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Del Rice

Birthdate:

10/27/1922

Died:

1/26/1983

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, OH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

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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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