Del Rice
Delbert W. Rice
Born: October 27, 1922
Portsmouth, OH USA
Deceased: 1983
Buena Park, CA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Career: 1945-1961
Minor League Statistics
Del Rice compiled a career batting average of .237 with 79 home runs and 441 RBI in his 1309-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels. He began playing during the 1945 season and last took the field during the 1961 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 277 | 253 | 27 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .261 | .313 | .364 | .676 | 92 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 55 | 150 | 139 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .273 | .313 | .367 | .680 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 301 | 261 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 40 | .218 | .315 | .406 | .722 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 100 | 338 | 290 | 24 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 46 | .197 | .298 | .279 | .578 | 81 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 325 | 284 | 25 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 40 | .236 | .320 | .342 | .661 | 97 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 130 | 471 | 414 | 39 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 65 | .244 | .323 | .372 | .694 | 154 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 419 | 374 | 34 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 26 | .251 | .319 | .364 | .682 | 136 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 147 | 537 | 495 | 43 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 38 | .259 | .313 | .388 | .701 | 192 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 135 | 480 | 419 | 32 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 49 | .236 | .323 | .337 | .660 | 141 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 167 | 147 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .252 | .321 | .374 | .695 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 68 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .203 | .284 | .305 | .589 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 27 | 78 | 71 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .197 | .260 | .310 | .570 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 71 | 208 | 188 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .213 | .282 | .319 | .601 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 54 | 163 | 144 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37 | .229 | .309 | .438 | .746 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 43 | 132 | 121 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .223 | .271 | .306 | .577 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 13 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .207 | .250 | .207 | .457 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 18 | 55 | 52 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .231 | .255 | .288 | .543 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | AL | Los Angeles Angels | 44 | 107 | 83 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19 | .241 | .385 | .434 | .818 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 1309 | 4312 | 3826 | 342 | 908 | 177 | 20 | 79 | 441 | 2 | 3 | 382 | 522 | .237 | .312 | .356 | .668 | 1362 | 103 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 39 | 2 | 6 | .994 | 4.195 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 3.925 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 380 | 33 | 8 | 7 | .981 | 4.394 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 447 | 46 | 2 | 5 | .996 | 4.980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 355 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .992 | 4.174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 572 | 63 | 10 | 12 | .984 | 4.885 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 120 | 0 | 0.0 | 447 | 66 | 8 | 12 | .985 | 4.275 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 677 | 81 | 6 | 8 | .992 | 5.156 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1953 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 627 | 60 | 8 | 6 | .988 | 5.089 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 52 | 45 | 382.0 | 248 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 6.314 | 5.154 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| 1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | C | 22 | 19 | 169.7 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 5.411 | 4.636 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| 1955 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 18 | 18 | 144.3 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 4.988 | 4.444 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | C | 65 | 59 | 497.0 | 271 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 5.288 | 4.492 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
| 1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | C | 48 | 44 | 374.7 | 235 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 5.981 | 5.188 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 36.4 |
| 1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | C | 38 | 33 | 287.7 | 174 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 5.851 | 4.921 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30.0 |
| 1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | C | 9 | 8 | 63.7 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 6.079 | 4.778 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | C | 18 | 16 | 143.7 | 85 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 5.763 | 5.111 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 33.3 |
| 1960 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | C | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1960 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1961 | AL | Los Angeles Angels | C | 30 | 27 | 209.7 | 144 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 6.782 | 5.267 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 47.6 |
| Totals | 1249 | 270 | 2283.3 | 5353 | 537 | 75 | 72 | .987 | 23.216 | 4.716 | 65 | 57 | 65 | 36 | 35.6 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .667 | 1.292 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .467 | .417 | .883 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | C | 3 | 2 | 19.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.655 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | C | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.563 | 8.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 4 | 35.3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.877 | 5.400 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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