Del Rice

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: October 27, 1922 in Portsmouth, OH us

Died: January 26, 1983 in Buena Park, CA

High School: Portsmouth HS (Portsmouth, OH)

Debut: May 2, 1945 (Age 22-187d, 9,939th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 31, 1961 (Age 38-308d)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Delbert W. Rice

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

3826

908

.237

342

RBI

441

OBP

.312

SLG

.356

OPS

.668

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	44-38 / in Starts: 41-28
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	80 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 278 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	167 (88-58-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 278 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	184 (95-59-29)

Most Driven In
R Sanders	5
W Kurowski	5
B Adams	4
M Marion	3
R Schoendienst	3
J Hopp	2
E Verban	1
A Bergamo	1

Most Driven In By
E Verban	7
M Marion	3
A Bergamo	3
G Fallon	2
D Garms	2
R Schoendienst	1
B Adams	1
Self	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	11 (10)	May 2 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	6						C
2	2	13 (1)	May 6 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0			1	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	6						C
3	3	15 (1)	May 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	4	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.583	.889	1.472	7	.50	0.080	1.41	0.14%	1.80	C
4	4	16	May 11	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.500	.692	1.192	6	1.41	-0.088	3.70	-0.14%	-1.24	C
5	5	22 (5)	May 16 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.438	.550	.688	1.238	6	.50	0.035	.90	0.04%	0.44	C
6	6	24 (1)	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.471	.571	.706	1.277	9	.33	0.012	.55	0.01%	0.64	PH
7	7	26 (1)	May 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.421	.522	.632	1.153	6	.53	-0.027	1.06	-0.03%	-0.38	C
8	8	27	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.444	.522	.966	6	.73	-0.075	1.58	-0.10%	-0.87	C
9	9	28	May 23	STL		BRO	W,11-1	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.360	.448	.520	.968	6	.58	0.031	1.51	0.05%	0.28	C
10	10	30 (1)	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.448	.520	.968	6						C
11	11	31	May 26	STL		BRO	L,2-11	5-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.393	.469	.536	1.004	6	.06	0.002	.18	0.00%	0.54	PH C
12	12	33 (1)	May 27 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	6	1.26	-0.105	2.49	-0.12%	-0.39	C
13	13	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-2	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	6						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	14	39 (3)	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.390	.432	.823	9	10.85	-0.275	40.51	-0.62%	-0.78	PH
15	15	41 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	STL		NYG	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.400	.439	.839	6	.42	0.022	1.51	0.05%	1.29	C
16	16	43 (1)	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.304	.360	.391	.751	6						C
17	17	45 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.353	.383	.736	6	4.39	-0.113	15.40	-0.24%	-0.45	C
18	18	46	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.353	.680	6	1.06	-0.111	3.29	-0.21%	-0.96	C
19	19	50 (3)	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.339	.365	.705	6	.45	0.019	1.26	0.03%	0.27	C
20	20	52 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.350	.393	.743	6	.82	0.139	2.74	0.28%	1.29	C
21	21	57 (4)	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.338	.393	.732	6	.52	-0.057	2.23	-0.15%	-1.09	C
22	22	58	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.387	.720	9	.74	-0.019	3.35	-0.05%	-0.23	PH
23	23	59	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.292	.343	.385	.727	6						C
24	24	62 (2)	Jun 29	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.324	.378	.471	.849	6	.83	0.358	3.38	0.88%	4.86	C
25	25	63	Jun 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.310	.364	.451	.814	6	1.58	-0.036	7.22	-0.10%	-0.47	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	26	64	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.358	.453	.811	6	1.66	-0.035	7.11	-0.09%	-0.33	C
27	27	68 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,19-2	CG	6	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.379	.463	.842	6	.60	0.053	2.66	0.14%	2.72	C
28	28	70 (1)	Jul 6	STL	@	BRO	W,15-3	CG	5	5	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.391	.506	.897	6	.35	0.110	2.19	0.41%	1.55	C
29	29	71	Jul 7	STL	@	BRO	L,7-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.385	.494	.880	6	.80	0.047	4.94	0.17%	0.07	C
30	30	72	Jul 8 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.323	.370	.473	.843	6	.31	0.022	1.83	0.08%	-0.08	C
31	31	74 (1)	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.366	.468	.834	9	4.74	-0.110	25.69	-0.36%	-0.48	PH
32	32	75	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,14-3	6-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.373	.484	.857	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.09	C
33	33	78 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	GS-10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.358	.465	.823	6	1.28	-0.123	6.01	-0.35%	-1.08	C
34	34	82 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.320	.364	.466	.830	6						C
35	35	83	Jul 19 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.453	.807	6	1.30	-0.153	6.04	-0.43%	-1.31	C
36	36	84	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.453	.807	6						C
37	37	86 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.351	.449	.799	6	3.06	-0.070	17.99	-0.25%	-0.37	PH C
38	38	87	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.336	.429	.765	6	1.65	-0.191	9.04	-0.63%	-0.99	C
39	39	88	Jul 24	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.289	.331	.421	.752	6	1.53	-0.111	7.80	-0.34%	-1.24	C
40	40	90 (1)	Jul 27	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.282	.323	.410	.733	6						C
41	41	92 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-9	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.320	.407	.727	6	2.53	-0.072	11.85	-0.20%	-0.36	C
42	42	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.287	.326	.410	.735	6	1.51	-0.060	6.63	-0.16%	-0.68	C
43	43	94	Jul 30	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.323	.405	.728	6	1.51	0.076	6.03	0.18%	0.18	C
44	44	95	Jul 31 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.328	.415	.744	6	1.23	0.119	4.39	0.26%	1.01	C
45	45	96	Jul 31 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.319	.403	.722	5	1.45	-0.221	5.71	-0.52%	-1.48	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	46	97	Aug 1	STL		CIN	W,15-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.322	.403	.725	6	.24	0.042	.84	0.09%	-0.17	C
47	47	98	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.287	.320	.399	.719	6						C
48	48	99	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.286	.318	.395	.713	6	1.66	0.190	6.57	0.45%	0.78	C
49	49	101 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.316	.397	.714	6	.69	0.021	3.40	0.06%	0.57	C
50	50	103 (1)	Aug 9	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	.284	.319	.394	.713	6	.94	0.101	3.44	0.22%	1.04	C
51	51	105 (1)	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.323	.392	.716	5	.58	0.054	2.78	0.16%	-0.21	C
52	52	106	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.327	.398	.725	6	.71	0.087	3.58	0.26%	1.09	C
53	53	108 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.320	.388	.708	6	.81	-0.076	3.25	-0.18%	-0.85	C
54	54	110 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.324	.393	.717	6	1.08	0.136	4.65	0.35%	0.93	C
55	55	115 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.321	.387	.708	8	1.24	-0.081	4.05	-0.16%	-0.22	C
56	56	122 (6)	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.324	.391	.715	6	.93	0.049	5.73	0.18%	0.26	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	57	125 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.323	.389	.711	9	.94	-0.024	14.26	-0.22%	-0.24	PH
58	58	126	Sep 2 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.326	.384	.710	8						C
59	59	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0			0	0	0	.274	.326	.380	.706	8						C
60	60	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.325	.378	.703	9	.21	-0.005	1.58	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
61	61	129	Sep 4	STL		PIT	T,8-8	0-GF(12)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.325	.374	.698	6						C
62	62	130	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.320	.368	.688	8	.81	-0.066	4.69	-0.23%	-0.84	C
63	63	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.317	.364	.680	8						C
64	64	133 (1)	Sep 7	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.311	.356	.667	8						C
65	65	134	Sep 9 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.310	.354	.663	8	1.05	-0.092	6.86	-0.36%	-1.32	C
66	66	135	Sep 9 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.315	.369	.683	8	1.49	0.161	10.86	0.70%	1.22	C
67	67	136	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.309	.361	.670	8	1.21	-0.110	8.15	-0.45%	-1.22	C
68	68	137	Sep 11	STL		NYG	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.306	.358	.664	8	.88	-0.036	7.29	-0.18%	-0.35	C
69	69	138	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.305	.356	.661	8	.83	-0.032	7.03	-0.16%	-0.47	C
70	70	139	Sep 14 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.305	.352	.658	8	2.01	-0.048	17.34	-0.25%	-0.14	C
71	71	140	Sep 14 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.303	.349	.652	8	.86	-0.044	6.58	-0.20%	-0.41	C
72	72	141	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.306	.349	.655	8	.81	0.007	5.67	0.03%	0.17	C
73	73	143 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.314	.350	.664	8	.39	0.029	2.26	0.10%	0.95	C
74	74	145 (1)	Sep 18	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.249	.308	.344	.652	8	1.18	-0.172	16.58	-1.46%	-1.62	C
75	75	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.249	.307	.342	.650	8						C
76	76	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.312	.351	.663	8	.81	0.073	9.87	0.53%	0.85	C
77	77	148	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.254	.311	.349	.660	8	1.09	-0.122	10.31	-0.69%	-1.91	C
78	78	149	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.264	.319	.362	.681	8	.41	0.049	4.59	0.33%	1.97	C
79	79	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.315	.357	.672	8	.93	-0.073	23.13	-1.09%	-0.69	C
80	80	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.260	.317	.355	.672	8	.90	-0.102	12.53	-0.85%	-1.13	C
81	81	152	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.313	.351	.664	8	1.01	-0.078	14.67	-0.68%	-0.60	C
82	82	154 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.313	.351	.664	8	.82	0.004	2.53	0.01%	-0.01	C
83	83	155	Sep 30	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.315	.364	.679	8	1.20	0.373	.00	0.00%	0.89	C
							44-38		278	253	27	66	17	3	1	30	16	1	33	4	5		3	8	0	0	.261	.315	.364	.679		1.03	-0.712	5.69	-6.06%	0.86

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