Harry Rice
[edit] Biography
Harry Rice (Harry Francis Rice) was born on November 22, 1901 in Ware Station, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1923 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1925, his rookie year, he hit .359 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI. Rice played for the St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Harry Rice's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1926, when he hit for a .313 average and knocked in 59 runs. However, others believe that it was 1928, when he hit for a .302 average and knocked in 81 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1923
| STL
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 54
| 93
| 19
| 26
| 0
| 15
| .280
| .350
| .355
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| 103
| 354
| 87
| 127
| 11
| 47
| .359
| .450
| .568
| 25
| 8
| 54
| 15
| 5
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| 148
| 578
| 86
| 181
| 9
| 59
| .313
| .384
| .441
| 27
| 10
| 63
| 40
| 4
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| STL
| A
| 137
| 520
| 90
| 149
| 7
| 68
| .287
| .351
| .412
| 26
| 9
| 50
| 21
| 2
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| DET
| A
| 131
| 510
| 87
| 154
| 6
| 81
| .302
| .360
| .425
| 21
| 12
| 44
| 27
| 2
| 17
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| DET
| A
| 130
| 536
| 97
| 163
| 6
| 69
| .304
| .379
| .425
| 33
| 7
| 61
| 23
| 4
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| 100
| 346
| 62
| 103
| 7
| 74
| .298
| .361
| .436
| 17
| 5
| 31
| 21
| 3
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| 37
| 128
| 16
| 39
| 2
| 24
| .305
| .403
| .398
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 8
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| 137
| 474
| 78
| 142
| 9
| 98
| .300
| .372
| .426
| 23
| 5
| 50
| 29
| 5
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| 47
| 162
| 32
| 43
| 0
| 15
| .265
| .320
| .370
| 5
| 6
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| 143
| 510
| 44
| 133
| 0
| 54
| .261
| .316
| .322
| 19
| 6
| 35
| 24
| 6
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 14
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 143
| 510
| 44
| 133
| 0
| 54
| .261
| .316
| .322
| 19
| 6
| 35
| 24
| 6
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 14
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 891
| 3230
| 576
| 985
| 48
| 452
| .305
| .376
| .437
| 167
| 57
| 341
| 170
| 26
| 82
| 56
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1034
| 3740
| 620
| 1118
| 48
| 506
| .299
| .368
| .421
| 186
| 63
| 376
| 194
| 32
| 99
| 60
| 0
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 28
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1924
| STL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| OF
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 175
| 13
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1925
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| OF
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 300
| 22
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 13
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .840
|
| 1927
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1927
| STL
| A
| OF
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 277
| 26
| 20
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1928
| DET
| A
| OF
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1928
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| DET
| A
| OF
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 345
| 16
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1929
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 244
| 7
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1930
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| DET
| A
| OF
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| LF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1930
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 310
| 9
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1931
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1933
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 315
| 14
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 59
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 7
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 911
| 0
| 0
| 2160
| 114
| 80
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue (December 2, 1927).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling to New York Yankees in exchange for Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig (May 30, 1930).
- Claimed on waivers by Washington Senators from New York Yankees (January 13, 1931).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Baltimore (International) (July 29, 1931).
- Sold by Minneapolis (American Association) to Cincinnati Reds with Dutch Henry (February 4, 1933).
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