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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 24	STL		CHC	W,5-4	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	6	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	9 (2)	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13 (3)	May 4	STL	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	14	May 5	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	15	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	17 (1)	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	19 (1)	May 11	STL	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	22 (2)	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	23	May 17	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	24	May 18	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	25	May 19	STL		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	26	May 20	STL		BRO	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	30 (3)	May 24	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	31	May 25	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	34 (2)	May 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,8-6	GS	31	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	38 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
22	44 (5)	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	47 (1)	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	49 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	51 (1)	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	53 (1)	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	54	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	GS	0	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	55	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	56	Jun 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	58	Jun 21	STL		NYG	L,5-6	CG	54	12.0	12	1	0	13	0
33	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	GS	0	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	61 (1)	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,8-4	GF	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	62	Jun 25	STL		BSN	L,6-10	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	63	Jun 26	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	64	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	68 (2)	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	69	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	78 (5)	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	80 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	4	0	1	5	0
45	83 (2)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	84	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	85	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	87 (1)	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	88	Jul 22	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	89	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
51	91 (1)	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	T,4-4	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	93 (1)	Jul 27	STL		PHI	W,7-3	GF	0	6.0	4	1	0	5	1
53	94	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	6	0	1	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	98 (1)	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	99	Aug 2	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
58	100	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
59	102 (1)	Aug 5	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	103	Aug 6	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
61	105 (1)	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	106	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	110 (3)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
64	111	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	113 (1)	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	114	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	116 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	118 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	119	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
70	121 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	123 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	124	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	125	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	126	Aug 28 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	129 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
76	130	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	CG	72	15.0	10	0	0	10	0
77	131	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	134 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	137 (2)	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	139 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	140	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
82	141	Sep 13	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	142	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	143	Sep 16	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	146 (2)	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GS	0	5.2	5	0	0	5	0
86	147	Sep 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
87	149 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	150	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,6-19	GS	44	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	152 (1)	Sep 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
90	153	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
91	156 (2)	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	157	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							92gm		735.0	355	29	3	387	4