What years did Sam Rice play?

Sam Rice played in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1934.

Was Sam Rice a pitcher?

No. Sam Rice was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 9 career games.

How many home runs did Sam Rice hit?

Sam Rice hit 34 career home runs with 2987 hits.

Is Sam Rice in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Sam Rice was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963.

Sam Rice

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1915-1934)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1963

AVG .322

HR 34

RBI 1,078

H 2,987

OPS .801

PIV 18,800

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 150 lb
Born: 2/20/1890 in Morocco, IN, USA
Died: 10/13/1974 in Rossmoor, MD, USA
MLB Debut: 1915-08-07
Last Game: 1934-09-18
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1963 (BBWAA)

Full name: Edgar Charles Rice

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,404	9,269	1,514	2,987	498	184	34	1,078	351	708	275	.322	.374	.427	.801	18,800

Career AVG .322 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — +17.0% above league average.

Career OBP .374 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — +10.7% above league average.

Career SLG .427 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — +12.0% above league average.

Career OPS .801 vs. league average .719 across their career seasons — +11.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1915	WS1	AL	4	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1916	WS1	AL	58	197	26	59	8	3	1	17	4	15	13	.299	.248 (+20%)	.314 (+12%)	.326 (+18%)	.640 (+15%)	464.2
1917	WS1	AL	155	586	77	177	25	7	0	69	35	50	41	.302	.248 (+21%)	.312 (+15%)	.323 (+14%)	.635 (+15%)	1623.6
1918	WS1	AL	7	23	3	8	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	.348	—	—	—	—	0.0
1919	WS1	AL	141	557	80	179	23	9	3	71	26	42	26	.321	.262 (+23%)	.322 (+17%)	.347 (+18%)	.670 (+17%)	1916.4
1920	WS1	AL	153	624	83	211	29	9	3	80	63	39	23	.338	.271 (+24%)	.331 (+15%)	.363 (+18%)	.694 (+16%)	2006.8
1921	WS1	AL	143	561	83	185	39	13	4	79	26	38	10	.330	.286 (+15%)	.344 (+11%)	.395 (+18%)	.739 (+15%)	1656.6
1922	WS1	AL	154	633	91	187	37	13	6	69	20	48	13	.295	.285 (+3%)	.345 (avg)	.397 (+7%)	.743 (+4%)	368.3
1923	WS1	AL	148	595	117	188	35	18	3	75	20	57	12	.316	.282 (+12%)	.344 (+11%)	.390 (+15%)	.734 (+13%)	1604.4
1924	WS1	AL	154	646	106	216	39	14	1	76	24	46	24	.334	.283 (+18%)	.345 (+11%)	.389 (+14%)	.734 (+12%)	1591.6
1925	WS1	AL	152	649	111	227	31	13	1	87	26	37	10	.350	.288 (+21%)	.349 (+11%)	.407 (+9%)	.756 (+10%)	1333.9
1926	WS1	AL	152	641	98	216	32	14	3	76	24	42	20	.337	.279 (+21%)	.345 (+10%)	.390 (+14%)	.735 (+12%)	1509.3
1927	WS1	AL	142	603	98	179	33	14	2	65	19	36	11	.297	.282 (+5%)	.344 (-2%)	.392 (+4%)	.736 (+1%)	-40.1
1928	WS1	AL	148	616	95	202	32	15	2	55	16	49	15	.328	.280 (+17%)	.342 (+11%)	.395 (+11%)	.737 (+11%)	1358.9
1929	WS1	AL	150	616	119	199	39	10	1	62	16	55	9	.323	.289 (+12%)	.353 (+8%)	.415 (+2%)	.769 (+5%)	694.5
1930	WS1	AL	147	593	121	207	35	13	1	73	13	55	14	.349	.293 (+19%)	.354 (+15%)	.429 (+6%)	.784 (+10%)	1442.0
1931	WS1	AL	120	413	81	128	21	8	0	42	6	35	11	.310	.276 (+12%)	.338 (+8%)	.388 (+3%)	.726 (+5%)	442.1
1932	WS1	AL	106	288	58	93	16	7	1	34	7	32	6	.323	.275 (+17%)	.335 (+16%)	.391 (+12%)	.726 (+14%)	820.1
1933	WS1	AL	73	85	19	25	4	3	1	12	0	2	7	.294	.270 (+9%)	.329 (-1%)	.377 (+18%)	.707 (+9%)	102.9
1934	CLE	AL	97	335	48	98	19	1	1	33	5	28	9	.293	.278 (+5%)	.340 (+3%)	.392 (-7%)	.733 (-3%)	-95.2
Career · 20 seasons			2,404	9,269	1,514	2,987	498	184	34	1,078	351	708	275	.322	—	—	—	—	18,800

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
1	1	9	3	1	0	0	39.3	31	11	0	19	12	2.52	-393.2

Career ERA 2.52 vs. league average 2.85 across their career seasons — 11.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1915	WS1	AL	1	0	4	2	1	18.0	13	4	9	9	2.00	2.90 (+31%)	-9.3
1916	WS1	AL	0	1	5	1	0	21.3	18	7	10	3	2.95	2.78 (-6%)	-383.8
Career · 2 seasons			1	1	9	3	1	39.1	31	11	19	12	2.52	—	-393

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	63	7	19	0	0	0	4	3	3	.302

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1933	WS	WS1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1925	WS	WS1	7	33	5	12	3	0	1	.364
1924	WS	WS1	7	29	2	6	1	3	2	.207

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1192	4495	765	1520	9	592	.338
Away	1213	4779	751	1466	25	502	.307

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	5	23.2	22	10	9	7	3.80
Away	4	15.2	10	3	10	5	1.72

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI
1934-09-18	CLE	MIN	W	5	1	3	1	2
1934-09-17	CLE	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0
1934-09-15	CLE	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0
1934-09-11	CLE	PHA	L	1	0	1	0	0
1934-09-10	CLE	PHA	L	1	0	1	0	2
1934-09-09	CLE	PHA	W	1	0	0	0	0
1934-09-06	CLE	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0
1934-09-04	CLE	SLA	W	1	0	0	0	0
1934-08-28	CLE	BOS	L	2	1	1	0	0
1934-08-27	CLE	BOS	W	5	2	1	0	0

Last 9 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1916-07-05	MIN	NYY	—	8.0	11	6	6	2	2
1916-06-22	MIN	PHA	—	5.1	4	2	1	6	1
1916-06-04	MIN	DET	L	0.1	1	1	0	0	0
1916-05-30	MIN	BOS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
1916-05-29	MIN	PHA	—	6.2	3	2	1	2	0
1915-09-11	MIN	CLE	—	5.1	7	3	3	5	3
1915-09-07	MIN	PHA	W	9.0	5	4	2	4	4
1915-08-10	MIN	DET	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
1915-08-07	MIN	CHW	—	1.2	1	1	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2270	0	4774	278	184	67
P	9	0	1	13	1	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1915	WS1	P	4	1	7	1	1
1916	WS1	OF	46	83	5	4	1
1916	WS1	P	5	0	6	0	0
1917	WS1	OF	155	265	26	12	5
1918	WS1	OF	6	11	4	0	1
1919	WS1	OF	141	285	18	12	3
1920	WS1	OF	153	454	24	20	5
1921	WS1	OF	141	380	18	15	3
1922	WS1	OF	154	387	23	21	3
1923	WS1	OF	147	307	21	10	8
1924	WS1	OF	154	331	18	12	4
1925	WS1	OF	152	339	20	12	7
1926	WS1	OF	152	342	25	15	5
1927	WS1	OF	139	258	12	7	2
1928	WS1	OF	147	240	11	7	5
1929	WS1	OF	147	272	20	9	5
1930	WS1	OF	145	297	13	12	4
1931	WS1	OF	105	221	7	7	2
1932	WS1	OF	69	132	7	4	2
1933	WS1	OF	39	41	4	0	2
1934	CLE	OF	78	129	2	5	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	9
Left Field	52
Center Field	607
Right Field	1649

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1920	Baseball Magazine All-Star	OF

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1926	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	18.0	64	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Sam Rice

What years did Sam Rice play?: Sam Rice played in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1934.
Was Sam Rice a pitcher?: No. Sam Rice was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 9 career games.
How many home runs did Sam Rice hit?: Sam Rice hit 34 career home runs with 2987 hits.
Is Sam Rice in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Sam Rice was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963.