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Sam Rice

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Sam Rice was born on 20 February 1890 in Morocco, Indiana and died on 3 October 1974. His Height five foot nine inches and weight 150 pounds. He played Bats left and Throws Right. He was played his First Game1915 at age 25 and Last Game on 1934. Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1963, Player.

At bat 600 or more times eight different seasons. He had 200 or more hits in each of six seasons. Batted.322 for 20 year career and had 2987 hits. Set a l record with 182 singles in 1925. Though he didn't play his first full campaign until age 27, Sam Rice collected 2,987 hits, finishing his career with a .322 batting average and six 200-hit seasons. Small but swift, Rice starred on the Washington Senators' only three pennant-winning teams and still holds franchise records for hits, runs, doubles and triples. His disputed catch of a fly ball in the 1925 World Series saved Game Three for Washington and remains one of the most controversial plays in baseball history.

One of baseball's greatest singles hitters, Rice fell only 13 hits shy of 3,000. In 20 ML seasons, he never hit below 0.293 and averaged 0.322. Although he lacked power 21 of his 34 career home runs were hit inside the park, he met every other requirement for stardom. At bat, he usually made contact, averaging only one strikeout in every 34 at bats. On the bases, he was fast and intelligent, leading the AL with 63 stolen bases in 1920. In the outfield, he was swift and had an excellent arm.

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