How Rick Dempsey's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Rick Dempsey posted a career Equivalent Average of .692, near the league average of .748 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1969, posting 1.21, well above the league average of .715 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .188, well below the league average of .729 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .638 in 1990 to .702 in 1991 and .455 in 1992. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .188 to 1.21 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rick Dempsey Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average Per Season

Rick Dempsey's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average per season line chart

Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average by Team

Rick Dempsey's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Dempsey's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Dempsey's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Dempsey's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rick Dempsey Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table