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Sam
Rice		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 155
 
Born: February 20, 1890 in Usa, IN, MOROCCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1922   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 25 NY1 NL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1916 26 NY1 NL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1917 27 NY1 NL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1918 28 NY1 NL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1919 29 NY1 NL $ 3,600,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1920 30 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1921 31 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1922 32 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1923 33 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1924 34 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1925 35 NY1 NL $ 6,000,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1926 36 NY1 NL $ 6,000,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1927 37 NY1 NL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000 10 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1915 25 NY1 NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 1 1 1 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1916 26 NY1 NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1917 27 NY1 NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 9 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1918 28 NY1 NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 9 10 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1919 29 NY1 NL $ 3,600,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 9 10 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
1920 30 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 10
1921 31 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1922 32 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000   9 9 9 2 2 2 8 9 9 4 5 4 9 10 9
1923 33 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 4 4 8 9 9
1924 34 NY1 NL $ 5,750,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 9 8 3 4 4 9 10 9
1925 35 NY1 NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 9
1926 36 NY1 NL $ 6,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
1927 37 NY1 NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 9 10 9 4 5 5 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1923 33 NY1 NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 1 27.27 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 1 27.27 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   0 1 0 0 1   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0   1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Home 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 1 27.27 .500 .500 .500 1.000
July 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 1 27.27 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1915 25 NY1 NL 119 464 74 152 34 20 3 70 27 13 46 14 .328 .386 .506 .893 83.5 23.6
    AAA   28 103 17 40 8 2 0 7 2 4 26 2 .388 .512 .505 1.016 24.7  
1916 26 NY1 NL 147 555 87 194 31 15 3 78 42 29 73 14 .350 .421 .476 .897 101.3 25.3
1917 27 NY1 NL 147 564 92 174 25 14 1 63 42 19 72 16 .309 .386 .408 .794 85.0 22.4
1918 28 NY1 NL 147 561 78 171 26 12 1 66 24 26 55 21 .305 .368 .399 .767 72.5 15.9
1919 29 NY1 NL 122 438 68 128 24 8 1 51 12 9 41 16 .292 .357 .390 .747 57.7 8.3
1920 30 NY1 NL 143 562 86 183 29 12 0 83 21 12 64 13 .326 .394 .420 .814 83.8 14.5
1921 31 NY1 NL 136 524 88 177 34 9 9 66 19 14 43 23 .338 .384 .489 .873 90.1 15.2
1922 32 NY1 NL 146 582 114 193 32 10 9 63 16 12 68 23 .332 .405 .467 .873 103.7 17.8
1923 33 NY1 NL 142 494 84 162 28 15 2 68 12 9 45 17 .328 .387 .457 .845 77.7 13.5
1924 34 NY1 NL 84 146 25 41 6 3 0 25 1 1 18 4 .281 .355 .363 .718 18.1 1.6
1925 35 NY1 NL 63 57 6 7 2 1 0 6 0 0 4 2 .123 .175 .193 .368 1.0 0.0
1926 36 NY1 NL 33 76 11 22 2 1 0 12 1 4 8 5 .289 .353 .342 .695 8.4 0.9
1927 37 NY1 NL 8 11 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .455 .455 .455 .909 1.9 0.4
    AAA   107 376 44 99 14 3 0 40 10 13 31 49 .263 .319 .316 .636 35.8  
13 Years Sim 1437 5034 816 1609 273 120 29 653 217 148 537 171 .320 .385 .439 .824 784.8 159.4
2 Years AAA 135 479 61 139 22 5 0 47 12 17 57 51 .290 .362 .357 .719 60.5  
162 Game Average 567 91 181 30 13 3 73 24 16 60 19 .320 .385 .439 .824 88.5  
Career Highs 147 582 114 194 34 20 9 83 42 29 73 23 .455 .455 .506 .909 103.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4197 716 1358 231 103 26 538 187 128 472 125 .324 .392 .446 .838 690.5
vs LH   837 99 251 42 17 3 115 30 20 65 46 .300 .351 .401 .752 111.6
Home 718 2418 393 765 134 60 12 317 102 72 268 90 .316 .384 .436 .820 383.4
Away 719 2616 423 844 139 60 17 336 115 76 269 81 .323 .386 .441 .827 418.7
RISP   1253 0 421 74 29 7 568 0 0 213 43 .336 .424 .458 .882 241.6
Pinch Hitting   171 19 35 4 4 0 33 0 0 12 7 .205 .253 .275 .528 11.6
Close/Late   623 96 184 29 20 8 89 0 2 88 15 .295 .381 .445 .825 103.8
Mar/Apr 129 453 73 149 23 15 3 53 18 15 36 9 .329 .378 .466 .844 72.0
May 255 872 155 275 49 19 3 120 37 21 93 33 .315 .379 .425 .804 135.6
June 257 893 149 297 45 25 5 108 42 33 102 32 .333 .402 .456 .858 151.1
July 278 975 147 309 48 16 5 130 36 30 101 29 .317 .380 .414 .794 145.7
August 255 869 118 258 49 21 5 100 37 23 100 36 .297 .368 .419 .787 130.5
Sep/Oct 263 972 174 321 59 24 8 142 47 26 105 32 .330 .399 .465 .864 167.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1915 25 NY1 NL CF 115 114 1029.0 250 10 10 2 .963 2.27   3.9
    RF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1916 26 NY1 NL CF 114 114 1029.3 250 10 19 5 .932 2.27   4.0
    RF 30 26 242.0 40 3 1 0 .977 1.60    
1917 27 NY1 NL CF 128 128 1157.7 254 3 16 1 .941 2.00   2.9
    RF 16 16 144.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.37    
1918 28 NY1 NL CF 136 134 1230.7 312 9 18 4 .947 2.35   4.5
    RF 5 4 34.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1919 29 NY1 NL CF 107 104 941.0 196 13 19 2 .917 2.00   2.2
    RF 5 1 18.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50    
1920 30 NY1 NL RF 140 139 1244.0 251 7 15 0 .945 1.87   1.6
1921 31 NY1 NL CF 104 99 886.7 244 9 14 3 .948 2.57   2.0
    RF 30 26 240.0 50 2 2 0 .963 1.95    
1922 32 NY1 NL RF 139 137 1218.0 295 9 12 1 .962 2.25   3.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 33 NY1 NL RF 116 111 993.0 243 7 9 0 .965 2.27   3.0
    CF 18 3 58.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.33    
    LF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    P 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 34 NY1 NL RF 39 25 240.3 73 1 1 0 .987 2.77   1.3
    CF 5 0 13.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1925 35 NY1 NL RF 8 0 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
    CF 5 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1926 36 NY1 NL RF 16 15 126.7 27 1 0 1 1.000 1.99   0.4
    CF 6 5 42.0 20 0 2 0 .909 4.29    
1927 37 NY1 NL CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    RF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
  CF 740 702 6408.6 1548 54 99 17 .942 2.25   19.5
  RF 547 503 4551.0 1017 31 42 2 .961 2.07   9.3
  LF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
  P 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1290 1208 10978.0 2570 85 141 19 .950 2.18   28.8
Career Highs   144 144 1302.3 312 13 20 5 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 33 NY1 NL 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462
1924 34 NY1 NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .267 .533
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1915-2-.328
1916-2-.350
1917-7-.309
1918-6-.305
1920-6-.326
1921-9-.338
1922-10-.332
CAR-10-.320
 On-Base Pct
1915-7-.386
1916-4-.421
1917-4-.386
1918-9-.368
1920-6-.394
1922-9-.405
CAR-23-.385
 Slugging Pct
1915-2-.506
1916-3-.476
1917-7-.408
1918-9-.399
CAR-39-.439
 OPS
1915-2-.893
1916-3-.897
1917-7-.794
1918-7-.767
CAR-24-.824
 XR
1915-7-83.5
1916-3-101.3
1917-9-85.0
1922-7-103.7
 Games
1917-10-147
1918-4-147
At-Bats
1922-7-582
 Runs
1917-6-92
1922-2-114
 Hits
1916-4-194
1917-7-174
1918-4-171
1920-7-183
1922-8-193
 Total Bases
1915-4-235
1916-5-264
1917-8-230
1918-5-224
1922-9-272
 Singles
1916-7-145
1918-5-132
1920-5-142
1922-8-142
 Doubles
1915-4-34
1916-4-31
1920-9-29
1921-6-34
Triples
1915-1-20
1916-2-15
1917-3-14
1918-5-12
1919-10-8
1923-5-15
CAR-36-120
 Stolen Bases
1916-7-42
1917-4-42
 Caught Stealing
1916-3-29
1917-9-19
1918-4-26
 Walks
1917-8-72
1920-5-64
1922-8-68
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Ross Youngs (960)
  2. Fred Clarke (936)
  3. Bernie Neis (919)
  4. Chick Stahl (918)
  5. Ken Williams (917)
  6. Curt Walker (916)
  7. Bevo Lebourveau (914)
  8. Irv Waldron (904)
  9. Elmer Smith (902)
  10. Ray Demmitt (902)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1915
Had first career hit on 5/17/1915, off Pete Alexander (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1915, off Dutch Leonard (PHI)
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1915, hitting .326 with 1 HR, 20 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/25/1917
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1918, hitting .467 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
10/12/1919: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/12/1921, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1922
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/24/1923
7/16/1924: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 2 years
6/1/1926: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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