Ryan Dempster
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[edit] Profile
Full Name: Ryan Scott Dempster
Bats: R Throws: R
Height: 6-1" Weight: 201
Position RHP
Born: May 3, 1977 in Sechelt, British Columbia
High School: (HS) Elphinstone (Gibsons, British Columbia)
Acquired: Signed as free agent on January 21, 2004 and then resigned on November 19, 2008.
Status: Still with team and on 40-man
Uniform number: 46
Contract: 4/52M through 2012 with full no-trade protection. 2012 is a $14M player option.
[edit] Notes & News
Originally signed with Cubs after undergoing Tommy John Surgery and spent first half of 2004 rehabbing
Reliever and Cubs closer from 2004-2007.
Signed 4 yr/$52M deal after 2008 season.
[edit] Honors & Awards
Cubs All-Star in 2008 season.
Finished 6th in Cy Young voting in 2007.
[edit] Injury History
Tommy John Surgery in 2003 while member of the Cincinnati Reds. Broke his toe in 2009 trying to jump over small fence in front of Wrigley dugout and missed three weeks in July.
[edit] External Links
Baseball Reference | Baseball Cube Page |Fangraphs | Baseball Prospectus
