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Sam Rice
Edgar Charles Rice
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: February 20, 1890 in Morocco, IN
High School: Rhode Island Country (Rhode Island Country, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1915
Final Game: September 18, 1934
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1963.
Died: October 13, 1974 in Rossmoor, MD
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 25 WSH AL 4 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 123 3 0 0 /1
1916 26 WSH AL 58 214 197 26 59 8 3 1 17 4 15 13 .299 .352 .386 .738 123 76 1 1 O/1
1917 27 WSH AL 155 653 586 77 177 25 7 0 69 35 50 41 .302 .360 .369 .729 123 216 3 14 *O
1918 28 WSH AL 7 25 23 3 8 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 .348 .400 .391 .791 139 9 0 0 /O
1919 29 WSH AL 141 613 557 80 179 23 9 3 71 26 42 26 .321 .376 .411 .787 122 229 7 7 *O
1920 30 WSH AL 153 686 624 83 211 29 9 3 80 63 30 39 23 .338 .381 .428 .809 117 267 4 19 *O
1921 31 WSH AL 143 630 561 83 185 39 13 4 79 26 12 38 10 .330 .382 .467 .849 120 262 9 22 *O
1922 32 WSH AL 154 689 633 91 187 37 13 6 69 20 9 48 13 .295 .347 .423 .770 104 268 2 6 *O
1923 33 WSH AL 148 671 595 117 188 35 18 3 75 20 8 57 12 .316 .381 .450 .832 123 268 6 13 *O
1924 34 WSH AL 154 712 646 106 216 39 14 1 76 24 13 46 24 .334 .382 .443 .825 114 286 4 16 *O
1925 35 WSH AL 152 709 649 111 227 31 13 1 87 26 11 37 10 .350 .388 .442 .831 112 287 4 19 *O
1926 36 WSH AL 152 703 641 98 216 32 14 3 76 24 23 42 20 .337 .380 .445 .824 116 285 2 18 *O MVP-4
1927 37 WSH AL 142 651 603 98 179 33 14 2 65 19 6 36 11 .297 .336 .408 .744 93 246 0 12 *O
1928 38 WSH AL 148 681 616 95 202 32 15 2 55 16 3 49 15 .328 .379 .438 .818 115 270 2 14 *O
1929 39 WSH AL 150 694 616 119 199 39 10 1 62 16 8 55 9 .323 .382 .424 .806 106 261 4 19 *O
1930 40 WSH AL 147 668 593 121 207 35 13 1 73 13 8 55 14 .349 .407 .457 .864 119 271 3 17 *O
1931 41 WSH AL 120 460 413 81 128 21 8 0 42 6 5 35 11 .310 .365 .400 .765 100 165 1 11 *O
1932 42 WSH AL 106 323 288 58 93 16 7 1 34 7 4 32 6 .323 .391 .438 .828 115 126 0 3 O
1933 43 WSH AL 73 89 85 19 25 4 3 1 12 0 2 2 7 .294 .326 .447 .773 104 38 2 0 O
1934 44 CLE AL 97 367 335 48 98 19 1 1 33 5 1 28 9 .293 .351 .364 .715 85 122 2 2 O
20 Seasons 2404 10246 9269 1514 2987 498 184 34 1078 351 143 708 275 .322 .374 .427 .801 112 3955 56 213
162 Game Avg. 162 690 625 102 201 34 12 2 73 24 48 19 .322 .374 .427 .801 112 267 4 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSH (19 yrs) 2307 9879 8934 1466 2889 479 183 33 1045 346 142 680 266 .323 .375 .429 .804 113 3833 54 211
CLE (1 yr) 97 367 335 48 98 19 1 1 33 5 1 28 9 .293 .351 .364 .715 85 122 2 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 34 WSH AL WS NYG W 7 33 29 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 .207 .281 .207 .488 6 1 0 1 0 0
1925 35 WSH AL WS PIT L 7 33 33 5 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 12 0 0 0 0 0
1933 43 WSH AL WS NYG L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 15 67 63 7 19 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 3 .302 .333 .302 .635 19 1 0 1 0 0
3 WS 15 67 63 7 19 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 3 .302 .333 .302 .635 19 1 0 1 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1915 25 WSH AL 1 0 1.000 2.00 4 2 1 1 0 0 18.0 13 8 4 0 9 9 0 0 0 70 148 1.222 6.5 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1916 26 WSH AL 0 1 .000 2.95 5 1 3 0 0 0 21.1 18 10 7 0 10 3 0 0 1 86 95 1.313 7.6 0.0 4.2 1.3 0.30
2 Seasons 1 1 .500 2.52 9 3 4 1 0 0 39.1 31 18 11 0 19 12 0 0 1 156 114 1.271 7.1 0.0 4.3 2.7 0.63
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 2.52 51 17 23 6 0 0 223 176 102 62 0 108 68 0 0 6 884 114 1.271 7.1 0.0 4.3 2.7 0.63

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1915 WSH AL 25 P 4 9 1 7 1 1 .889 2.00 .944 1.80
1916 WSH AL 26 OF 46 92 83 5 4 1 .957 1.91 .963 2.03 4-0-42
1916 WSH AL 26 P 5 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 .950 1.68
1917 WSH AL 27 OF 155 303 265 26 12 5 .960 1.88 .967 2.14 0-0-155
1918 WSH AL 28 OF 6 15 11 4 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 2.17 0-0-6
1919 WSH AL 29 OF 141 315 285 18 12 3 .962 2.15 .958 2.16 0-0-141
1920 WSH AL 30 OF 153 498 454 24 20 5 .960 3.12 .962 2.16 0-153-0
1921 WSH AL 31 OF 141 413 380 18 15 3 .964 2.82 .960 2.21 0-137-4
1922 WSH AL 32 OF 154 431 387 23 21 3 .951 2.66 .965 2.22 0-154-0
1923 WSH AL 33 OF 147 338 307 21 10 8 .970 2.23 .965 2.26 0-0-147
1924 WSH AL 34 OF 154 361 331 18 12 4 .967 2.27 .970 2.27 0-34-123
1925 WSH AL 35 OF 152 371 339 20 12 7 .968 2.36 .965 2.27 0-29-133
1926 WSH AL 36 OF 152 382 342 25 15 5 .961 2.41 .966 2.23 0-44-120 MVP-4
1927 WSH AL 37 OF 139 277 258 12 7 2 .975 1.94 .964 2.22 1-0-138
1928 WSH AL 38 OF 147 258 240 11 7 5 .973 1.71 .973 2.22 1-0-147
1929 WSH AL 39 OF 147 301 272 20 9 5 .970 1.99 .966 2.28 0-0-147
1930 WSH AL 40 OF 145 322 297 13 12 4 .963 2.14 .965 2.16 0-15-133
1931 WSH AL 41 OF 105 235 221 7 7 2 .970 2.17 .969 2.25 10-11-85
1932 WSH AL 42 OF 69 143 132 7 4 2 .972 2.01 .967 2.28 10-14-48
1933 WSH AL 43 OF 39 45 41 4 0 2 1.000 1.15 .969 2.21 8-10-23
1934 CLE AL 44 OF 78 136 129 2 5 0 .963 1.68 .968 2.16 13-0-65
19 Seasons OF 2270 5236 4774 278 184 67 .965 2.23 .965 2.21 47-601-1657
2 Seasons P 9 15 1 13 1 1 .933 1.56 .947 1.73
20 Seasons TOT 2279 5251 4775 291 185 68 .965 2.22 .930 2.21 47-601-1657
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-AL-4-28%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1917 AL--.302--8th
1919 AL--.321--9th
1920 AL--.338--8th
1925 AL--.350--8th
1926 AL--.337--10th
1928 AL--.328--8th
1930 AL--.349--10th
1932 AL--.323--6th
Career--.322--48th

On-Base% s c a p y
Career--.374--223rd

Games Played s c a p y
1917 AL--155--4th
1919 AL--141--1st
1920 AL--153--8th
1922 AL--154--4th
1924 AL--154--4th
1925 AL--152--9th
1926 AL--152--8th
Career--2404--74th

At Bats s c a p y
1917 AL--586--3rd
1919 AL--557--4th
1920 AL--624--3rd
1922 AL--633--1st
1923 AL--595--7th
1924 AL--646--1st
1925 AL--649--2nd
1926 AL--641--1st
1927 AL--603--3rd
1928 AL--616--4th
1929 AL--616--5th
1930 AL--593--7th
Career--9269--51st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1917 AL--653--9th
1919 AL--613--4th
1920 AL--686--7th
1922 AL--689--4th
1924 AL--712--3rd
1925 AL--709--2nd
1926 AL--703--1st
1927 AL--651--9th
1928 AL--681--6th
1929 AL--694--5th
1930 AL--668--9th
Career--10246--57th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1923 AL--117--5th
1924 AL--106--6th
1925 AL--111--5th
1926 AL--98--8th
1927 AL--98--9th
1928 AL--95--9th
1929 AL--119--6th
1930 AL--121--9th
Career--1514--60th

Hits s c a p y
1917 AL--177--5th
1919 AL--179--5th
1920 AL--211--6th
1922 AL--187--9th
1923 AL--188--9th
1924 AL--216--1st
1925 AL--227--2nd
1926 AL--216--1st
1927 AL--179--9th
1928 AL--202--3rd
1929 AL--199--8th
1930 AL--207--4th
Career--2987--28th

Total Bases s c a p y
1919 AL--229--7th
1920 AL--267--10th
1923 AL--268--9th
1924 AL--286--6th
1925 AL--287--6th
1926 AL--285--6th
1928 AL--270--8th
Career--3955--84th

Doubles s c a p y
1921 AL--39--6th
1922 AL--37--5th
1924 AL--39--6th
Career--498--52nd

Triples s c a p y
1922 AL--13--6th
1923 AL--18--1st
1924 AL--14--4th
1925 AL--13--4th
1926 AL--14--5th
1927 AL--14--5th
1928 AL--15--4th
1930 AL--13--7th
Career--184--14th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1917 AL--69--10th
Career--1078--200th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1917 AL--35--6th
1919 AL--26--4th
1920 AL--63--1st
1921 AL--26--3rd
1922 AL--20--5th
1923 AL--20--4th
1924 AL--24--3rd
1925 AL--26--3rd
1926 AL--24--2nd
1927 AL--19--8th
1928 AL--16--8th
1929 AL--16--9th
Career--351--105th

Singles s c a p y
1917 AL--145--5th
1919 AL--144--1st
1920 AL--170--2nd
1924 AL--162--2nd
1925 AL--182--1st
1926 AL--167--1st
1927 AL--130--5th
1928 AL--153--2nd
1929 AL--149--2nd
1930 AL--158--1st
Career--2271--14th

Runs Created s c a p y
1917 AL--77--10th
1919 AL--84--7th
1920 AL--100--9th
1923 AL--101--10th
1924 AL--108--7th
1925 AL--111--8th
1928 AL--104--8th
Career--1464--86th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1923 AL--56--8th
1924 AL--54--8th
Career--716--151st

Times On Base s c a p y
1917 AL--230--8th
1919 AL--228--7th
1920 AL--254--9th
1924 AL--266--7th
1925 AL--268--6th
1926 AL--260--6th
1928 AL--253--8th
1930 AL--265--7th
Career--3751--63rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1919 AL--7--4th
1921 AL--9--5th
1929 AL--4--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1931 AL--11--5th
Career--213--75th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 AL--30--1st
1921 AL--12--9th
1924 AL--13--7th
1926 AL--23--1st
Career--143--26th

AB per SO s c a p y
1921 AL--56.100--2nd
1922 AL--48.692--2nd
1923 AL--49.583--2nd
1925 AL--64.900--2nd
1926 AL--32.050--6th
1927 AL--54.818--4th
1928 AL--41.067--3rd
1929 AL--68.444--2nd
1930 AL--42.357--2nd
1931 AL--37.545--2nd
1932 AL--48.000--2nd
Career--33.710--12th

Outs Made s c a p y
1917 AL--423--10th
1920 AL--462--6th
1922 AL--461--4th
1924 AL--459--3rd
1925 AL--452--4th
1926 AL--466--4th
1927 AL--442--1st
1928 AL--431--6th
1929 AL--444--5th
Career--6638--74th

Oldest s c a p y
1928 AL--born 1890-02-20--8th
1929 AL--born 1890-02-20--9th
1930 AL--born 1890-02-20--6th
1931 AL--born 1890-02-20--4th
1932 AL--born 1890-02-20--2nd
1933 AL--born 1890-02-20--3rd
1934 AL--born 1890-02-20--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 121 (74), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 128 (103), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 51 (71), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 28, 1915: Purchased by the Washington Senators from Petersburg (Virginia).

January 8, 1934: Released by the Washington Senators.

February 13, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

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