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Del
Rice		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 27, 1922 in Usa, OH, PORTSMOUTH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953   
All-Star Selections 1950    1951    1953    1954    1955    1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 22 STL NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1946 23 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1947 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1948 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1949 26 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1950 27 STL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 28 STL NL $ 3,592,857   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7
1952 29 STL NL $ 3,592,857   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1953 30 STL NL $ 3,592,857   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1954 31 STL NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1955 32 STL NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 33 BRK NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1957 34 BRK NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 35 BRK NL $ 5,050,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1959 36 SEM AL $ 5,050,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1960 37 SEM AL $ 5,050,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,050,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 22 AA   134 466 50 120 26 1 21 81 8 6 81 77 .258 .367 .453 .820 79.8  
1946 23 AAA   83 309 48 77 14 0 14 67 2 1 32 33 .249 .320 .430 .750 43.4  
    AA   54 178 25 51 7 1 5 17 3 2 49 23 .287 .441 .421 .862 36.6  
1947 24 STL NL 116 398 39 93 21 2 9 48 0 0 39 60 .234 .301 .364 .665 42.7 4.5
    AAA   26 93 17 29 5 0 4 15 0 0 12 14 .312 .390 .495 .885 17.3  
1948 25 STL NL 44 126 11 22 6 0 2 9 0 0 14 18 .175 .257 .270 .527 8.4 0.0
1949 26 STL NL 55 96 15 31 6 0 6 25 0 0 13 9 .323 .396 .573 .969 21.1 3.8
    AAA   26 100 16 26 5 0 6 18 0 0 12 18 .260 .339 .490 .829 16.7  
1950 27 STL NL 142 495 83 154 29 1 20 87 0 0 77 67 .311 .404 .495 .899 91.5 17.6
1951 28 STL NL 136 483 75 136 24 0 11 75 0 0 65 57 .282 .367 .400 .766 68.9 8.9
1952 29 STL NL 113 409 55 90 18 1 20 83 0 0 37 63 .220 .284 .416 .699 47.5 4.4
1953 30 STL NL 133 485 81 133 30 1 22 109 0 1 58 78 .274 .348 .476 .825 78.6 14.0
1954 31 STL NL 144 519 80 141 27 0 29 98 0 0 68 107 .272 .355 .491 .846 86.4 14.9
1955 32 STL NL 149 549 101 172 26 2 30 106 0 2 62 106 .313 .380 .532 .912 102.3 21.1
1956 33 STL NL 43 172 28 43 5 2 11 36 0 0 20 48 .250 .328 .494 .822 27.5 4.0
  BRK NL 76 260 43 75 10 0 17 54 0 0 40 54 .288 .383 .523 .906 50.0 11.1
  TOT   119 432 71 118 15 2 28 90 0 0 60 102 .273 .361 .512 .873 77.5 15.1
1957 34 BRK NL 141 505 78 144 16 3 21 84 0 0 49 109 .285 .348 .453 .802 76.4 15.0
1958 35 BRK NL 148 531 79 166 9 3 22 87 0 0 37 98 .313 .354 .465 .819 84.0 16.2
1959 36 BRK NL 89 261 29 56 3 1 13 42 0 0 22 69 .215 .280 .383 .663 29.0 3.6
  SEM AL 43 119 12 25 8 0 3 15 0 0 5 34 .210 .248 .353 .601 9.2 0.5
  TOT   132 380 41 81 11 1 16 57 0 0 27 103 .213 .270 .374 .644 38.2 4.1
1960 37 SEM AL 82 139 10 29 2 0 4 17 0 0 7 36 .209 .245 .309 .554 10.2 0.1
14 Years Sim 1654 5547 819 1510 240 16 240 975 0 3 613 1013 .272 .344 .451 .795 833.7 139.8
3 Years AAA 135 502 81 132 24 0 24 100 2 1 56 65 .263 .339 .454 .793 77.4  
2 Years AA 188 644 75 171 33 2 26 98 11 8 130 100 .266 .391 .444 .835 116.5  
5 Years Minors 323 1146 156 303 57 2 50 198 13 9 186 165 .264 .369 .449 .817 193.9  
162 Game Average 543 80 147 23 1 23 95 0 0 60 99 .272 .344 .451 .795 81.7  
Career Highs 149 549 101 172 30 3 30 109 0 2 77 109 .323 .404 .573 .969 102.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3402 485 922 141 13 141 612 0 2 373 605 .271 .342 .444 .786 519.7
vs LH   2145 334 588 99 3 99 363 0 1 240 408 .274 .346 .462 .808 342.3
Home 821 2652 400 733 124 9 128 515 0 2 288 475 .276 .346 .475 .821 432.0
Away 833 2895 419 777 116 7 112 460 0 1 325 538 .268 .341 .429 .771 429.9
RISP   1463 0 418 66 4 70 719 0 0 209 257 .286 .365 .480 .845 262.2
Pinch Hitting   227 23 58 4 0 6 38 0 0 25 37 .256 .327 .352 .679 27.8
Close/Late   781 88 203 27 2 30 129 0 0 86 127 .260 .331 .415 .746 110.5
Mar/Apr 256 907 146 231 37 3 48 165 0 1 104 175 .255 .329 .461 .790 140.5
May 292 1007 134 269 37 5 44 167 0 0 92 189 .267 .328 .445 .773 147.1
June 272 874 134 237 31 2 42 165 0 0 115 150 .271 .354 .455 .809 143.8
July 295 940 142 267 45 2 38 174 0 2 111 171 .284 .358 .457 .816 152.7
August 294 1032 139 272 54 4 36 169 0 0 104 192 .264 .332 .428 .761 146.3
Sep/Oct 245 787 124 234 36 0 32 135 0 0 87 136 .297 .365 .465 .830 131.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1947 24 STL NL C 111 110 975.0 444 36 3 3 .994 4.43 43 8 .186 2 5.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 25 STL NL C 38 32 300.0 159 14 1 0 .994 5.19 9 5 .556 2 2.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 26 STL NL C 29 21 196.7 93 5 0 0 1.000 4.48 5 1 .200 1 1.3
    3B 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 27 STL NL C 129 125 1116.3 616 33 2 1 .997 5.23 35 8 .229 7 4.4
    3B 6 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 28 STL NL C 122 120 1069.0 616 43 10 2 .985 5.55 57 14 .246 0 3.2
    3B 10 0 27.0 1 6 1 0 .875 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 29 STL NL C 107 101 907.3 540 30 6 1 .990 5.65 52 12 .231 3 2.5
1953 30 STL NL C 122 116 1060.3 713 53 5 0 .994 6.50 55 22 .400 4 8.0
    3B 8 4 42.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1954 31 STL NL C 134 131 1163.3 726 47 4 0 .995 5.98 44 11 .250 10 4.2
    3B 5 1 16.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 32 STL NL C 138 134 1196.0 870 54 5 0 .995 6.95 45 11 .244 2 6.9
    3B 6 0 16.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 33 STL NL C 41 39 385.3 231 12 3 0 .988 5.68 11 4 .364 2 2.5
  BRK NL C 73 70 598.7 359 19 4 0 .990 5.68 17 6 .353 3 3.4
  TOT   C 114 109 984.0 590 31 7 0 .989 5.68 28 10 .357 5 5.9
1957 34 BRK NL C 127 125 1111.3 555 29 1 0 .998 4.73 27 9 .333 7 6.5
    3B 10 0 19.7 2 9 1 1 .917 5.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1958 35 BRK NL C 131 126 1118.3 629 34 1 1 .998 5.34 23 6 .261 6 4.2
    3B 8 0 16.7 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1959 36 BRK NL C 57 50 478.1 313 9 2 1 .994 6.06 10 0 .000 1 0.7
    3B 10 3 48.8 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.6 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SEM AL C 27 24 208.2 136 4 1 0 .993 6.05 4 0 .000 1 0.9
    3B 5 2 21.2 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 84 74 686.3 449 13 3 1 .994 6.06 14 0 .000 2 1.7
      3B 15 5 70.0 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.80   0.2
      2B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.91   0.0
1960 37 SEM AL 3B 54 21 245.0 22 76 4 4 .961 3.60 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 7 3 42.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1393 1327 11926.6 7035 422 48 9 .994 5.63 437 117 .268 51 56.6
  3B 128 31 473.0 38 124 6 10 .964 3.08 0 0 .000 0 2.7
  2B 2 0 5.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1524 1358 12405.9 7073 548 54 20 .993 5.53 437 117 .268 51 59.3
Career Highs   144 134 1212.0 871 77 11 4 1.000 6.88 57 22 .556 10  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 30 STL NL 6 21 3 6 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 7 .286 .385 .571 .956
1954 31 STL NL 13 51 7 12 1 0 3 7 0 0 2 6 .235 .264 .431 .696
1955 32 STL NL 11 45 5 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 6 .244 .306 .444 .751
Career Post-Season Batting 30 117 15 29 2 1 7 17 0 0 10 19 .248 .305 .462 .766
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1950-6-.311
1955-7-.313
1958-8-.313
 On-Base Pct
1950-8-.404
 Hits
1955-7-172
1958-10-166
 Singles
1955-7-114
1958-2-132
 RBIs
1953-8-109
1955-9-106
 Strikeouts
1954-8-107
1955-5-106
1957-8-109
1958-10-98
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Yogi Berra (958)
  2. Butch Nieman (909)
  3. Bill Sudakis (903)
  4. Bobby Hofman (900)
  5. Brian Downing (895)
  6. Bill Freehan (886)
  7. Earl Battey (860)
  8. Del Crandall (859)
  9. Stan Lopata (857)
  10. Dolph Camilli (857)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1945
Had first career hit on 5/1/1947, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1947, off Dick Mauney (SDP)
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/31/1950
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 9/6/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/23/1951 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/20/1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 6/5/1952
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1952, hitting .368 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 8/16/1952 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/11/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1953, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1953, hitting .314 with 10 HR, 30 RBI
7/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/1953 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1953
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Hit 3 homeruns against San Diego, driving in 6 runs on 4/12/1955
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1955, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/8/1955
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Detroit on 8/28/1955
Injured on 5/13/1956 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to Brooklyn on 7/1/1956 (Going to STL: SS Buddy Kerr, SS Wayne Terwilliger. Going to BRK: C Del Rice, 2B George Kell)
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 6 runs on 7/4/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1956, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
7/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $5,050,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 8/23/1957
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 4/21/1959
Traded from Brooklyn to Seattle on 7/31/1959 (Going to BRK: P Bob Purkey. Going to SEM: P Hersh Freeman, C Del Rice)
 
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