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Del Rice

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: October 27, 1922 in Portsmouth, OH us

Died: January 26, 1983 in Buena Park, CA

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

Debut: May 2, 1945 (Age 22-187d, 9,939th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1961 (Age 38-308d)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Delbert W. Rice

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

3826

908

.237

342

RBI

441

OBP

.312

SLG

.356

OPS

.668

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-27 / in Starts: 18-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 146 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	87 (41-30-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 146 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	93 (49-29-14)

Most Driven In
Self	3
G Crowe	2
D O'Connell	1
R Repulski	1
W Moon	1
C Tanner	1
A Pafko	1
R Schoendienst	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
B Virdon	1
J Logan	1
D Crandall	1
A Grammas	1
B Bruton	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1018	2 (1)	Apr 14	STL		MLN	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.65	-0.154	3.77	-0.21%	-1.29	C
2	1019	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,12-11	GS-0	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7						C
3	1020	4	Apr 17 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	7						C
4	1021	5	Apr 17 (2)	STL		CHC	W,14-1	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.429	.467	.571	1.038	7						C
5	1022	6	Apr 18	STL		CIN	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.444	.529	.974	7	.92	-0.040	2.12	-0.06%	-0.26	C
6	1023	7	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.364	.429	.792	7	.95	0.064	2.10	0.08%	0.14	C
7	1024	8	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	7	.68	-0.005	1.64	-0.01%	-0.09	C
8	1025	9	Apr 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.464	.864	7	1.09	0.044	2.97	0.07%	0.90	C
9	1026	10	Apr 23	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.323	.371	.419	.791	7	2.65	-0.097	8.27	-0.18%	0.02	C
10	1027	11	Apr 28	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.359	.382	.741	7	1.50	-0.106	3.94	-0.17%	-1.03	C
11	1028	12	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.289	.364	.447	.811	7	.77	0.044	1.79	0.06%	-0.41	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1029	13	May 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.347	.405	.752	7	1.48	-0.067	3.56	-0.10%	-0.84	C
13	1030	14	May 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.386	.720	7	.85	-0.043	2.21	-0.07%	-0.34	C
14	1031	15	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.321	.370	.690	7	1.39	-0.085	3.39	-0.12%	-0.76	C
15	1032	16	May 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.321	.367	.689	7	.53	-0.025	1.59	-0.05%	-0.09	C
16	1033	30 (13)	May 21	STL	@	CIN	L,6-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.240	.316	.360	.676	9	.23	0.011	.43	0.01%	0.27	PH
17	1034	32 (1)	May 22 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.305	.346	.651	7	.88	-0.004	1.20	0.00%	-0.22	C
18	1035	33	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.295	.333	.628	7	.81	-0.041	1.29	-0.04%	-0.35	C
19	1036	39 (5)	May 30 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-9	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.290	.327	.618	9	.44	-0.011	.49	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
20	1037	40	May 30 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.284	.305	.589	7	1.60	-0.150	1.48	-0.08%	-0.96	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Braves
21	1038	48	Jun 5 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.271	.290	.562	8	1.05	-0.097	.78	-0.04%	-0.87	C
22	1039	55 (6)	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.284	.348	.632	8	.47	0.064	.27	0.02%	0.79	C
23	1040	56	Jun 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.280	.343	.623	1	.46	-0.013	.32	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
24	1041	59 (2)	Jun 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.269	.329	.598	8	1.21	-0.096	.71	-0.03%	-0.69	C
25	1042	64 (4)	Jun 21	MLN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.192	.268	.315	.583	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	1043	73 (8)	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.267	.312	.579	8	.39	-0.015	.33	-0.01%	-0.45	C
27	1044	76 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	L,4-5	GS-10	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.188	.267	.300	.567	8	1.69	-0.117	1.27	-0.05%	-1.41	C
28	1045	80 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.272	.296	.568	8	.46	-0.005	.32	0.00%	-0.12	C
29	1046	83 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.284	.310	.594	8	1.63	0.034	1.49	0.02%	0.36	C
30	1047	88 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.273	.295	.568	8	.73	-0.075	.62	-0.04%	-1.09	C
31	1048	96 (7)	Jul 24 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	5	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.298	.330	.628	8	.53	0.001	.35	0.00%	2.17	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1049	105 (8)	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.295	.326	.621	9	.07	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.23	PH
33	1050	107 (1)	Aug 5	MLN		PIT	L,5-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.204	.292	.323	.615	9						PH
34	1051	108	Aug 6	MLN		PIT	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.284	.313	.597	7	1.23	-0.094	.06	0.00%	-0.56	C
35	1052	109	Aug 7 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.286	.313	.599	8	.63	0.031	.03	0.00%	0.55	C
36	1053	114 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	MLN		STL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.278	.304	.582	8	.81	-0.063	.02	0.00%	-0.69	C
37	1054	119 (4)	Aug 16	MLN	@	STL	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.276	.301	.577	9	2.67	-0.113	.09	0.00%	-0.58	PH
38	1055	124 (4)	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,8-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.271	.295	.566	8	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
39	1056	129 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.273	.296	.569	8	.53	-0.032	.17	-0.01%	-0.34	C
40	1057	131 (1)	Aug 30	MLN	@	BRO	L,6-8	5-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.276	.300	.576	8	.42	0.015	.06	0.00%	-0.04	C
41	1058	132	Aug 31	MLN	@	BRO	W,13-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.209	.281	.330	.612	8	.40	0.095	.01	0.00%	2.20	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	1059	133	Sep 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.273	.319	.592	8	1.40	-0.136	.10	-0.01%	-1.34	C
43	1060	138 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.267	.311	.578	8	.87	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
44	1061	140 (1)	Sep 8	MLN		BRO	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.265	.309	.574	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
45	1062	144 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,9-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.265	.309	.574	8						C
46	1063	151 (6)	Sep 21	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-14	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.271	.310	.581	8	.26	-0.028	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
47	1064	154 (2)	Sep 25	MLN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.271	.308	.579	8	.94	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
							20-27		146	130	11	26	3	1	3	14	13	2	18	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	.200	.271	.308	.579		.97	-1.435	1.40	-1.02%	-9.44

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