Del Rice Stats

Del Rice was born on Friday, October 27, 1922, in Portsmouth, Ohio. Rice was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 2, 1945, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Del Rice baseball stats page.

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Del Rice

Del Rice Autograph on a 1980 TCMA (#022)

Del Rice Autograph on a 1980 TCMA (#022)
 

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Birth Name:   Delbert Rice
Nickname:   Del
Born On:   10-27-1922  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Portsmouth, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-26-1983 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Buena Park, California
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   05-02-1945 (Age 22)
Last Game:   08-31-1961
Draft:   Not Applicable
Del Rice

Del Rice Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Del Rice

Del Rice Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1945 23 Cardinals 83 253 27 66 17 3 1 0 28 16 - 33 5 - 3 8 .261 .313 .364
1946 24 Cardinals 55 139 10 38 8 1 1 0 12 8 - 16 3 - 0 5 .273 .313 .367
1947 25 Cardinals 97 261 28 57 7 3 12 1 44 36 - 40 3 - 1 5 .218 .315 .406
1948 26 Cardinals 100 290 24 57 10 1 4 1 34 37 - 46 6 - 5 6 .197 .298 .279
1949 27 Cardinals 92 284 25 67 16 1 4 0 29 30 - 40 6 - 5 6 .236 .320 .342
1950 28 Cardinals 130 414 39 101 20 3 9 0 54 43 - 65 9 - 5 11 .244 .323 .372
1951 29 Cardinals 122 374 34 94 13 1 9 0 47 34 - 26 8 - 3 11 .251 .319 .364
1952 30 Cardinals 147 495 43 128 27 2 11 0 65 33 - 38 3 - 6 12 .259 .313 .388
1953 31 Cardinals 135 419 32 99 22 1 6 1 37 48 - 49 7 - 6 13 .236 .323 .337
1954 32 Cardinals 56 147 13 37 10 1 2 0 16 16 - 21 2 2 0 3 .252 .321 .374
1955 33 Cardinals 20 59 6 12 3 0 1 0 7 7 0 6 1 1 0 2 .203 .284 .305
1955 33 Braves 27 71 5 14 0 1 2 0 7 6 2 12 1 0 0 1 .197 .260 .310
1956 34 Braves 71 188 15 40 9 1 3 0 17 18 7 34 2 0 0 5 .213 .282 .319
1957 35 Braves 54 144 15 33 1 1 9 0 20 17 7 37 1 1 0 5 .229 .309 .438
1958 36 Braves 43 121 10 27 7 0 1 0 8 8 1 30 3 0 0 3 .223 .271 .306
1959 37 Braves 13 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 .207 .250 .207
1960 38 Cubs 18 52 2 12 3 0 0 0 4 2 1 7 0 1 0 3 .231 .255 .288
1960 38 Cardinals 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000
1960 38 Orioles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1961 39 Angels 44 83 11 20 4 0 4 0 11 20 5 19 3 1 0 1 .241 .385 .434
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 1,309 3,826 342 908 177 20 79 3 441 382 23 522 63 7 34 103 .237 .312 .356
Del Rice

Del Rice Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1945 Cardinals C 77 69 1,566 325 4.2 323 284 39 2 6 7 24 6 .994 5.57
1946 Cardinals C 53 43 937 213 4.0 208 196 12 5 0 1 9 4 .977 5.99
1947 Cardinals C 94 78 1,773 421 4.5 413 380 33 8 7 7 9 9 .981 6.29
1948 Cardinals C 99 90 2,151 495 5.0 493 447 46 2 5 3 8 3 .996 6.19
1949 Cardinals C 92 88 2,043 387 4.2 384 355 29 3 4 2 9 9 .992 5.07
1950 Cardinals C 130 123 3,217 645 5.0 635 572 63 10 12 9 32 17 .984 5.33
1951 Cardinals C 120 108 2,863 521 4.3 513 447 66 8 12 5 36 24 .985 4.84
1952 Cardinals C 147 13 357 764 5.2 758 677 81 6 8 7 80 7 .992 57.33
1953 Cardinals C 135 128 3,241 695 5.1 687 627 60 8 6 8 35 23 .988 5.72
1954 Cardinals C 52 45 1,146 272 5.2 268 248 20 4 2 3 9 5 .985 6.31
1955 Cardinals C 18 18 433 83 4.6 80 74 6 3 1 2 4 2 .964 4.99
1955 Braves C 22 19 509 104 4.7 102 90 12 2 2 1 3 5 .981 5.41
1956 Braves C 65 59 1,484 297 4.6 292 271 21 5 2 0 15 8 .983 5.31
1957 Braves C 48 44 1,124 251 5.2 249 235 14 2 3 1 14 8 .992 5.98
1958 Braves C 38 33 863 188 4.9 187 174 13 1 1 2 8 3 .995 5.85
1959 Braves C 9 8 191 45 5.0 43 42 1 2 1 2 1 0 .956 6.08
1960 Cubs C 18 16 431 95 5.3 92 85 7 3 0 2 12 6 .968 5.76
1960 Cardinals C 1 1 24 4 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
1960 Orioles C 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
1961 Angels C 30 27 629 159 5.3 158 144 14 1 0 3 11 10 .994 6.78
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
C Totals 1,249 1,010 24,991 5,965 4.8 5,890 5,353 537 75 72 65 319 149 .987 6.36
17 Years 1,249 1,010 24,991 5,965 4.8 5,890 5,353 537 75 72 65 319 149 .987 6.36
Del Rice

Del Rice Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1945 Cardinals 0 - - 6 0 n/a 253.0 7.7 9.0 - - -
1946 Cardinals 0 - - 2 0 n/a 139.0 8.7 11.6 - - -
1947 Cardinals 1 - - 3 0 n/a 21.8 6.5 5.9 - - -
1948 Cardinals 1 - - 1 0 n/a 72.5 6.3 8.5 - - -
1949 Cardinals 0 - - 1 0 n/a 71.0 7.1 9.8 - - -
1950 Cardinals 0 - - 0 0 n/a 46.0 6.4 7.7 - - -
1951 Cardinals 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 41.6 14.4 8.0 - - -
1952 Cardinals 0 1 .000 3 0 n/a 45.0 13.0 7.6 - - -
1953 Cardinals 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 69.8 8.6 11.3 - - -
1954 Cardinals 0 1 .000 4 0 n/a 73.5 7.0 9.2 - - -
1955 Cardinals 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 59.0 9.8 8.4 - - -
1955 Braves 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 35.5 5.9 10.1 - - -
1956 Braves 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 62.7 5.5 11.1 - - -
1957 Braves 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 16.0 3.9 7.2 - - -
1958 Braves 0 0 .000 6 0 n/a 121.0 4.0 15.1 - - -
1959 Braves 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 0.0 9.7 29.0 - - -
1960 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.4 13.0 - - -
1960 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1960 Orioles 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1961 Angels 0 1 .000 15 0 n/a 20.8 4.4 7.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 2 3 .400 69 0 n/a 48.4 7.3 8.7 - - -
Del Rice

Del Rice Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1945 St. Louis Cardinals 11 Undetermined n/a -
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - Stats
1947 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1948 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1949 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1950 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1953 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined Stats -
1954 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1955 St. Louis Cardinals 18 Undetermined - -
1955 Milwaukee Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1956 Milwaukee Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 7 Undetermined - Stats
1958 Milwaukee Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1959 Milwaukee Braves 7 Undetermined - -
1960 Chicago Cubs 9 Undetermined - -
1960 St. Louis Cardinals 29 Undetermined - -
1960 Baltimore Orioles 37 Undetermined - -
1961 Los Angeles Angels 9 Undetermined - -


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