Harry Rice

Harry Francis Rice

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1901 in Ware Station, IL
High School: Mound City HS (Mound City, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1923
Teams (by GP): Browns/Tigers/Reds/Yankees/Senators 1923-1933

Final Game: October 1, 1933
Died: January 1, 1971 in Portland, OR
Buried: Riverview Abbey Mausoleum, Portland, OR
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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1924	SLB	AL	22	3B	15	14	11		48	16	28	4	3	.917		2.93	.951		3.26
1924	SLB	AL	22	2B	4	1	1		12	5	5	2	0	.833		2.50	.966		5.75
1924	SLB	AL	22	1B	2	0	0		4	2	1	1	1	.750		1.50	.990		10.50
1924	SLB	AL	22	OF	2	1	1		3	2	1	0	1	1.000		1.50	.970		2.40
1924	SLB	AL	22	SS	2	0	0		4	1	3	0	1	1.000		2.00	.950		5.15
1924	SLB	AL	22	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1924	SLB	AL	22	RF	1	1	1		3	2	1	0	1	1.000		3.00	.967		2.00
1925	SLB	AL	23	OF	85	81	77		191	175	13	3	1	.984		2.21	.965		2.43								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	RF	76	73	69		173	157	13	3	1	.983		2.24	.966		2.08								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	CF	6	5	5		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.971		2.88								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	1B	3	3	3		39	32	4	3	3	.923		12.00	.988		10.47								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	LF	3	3	3		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.958		2.33								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	2B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.80								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	3B	1	0	0		2	0	1	1	0	.500		1.00	.945		3.20								MVP-5
1925	SLB	AL	23	C	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60	0		1	0	0%	45%		MVP-5
1926	SLB	AL	24	OF	133	131	123		332	300	22	10	4	.970		2.42	.966		2.34								MVP-12
1926	SLB	AL	24	RF	87	85	81		183	164	13	6	3	.967		2.03	.964		2.00								MVP-12
1926	SLB	AL	24	CF	47	46	42		149	136	9	4	2	.973		3.09	.969		2.72								MVP-12
1926	SLB	AL	24	3B	8	7	7		25	8	13	4	1	.840		2.63	.951		3.38								MVP-12
1926	SLB	AL	24	2B	4	4	4		28	14	12	2	2	.929		6.50	.967		5.62								MVP-12
1926	SLB	AL	24	SS	2	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		1.00	.945		5.00								MVP-12
1927	SLB	AL	25	OF	130	129	126		323	277	26	20	7	.938		2.33	.964		2.35
1927	SLB	AL	25	RF	87	87	85		184	155	17	12	4	.935		1.98	.955		1.97
1927	SLB	AL	25	CF	44	42	41		138	122	8	8	3	.942		2.95	.966		2.71
1927	SLB	AL	25	3B	7	7	6		18	4	11	3	2	.833		2.14	.952		3.33
1928	DET	AL	26	CF	129	129	123		371	347	10	14	0	.962		2.77	.972		2.79								MVP-20
1928	DET	AL	26	OF	129	129	123		371	347	10	14	0	.962		2.77	.973		2.36								MVP-20
1928	DET	AL	26	3B	2	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		3.25								MVP-20
1929	DET	AL	27	CF	127	127	118		376	344	17	15	6	.960		2.84	.970		2.89
1929	DET	AL	27	OF	127	127	118		376	345	16	15	6	.960		2.84	.966		2.42
1929	DET	AL	27	3B	3	2	2		6	2	4	0	0	1.000		2.00	.952		3.10
1929	DET	AL	27	RF	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.97
1930	TOT	AL	28	OF	122	120	113		331	310	9	12	2	.964		2.61	.965		2.32
1930	TOT	AL	28	CF	84	84	78		251	236	7	8	2	.968		2.89	.966		2.84
1930	TOT	AL	28	RF	23	22	21		46	41	1	4	0	.913		1.83	.961		1.96
1930	TOT	AL	28	LF	15	14	14		34	33	1	0	0	1.000		2.27	.968		2.14
1930	DET	AL	28	OF	35	35	34		72	66	2	4	0	.944		1.94	.965		2.32
1930	DET	AL	28	RF	22	22	21		46	41	1	4	0	.913		1.91	.961		1.96
1930	DET	AL	28	LF	11	11	11		20	19	1	0	0	1.000		1.82	.968		2.14
1930	DET	AL	28	CF	2	2	2		6	6	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.967		2.85
1930	NYY	AL	28	OF	87	85	79		259	244	7	8	2	.969		2.89	.965		2.32
1930	NYY	AL	28	CF	82	82	76		245	230	7	8	2	.967		2.89	.966		2.84
1930	NYY	AL	28	1B	6	1	1		17	15	2	0	3	1.000		2.83	.989		10.00
1930	NYY	AL	28	LF	4	3	3		14	14	0	0	0	1.000		3.50	.968		2.15
1930	NYY	AL	28	3B	1	1	0		3	1	1	1	0	.667		2.00	.947		3.00
1930	NYY	AL	28	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00
1931	WSH	AL	29	OF	42	37	36		95	89	3	3	0	.968		2.19	.969		2.38
1931	WSH	AL	29	RF	23	19	19		47	45	1	1	0	.979		2.00	.964		2.11
1931	WSH	AL	29	CF	19	18	17		48	44	2	2	0	.958		2.42	.974		2.83
1931	WSH	AL	29	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1933	CIN	NL	31	OF	141	141	135		332	315	14	3	3	.991		2.33	.977		2.43
1933	CIN	NL	31	RF	131	129	125		304	291	10	3	3	.990		2.30	.975		2.23
1933	CIN	NL	31	CF	13	12	10		28	24	4	0	0	1.000		2.15	.979		2.78
1933	CIN	NL	31	3B	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.00
	9 Seasons			OF	911	896	852		2354	2160	114	80	24	.966		2.50	.968		2.38
	8 Seasons			CF	469	463	434		1370	1262	57	51	13	.963		2.81	.970		2.81
	8 Seasons			RF	431	416	401		940	855	56	29	12	.969		2.11	.966		2.08
	8 Seasons			3B	38	31	26		104	32	59	13	6	.875		2.39	.951		3.27
	4 Seasons			LF	20	17	17		43	42	1	0	0	1.000		2.15	.966		2.18
	3 Seasons			1B	11	4	4		60	49	7	4	7	.933		5.09	.988		10.22
	3 Seasons			2B	9	5	5		40	19	17	4	2	.900		4.00	.967		5.70
	2 Seasons			SS	4	0	0		6	1	5	0	1	1.000		1.50	.948		5.08
	1 Season			C	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.60	0		1	0	0%	45%
	10 Seasons			TOT	974	936	887		2564	2261	202	101	40	.961		2.53	.968		2.54	0		1	0	0%	45%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1923	SLB	AL	21	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
1924	SLB	AL	22	54	16	54	25	0	2	4	15	2	1	0	1	2	28	1
1925	SLB	AL	23	103	84	103	89	1	3	1	1	0	3	6	76	85	14	0
1926	SLB	AL	24	148	142	148	144	0	1	4	8	2	0	47	87	133	4	0
1927	SLB	AL	25	137	136	137	136	0	0	0	7	0	0	44	87	130	1	0
1928	DET	AL	26	131	129	131	129	0	0	0	3	0	0	129	0	129	2	0
1929	DET	AL	27	130	129	130	129	0	0	0	3	0	0	127	3	127	1	0
1930	NYY	AL	28	100	87	100	93	0	6	0	1	0	4	82	1	87	7	0
1930	DET	AL	28	37	35	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	22	35	2	0
1931	WSH	AL	29	47	37	47	42	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	23	42	5	0
1933	CIN	NL	31	143	141	143	142	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	131	141	1	0
	10 Seasons			1034	936	1034	964	1	12	9	40	4	20	469	431	911	68	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1925 AL (5, 28%) 1926 AL (12, 9%) 1928 AL (20, 5%) 0.42 Career Shares (501st)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 AL 129 (4th) 1929 AL 127 (5th)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 AL 347 (4th)	Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1929 AL 17 (2nd) Career 57 (94th)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 AL 14 (1st) 1929 AL 15 (1st) Career 51 (58th)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL 131 (5th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL 291 (4th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1925 AL 13 (3rd) 1926 AL 13 (4th) 1927 AL 17 (2nd) 1933 NL 10 (4th)
Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1927 AL 12 (1st)	Putouts as OF s c a p y 1928 AL 347 (5th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1926 AL 22 (3rd) 1927 AL 26 (1st)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1927 AL 20 (1st) 1928 AL 14 (1st) 1929 AL 15 (3rd) 1930 AL 12 (5th)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1928 AL 2.77 (4th) 1929 AL 2.84 (3rd) 1930 AL 2.89 (2nd)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL .968 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1926 AL 2.03 (3rd) 1927 AL 1.98 (4th) 1933 NL 2.30 (4th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1933 NL .990 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1928 AL 2.77 (4th) 1929 AL 2.84 (3rd) Career 2.50 (81st)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1925 AL .984 (3rd) 1933 NL .991 (1st)

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