What is Ryan Dempster?
{{Infobox MLB player| name=Ryan Dempster| image= RyanDempster.jpg| width=250px| position=[[Starting pitcher]]| team=| number=46| bats=Right| throws=Right| birth_date={{birth date and age|1977|5|3}}| birth_place=[[Gibsons, British Columbia|Gibsons]], [[British Columbia]]| debutleague=[[Major League Baseball|MLB]] debutdate=May 23 debutyear=1998 debutteam=Florida Marlins statyear=May 28, 2013 stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win-loss record]] stat1value=126–130 stat2label=[[Earned run average]] stat2value=4.34 stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s stat3value=1,989 stat4label=[[Save (baseball)|Saves]] stat4value=87| teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[Florida Marlins]] ({{by|1998}}–{{by|2002}}) * [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{by|2002}}–{{by|2003}}) * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{by|2004}}–{{by|2012}}) * [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{by|2012}}) * [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{by|2013}}) | awards = <nowiki></nowiki> * 2x [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ({{by|2000}}, {{by|2008}}) }} '''Ryan Scott Dempster''' (born May 3, 1977 in [[Gibsons, British Columbia|Gibsons]], [[British Columbia]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[baseball]] player. As of 2013, he is a [[Pitcher (baseball)|pitcher]] for the [[Boston Red Sox]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. ==Career== Dempster was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1995 MLB Draft. On August 8, 1996, the Rangers traded him along with [[Rick Helling]] to the Marlins for [[John Burkett]]. He made his MLB debut for the Florida Marlins on May 23, 1998. He would play for the Marlins from 1998 to 2002. On July 11, 2002, Dempster was traded to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in exchange for [[Juan Encarnacion]], [[Wilton Guerrero]] and [[Ryan Snare]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/07/11/marlins_trades_ap/|accessdate=2013-06-07|title=Cutting Bait: Marlins deal Floyd to Expos, Dempster to Reds|publisher=Sports Illustrated|archive-date=2004-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817091807/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/ne