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Del Rice
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Birthdate: 10/27/1922
Died: 1/26/1983
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 190 lbs.
Place of Birth: Portsmouth, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

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Del Rice was the St. Louis Cardinals catcher for 11 years. His batting average was never too high but he ranked as a fine defensive catcher. In 1950 his .992 fielding pct was second best in the league and Rice's .987 career mark ranks with the best of catchers. In 1951 playing in 122 games, he hit .251, 9 homers and 47 RBI's. His best batting year was 1952, Rice caught 147 games, pounded 27 doubles, 11 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Del Rice was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in 1956 and was used as a backup catcher to Del Crandall during the next four seasons. Del Rice was a good contact hitter and fanned only 522 times in 3826 at bats spanning 17 years. Del Rice career: .237 BA, 1309 games, 177 doubles and 79 home runs.

Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
20 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1945 STL (NL) 83 253 27 66 17 3 1 28 16 33 0 0 0 3 5 0 .261 .313 SLG
1946 STL (NL) 55 139 10 38 8 1 1 12 8 16 0 0 0 0 3 0 .273 .313 SLG
1947 STL (NL) 97 261 28 57 7 3 12 44 36 40 1 0 0 1 3 0 .218 .315 SLG
1948 STL (NL) 100 290 24 57 10 1 4 34 37 46 1 0 0 5 6 0 .197 .298 SLG
1949 STL (NL) 92 284 25 67 16 1 4 29 30 40 0 0 0 5 6 0 .236 .320 SLG
1950 STL (NL) 130 414 39 101 20 3 9 54 43 65 0 0 0 5 9 0 .244 .323 SLG
1951 STL (NL) 122 374 34 94 13 1 9 47 34 26 0 0 0 3 8 0 .251 .319 SLG
1952 STL (NL) 147 495 43 128 27 2 11 65 33 38 0 1 0 6 3 0 .259 .313 SLG
1953 STL (NL) 135 419 32 99 22 1 6 37 48 49 0 0 0 6 7 0 .236 .323 SLG
1954 STL (NL) 56 147 13 37 10 1 2 16 16 21 0 1 0 0 2 2 .252 .321 SLG
1955 MLN (NL) 27 71 5 14 0 1 2 7 6 12 0 0 2 0 1 0 .197 .260 SLG
1955 STL (NL) 20 59 6 12 3 0 1 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 .203 .284 SLG
1956 MLN (NL) 71 188 15 40 9 1 3 17 18 34 0 0 7 0 2 0 .213 .282 SLG
1957 MLN (NL) 54 144 15 33 1 1 9 20 17 37 0 0 7 0 1 1 .229 .309 SLG
1958 MLN (NL) 43 121 10 27 7 0 1 8 8 30 0 0 1 0 3 0 .223 .271 SLG
1959 MLN (NL) 13 29 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207 .250 SLG
1960 CHC (NL) 18 52 2 12 3 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 .231 .255 SLG
1960 STL (NL) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .333 SLG
1960 BAL (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1961 LAA (AL) 44 83 11 20 4 0 4 11 20 19 0 1 5 0 3 1 .241 .385 SLG
20 years   1309 3826 342 908 177 20 79 441 382 522 2 3 23 34 63 7 .237 .312 .SLG



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