Editing Rick Dempsey (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Rick Dempsey
|image=Rick Dempsey 1984 Opening Day (cropped).jpg
|caption=Dempsey with the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in 1984
|position=[[Catcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|9|13}}
|birth_place=[[Fayetteville, Tennessee]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 23
|debutyear=1969
|debutteam=Minnesota Twins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 27
|finalyear=1992
|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.233
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=96
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=471
|teams=
* [[Minnesota Twins]] ({{mlby|1969}}–{{mlby|1972}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1973}}–{{mlby|1976}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1986}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1987}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1988}}–{{mlby|1990}})
* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|1991}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1992}})
|highlights=
* 2× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1983}}, {{wsy|1988}})
* [[World Series MVP]] (1983)
* [[Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''John Rikard Dempsey''' (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player.<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsri01.shtml#batting_postseason Rick Dempsey] at Baseball Reference</ref> He played for 24 seasons as a [[catcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] from {{Baseball year|1969}} to {{Baseball year|1992}}, most prominently for the [[Baltimore Orioles]] where he played for 10 years and was a member of the [[1983 World Series]] winning team.<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference"/> Dempsey was known for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era.<ref name="For Catchers, The Name of the Game is Defense">[https://books.google.com/books?id=9S0DAAAAMBAJ&dq=baseball+digest+defensive+catchers&pg=PA26 "For Catchers, The Name of the Game is Defense"], by George Vass, ''[[Baseball Digest]]'', May 2005, Vol. 64, No. 3, ISSN 0005-609X</ref> In 1997, he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/orioles-hall-of-fame |title=Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame at MLB.com |work=mlb.com |access-date=1 December 2019 }}</ref>