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Del Rice
Delbert Rice

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut May 2, 1945
Final Game August 31, 1961
Born October 27, 1922 in Portsmouth, OH
Died January 26, 1983 in Buena Park, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 22 STL NL  83  253   27   66  17  3   1   28   0     16  33  .261  .313  .364   85   92   5           3   8
 1946 23 STL NL  55  139   10   38   8  1   1   12   0      8  16  .273  .313  .367   89   51   3           0   5
 1947 24 STL NL  97  261   28   57   7  3  12   44   1     36  40  .218  .315  .406   87  106   3           1   5
 1948 25 STL NL 100  290   24   57  10  1   4   34   1     37  46  .197  .298  .279   53   81   6           5   6
 1949 26 STL NL  92  284   25   67  16  1   4   29   0     30  40  .236  .320  .342   74   97   6           5   6
 1950 27 STL NL 130  414   39  101  20  3   9   54   0     43  65  .244  .323  .372   78  154   9           5  11
 1951 28 STL NL 122  374   34   94  13  1   9   47   0  0  34  26  .251  .319  .364   82  136   8           3  11
 1952 29 STL NL 147  495   43  128  27  2  11   65   0  1  33  38  .259  .313  .388   93  192   3           6  12
 1953 30 STL NL 135  419   32   99  22  1   6   37   0  0  48  49  .236  .323  .337   72  141   7           6  13 AS
 1954 31 STL NL  56  147   13   37  10  1   2   16   0  1  16  21  .252  .321  .374   81   55   2   2       0   3
 1955 32 TOT NL  47  130   11   26   3  1   3   14   0  0  13  18  .200  .271  .308   56   40   2   1   2   0   3
         STL NL  20   59    6   12   3  0   1    7   0  0   7   6  .203  .284  .305   57   18   1   1   0   0   2
         MLN NL  27   71    5   14   0  1   2    7   0  0   6  12  .197  .260  .310   54   22   1   0   2   0   1
 1956 33 MLN NL  71  188   15   40   9  1   3   17   0  0  18  34  .213  .282  .319   66   60   2   0   7   0   5
 1957 34 MLN NL  54  144   15   33   1  1   9   20   0  0  17  37  .229  .309  .438  104   63   1   1   7   0   5
 1958 35 MLN NL  43  121   10   27   7  0   1    8   0  0   8  30  .223  .271  .306   58   37   3   0   1   0   3
 1959 36 MLN NL  13   29    3    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   3  .207  .250  .207   28    6   0   1   0   0   2
 1960 37 TOT     20   55    2   12   3  0   0    4   0  0   3   7  .218  .254  .273   45   15   0   1   1   0   4
         TOT NL  19   54    2   12   3  0   0    4   0  0   3   7  .222  .259  .278   48   15   0   1   1   0   4
         CHC NL  18   52    2   12   3  0   0    4   0  0   2   7  .231  .255  .288   49   15   0   1   1   0   3
         STL NL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0   0   0   0   1
         BAL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 38 LAA AL  44   83   11   20   4  0   4   11   0  1  20  19  .241  .385  .434  110   36   3   1   5   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1309 3826  342  908 177 20  79  441   2  3 382 522  .237  .312  .356   78 1362  63   7  23  34 103
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        474   42  112  22  2  10   55   0  0  47  65  .237  .312  .356   78  169   8   1   3   4  13
 Career High    147  495   43  128  27  3  12   65   1  1  48  65  .261  .323  .406   93  192   9   2   7   6  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 22 STL NL  277  200   28   3.8    99| .261  .277| .313  .347| .364  .382| .677  .729|  85  .440  -5.6  -0.6     
 1946 23 STL NL  150  109   16   3.9    96| .273  .267| .313  .343| .367  .374| .680  .717|  89  .487  -2.4  -0.3     
 1947 24 STL NL  301  212   33   4.1   109| .218  .279| .315  .355| .406  .413| .721  .768|  87  .448  -6.1  -0.6     
 1948 25 STL NL  338  245   23   2.5   107| .197  .276| .298  .351| .279  .408| .577  .759|  53  .257 -19.3  -1.9     
 1949 26 STL NL  325  229   30   3.5   108| .236  .276| .320  .351| .342  .413| .662  .764|  74  .379 -10.4  -1.0     
 1950 27 STL NL  471  333   49   3.9   112| .244  .275| .323  .353| .372  .427| .695  .780|  78  .416 -13.6  -1.3     
 1951 28 STL NL  419  299   43   3.9   104| .251  .269| .319  .343| .364  .407| .683  .750|  82  .429  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1952 29 STL NL  537  383   58   4.0    97| .259  .261| .313  .334| .388  .389| .701  .724|  93  .489  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1953 30 STL NL  480  340   44   3.4   110| .236  .274| .323  .345| .337  .427| .660  .773|  72  .347 -15.8  -1.5   0%
 1954 31 STL NL  167  118   18   4.1   110| .252  .275| .321  .347| .374  .425| .695  .772|  81  .427  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1955 32 TOT NL  146  110   11   2.7   103| .200  .262| .271  .333| .308  .415| .579  .748|  56  .264  -8.5  -0.8   0%
         STL NL   68   51    5   2.6   105| .203  .265| .284  .336| .305  .420| .589  .757|  57  .257  -3.5  -0.3   0%
         MLN NL   78   59    6   2.7   101| .197  .260| .260  .330| .310  .411| .570  .740|  54  .270  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1956 33 MLN NL  208  155   16   2.8    98| .213  .257| .282  .323| .319  .406| .601  .728|  66  .293  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1957 34 MLN NL  163  118   18   4.2    97| .229  .260| .309  .322| .438  .403| .747  .725| 104  .449   0.5   0.1   0%
 1958 35 MLN NL  132  100   10   2.7    99| .223  .260| .271  .327| .306  .406| .577  .733|  58  .267  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1959 36 MLN NL   32   26    1   1.0    98| .207  .260| .250  .325| .207  .403| .457  .728|  28  .060  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1960 37 TOT      59   48    3   1.7    99| .218  .262| .254  .328| .273  .403| .527  .731|  45  .148  -4.1  -0.4   0%
         TOT NL   58   47    3   1.7    99| .222  .262| .259  .328| .278  .403| .537  .731|  48  .154  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         CHC NL   55   44    3   1.8    98| .231  .262| .255  .328| .288  .402| .543  .730|  49  .170  -3.5  -0.4   0%
         STL NL    3    3    0   0.0   106| .000  .272| .333  .339| .000  .418| .333  .757|  -2  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         BAL AL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .262| .000  .336| .000  .401| .000  .737|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1961 38 LAA AL  107   69   15   5.8   113| .241  .276| .385  .353| .434  .430| .819  .783| 110  .600   1.9   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     4312 3094  416   3.6   104| .237  .270| .312  .343| .356  .408| .668  .751|  78  .395 -120.5 -11.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 22 STL NL C 77 284 39 2 6 .994 .978 4.19 3.83 7 1946 23 STL NL C 53 196 12 5 0 .977 .980 3.92 4.24 1 1947 24 STL NL C 94 380 33 8 7 .981 .981 4.39 4.37 7 1948 25 STL NL C 99 447 46 2 5 .996 .980 4.98 4.41 3 1949 26 STL NL C 92 355 29 3 4 .992 .982 4.17 4.39 2 1950 27 STL NL C 130 572 63 10 12 .984 .982 4.88 4.53 9 1951 28 STL NL C 120 447 66 8 12 .985 .981 4.28 4.43 5 1952 29 STL NL C 147 677 81 6 8 .992 .984 5.16 4.84 7 1953 30 STL NL C 135 627 60 8 6 .988 .984 5.09 4.66 8 AS 1954 31 STL NL C 52 248 20 4 2 .985 .986 5.15 4.57 3 1955 32 TOT NL C 40 164 18 5 3 .973 .987 4.55 4.82 3 STL NL C 18 74 6 3 1 .964 .986 4.44 4.82 2 MLN NL C 22 90 12 2 2 .981 .987 4.64 4.82 1 1956 33 MLN NL C 65 271 21 5 2 .983 .985 4.49 5.01 5.29 5.83 59 497.0 0 7 4 2 1957 34 MLN NL C 48 235 14 2 3 .992 .988 5.19 4.99 5.98 5.98 44 374.7 1 7 14 8 1958 35 MLN NL C 38 174 13 1 1 .995 .988 4.92 5.19 5.85 6.06 33 287.7 2 7 7 3 1959 36 MLN NL C 9 42 1 2 1 .956 .989 4.78 5.24 6.08 6.34 8 63.7 2 2 1 0 1960 37 TOT C 20 90 7 3 0 .970 .986 4.85 5.40 5.64 6.57 17 154.7 2 4 12 6 TOT NL C 19 89 7 3 0 .970 .986 5.05 5.41 5.70 6.58 17 151.7 2 4 12 6 CHC NL C 18 85 7 3 0 .968 .986 5.11 5.41 5.76 6.58 16 143.7 2 4 12 6 STL NL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 4.50 6.52 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 BAL AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.10 3.00 6.00 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1961 38 LAA AL C 30 144 14 1 0 .994 .989 5.27 5.44 6.78 6.21 27 209.7 3 12 11 10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 22 STL NL C 77 284 39 2 6 .994 .978 4.19 3.83 7 1946 23 STL NL C 53 196 12 5 0 .977 .980 3.92 4.24 1 1947 24 STL NL C 94 380 33 8 7 .981 .981 4.39 4.37 7 1948 25 STL NL C 99 447 46 2 5 .996 .980 4.98 4.41 3 1949 26 STL NL C 92 355 29 3 4 .992 .982 4.17 4.39 2 1950 27 STL NL C 130 572 63 10 12 .984 .982 4.88 4.53 9 1951 28 STL NL C 120 447 66 8 12 .985 .981 4.28 4.43 5 1952 29 STL NL C 147 677 81 6 8 .992 .984 5.16 4.84 7 1953 30 STL NL C 135 627 60 8 6 .988 .984 5.09 4.66 8 1954 31 STL NL C 52 248 20 4 2 .985 .986 5.15 4.57 3 1955 32 TOT NL C 40 164 18 5 3 .973 .987 4.55 4.82 3 STL NL C 18 74 6 3 1 .964 .986 4.44 4.82 2 MLN NL C 22 90 12 2 2 .981 .987 4.64 4.82 1 1956 33 MLN NL C 65 271 21 5 2 .983 .985 4.49 5.01 5.29 5.83 59 497.0 0 7 4 2 1957 34 MLN NL C 48 235 14 2 3 .992 .988 5.19 4.99 5.98 5.98 44 374.7 1 7 14 8 1958 35 MLN NL C 38 174 13 1 1 .995 .988 4.92 5.19 5.85 6.06 33 287.7 2 7 7 3 1959 36 MLN NL C 9 42 1 2 1 .956 .989 4.78 5.24 6.08 6.34 8 63.7 2 2 1 0 1960 37 TOT C 20 90 7 3 0 .970 .986 4.85 5.40 5.64 6.57 17 154.7 2 4 12 6 TOT NL C 19 89 7 3 0 .970 .986 5.05 5.41 5.70 6.58 17 151.7 2 4 12 6 CHC NL C 18 85 7 3 0 .968 .986 5.11 5.41 5.76 6.58 16 143.7 2 4 12 6 STL NL C 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 4.50 6.52 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 BAL AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.10 3.00 6.00 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1961 38 LAA AL C 30 144 14 1 0 .994 .989 5.27 5.44 6.78 6.21 27 209.7 3 12 11 10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1249 5353 537 75 72 .987 .983 4.72 4.60 188 1587.3 65 39 49 29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1249 5353 537 75 72 .987 .983 4.72 4.60
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   3   6   2   3  1  0  0   0   2   0  .500  .625  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   2  .167  .286  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   5  12   2   4  1  0  0   0   3   2  .333  .467  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1953   STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1953

Hit By Pitch
1948 NL-5-2
1949 NL-5-6
1950 NL-5-7
1952 NL-6-6
1953 NL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1950 NL-9-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1408) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.0 (842) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

June 3, 1955: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee Braves for Pete Whisenant.

August 26, 1959: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

October 30, 1959: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 4, 1960: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 13, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

September 7, 1960: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 13, 1960: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

December 29, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

October 19, 1961: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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