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Ryan Dempster

Cubs Career team 2004–2012
Number #46
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 49
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Gibsons, Canada
Born May 3, 1977

Key Insights

2013
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Mark McGwire has hit .333/.571/1.000 against Dempster over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

3 for 9 with 2 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .749 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Dempster has struck Craig Wilson out 7 times in 15 plate appearances, 46.7% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Dempster has walked Adam Dunn 8 times in 18 plate appearances, 44.4% of them.

8 walks in 18 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Dempster has faced Lance Berkman more than any other hitter: 60 plate appearances, and Lance Berkman has hit .229/.383/.438 in them.

11 hits, 3 home runs and 16 strikeouts across 60 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Glendon Rusch has hit .062/.059/.062 against Dempster over 17 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 16 with 0 home runs and 7 strikeouts, against a .749 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Dempster throws than Andres Galarraga: 53.6% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 164 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 3, 1977
Birth Place Gibsons, Canada
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right