Rick Dempsey career batting average
.233Career Regular Season
Rick Dempsey has a career batting average of .233 over 24 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .500 in 1969.
- Most recent: .111 in 1992.
Average of 24 regular seasons, 1969 through 1992. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1969 |  MIN | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 |
| 1970 | MIN | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 |
| 1971 | MIN | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 |
| 1972 | MIN | 25 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .304 | .225 | .529 |
| 1973 |  NYY | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 |
| 1974 | NYY | 43 | 109 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .239 | .288 | .321 | .609 |
| 1975 | NYY | 71 | 145 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .262 | .353 | .338 | .691 |
| 1976 |  NYY/BAL | 80 | 216 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .194 | .263 | .204 | .466 |
| 1977 | BAL | 91 | 270 | 27 | 61 | 3 | 34 | 2 | .226 | .314 | .315 | .629 |
| 1978 | BAL | 136 | 441 | 41 | 114 | 6 | 32 | 7 | .259 | .327 | .356 | .683 |
| 1979 | BAL | 124 | 368 | 48 | 88 | 6 | 41 | 0 | .239 | .307 | .351 | .658 |
| 1980 | BAL | 119 | 362 | 51 | 95 | 9 | 40 | 3 | .262 | .333 | .425 | .759 |
| 1981 | BAL | 92 | 251 | 24 | 54 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .215 | .306 | .335 | .641 |
| 1982 | BAL | 125 | 344 | 35 | 88 | 5 | 36 | 0 | .256 | .339 | .349 | .688 |
| 1983 | BAL | 128 | 347 | 33 | 80 | 4 | 32 | 1 | .231 | .311 | .323 | .634 |
| 1984 | BAL | 109 | 330 | 37 | 76 | 11 | 34 | 1 | .230 | .312 | .364 | .676 |
| 1985 | BAL | 132 | 362 | 54 | 92 | 12 | 52 | 0 | .254 | .345 | .406 | .751 |
| 1986 | BAL | 122 | 327 | 42 | 68 | 13 | 29 | 1 | .208 | .309 | .379 | .689 |
| 1987 |  CLE | 60 | 141 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .177 | .295 | .270 | .565 |
| 1988 |  LAD | 77 | 167 | 25 | 42 | 7 | 30 | 1 | .251 | .338 | .455 | .793 |
| 1989 | LAD | 79 | 151 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1 | .179 | .319 | .305 | .623 |
| 1990 | LAD | 62 | 128 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .195 | .318 | .281 | .599 |
| 1991 |  MIL | 61 | 147 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .231 | .329 | .347 | .676 |
| 1992 | BAL | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS