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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 79 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 12 tying, 27 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	60
MLN	15
LAA	4

Platoon
vs LHP	42
vs RHP	37

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	31

Outs
1	35
2	24
0	20

11 Opps
BRO	16
NYG	15
CHC	11
PIT	10
PHI	10
CIN	6
BSN/MLN	5
STL	2
KCA	2
WSA	1
CHW	1

58 Pitchers
Dave Koslo	5
Preacher Roe	5
Oscar Judd	3
Warren Spahn	3
Joe Hatten	3
Johnny Schmitz	2
Don Elston	2
Curt Simmons	2
Norm Bass	2
Harvey Haddix	2
Larry Jansen	2
Bob Chipman	2
Ken Heintzelman	1
Max Surkont	1
Ken Trinkle	1
Howie Judson	1
Bob Smith	1
Bubba Church	1
Hank Behrman	1
Monty Kennedy	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Herm Wehmeier	1
Joe Margoneri	1
Don Liddle	1
Johnny Sain	1
Jackie Collum	1
Al Corwin	1
Bob Friend	1
Clem Labine	1
Ken Raffensberger	1
George Spencer	1
Tom Cheney	1
Bob Rush	1
Russ Meyer	1
Claude Passeau	1
Tom Acker	1
Carl Erskine	1
Johnny Antonelli	1
Sal Maglie	1
Jim Brosnan	1
Bob Milliken	1
Tiny Bonham	1
Johnny Vander Meer	1
Billy Pierce	1
Johnny Hetki	1
Sheldon Jones	1
Rex Barney	1
Warren Hacker	1
Doyle Lade	1
Ralph Hamner	1
Ken Johnson	1
Howie Pollet	1
Paul LaPalme	1
Ben Wade	1
Paul Minner	1
Junior Walsh	1
Ed Roebuck	1
Bob Hall	1

11 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	28
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	10
Polo Grounds (NYC)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
Forbes Fld (PIT)	7
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
County Stad (MIL)	4
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	58
9	8
8	4
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	77
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	18
-2-	6
12-	4
123	3
--3	3
-23	2
1-3	2

131 RBI
RISP	20
0 on	41
1 on	27
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	38

Inning
1	1
2	20
3	8
4	11
5	8
6	6
7	8
8	6
9	8
Extra	3

1-3	29
4-6	25
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	4
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	21
-1	14
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	5

Ahead	30
Tied	21
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	77
PH	2

OrderPos
8th	62
7th	12
6th	4
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1945-09-30	STL	@	CIN	Johnny Hetki	tied 2-2	t 12	2	---	1	8	2	0.414	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1946-06-09 (1)	STL		PHI	Oscar Judd	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.056	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1947-04-26	STL	@	CHC	Bob Chipman	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.114	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1947-05-19	STL		PHI	Oscar Judd	tied 0-0	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.223	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marion Scores
5	5	3	1	1947-05-21	STL		BRO	Joe Hatten	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.125	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1947-06-10	STL	@	PHI	Oscar Judd	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.062	88%		Home Run (LF-CF)
7	7	5	1	1947-06-20	STL		NYG	Dave Koslo	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.096	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	1947-07-11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo	tied 0-0	t 5	1	12-	3	8	2	0.273	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Medwick Scores; M. Marion Scores
9	9	7	1	1947-07-12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	Ken Trinkle	ahead 9-3	t 9	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Diering Scores
10	10	8	1	1947-07-28	STL		BSN	Warren Spahn	behind 4-7	b 8	0	12-	3	8	2	0.376	61%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Medwick Scores; M. Marion Scores
11	11	9	1	1947-08-05	STL	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	tied 1-1	t 4	2	123	4	8	2	0.338	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores/unER; R. Northey Scores/unER; W. Kurowski Scores/unER; D. Rice Scores/unER
12	12	10	1	1947-08-15	STL	@	PIT	Tiny Bonham	tied 2-2	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.128	58%		Home Run
13	13	11	1	1947-08-19	STL	@	BRO	Hank Behrman	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	1--	2	8	2	0.135	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marion Scores
14	14	12	1	1947-09-01 (2)	STL		PIT	Preacher Roe	ahead 6-2	b 7	1	---	1	8	2
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1948-06-26	STL	@	BRO	Joe Hatten	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.080	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	1948-07-22 (1)	STL		NYG	Sheldon Jones	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2	8	2	0.169	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); N. Jones Scores
17	17	3	1	1948-08-14	STL	@	PIT	Fritz Ostermueller	tied 1-1	t 4	1	123	4	8	2	0.252	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Moore Scores; E. Slaughter Scores; N. Jones Scores
18	18	4	1	1948-08-16	STL	@	CHC	Ralph Hamner	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.211	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Young Scores/unER; D. Rice Scores/unER
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1949-06-12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 3-3	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.131	60%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	2	1	1949-08-17	STL	@	CIN	Ken Raffensberger	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.162	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores
21	21	3	1	1949-09-03	STL		CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	behind 3-4	b 3	1	---	1	7	2	0.119	53%		Home Run
22	22	4	1	1949-09-20	STL		PHI	Ken Heintzelman	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.204	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Marion Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1950-04-30	STL		CHC	Johnny Schmitz	tied 0-0	b 13	1	---	1	7	2	0.414	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	2	1	1950-07-19 (1)	STL		NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 6-1	b 3	2	1-3	3	8	2	0.053	98%		Home Run (LF-CF); E. Slaughter Scores; B. Howerton Scores
25	25	3	1	1950-07-25	STL	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 4-5	t 8	1	12-	3	8	2	0.493	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marion Scores; E. Kazak Scores
26	26	4	1	1950-07-27	STL	@	BRO	Rex Barney	ahead 8-1	t 9	0	--3	2	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Marion Scores
27	27	5	1	1950-08-14	STL	@	CHC	Doyle Lade	behind 2-4	t 7	0	1--	2	8	2	0.255	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nelson Scores
28	28	6	1	1950-08-21	STL		BSN	Johnny Sain	tied 2-2	b 2	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.155	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Nelson Scores
29	29	7	1	1950-08-24	STL		NYG	Dave Koslo	tied 0-0	b 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.199	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Diering Scores
30	30	8	1	1950-08-28	STL		BRO	Preacher Roe	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.114	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	1950-09-16	STL	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.329	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1951-05-07	STL	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 1-2	t 9	2	---	1	6	2	0.358	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	1951-06-04	STL	@	NYG	George Spencer	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	--3	2	8	2	0.017	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Johnson Scores
34	34	3	1	1951-06-13	STL		BRO	Joe Hatten	behind 0-3	b 4	2	-23	3	8	2	0.291	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Slaughter Scores; B. Johnson Scores
35	35	4	1	1951-07-13	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo	behind 1-8	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.015	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	1951-07-15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Ken Johnson	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.140	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1951-07-16	STL	@	PHI	Russ Meyer	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.120	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	7	1	1951-08-07	STL		PIT	Junior Walsh	ahead 13-3	b 5	2	1-3	3	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); W. Westlake Scores; B. Johnson Scores
39	39	8	1	1951-08-24	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo	behind 1-4	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.067	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	9	1	1951-09-15	STL		BSN	Bob Chipman	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	1--	2	8	2	0.097	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Walker Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1952-04-18	STL	@	CHC	Bob Rush	tied 1-1	t 6	1	1--	2	8	2	0.272	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
42	42	2	1	1952-05-21 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.116	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1952-06-12	STL		BRO	Johnny Schmitz	ahead 14-8	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	4	1	1952-06-24 (2)	STL	@	BRO	Clem Labine	ahead 5-4	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.215	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
45	45	5	1	1952-06-29	STL	@	PIT	Howie Pollet	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	7	2
46	46	6	1	1952-07-06 (2)	STL		PIT	Paul LaPalme	behind 1-3	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.107	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	7	1	1952-07-16	STL		NYG	Monty Kennedy	behind 0-7	b 6	0	1--	2	7	2	0.027	5%		Home Run; H. Rice Scores
48	48	8	1	1952-07-28	STL	@	BRO	Ben Wade	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	---	1	6	2	0.089	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	9	1	1952-08-06 (1)	STL	@	PIT	Bob Friend	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2
50	50	10	1	1952-08-24	STL		BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 1-9	b 6	2	--3	2	6	2	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Musial Scores
51	51	11	1	1952-09-01 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Bubba Church	ahead 4-0	t 1	2	---	1	7	2	0.054	88%		Home Run
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1953-04-20	STL		MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2
53	53	2	1	1953-05-30 (1)	STL		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-5	b 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.077	12%		Home Run (LF-CF); S. Bilko Scores
54	54	3	1	1953-06-09	STL	@	PIT	Bob Hall	behind 2-3	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.122	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	4	1	1953-06-23	STL		NYG	Al Corwin	ahead 10-3	b 4	1	123	4	8	2	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bilko Scores; E. Slaughter Scores; R. Jablonski Scores
56	56	5	1	1953-07-01	STL		CHC	Warren Hacker	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.077	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	6	1	1953-08-31	STL	@	BRO	Bob Milliken	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.106	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1954-05-09 (1)	STL	@	CIN	Howie Judson	behind 0-3	t 2	0	1--	2	8	2	0.140	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Frazier Scores
59	59	2	1	1954-05-26	STL		CHC	Paul Minner	behind 0-1	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.210	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jablonski Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1955-04-30	STL	@	NYG	Don Liddle	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.128	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	2	1	1955-06-12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	Max Surkont	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.085	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	3	1	1955-08-31	MLN	@	BRO	Ed Roebuck	ahead 11-5	t 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.012	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Crowe Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1956-04-22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	Jackie Collum	ahead 12-5	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	2	1	1956-06-23	MLN	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 0-1	t 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.344	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	3	1	1956-08-21 (2)	MLN		NYG	Joe Margoneri	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.177	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pafko Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1957-05-26 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	Don Elston	tied 2-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.227	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	2	1	1957-05-30 (1)	MLN		CHC	Jim Brosnan	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--	2	8	2	0.110	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bruton Scores
68	68	3	1	1957-06-15	MLN	@	PHI	Harvey Haddix	behind 1-2	t 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.244	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. O'Connell Scores
69	69	4	1	1957-07-18	MLN	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.207	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DeMerit Scores
70	70	5	1	1957-08-04	MLN		BRO	Sal Maglie	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.102	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
71	71	6	1	1957-08-31	MLN	@	CIN	Tom Acker	ahead 8-3	t 7	1	12-	3	8	2	0.023	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Pafko Scores; W. Covington Scores
72	72	7	1	1957-09-04	MLN	@	STL	Herm Wehmeier	behind 0-4	t 2	1	-23	3	8	2	0.153	37%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Hazle Scores; F. Mantilla Scores
73	73	8	1	1957-09-16	MLN		PHI	Harvey Haddix	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.124	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	9	1	1957-09-21	MLN	@	CHC	Don Elston	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	---	1	8	2	0.021	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1958-09-06	MLN	@	PIT	Bob Smith	behind 5-6	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.266	42%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1961-05-18	LAA		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	2	7	2	0.161	55%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Averill Scores
77	77	2	1	1961-06-18	LAA	@	KCA	Norm Bass	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	8	PH	0.336	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	3	2	1961-06-18	LAA	@	KCA	Norm Bass	tied 3-3	t 11	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.359	92%		Home Run (Deep LF Line); E. Averill Scores
79	79	4	1	1961-07-16 (2)	LAA	@	WSA	Tom Cheney	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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