Editing Rick Dempsey (section)

==Career statistics==
In a 24-year career, Dempsey played in 1,765 [[Games played|games]], accumulating 1,093 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] in 4,692 [[at bats]] for a .233 career batting average along with 96 [[home run]]s and 471 [[runs batted in]].<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference"/> He ended his career with a .988 [[fielding percentage]].<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference"/> Dempsey led American League catchers twice in fielding percentage, twice in baserunners [[caught stealing]] and once in [[Assist (baseball)|assists]].<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference"/> He played more games as a catcher than any other player in Orioles history (1230).<ref>[http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/mostgame.htm Most Games Caught For Team] at ''The Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers''</ref> During his career, Dempsey caught ten different 20-game winning [[pitcher]]s.<ref name="Rick Dempsey Looks Back on his 24 Seasons as a Big League Catcher"/> He was a durable player, only going on the [[disabled list]] twice in his career.<ref name="Rick Dempsey: His Career Survives Fires of Combat">[https://books.google.com/books?id=kSsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=rick+dempsey+baseball+digest&pg=PA54 "Rick Dempsey: His Career Survives Fires of Combat"], by [[Wayne Coffey (journalist)|Wayne Coffey]], ''Baseball Digest'', February 1998, Vol. 57, No. 2, ISSN 0005-609X</ref> Dempsey fared well offensively in postseason play. In 14 World Series and 11 playoff games, he batted .303 (20-for-66) with 11 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 11 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], 1 [[home run]], 7 [[Run batted in|RBI]], 1 [[stolen base]] and 7 [[bases on balls]].<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference" />

While he was a light-hitting player, Dempsey's lengthy major league career was due in part to his excellent defensive skills, despite the fact that he never won a [[Gold Glove]].<ref name="For Catchers, The Name of the Game is Defense"/> He usually did not make a large contribution offensively. During his season with the Brewers, Dempsey made two [[relief pitching]] appearances, giving up three hits and one run in two innings pitched.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dempsri01.shtml#pitching_simple Rick Dempsey Pitching statistics] at Baseball Reference</ref> Dempsey also won a [[Little League World Series]] in 1963 with the team from Canoga Park-Woodland Hills, California.<ref name="Rick Dempsey: His Career Survives Fires of Combat"/> He is the uncle of former major league catcher [[Gregg Zaun]].<ref name="Rick Dempsey at Baseball Reference"/> Dempsey is one of only 29 players to play in four different calendar decades.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}