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	36-34 / in Starts: 32-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 208 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	124 (63-38-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 208 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	131 (69-40-21)

Most Driven In
J Adcock	4
B Bruton	3
Self	3
B Thomson	2
A Pafko	2
F Mantilla	1
W Covington	0

Most Driven In By
D O'Connell	5
Self	3
W Covington	1
R Crone	1
L Burdette	1
B Bruton	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	1065	6 (5)	Apr 22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,13-5	CG	5	5	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	8	.37	0.054	1.08	0.09%	2.00	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
2	1066	13 (6)	May 12	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-10	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	1.000	1.571	8	.57	0.035	2.25	0.08%	0.15	C
3	1067	15 (1)	May 13 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.455	.727	1.182	8	1.17	-0.016	4.62	-0.04%	-0.36	C
4	1068	20 (4)	May 20 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.462	.462	.692	1.154	8						C
5	1069	25 (4)	May 27	MLN		CIN	W,7-2	3-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.500	.667	1.167	8	.33	0.020	1.43	0.05%	0.96	C
6	1070	27 (1)	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,9-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.444	.588	1.033	8	1.55	-0.082	6.14	-0.20%	-0.90	C
7	1071	29 (1)	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-8	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.400	.526	.926	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	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
8	1072	31 (1)	Jun 2	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.476	.840	8	2.09	-0.114	10.20	-0.33%	-1.03	C
9	1073	33 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.417	.440	.583	1.023	8						C
10	1074	36 (2)	Jun 6	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.407	.538	.946	8	1.20	-0.057	4.44	-0.13%	-0.48	C
11	1075	40 (3)	Jun 10	MLN		NYG	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.393	.519	.911	7	1.61	-0.039	5.06	-0.07%	-0.21	PH
12	1076	42 (1)	Jun 12	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.379	.500	.879	9	.99	-0.024	2.62	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
13	1077	46 (3)	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.500	.900	9	4.04	0.056	13.06	0.11%	0.24	PH
14	1078	47	Jun 17 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.375	.412	.531	.943	7	.79	-0.032	2.52	-0.06%	-0.16	C
15	1079	52 (4)	Jun 21	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	5	5	2	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.432	.462	.676	1.137	7	.36	0.073	1.73	0.21%	2.22	C
16	1080	54 (1)	Jun 23	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.447	.475	.763	1.238	9	2.83	0.344	12.99	0.95%	1.00	PH
17	1081	56 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.452	.477	.738	1.215	7	.63	0.003	3.15	0.01%	-0.11	C
18	1082	57	Jun 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.413	.438	.674	1.111	7	.66	-0.068	3.40	-0.21%	-0.95	C
19	1083	58	Jun 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.388	.412	.633	1.044	7	1.06	-0.087	5.67	-0.28%	-0.50	C
20	1084	59	Jun 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.365	.389	.596	.985	7	1.02	-0.111	5.19	-0.34%	-0.96	C
21	1085	60	Jun 29	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.357	.379	.589	.969	7	.90	-0.108	4.51	-0.33%	-0.60	C
22	1086	61	Jun 30	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.371	.567	.938	7	.94	-0.063	4.52	-0.18%	-0.70	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
23	1087	62	Jul 1 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.369	.548	.918	7	1.06	-0.073	5.39	-0.22%	-0.78	C
24	1088	64 (1)	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.382	.547	.929	8	1.18	0.078	8.48	0.34%	0.51	C
25	1089	65	Jul 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.375	.529	.904	7	.59	-0.058	4.15	-0.24%	-0.68	C
26	1090	66	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		STL	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.360	.507	.867	8	.71	-0.055	4.06	-0.19%	-0.51	C
27	1091	67	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.359	.500	.859	8	.88	-0.009	4.93	-0.03%	0.28	C
28	1092	68	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.358	.494	.852	8	.57	0.030	2.84	0.09%	0.19	C
29	1093	69	Jul 6	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.313	.353	.475	.828	8						C
30	1094	70	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.360	.482	.841	8	.95	0.156	4.62	0.45%	1.52	C
31	1095	71	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,6-10	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.302	.348	.465	.813	8						C
32	1096	72	Jul 12	MLN		BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.444	.778	8	.72	-0.067	4.69	-0.26%	-1.03	C
33	1097	73	Jul 13 (1)	MLN		BRO	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.290	.340	.452	.792	8	.64	-0.045	4.44	-0.19%	-1.01	C
34	1098	74	Jul 13 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.356	.458	.814	8	1.52	0.117	10.96	0.51%	0.96	C
35	1099	75	Jul 14	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.346	.444	.790	8	.69	-0.051	4.97	-0.22%	-0.33	C
36	1100	76	Jul 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.339	.436	.775	8	.77	-0.038	4.59	-0.14%	-0.30	C
37	1101	78 (1)	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.330	.423	.753	8	.91	-0.066	5.30	-0.23%	-0.70	C
38	1102	79	Jul 17	MLN		NYG	L,6-8	GS-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.271	.322	.411	.733	8						C
39	1103	80	Jul 18	MLN		NYG	W,7-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.314	.400	.714	8	.24	-0.019	1.30	-0.06%	-0.61	C
40	1104	81	Jul 19	MLN		NYG	W,13-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.254	.303	.386	.689	8	.15	-0.030	.84	-0.10%	-1.95	C
41	1105	83 (1)	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,5-8	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.246	.294	.373	.667	8	2.10	-0.127	11.67	-0.42%	-1.07	C
42	1106	90 (6)	Jul 29	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.291	.370	.661	9	.37	-0.009	2.01	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
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
43	1107	93 (2)	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.287	.364	.650	8	1.27	-0.060	10.78	-0.31%	-0.59	C
44	1108	96 (2)	Aug 4	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.355	.635	8	.27	-0.021	1.74	-0.08%	-0.29	C
45	1109	102 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	MLN		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.276	.349	.625	8	1.53	-0.080	10.15	-0.32%	-0.55	C
46	1110	107 (4)	Aug 12	MLN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.357	.639	8	.38	0.035	3.76	0.21%	0.82	C
47	1111	109 (1)	Aug 14	MLN	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.277	.348	.625	8	1.81	-0.144	12.54	-0.60%	-1.25	C
48	1112	114 (4)	Aug 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.341	.617	8	.95	-0.022	10.87	-0.15%	-0.24	C
49	1113	115	Aug 20	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.284	.343	.627	8	.34	0.014	3.80	0.09%	0.28	C
50	1114	117 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.296	.379	.675	8	.49	0.162	3.53	0.70%	1.47	C
51	1115	118	Aug 22	MLN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.295	.375	.670	8	2.07	-0.167	14.83	-0.72%	-0.83	C
52	1116	119	Aug 23	MLN		PHI	W,11-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.300	.374	.674	8	.76	0.190	5.93	0.89%	1.78	C
53	1117	120	Aug 24	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.305	.377	.682	8	.60	0.096	4.59	0.44%	0.71	C
54	1118	121	Aug 25	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.301	.373	.674	8	1.03	-0.050	7.71	-0.23%	-0.36	C
55	1119	122	Aug 26	MLN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	.372	.678	8	.36	-0.018	4.87	-0.15%	0.69	C
56	1120	125 (2)	Aug 29	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.239	.301	.365	.665	8						C
57	1121	126	Aug 30	MLN		PIT	T,1-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.295	.358	.653	8	2.47	-0.188	21.96	-1.00%	-1.41	C
58	1122	128 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	MLN		STL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.349	.638	8	.41	-0.040	3.51	-0.21%	-0.66	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
59	1123	132 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.286	.345	.631	8	.60	-0.032	6.32	-0.20%	-0.30	C
60	1124	135 (2)	Sep 7	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.283	.341	.624	8	1.75	-0.081	18.71	-0.52%	-0.68	C
61	1125	136	Sep 8	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.285	.343	.628	8	1.50	0.073	16.58	0.49%	0.84	C
62	1126	138 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.286	.339	.625	8	1.62	-0.047	18.15	-0.32%	-0.44	C
63	1127	139	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.284	.337	.621	8	.87	-0.022	18.25	-0.28%	-0.24	C
64	1128	143 (3)	Sep 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-13	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.283	.335	.618	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
65	1129	144	Sep 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.285	.337	.622	8	.71	-0.016	9.80	-0.13%	-0.10	C
66	1130	145	Sep 17 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.284	.335	.619	9	.13	-0.003	1.80	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
67	1131	147 (1)	Sep 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.279	.330	.609	8	.82	-0.059	10.51	-0.45%	-0.66	C
68	1132	148	Sep 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.275	.324	.599	8	1.02	-0.075	15.80	-0.70%	-0.46	C
69	1133	150 (1)	Sep 22	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.274	.323	.596	8	2.45	-0.059	43.18	-0.62%	-0.14	C
70	1134	151	Sep 23	MLN		CHC	W,7-4	GS-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.283	.321	.604	8	.72	-0.013	13.76	-0.15%	0.29	C
71	1135	153 (1)	Sep 28	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.282	.319	.601	8	.39	-0.010	8.80	-0.13%	-0.10	C
							36-34		208	188	15	40	9	1	3	17	18	7	35	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	.213	.282	.319	.601		.91	-1.119	6.67	-6.11%	-9.55

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