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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 19	STL		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 20	STL		MLN	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 21	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,6-10	GS	33	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 29	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 30	STL	@	PHI	T,1-1	CG	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
15	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS	23	5.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
16	16	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	May 9	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	20 (2)	May 12	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 14	STL		BRO	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	22	May 15	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	23	May 16	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	24	May 17	STL		NYG	L,6-9	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	25	May 18	STL		NYG	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	26	May 19	STL		PIT	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	27	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-6	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
26	28	May 21	STL		CIN	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
27	29	May 22	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	30	May 23	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	31	May 24	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
30	32	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
31	33	May 26 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	34	May 26 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	35	May 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
34	36	May 28	STL	@	CIN	T,10-10	GS	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
35	37	May 29	STL		MLN	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	38	May 30 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	39	May 30 (2)	STL		MLN	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	40	May 31	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	44	Jun 4	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	5	2	0	7	1	C
43	45	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	46	Jun 6	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	47	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
46	48	Jun 8	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	11	1	0	12	0
47	49	Jun 9	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	50	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	51	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	52	Jun 12	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	53	Jun 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	54	Jun 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	55	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	56	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
55	57	Jun 17	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	58	Jun 18	STL		BRO	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	59	Jun 19	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
58	60	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	61	Jun 21	STL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	62	Jun 22	STL		PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
61	63	Jun 23	STL		NYG	W,15-8	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	64	Jun 24	STL		NYG	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	65	Jun 25	STL		NYG	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	68 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
65	69	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	70	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-6	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	72 (1)	Jul 1	STL		CHC	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	73	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	74	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	75	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
71	76	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	77	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	78	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
74	79	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
75	85 (5)	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-14	GS	30	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	86	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,6-14	GS	46	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	88	Jul 19 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	89	Jul 19 susp	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	90	Jul 20	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	91	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	92	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	3	0	1	4	0	C
83	93	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	C
84	95 (1)	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
85	96	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	97	Jul 29	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	99 (1)	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	100	Aug 1	STL		BRO	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
89	101	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,10-1	GF	11	3.2	2	1	0	3	1	C
90	102	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	103	Aug 4	STL		PHI	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
92	104	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	105	Aug 6	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	106	Aug 7	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	107	Aug 8	STL		NYG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	108	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,6-2	GS	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
97	109	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	110	Aug 11	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	112 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	113	Aug 14	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	12	1	0	13	0	C
101	114	Aug 15	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
102	115	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
103	116	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
104	117	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
105	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
106	119	Aug 20	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
107	120	Aug 21	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	121	Aug 22	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
109	122	Aug 23	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
110	123	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
111	124	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	125	Aug 26	STL	@	NYG	L,4-13	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
113	127 (1)	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
114	130 (2)	Aug 31	STL	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	131	Sep 1	STL	@	BRO	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
116	132	Sep 2	STL	@	PHI	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	133	Sep 3	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
118	134	Sep 4	STL	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
119	135	Sep 5	STL	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
120	136	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
121	137	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	MLN	T,3-3	GS	0	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	139	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
124	140	Sep 9	STL		NYG	L,3-8	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
125	141	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	142	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
127	143	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,7-8	CG	0	12.0	8	0	0	8	0
128	144	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,17-3	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
129	145	Sep 14	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
130	146	Sep 15	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
131	148 (1)	Sep 17	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
132	149	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,2-5	GF	0	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	152 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	STL		MLN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	154 (1)	Sep 23	STL		MLN	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
135	157 (2)	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
							135gm		1080.1	627	60	8	695	6