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Butch
Dempsey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 9, 1907 in Round, NH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1936   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1927 19 A   129 470 50 144 37 2 2 44 5 0 82 44 .306 .409 .406 .816 80.6  
1928 20 A   124 444 75 159 36 2 6 61 3 1 84 31 .358 .460 .489 .949 95.6  
1929 21 AA   109 407 52 124 39 0 4 46 1 0 59 41 .305 .393 .430 .823 67.4  
1930 22 PHI NL 19 53 4 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 10 .170 .262 .170 .432 2.8 0.0
    AAA   62 210 29 56 8 2 6 21 1 1 27 38 .267 .350 .410 .760 30.7  
1931 23 PHI NL 18 58 7 17 8 0 0 6 0 0 7 9 .293 .369 .431 .800 7.8 1.2
    AAA   39 98 17 23 7 3 2 14 2 0 18 15 .235 .353 .429 .782 15.8  
    AA   30 106 13 39 4 0 2 23 1 0 21 8 .368 .472 .462 .935 23.1  
1932 24 PHI NL 30 100 8 19 7 0 0 7 0 0 9 13 .190 .265 .260 .525 7.7 0.0
1933 25 PHI NL 35 102 13 31 10 1 0 15 1 1 8 3 .304 .355 .422 .776 12.9 2.6
1934 26 PHI NL 57 179 16 41 2 0 1 13 0 0 31 21 .229 .344 .257 .601 17.6 1.3
1935 27 PHI NL 64 200 24 61 14 0 0 23 0 0 24 18 .305 .383 .375 .758 26.8 3.9
1936 28 PHI NL 123 432 70 141 32 0 4 81 0 1 60 22 .326 .410 .428 .838 73.8 11.9
1937 29 PHI NL 10 37 6 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 2 .270 .317 .432 .750 5.5 0.8
1938 30 PHI NL 58 184 20 41 12 0 0 18 0 0 23 13 .223 .308 .288 .596 15.5 0.4
    AAA   16 60 13 25 3 0 0 7 0 0 13 6 .417 .521 .467 .987 14.2  
    A   13 41 7 15 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 1 .366 .544 .415 .958 11.1  
1939 31 PHI NL 39 93 10 26 6 1 0 11 0 0 10 11 .280 .346 .366 .712 11.8 1.5
1940 32 PHI NL 69 174 24 52 6 0 2 23 1 0 22 24 .299 .372 .368 .740 26.1 5.1
1941 33 PHI NL 54 113 12 32 10 0 0 16 0 1 12 18 .283 .349 .372 .721 13.0 2.0
1942 34 PHI NL 36 64 11 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 14 12 .250 .385 .281 .666 7.7 1.1
1943 35 PHI NL 37 53 5 13 4 0 0 7 0 0 7 12 .245 .344 .321 .665 5.7 1.2
1944 36 CIN NL 98 335 24 76 10 0 0 28 1 3 34 42 .227 .299 .257 .556 22.0 0.0
1945 37 CIN NL 134 429 48 112 25 1 1 51 0 0 48 65 .261 .337 .331 .668 47.3 7.9
1946 38 CIN NL 120 390 34 86 15 1 0 32 2 0 44 67 .221 .301 .264 .565 32.2 3.3
1947 39 CIN NL 74 245 23 66 24 0 0 27 0 0 26 38 .269 .336 .367 .703 29.3 4.6
1948 40 CIN NL 19 39 8 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 .179 .319 .231 .550 3.0 0.0
1949 41 CIN NL 14 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 1.4 0.0
20 Years Sim 1108 3307 369 859 192 4 9 379 5 6 401 408 .260 .341 .328 .669 369.9 48.8
3 Years AAA 117 368 59 104 18 5 8 42 3 1 58 59 .283 .381 .424 .805 60.8  
2 Years AA 139 513 65 163 43 0 6 69 2 0 80 49 .318 .408 .437 .845 90.6  
3 Years A 266 955 132 318 75 4 8 110 9 1 182 76 .333 .441 .445 .886 187.2  
8 Years Minors 522 1836 256 585 136 9 22 221 14 2 320 184 .319 .420 .438 .859 338.5  
162 Game Average 483 53 125 28 0 1 55 0 0 58 59 .260 .341 .328 .669 54.1  
Career Highs 134 432 70 141 32 1 4 81 2 3 60 67 .326 .410 .432 .838 73.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2059 234 545 116 3 6 242 1 2 237 225 .265 .340 .333 .673 240.1
vs LH   1248 135 314 76 1 3 137 4 4 164 183 .252 .341 .321 .663 142.6
Home 530 1598 187 442 97 2 4 179 2 1 205 185 .277 .359 .347 .707 205.9
Away 578 1709 182 417 95 2 5 200 3 5 196 223 .244 .323 .311 .634 176.7
RISP   854 0 221 42 2 1 331 0 0 118 106 .259 .342 .316 .658 101.1
Pinch Hitting   140 21 40 11 0 0 12 0 0 19 21 .286 .375 .364 .739 19.3
Close/Late   393 36 109 24 1 2 54 0 0 60 54 .277 .373 .359 .731 55.3
Mar/Apr 114 342 42 101 21 0 2 44 0 0 45 32 .295 .373 .374 .748 49.2
May 175 539 52 136 36 2 2 61 1 0 61 65 .252 .331 .338 .669 61.1
June 200 589 56 142 35 0 0 55 2 1 64 82 .241 .315 .301 .616 57.6
July 231 680 79 176 43 0 2 79 0 2 81 98 .259 .338 .331 .669 77.9
August 207 620 74 161 32 0 0 71 0 2 82 73 .260 .348 .311 .659 70.7
Sep/Oct 180 537 66 143 25 2 3 69 2 1 68 58 .266 .352 .337 .689 66.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 22 PHI NL C 19 15 140.3 31 13 4 0 .917 2.82 24 8 .333 6 0.4
1931 23 PHI NL C 15 15 130.0 38 4 2 0 .955 2.91 16 3 .188 4 0.2
1932 24 PHI NL C 28 28 237.7 87 9 0 0 1.000 3.64 29 7 .241 9 0.7
1933 25 PHI NL C 28 27 240.0 118 18 2 0 .986 5.10 36 14 .389 5 2.0
1934 26 PHI NL C 54 51 444.7 187 23 4 0 .981 4.25 50 13 .260 9 6.5
1935 27 PHI NL C 57 56 489.7 173 20 4 1 .980 3.55 43 13 .302 13 1.7
1936 28 PHI NL C 122 120 1074.3 316 75 8 0 .980 3.28 129 51 .395 20 6.3
1937 29 PHI NL C 10 10 86.3 29 6 3 0 .921 3.65 8 2 .250 3 0.2
1938 30 PHI NL C 55 50 447.0 149 27 4 0 .978 3.54 42 13 .310 17 1.9
1939 31 PHI NL C 31 22 201.3 67 14 1 0 .988 3.62 21 9 .429 4 0.8
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 1 2 .917 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 32 PHI NL C 52 49 429.7 204 25 5 1 .979 4.80 56 19 .339 10 2.2
1941 33 PHI NL C 29 28 241.0 98 17 1 2 .991 4.29 32 10 .313 5 1.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 34 PHI NL C 18 16 140.0 53 6 3 1 .952 3.79 24 4 .167 4 0.4
1943 35 PHI NL C 11 8 74.7 18 5 0 0 1.000 2.77 12 3 .250 1 0.5
1944 36 CIN NL C 91 87 779.7 261 51 8 1 .975 3.60 135 33 .244 21 3.2
1945 37 CIN NL C 127 125 1080.3 309 80 17 2 .958 3.24 207 58 .280 36 3.7
1946 38 CIN NL C 119 118 1027.7 397 71 14 0 .971 4.10 188 51 .271 32 2.8
1947 39 CIN NL C 69 69 590.0 232 46 8 0 .972 4.24 108 30 .278 24 1.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 40 CIN NL C 13 11 96.7 52 7 1 0 .983 5.49 11 6 .545 3 0.5
1949 41 CIN NL C 12 7 68.0 36 4 1 0 .976 5.29 10 1 .100 1 0.4
  C 960 912 8018.9 2855 521 90 8 .974 3.79 1181 348 .295 227 37.5
  1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 1 2 .917 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   963 913 8031.9 2866 521 91 10 .974 3.80 1181 348 .295 227 37.5
Career Highs   127 125 1080.3 397 80 17 2 1.000 5.49 207 58 .545 36  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Base on Ball per Strikeout
1936-7-2.7
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Harold Buchanan (971)
  2. Donald Quackenbush (967)
  3. Roy Hooper (955)
  4. Hamilton McCoy (950)
  5. Jim Galbraith (948)
  6. Larry Napoleon (947)
  7. Tom Woodruff (943)
  8. Al Logan (942)
  9. Jeff Carruthers (939)
  10. Wylie Goodhead (928)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1927
Injured on 7/16/1928 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/10/1929 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1929 with a Bruised Sternum, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 3/2/1930 (Going to PHI: RF George Crookshanks, 2B Corky Ramirez, C Butch Dempsey, P Jack Cheeseman. Going to NYA: RF Hank Lawless, SS Job Croft)
Had first career hit on 6/22/1930, off Jim Cavil (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1934, off Bill Robinson (SLN)
 
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