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Del Rice
Delbert Rice

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut May 2, 1945
Final Game August 31, 1961
Born October 27, 1922 in Portsmouth, OH
Died January 26, 1983 (age 60)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 22 NYN NL   60  201   14   52  10   1   0   16   1   0    9   29  .259  .291  .318  .609    86    64   0   2   1   1   3  
 1946 23 NYN NL   11   39    3   11   0   0   1    6   0   0    2    3  .282  .317  .359  .676    99    14   0   0   0   0   1  
         SLN NL   38  103    7   27   6   1   0   10   0   0    9   19  .262  .319  .340  .658    95    35   0   1   1   0   0  
         TOT      49  142   10   38   6   1   1   16   0   0   11   22  .268  .318  .345  .663          49   0   1   1   0   1 
 1947 24 SLN NL   88  220   32   50   8   1  11   44   3   2   31   34  .227  .323  .423  .746   104    93   1   4   1   2   5  
 1948 25 SLN NL  115  339   35   69  10   0   4   45   0   1   46   56  .204  .309  .268  .577    76    91  13   1   0   6   7  
 1949 26 SLN NL   94  280   34   70  19   2   6   40   0   0   32   46  .250  .334  .396  .731    98   111   3   5   0   6  12  
 1950 27 SLN NL  106  364   31   90  20   0   6   47   0   0   39   50  .247  .319  .352  .670    89   128   5   6   4   2  10  
 1951 28 SLN NL  102  367   39   75   5   0  12   40   0   0   27   32  .204  .261  .316  .577    76   116   4   2   2   2  13  
 1952 29 SLN NL  132  503   55  149  21   4  15   82   1   1   37   38  .296  .340  .443  .783   113   223   1   7   1   0  14  
 1953 30 SLN NL  130  434   43  110  24   0   9   62   0   1   42   60  .253  .317  .371  .688    89   161   7   5   1   1  10  
 1954 31 SLN NL   74  156   15   35  12   2   4   22   0   1   17   22  .224  .299  .404  .703    93    63   0   1   0   0   3  
 1955 32 MLN NL   41  104   10   12   1   2   2    9   0   0   13   13  .115  .212  .221  .433    61    23   0   1   1   0   3  
 1956 33 MLN NL   58  182   18   54  15   4   4   30   0   0    7   25  .297  .323  .489  .812   106    89   2   0   0   0   1  
 1957 34 MLN NL   58  152   23   22   0   0   8   18   0   0   24   43  .145  .266  .303  .568    79    46   0   0   0   1   4  
 1958 35 MLN NL   37  113   10   30   7   1   0    9   0   0    7   27  .265  .311  .345  .657    93    39   2   1   0   1   1  
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 37 MLN NL    2    4    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000  .333  .000  .333    48     0   0   0   0   0   1  
 1961 38 MLN NL   25   46    4    8   0   0   1    4   0   0    5   12  .174  .255  .239  .494    68    11   1   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     1171 3607  374  864 158  18  83  484   5   6  349  509  .240  .308  .362  .670        1307  39  36  12  22  90
 Per 600 PA           534   55  128  23   3  12   72   1   1   52   75                                 193   6   5   2   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      879 2766  291  675 125  10  67  392   4   6  280  357  .244  .314  .369  .684        1021  34  32  10  19  74
   With MLN      221  601   66  126  23   7  15   70   0   0   58  120  .210  .281  .346  .627         208   5   2   1   2  12
   With NY2       71  240   17   63  10   1   1   22   1   0   11   32  .262  .295  .325  .620          78   0   2   1   1   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1309 3826  342  908 177  20  79  441   2   3  382  522  .237  .312  .356  .668        1362  63   7  23  34 103
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1945 22 NYN NL  41   18   3.3   0   0   0  .000  12   35   29  .829   40   13  .755  C    2(0)e7    -67   
 1946 23 NYN NL  73    4   4.0   1   0   0  .000   1    4    3  .750   11    3  .786  C    2(0)e8     -4   
         SLN NL  77   11   4.2   4   1   0  .250   5   10    7  .700   19    7  .731  C    2(0)e8    -21   
         TOT                     5   1   0  .200   6   14   10  .714   30   10  .750
 1947 24 SLN NL  28   31   4.6   7   4   1  .571   3   37   34  .919   22   15  .595  C    2(0)e7     24   
 1948 25 SLN NL  18   31   2.9   0   0   0  .000   3   45   38  .844    7    4  .636  C    2(-3)e1     0   
 1949 26 SLN NL  34   36   4.3   1   0   0  .000   4   49   41  .837   17    5  .773  C    2(0)e7     69   
 1950 27 SLN NL  47   41   3.8   7   3   0  .429   4   62   51  .823    1    5  .167  C    1(-2)e7   -24   
 1951 28 SLN NL  28   28   2.5   2   1   0  .500  13   49   37  .755   43   20  .683  C    2(0)e5   -105   
 1952 29 SLN NL  31   73   5.3   3   3   0 1.000   7   66   58  .879   59   25  .702  C    2(0)e3     83   
 1953 30 SLN NL  32   51   4.0   1   1   0 1.000   6   63   50  .794   63   22  .741  C    2(0)e4     28   
 1954 31 SLN NL  16   18   4.0  15   8   0  .533   2   23   17  .739    6    2  .750  C    1(0)e6      7   
 1955 32 MLN NL  67    4   1.4   6   0   0  .000   5   10    6  .600    2    1  .667  C    2(-1)e12 -146   
 1956 33 MLN NL  65   28   5.9   1   0   0  .000   8   33   29  .879   21    7  .750  C    2(0)e7    211   
 1957 34 MLN NL  57   12   2.6   3   1   0  .333   7   27   18  .667   25    8  .758  C    2(0)e5   -178   
 1958 35 MLN NL  39   12   3.9   9   4   0  .444   4   21   15  .714   12    8  .600  C    2(0)e5     80   
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 37 MLN NL  33    0    .5   0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  C    3(+1)e11 -194   
 1961 38 MLN NL  49    2   1.8  11   2   0  .182   0    3    2  .667    2    3  .400  C    3(+1)e1  -324   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons          410   3.8  71  28   1  .394  84  538  436  .810  350  148  .703                   0   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 23.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1945 22 NYN NL  C     60   289    30   12    5   .964    49   448.2   6.40
 1946 23 BON NL  C     10    56     6    1    0   .984     9    83.2   6.67
         SLN NL  C     33   134    14    5    0   .967    25   235.2   5.65
 1947 24 SLN NL  C     82   309    32    3    4   .991    54   553.0   5.55
 1948 25 SLN NL  C    114   612    30    3    2   .995   102   927.2   6.23
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1949 26 SLN NL  C     93   460    25    4    4   .992    80   737.2   5.92
 1950 27 SLN NL  C     99   426    34    4    2   .991    95   842.1   4.91
 1951 28 SLN NL  C    101   444    39   13    1   .974    95   879.0   4.95
 1952 29 SLN NL  C    129   674    61    7    3   .991   126  1144.2   5.78  GG
 1953 30 SLN NL  C    130   639    41    6    1   .991   124  1089.1   5.62
 1954 31 SLN NL  C     60   184    10    2    2   .990    33   349.2   4.99
 1955 32 MLN NL  C     37   134     6    5    1   .966    27   256.0   4.92
 1956 33 MLN NL  C     57   250    21    8    3   .971    52   431.0   5.66
 1957 34 MLN NL  C     54   221    16    7    3   .971    41   381.0   5.60
 1958 35 MLN NL  C     37   180    14    4    1   .980    26   257.2   6.78
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 37 MLN NL  C      2    11     1    0    0  1.000     1    11.1   9.53
 1961 38 MLN NL  C     13    44     3    0    0  1.000     8    78.0   5.42
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1111  5067   383   84   32   .985   947  8706.1   5.63
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1947 WS    SLN BOA   L    7  24  2  4  1  0  1   2  1  4  .167  .200  .333  0
 1948 WS    SLN BOA   L    5  17  0  4  1  0  0   0  1  4  .235  .278  .294  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1945  NYN   68-86   Rick Field
 1946  NYN   60-94   Rick Field
 1946  SLN   89-65   Mike Rescigno
 1947  SLN   89-65   Mike Rescigno
 1948  SLN   97-57   Mike Rescigno
 1949  SLN   87-67   Mike Rescigno
 1950  SLN   69-85   Mike Rescigno
 1951  SLN   84-70   Mike Rescigno
 1952  SLN   82-72   Mike Rescigno
 1953  SLN   74-80   Mike Rescigno
 1954  SLN   70-84   Mike Rescigno
 1955  MLN   76-78   John Storer
 1956  MLN   88-66   John Storer
 1957  MLN   86-68   John Storer
 1958  MLN   80-74   John Storer
 1960  MLN   75-79   Jeff Tripodi
 1961  MLN   81-73   Jeff Tripodi

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