Sam Rice

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1915—1934

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#43

Player Detail

Edgar Charles
GIVEN NAME
Rice
SURNAME
February 20, 1890, in Morocco, IN
BORN
October 13, 1974, in Rossmoor, MD, USA
DIED
1915—1934
Playing Career
Played from 25-44
PLAYING AGE
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
1924
World Series titles
Man O' War
NICKNAME
2
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 150
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 7, 1915
Major League Debut
September 18, 1934
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Right Fielder —
— Senators ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Sam Rice?

Mysterious outfielder who made a miraculous catch in 1924 World Series. Retired only 13 hits shy of 3,000.
After making a controversial catch that propelled him into the seats at Griffith Stadium in Game Three of the 1925 World Series, Sam wrote a latter that explained the play, with instructions to open it after his death. When the letter was opened, Rice had written “At no time did I lose possession of the ball.”
  • Sam Rice Scouting Report

60

HITTING

20

POWER

70

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2404
2987
34
1077
.322

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
41.7
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.801
.795
100.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.322
.374
.427

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Babe Ruth
Harry Heilmann
Jack Tobin
Elmer Smith

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Muddy Ruel
Joe Judge
Bucky Harris
Joe Cronin
Ossie Bluege
Goose Goslin
Earl Averill
Clyde Milan
Walter Johnson
George Mogridge
Clark Griffith

Sam Rice Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Rice
543
175
89
29
11
2
63
41
16
21
232
220
.322
.374
.427
801
AVG RF
528
156
82
28
9
8
55
44
13
226
215
.296
.366
.429
.795

Sam Rice Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
43
36
68
30
32
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
23
58
64
77
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Sam Rice PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
53.4
30.0
20.3
14.2
3.59
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Sam Rice
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
325.9
165.4
115.4
72.4
21.9
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Sam Rice
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF