Hal Rice
1948–1954 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
424G
.260AVG
.314OBP
.372SLG
More career statistics
307H
19HR
162RBI
1SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 7 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 133 | 132 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | 1,283 | 1,183 | 129 | 307 | 52 | 12 | 19 | 162 | 94 | 133 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 440 | .260 | .314 | .372 | .686 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1953-08-05 to 1953-08-12
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1954-04-29 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1952-08-11 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1952-07-11 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 192 | 564 | 129 | 7 | 67 | 33 | 69 | .244 | .287 | .355 |
| Away | 232 | 719 | 178 | 12 | 95 | 61 | 63 | .272 | .332 | .385 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | .190 | .320 | .317 |
| May | 38 | 72 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | .303 | .361 | .470 |
| June | 54 | 146 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 14 | .256 | .308 | .308 |
| July | 98 | 285 | 77 | 6 | 39 | 15 | 24 | .286 | .323 | .420 |
| August | 108 | 383 | 86 | 4 | 49 | 34 | 38 | .248 | .313 | .349 |
| September | 94 | 303 | 73 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 23 | .254 | .290 | .376 |
| October | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .316 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 67 | 199 | 39 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 32 | .220 | .302 | .328 |
| chicago-cubs | 62 | 201 | 59 | 6 | 38 | 12 | 9 | .314 | .353 | .484 |
| cincinnati-reds | 61 | 186 | 41 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 10 | .236 | .280 | .333 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 57 | 164 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 21 | .290 | .329 | .355 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 52 | 162 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 16 | .228 | .290 | .315 |
| new-york-giants | 49 | 135 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | .248 | .311 | .421 |
| boston-braves | 33 | 118 | 32 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | .286 | .322 | .429 |
| milwaukee-braves | 23 | 71 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | .328 | .380 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 31 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .323 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 9 | – | .196 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 44 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 11 | – | .211 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 69 | 236 | 60 | 4 | 38 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 295 | 85 | 7 | 45 | 1 | .288 | – | – |
| 1953 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 294 | 91 | 4 | 42 | – | .310 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 153 | 25 | 1 | 14 | – | .163 | – | – |