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Name Team Age
Payton Dempsey Retired (1980, Age 37) Died (2026, Age 83)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7
(1963)		 SS L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League 0 15 years (25 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B+ A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B+ D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- B- C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 9/16/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 5
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.1 %) C- (33.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1963 Minors 68.00 6 / 15 11 / 12 6 / 7 7 / 7 8 / 11 3 / 10 4 / 6 45 / 68
1964 Minors 65.00 2 / 6 4 / 7 6 / 8 9 / 10 6 / 9 4 / 11 9 / 14 40 / 65
1965 Minors 68.00 5 / 13 4 / 8 7 / 9 4 / 6 6 / 10 3 / 10 4 / 12 33 / 68
1966 Majors 65.33 2 / 11 7 / 13 4 / 7 4 / 7 3 / 11 1 / 8 1 / 8 22 / 65
1967 Majors 62.62 5 / 10 3 / 10 4 / 8 4 / 11 1 / 7 3 / 10 0 / 6 20 / 62
1968 Majors 64.17 1 / 6 1 / 9 5 / 8 2 / 4 4 / 11 1 / 12 0 / 14 14 / 64
1969 Majors 70.18 2 / 13 1 / 8 3 / 8 3 / 18 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 10 / 70
1970 Majors 74.58 5 / 17 0 / 10 2 / 6 2 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 17 0 / 7 10 / 74
1971 Majors 69.52 0 / 11 0 / 12 2 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 15 0 / 9 3 / 69
1972 Majors 66.80 0 / 9 0 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 8 3 / 17 0 / 5 0 / 9 4 / 66
1973 Majors 61.99 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9 2 / 12 0 / 8 2 / 61
1974 Majors 50.89 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 7 1 / 50
1975 Majors 64.99 1 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 12 1 / 64
1976 Majors 64.99 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 64
1977 Majors 66.09 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 66
1978 Majors 50.48 146 106 16 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 50
1979 Majors 55.51 162 93 0 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 14 0 / 5 1 / 55
1980 Majors 32.29 158 18 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 13 0 / 3 0 / 8 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 32
Total 466 217 16 30 / 174 31 / 149 41 / 158 35 / 137 32 / 160 19 / 182 18 / 153 206 / 1113
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Payton Dempsey has retired from the New York Highlanders
1980-08-10A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Reds II and the New York Highlanders. The New York Highlanders receive Payton Dempsey, Draft Pick - 1981 Round 3 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Reds II in exchange for Draft Pick - 1981 Round 2 (NYA).
1980-04-05The Cincinnati Reds II have acquired Payton Dempsey from the waiver wire.
1980-04-01The Chicago Jackasses have promoted Mike Aragon to the major league team. The Chicago Jackasses have designated Payton Dempsey for assignment.
1978-04-11Payton Dempsey of the Chicago BearCubs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1974-04-01Payton Dempsey of the Chicago Lightning is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1973-05-19Payton Dempsey of the Chicago Lightning is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1966-04-01The Chicago Lightning have promoted Payton Dempsey to the major league team. The Chicago Lightning have designated Alan Hall for assignment.
1964-03-01The Chicago Lightning have renamed Paul Dempsey to Payton Dempsey.
1964-03-01A trade has been completed between the Chicago Lightning and the St. Louis Power Chords. The St. Louis Power Chords receive Del Difelice, Scott Passel from the Chicago Lightning in exchange for Paul Dempsey, Ken Thornton.
1963-04-01The St. Louis Power Chords have renamed Pop Dempsey to Paul Dempsey.