00
Career — — 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 0 2.00

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1969 MIN AL C 3 0 10.2 5 0 1 0 6 .833 1.67
1970 MIN AL C 3 1 16.0 12 0 1 0 13 .923 4.00
1971 MIN AL C 6 4 37.0 30 4 2 0 36 .944 5.67
1972 MIN AL C 23 8 113.0 67 5 1 0 73 .986 3.13
1973 NYA AL C 5 3 31.0 9 0 2 0 11 .818 1.80
1974 NYA AL C 31 25 237.1 152 22 4 0 178 .978 5.61
OF 2 0 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1975 NYA AL C 19 12 116.0 76 8 2 0 86 .977 4.42
OF 8 7 62.1 16 1 1 1 18 .944 2.13
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1976 BAL AL C 67 60 536.2 302 39 4 8 345 .988 5.09
OF 7 3 32.2 6 1 0 0 7 1.000 1.00
1977 BAL AL C 91 84 745.0 416 52 11 10 479 .977 5.14
1978 BAL AL C 135 130 1145.2 636 79 11 14 726 .985 5.30
1979 BAL AL C 124 112 1015.2 615 81 7 13 703 .990 5.61
1980 BAL AL C 112 95 878.0 531 54 8 8 593 .987 5.22
OF 6 0 10.2 3 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.50
1B 2 0 8.0 10 1 0 2 11 1.000 5.50
1981 BAL AL C 90 71 664.1 384 35 1 6 420 .998 4.66
1982 BAL AL C 124 101 944.0 491 46 5 8 542 .991 4.33
1983 BAL AL C 128 109 989.2 591 65 2 7 658 .997 5.13
1984 BAL AL C 108 104 907.2 453 43 4 5 500 .992 4.59
1985 BAL AL C 131 113 1008.0 575 49 8 5 632 .987 4.76
1986 BAL AL C 121 101 922.1 659 53 7 9 719 .990 5.88
1987 CLE AL C 59 48 422.0 293 18 5 3 316 .984 5.27
1988 LAN NL C 74 46 450.2 333 29 4 4 366 .989 4.89
1989 LAN NL C 62 38 379.1 265 35 5 4 305 .984 4.84
1990 LAN NL C 53 33 314.2 213 27 2 3 242 .992 4.53
1991 ML4 AL C 56 44 408.2 246 23 2 4 271 .993 4.80
P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1992 BAL AL C 8 1 30.0 13 1 0 0 14 1.000 1.75
Career — — C 1,633 1,343 12323.1 7,367 768 99 111 8,234 .988 4.98
— — OF 23 10 113.0 25 2 1 1 28 .964 1.17
— — 1B 3 0 8.0 10 1 0 2 11 1.000 3.67
— — P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
— — 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00