Sam Rice
1915–1934 · bats L / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60)
2,405G
.322AVG
.374OBP
.427SLG
More career statistics
2,987H
34HR
1,078RBI
351SB
1–1W–L
39.1IP
12K
2.52ERA
3GS
12Rare feats
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 · At bats | 9,269 | 9,274 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 143 | 203 |
| Batting · Doubles | 498 | 499 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,987 | 2,986 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 56 | 58 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 275 | 274 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 10,246 | 10,253 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,513 | 1,516 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,078 | 1,094 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 351 | 359 |
| Batting · Triples | 184 | 186 |
| Batting · Walks | 708 | 709 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 156 | 159 |
| Pitching · p er | 11 | 12 |
| Pitching · p h | 31 | 32 |
| Pitching · p r | 18 | 19 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,405 | 10,246 | 9,269 | 1,513 | 2,987 | 498 | 184 | 34 | 1,078 | 708 | 275 | 351 | 143 | 56 | 0 | 3,955 | .322 | .374 | .427 | .801 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 | 1.271 |
Streaks
31longest hitting streak · 1924-08-23 to 1924-09-24
40longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1925-09-07 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1923-08-24 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1922-06-20 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1192 | 4990 | 1520 | 9 | 592 | 367 | 125 | .338 | .378 | .442 |
| Away | 1213 | 5263 | 1466 | 25 | 502 | 342 | 149 | .307 | .344 | .413 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 193 | 831 | 229 | 5 | 88 | 59 | 22 | .307 | .347 | .410 |
| May | 406 | 1708 | 478 | 6 | 183 | 123 | 49 | .310 | .352 | .408 |
| June | 424 | 1751 | 515 | 8 | 188 | 127 | 45 | .326 | .367 | .440 |
| July | 498 | 2176 | 654 | 11 | 250 | 143 | 59 | .331 | .366 | .449 |
| August | 439 | 1884 | 531 | 2 | 189 | 122 | 52 | .308 | .347 | .394 |
| September | 416 | 1782 | 546 | 1 | 185 | 122 | 39 | .341 | .375 | .450 |
| October | 29 | 121 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 8 | .314 | .380 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 359 | 1574 | 468 | 4 | 183 | 108 | 37 | .328 | .366 | .451 |
| new-york-yankees | 351 | 1462 | 414 | 10 | 158 | 93 | 37 | .312 | .347 | .442 |
| chicago-white-sox | 341 | 1469 | 430 | 4 | 152 | 99 | 45 | .323 | .360 | .407 |
| boston-red-sox | 340 | 1450 | 423 | 2 | 159 | 112 | 34 | .325 | .369 | .425 |
| st-louis-browns | 338 | 1453 | 424 | 4 | 147 | 96 | 35 | .321 | .358 | .422 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 333 | 1410 | 398 | 3 | 144 | 96 | 54 | .312 | .350 | .398 |
| cleveland-guardians | 331 | 1396 | 421 | 7 | 148 | 103 | 30 | .336 | .375 | .445 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .256 | .278 |
