Sam Rice Stats

Sam Rice was born on Thursday, February 20, 1890, in Morocco, Indiana. Rice was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 7, 1915, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sam Rice baseball stats page.

"I remember trotting back towards the infield carrying the ball for about half way and then tossed it towards the pitchers mound. (How I wished many times I had kept it.) At no time did I lose possession of the ball." - Sam Rice (Letter to the Hall of Fame written about the 1925 World Series)

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Sam Rice

Sam Rice Autograph on a 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (#34)

Sam Rice Autograph on a 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (#34)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Edgar Charles Rice
Nickname:   Sam
Born On:   02-20-1890
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Morocco, Indiana
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-13-1974
Place of Death Data Died In:   Rossmoor, Maryland
Cemetery:   Woodside Cemetery, Brinklow, Maryland
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09
Player Weight Chart Weight:   150
First Game:   08-07-1915 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-18-1934
Draft:   Not Applicable
Sam Rice

Sam Rice Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1915 Senators 4 2 1 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 0 18.0 70 13 4 8 0 9 - 9 0 0 0 -
1916 Senators 5 1 3 0 1 .000 2.95 0 0 0 21.1 86 18 7 10 0 10 - 3 1 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 9 3 4 1 1 .500 2.52 1 0 0 39.1 156 31 11 18 0 19 - 12 1 0 0 -
Sam Rice

Sam Rice Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1915 Senators 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .375 .375 .375
1916 Senators 58 197 26 59 8 3 1 0 17 15 - 13 1 - 1 - .299 .352 .386
1917 Senators 155 586 77 177 25 7 0 0 69 50 - 41 14 - 3 - .302 .360 .369
1918 Senators 7 23 3 8 1 0 0 0 3 2 - 0 0 - 0 - .348 .400 .391
1919 Senators 141 557 80 179 23 9 3 0 71 42 - 26 7 - 7 - .321 .376 .411
1920 Senators 153 624 83 211 29 9 3 0 80 39 - 23 19 - 4 - .338 .381 .428
1921 Senators 143 561 83 185 39 13 4 0 79 38 - 10 22 - 9 - .330 .382 .467
1922 Senators 154 633 91 187 37 13 6 0 69 48 - 13 6 - 2 - .295 .347 .423
1923 Senators 148 595 117 188 35 18 3 0 75 57 - 12 13 - 6 - .316 .381 .450
1924 Senators 154 646 106 216 39 14 1 0 76 46 - 24 16 - 4 - .334 .382 .443
1925 Senators 152 649 111 227 31 13 1 0 87 37 - 10 19 - 4 - .350 .388 .442
1926 Senators 152 641 98 216 32 14 3 0 76 42 - 20 18 - 2 - .337 .380 .445
1927 Senators 142 603 98 179 33 14 2 0 65 36 - 11 12 - 0 - .297 .336 .408
1928 Senators 148 616 95 202 32 15 2 0 55 49 - 15 14 - 2 - .328 .379 .438
1929 Senators 150 616 119 199 39 10 1 0 62 55 - 9 19 - 4 - .323 .382 .424
1930 Senators 147 593 121 207 35 13 1 0 73 55 - 14 17 - 3 - .349 .407 .457
1931 Senators 120 413 81 128 21 8 0 0 42 35 - 11 11 - 1 - .310 .365 .400
1932 Senators 106 288 58 93 16 7 1 0 34 32 - 6 3 - 0 - .323 .391 .438
1933 Senators 73 85 19 25 4 3 1 0 12 2 - 7 0 - 2 - .294 .326 .447
1934 Indians 97 335 48 98 19 1 1 0 33 28 - 9 2 - 2 - .293 .351 .364
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
20 Years 2,404 9,269 1,514 2,987 498 184 34 0 1,078 708 - 275 213 - 56 - .322 .374 .427
Sam Rice

Sam Rice Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1915 Senators P 4 2 54 9 2.3 8 1 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 4.00 -
1916 Senators OF 46 - - 92 2.0 88 83 5 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1916 Senators P 5 1 64 6 1.2 6 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.53 -
1917 Senators RF 155 - - 303 2.0 291 265 26 12 5 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1918 Senators RF 6 - - 15 2.5 15 11 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1919 Senators RF 141 - - 315 2.2 303 285 18 12 3 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1920 Senators CF 153 - - 498 3.3 478 454 24 20 5 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1921 Senators OF 141 - - 413 2.9 398 380 18 15 3 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
1922 Senators CF 154 - - 431 2.8 410 387 23 21 3 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1923 Senators RF 147 - - 338 2.3 328 307 21 10 8 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1924 Senators OF 154 - - 361 2.3 349 331 18 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 -
1925 Senators OF 152 - - 371 2.4 359 339 20 12 7 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1926 Senators OF 152 - - 382 2.5 367 342 25 15 5 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1927 Senators OF 139 - - 277 2.0 270 258 12 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1928 Senators OF 147 - - 258 1.8 251 240 11 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1929 Senators RF 147 - - 301 2.0 292 272 20 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1930 Senators OF 145 - - 322 2.2 310 297 13 12 4 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
1931 Senators OF 105 - - 235 2.2 228 221 7 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1932 Senators OF 69 - - 143 2.1 139 132 7 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00 -
1933 Senators OF 39 - - 45 1.2 45 41 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1934 Indians OF 78 - - 136 1.7 131 129 2 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .963 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 1,367 0 0 3,035 2.2 2,935 2,793 142 100 37 n/a n/a n/a .967 0.00 --
RF Totals 596 0 0 1,272 2.1 1,229 1,140 89 43 22 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
CF Totals 307 0 0 929 3.0 888 841 47 41 8 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 --
P Totals 9 3 118 15 1.7 14 1 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.20 --
20 Years 2,279 3 118 5,251 2.3 5,066 4,775 291 185 68 n/a n/a n/a .965 1,159.17 --
Sam Rice

Sam Rice Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1915 Senators 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 1.00 4.50 4.50
1916 Senators 4 - - - - n/a 197.0 15.2 11.6 0.30 1.27 4.22
1917 Senators 35 - - - - n/a 0.0 14.3 8.5 - - -
1918 Senators 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 7.7 - - -
1919 Senators 26 - - - - n/a 185.7 21.4 7.8 - - -
1920 Senators 63 30 .677 - - n/a 208.0 27.1 7.8 - - -
1921 Senators 26 12 .684 - - n/a 140.3 56.1 7.1 - - -
1922 Senators 20 9 .690 - - n/a 105.5 48.7 9.2 - - -
1923 Senators 20 8 .714 - - n/a 198.3 49.6 7.9 - - -
1924 Senators 24 13 .649 - - n/a 646.0 26.9 8.5 - - -
1925 Senators 26 11 .703 - - n/a 649.0 64.9 7.5 - - -
1926 Senators 24 23 .511 - - n/a 213.7 32.1 8.4 - - -
1927 Senators 19 6 .760 - - n/a 301.5 54.8 9.3 - - -
1928 Senators 16 3 .842 - - n/a 308.0 41.1 11.2 - - -
1929 Senators 16 8 .667 - - n/a 616.0 68.4 9.9 - - -
1930 Senators 13 8 .619 - - n/a 593.0 42.4 8.1 - - -
1931 Senators 6 5 .545 - - n/a 0.0 37.5 9.8 - - -
1932 Senators 7 4 .636 - - n/a 288.0 48.0 8.5 - - -
1933 Senators 0 2 .000 - - n/a 85.0 12.1 7.1 - - -
1934 Indians 5 1 .833 - - n/a 335.0 37.2 10.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
20 Years 351 143 .711 - - n/a 272.6 33.7 8.6 0.63 2.75 4.35
Sam Rice

Sam Rice Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1915 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1925 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1926 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1929 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Washington Senators 2 Undetermined n/a -
1932 Washington Senators 22 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Washington Senators 22 Undetermined - Stats
1934 Cleveland Indians 29 Undetermined - -


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