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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1922-10-27 · Played 1945–1961 · Career WAR 4.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=ricede01, LAHMAN=ricede01, MLBAM=121136, RETROSHEET=riced101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1945	SLN	NL	83	253	27	66	17	3	1	28	0		16	33	.261	.312	.364	.676	0.7
1946	SLN	NL	55	139	10	38	8	1	1	12	0		8	16	.273	.313	.367	.680	0.1
1947	SLN	NL	97	261	28	57	7	3	12	44	1		36	40	.218	.315	.406	.721	0.7
1948	SLN	NL	100	290	24	57	10	1	4	34	1		37	46	.197	.298	.279	.577	0.2
1949	SLN	NL	92	284	25	67	16	1	4	29	0		30	40	.236	.320	.342	.662	0.4
1950	SLN	NL	130	414	39	101	20	3	9	54	0		43	65	.244	.323	.372	.695	0.1
1951	SLN	NL	122	374	34	94	13	1	9	47	0	0	34	26	.251	.319	.364	.683	1.2
1952	SLN	NL	147	495	43	128	27	2	11	65	0	1	33	38	.259	.313	.388	.701	2.1
1953	SLN	NL	135	419	32	99	22	1	6	37	0	0	48	49	.236	.323	.337	.660	-0.1
1954	SLN	NL	56	147	13	37	10	1	2	16	0	1	16	21	.252	.321	.374	.695	0.2
1955	SLN	NL	20	59	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	7	6	.203	.284	.305	.589	-0.4
1955	ML1	NL	27	71	5	14	0	1	2	7	0	0	6	12	.197	.260	.310	.570
1956	ML1	NL	71	188	15	40	9	1	3	17	0	0	18	34	.213	.282	.319	.601	-0.4
1957	ML1	NL	54	144	15	33	1	1	9	20	0	0	17	37	.229	.309	.438	.747	0.6
1958	ML1	NL	43	121	10	27	7	0	1	8	0	0	8	30	.223	.271	.306	.577	-0.4
1959	ML1	NL	13	29	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.207	.250	.207	.457	-0.3
1960	CHN	NL	18	52	2	12	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.231	.255	.288	.543	-0.4
1960	SLN	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
1960	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1961	LAA	AL	44	83	11	20	4	0	4	11	0	1	20	19	.241	.385	.434	.819	0.3
Total			1309	3826	342	908	177	20	79	441	2	3	382	522	.237	.307	.356	.663	4.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1945	SLN	NL	C	77			284	39	2	6
1946	SLN	NL	C	53			196	12	5	0
1947	SLN	NL	C	94			380	33	8	7
1948	SLN	NL	C	99			447	46	2	5
1949	SLN	NL	C	92			355	29	3	4
1950	SLN	NL	C	130			572	63	10	12
1951	SLN	NL	C	120			447	66	8	12
1952	SLN	NL	C	147			677	81	6	8
1953	SLN	NL	C	135			627	60	8	6
1954	SLN	NL	C	52	45	382.0	248	20	4	2
1955	SLN	NL	C	18	18	144.1	74	6	3	1
1955	ML1	NL	C	22	19	169.2	90	12	2	2
1956	ML1	NL	C	65	59	497.0	271	21	5	2
1957	ML1	NL	C	48	44	374.2	235	14	2	3
1958	ML1	NL	C	38	33	287.2	174	13	1	1
1959	ML1	NL	C	9	8	63.2	42	1	2	1
1960	CHN	NL	C	18	16	143.2	85	7	3	0
1960	SLN	NL	C	1	1	8.0	4	0	0	0
1960	BAL	AL	C	1	0	3.0	1	0	0	0
1961	LAA	AL	C	30	27	209.2	144	14	1	0
Total				1249	270	2283.1	5353	537	75	72

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	2	227	No

Ejections (24)

Date	As	Reason
1947-08-18	Player	Balls and strikes
1948-07-02	Player	Balls and strikes
1949-06-01	Player	Call at HP (Pushed umpire)
1949-09-22	Player	Balls and strikes
1950-07-20	Player	Call at HP
1952-04-29	Player	Call at 1B
1952-05-11	Player	Balls and strikes
1952-06-02	Player	Balls and strikes
1952-08-27	Player	Call at HP
1952-09-20	Player	Balls and strikes
1953-05-06	Player	Obstruction call (Threw glove)
1954-06-06	Player	Bench jockeying
1954-09-09	Player	Balls and strikes
1958-06-04	Player	Called third strike
1961-05-15	Player	Balls and strikes
1962-05-27	Coach	Call at 1B
1963-08-22	Coach	Balls and strikes
1965-05-31	Coach	Call at 1B
1972-05-06	Manager	Call at 1B
1972-05-26	Manager	Balls and strikes
1972-06-04	Manager	Lineup change
1972-06-24	Manager
1972-08-02	Manager	Called third strike
1972-08-12	Manager	Fair/foul call

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Batting

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Ejections (24)