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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	STL		MLN	W,8-7	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,12-11	GS	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	4	Apr 17 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	5	Apr 17 (2)	STL		CHC	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	6	Apr 18	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	2	8	0	C
6	7	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
8	9	Apr 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	10	Apr 23	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	49	11.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	11	Apr 28	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	12	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	14	May 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	GS	22	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	15	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	31	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	16	May 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS	32	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
16	32 (15)	May 22 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	33	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	40 (6)	May 30 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Milwaukee Braves
19	48	Jun 5 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
20	55 (6)	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	59 (3)	Jun 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	64 (4)	Jun 21	MLN		PIT	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	73 (8)	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	76 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	80 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	83 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
27	88 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
28	96 (7)	Jul 24 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	108 (11)	Aug 6	MLN		PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
30	109	Aug 7 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	114 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	MLN		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	124 (9)	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,8-1	GF	16	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	129 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	131 (1)	Aug 30	MLN	@	BRO	L,6-8	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	132	Aug 31	MLN	@	BRO	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	133	Sep 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	138 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	144 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,9-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	151 (6)	Sep 21	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
40	154 (2)	Sep 25	MLN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.2	6	2	0	8	1
							40gm		314.0	164	18	5	187	3