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Ryan Dempster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 201 lb.

Debut May 23, 1998

Born May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1998 21 FLA NL   1   5  14  11   0   0   1  0   54.7   72   47   43   6   38   35   9   5   272   1   0  7.08  4.03   57 2.012
 1999 22 FLA NL   7   8  25  25   0   0   0  0  147.0  146   77   77  21   93  126   6   8   666   2   0  4.71  4.34   92 1.626
 2000 23 FLA NL  14  10  33  33   2   1   0  0  226.3  210  102   92  30   97  209   5   4   974   7   0  3.66  4.41  120 1.356 AS
 2001 24 FLA NL  15  12  34  34   2   1   0  0  211.3  218  123  116  21  112  171  10   5   954   5   0  4.94  4.23   86 1.562
 2002 25 TOT NL  10  13  33  33   4   0   0  0  209.0  228  127  125  28   93  153  10   2   915   2   0  5.38  4.15   77 1.536
         FLA NL   5   8  18  18   3   0   0  0  120.3  126   66   64  12   55   87   7   0   521   1   0  4.79  4.03   84 1.504
         CIN NL   5   5  15  15   1   0   0  0   88.7  102   61   61  16   38   66   3   2   394   1   0  6.19  4.32   70 1.579
 2003 26 CIN NL   3   7  22  20   0   0   1  0  115.7  134   89   84  14   70   84   5   3   545   4   0  6.54  4.11   63 1.764
 2004 27 CHC NL   1   1  23   0   0   0   8  2   20.7   16    9    9   1   13   18   2   1    93   0   0  3.92  4.40  112 1.403
 2005 28 CHC NL   5   3  63   6   0   0  53 33   92.0   83   35   32   4   49   89   4   4   401   7   0  3.13  4.40  141 1.435
 2006 29 CHC NL   1   9  74   0   0   0  64 24   75.0   77   47   40   5   36   67   3   6   342   3   0  4.80  4.63   96 1.507
 2007 30 CHC NL   2   7  66   0   0   0  58 28   66.7   59   36   35   8   30   55   1   2   282   4   1  4.73  4.66   99 1.335
 2008 31 CHC NL  17   6  33  33   1   0   0  0  206.7  174   75   68  14   76  187   7   5   856   1   0  2.96  4.47  151 1.210 CYA-6,AS
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .484  76  81 420 195   9   2 185 87 1425.0 1417  767  721 152  707 1194  62  45  6300  36   1  4.55  4.33   95 1.491
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  46  21   0   0  20  9  157.3  156   84   79  16   78  132   6   4   696   3   0  4.55  4.33   95 1.491
 Career High     17  13  74  34   4   1  64 33  226.3  228  127  125  30  112  209  10   8   974   7   1  2.96  4.66  151 1.210

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 FLA NL  12   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
 1999 22 FLA NL  25   49    5    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  22  .102  .120  .122  -36    6   1   0   0   0   1
 2000 23 FLA NL  31   77    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   1  29  .078  .090  .104  -50    8   4   0   0   0   0 AS
 2001 24 FLA NL  32   61    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  29  .049  .065  .066  -66    4  16   0   0   0   0
 2002 25 TOT NL  32   63    2    8   1  1   0    3   0  0   2  20  .127  .154  .175  -14   11   9   0   0   0   0
         FLA NL  15   34    0    2   0  1   0    2   0  0   1  12  .059  .086  .118  -46    4   4   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  17   29    2    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .207  .233  .241   24    7   5   0   0   0   0
 2003 26 CIN NL  22   33    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  19  .030  .059  .030  -75    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2004 27 CHC NL  23    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 28 CHC NL  61   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .071  .071  .071  -63    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 29 CHC NL  70    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 30 CHC NL  64    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 31 CHC NL  31   61    4   10   2  0   0    2   0  0   2  19  .164  .190  .197   -0   12  19   0   0   0   1 AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     403  375   16   34   7  1   0    9   0  0   8 154  .091  .110  .115  -41   43  51   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        151    6   14   3  0   0    4   0  0   3  62  .091  .110  .115  -41   17  21   0   0   0   1
 Career High     70   77    5   10   2  1   0    3   0  0   2  29                          12  19   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 FLA NL   14   15    0   0.0   102| .000  .262| .000  .331| .000  .413| .000  .744|-100  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1999 22 FLA NL   51   46    1   0.6   109| .102  .267| .120  .341| .122  .430| .242  .771| -36  .017 -10.1  -0.9   0%
 2000 23 FLA NL   82   75    1   0.4   111| .078  .266| .090  .342| .104  .434| .194  .777| -50  .007 -17.5  -1.6   0%
 2001 24 FLA NL   78   74    1   0.4   109| .049  .265| .065  .336| .066  .434| .131  .770| -66  .008 -15.0  -1.4   0%
 2002 25 TOT NL   74   64    2   0.8   107| .127  .266| .154  .340| .175  .423| .329  .763| -14  .040 -10.8  -1.0   0%
         FLA NL   39   36    0   0.0   105| .059  .262| .086  .336| .118  .417| .204  .753| -46  .000  -7.4  -0.7   0%
         CIN NL   35   28    2   1.9   111| .207  .270| .233  .345| .241  .430| .474  .776|  24  .156  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2003 26 CIN NL   35   33    0   0.0   105| .030  .263| .059  .334| .030  .421| .089  .755| -75  .000  -8.5  -0.8   0%
 2004 27 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .273| .000  .345| .000  .443| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2005 28 CHC NL   14   13    0   0.0   111| .071  .273| .071  .344| .071  .435| .142  .779| -63  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 2006 29 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   116| .000  .276| .000  .347| .000  .448| .000  .795|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2007 30 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   115| .000  .278| .000  .348| .000  .444| .000  .792|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2008 31 CHC NL   82   71    3   1.1   113| .164  .274| .190  .347| .197  .438| .387  .785|  -0  .064  -9.5  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      434  395    8   0.5   109| .091  .267| .110  .340| .115  .431| .225  .771| -41  .017 -79.6  -7.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 FLA NL P 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 .959 1.00 0.54 2.30 1.84 11 54.7 1999 22 FLA NL P 25 10 15 1 4 .962 .951 1.00 0.48 1.53 1.72 25 147.0 2000 23 FLA NL P 33 11 29 4 2 .909 .964 1.21 0.48 1.59 1.74 33 226.3 AS 2001 24 FLA NL P 34 16 36 3 7 .945 .959 1.53 0.46 2.21 1.75 34 211.3 2002 25 TOT NL P 33 19 26 0 4 1.000 .962 1.36 0.48 1.94 1.83 33 209.0 FLA NL P 18 13 17 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.48 2.24 1.83 18 120.3 CIN NL P 15 6 9 0 3 1.000 .962 1.00 0.48 1.52 1.83 15 88.7 2003 26 CIN NL P 22 4 14 3 2 .857 .957 0.82 0.48 1.40 1.85 20 115.7 2004 27 CHC NL P 23 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.26 0.47 2.61 1.83 0 20.7 2005 28 CHC NL P 63 3 17 0 1 1.000 .962 0.32 0.46 1.96 1.75 6 92.0 2006 29 CHC NL P 74 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 0.15 0.43 1.32 1.72 0 75.0 2007 30 CHC NL P 66 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 0.17 0.40 1.48 1.69 0 66.7 2008 31 CHC NL P 33 18 34 1 2 .981 .959 1.58 0.43 2.26 1.73 33 206.7 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 21 FLA NL P 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 .959 1.00 0.54 2.30 1.84 11 54.7 1999 22 FLA NL P 25 10 15 1 4 .962 .951 1.00 0.48 1.53 1.72 25 147.0 2000 23 FLA NL P 33 11 29 4 2 .909 .964 1.21 0.48 1.59 1.74 33 226.3 2001 24 FLA NL P 34 16 36 3 7 .945 .959 1.53 0.46 2.21 1.75 34 211.3 2002 25 TOT NL P 33 19 26 0 4 1.000 .962 1.36 0.48 1.94 1.83 33 209.0 FLA NL P 18 13 17 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.48 2.24 1.83 18 120.3 CIN NL P 15 6 9 0 3 1.000 .962 1.00 0.48 1.52 1.83 15 88.7 2003 26 CIN NL P 22 4 14 3 2 .857 .957 0.82 0.48 1.40 1.85 20 115.7 2004 27 CHC NL P 23 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.26 0.47 2.61 1.83 0 20.7 2005 28 CHC NL P 63 3 17 0 1 1.000 .962 0.32 0.46 1.96 1.75 6 92.0 2006 29 CHC NL P 74 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 0.15 0.43 1.32 1.72 0 75.0 2007 30 CHC NL P 66 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 0.17 0.40 1.48 1.69 0 66.7 2008 31 CHC NL P 33 18 34 1 2 .981 .959 1.58 0.43 2.26 1.73 33 206.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 420 94 200 13 25 .958 .960 0.70 0.45 1.86 1.76 195 1425.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 420 94 200 13 25 .958 .960 0.70 0.45 1.86 1.76 195 1425
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   0   2 
 2008   NLDS  CHC LAD     L   1   1   7.71  0  1  0  0   4.2   4   4   7   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   2   1   6.35  0  1  0  0   5.2   4   4   7   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   NLDS  CHC LAD     L   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2000   FLA NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2008   CHC NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2000   FLA NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 2008   CHC NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2000
2008 *

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2008-NL-6-0.02
Car-236-0.02 shares

Sac. Hits
2001 NL-16-4
2008 NL-19-1

ERA
2008 NL-2.96-4

Wins
2008 NL-17-3

Won-Loss %
2008 NL-.739-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
2008 NL-7.58-3

Strikeouts/9IP
2000 NL-8.31-8
2008 NL-8.14-9
Act-7.54-23
Car-7.54-43

Saves
2005 NL-33-8
2006 NL-24-9
2007 NL-28-10

Innings
2000 NL-226.3-8

Strikeouts
2000 NL-209-4
2008 NL-187-7

Games Started
2000 NL-33-9
2001 NL-34-4
2008 NL-33-9

Comp. Games
2002 NL-4-5

Shutouts
2000 NL-1-9
2001 NL-1-7

Home Runs Allow.
2002 NL-28-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1999 NL-93-6
2000 NL-97-7
2001 NL-112-1
2002 NL-93-5
2008 NL-76-10
Act-707-24

Hits Allowed
2002 NL-228-5

Losses
2002 NL-13-7

Earned Runs Allow.
2001 NL-116-4
2002 NL-125-1

Hit Batsmen
2002 NL-10-8

Batters Faced
2000 NL-974-6
2001 NL-954-7
2002 NL-915-9

Games Finished
2005 NL-53-9
2006 NL-64-1
2007 NL-58-4

Adjusted ERA+
2008 NL-151-3

Youngest Player
1998 NL-21-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 40 (607) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (576) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1995.

August 8, 1996: Traded by the Texas Rangers with a player to be named later to the Florida Marlins for John Burkett. The Texas Rangers sent Rick Helling (September 3, 1996) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

July 11, 2002: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Cincinnati Reds for Juan Encarnacion, Wilton Guerrero, and Ryan Snare.

November 4, 2003: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Florida Marlins$202,000
2000Florida Marlins$268,000
2001Florida Marlins$400,000
2002Florida Marlins$2,475,000
2003Cincinnati Reds$3,250,000
2004Chicago Cubs$300,000
2005Chicago Cubs$2,000,000
2006Chicago Cubs$4,333,333
2007Chicago Cubs$5,333,333
2008Chicago Cubs$7,333,333
Career (may be incomplete)$25,894,999

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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