William
Rice
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 13, 1943 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 VAL JL $ 400,000 5 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 11 9 10 4 5 4
1974 31 VAL JL $ 400,000 5 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 10 9 9 3 4 4
1975 32 LV FL $ 300,000 4 2 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 10 9 9 3 4 4
1976 33 LV FL $ 750,000 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 10 9 9 3 4 4
1977 34 LV FL   4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 11 9 9 3 4 4
1978 35 SLC FL $ 300,000 5 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 11 9 9 3 4 4
1979 36 BUF FL $ 300,000 4 2 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 10 9 9 3 4 4
1980 37 BUF FL   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 8 9 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 10 8 9 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 750,000 5 3 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 11 9 10 4 5 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 VAL JL 27 49 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 15 .082 .167 .122 .289 -0.7 0.0
    AAA   78 243 36 54 12 0 3 22 1 1 55 39 .222 .366 .309 .674 32.9  
1974 31 AAA   136 456 47 112 25 6 5 53 0 3 103 70 .246 .385 .360 .744 70.5  
1975 32 LV FL 65 127 17 31 6 0 3 11 0 0 26 17 .244 .377 .362 .739 16.9 2.2
    AAA   26 103 9 24 5 0 1 7 0 0 14 24 .233 .325 .311 .635 11.2  
1976 33 LV FL 94 252 22 47 11 0 3 15 0 1 41 54 .187 .311 .266 .577 23.6 1.6
1977 34 LV FL 27 57 4 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 19 .193 .324 .263 .587 5.5 0.7
1978 35 SLC FL 17 27 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 .222 .364 .296 .660 3.6 0.7
    AAA   135 449 77 119 34 5 10 64 3 3 122 88 .265 .422 .430 .852 88.5  
1979 36 BUF FL 16 22 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 .227 .469 .273 .741 4.2 0.8
    AAA   30 23 5 8 4 0 0 6 0 0 5 3 .348 .464 .522 .986 5.1  
1980 37 AAA   40 53 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 11 .151 .286 .151 .437 3.1  
6 Years Sim 246 534 50 104 24 1 6 33 0 1 96 120 .195 .327 .277 .604 53.1 6.1
6 Years AAA 445 1327 182 325 80 11 19 156 4 7 309 235 .245 .393 .365 .758 211.2  
162 Game Average 351 32 68 15 0 3 21 0 0 63 79 .195 .327 .277 .604 35.0  
Career Highs 94 252 22 47 11 1 3 15 0 1 41 54 .244 .469 .362 .741 23.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   147 10 26 7 0 1 9 0 0 16 35 .177 .267 .245 .512 9.3
vs LH   387 40 78 17 1 5 24 0 1 80 85 .202 .347 .289 .637 45.2
Home 117 235 20 48 13 1 4 16 0 0 39 53 .204 .325 .319 .644 26.5
Away 129 299 30 56 11 0 2 17 0 1 57 67 .187 .328 .244 .572 28.0
RISP   126 0 16 1 1 3 25 0 0 26 28 .127 .284 .222 .506 9.9
Pinch Hitting   62 6 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 17 15 .161 .366 .210 .576 6.7
Close/Late   78 5 16 3 0 2 6 0 0 15 16 .205 .340 .321 .661 9.7
Mar/Apr 47 107 8 22 5 0 2 10 0 1 14 26 .206 .309 .308 .617 10.3
May 59 130 11 17 4 1 1 11 0 0 33 34 .131 .319 .200 .519 11.2
June 33 82 13 19 1 0 1 3 0 0 20 15 .232 .385 .280 .665 11.4
July 29 57 7 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 10 10 .193 .333 .246 .579 5.4
August 26 62 3 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 .274 .338 .403 .741 8.0
Sep/Oct 52 96 8 18 6 0 1 5 0 0 13 23 .188 .291 .281 .572 8.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 30 VAL JL RF 17 13 99.7 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 LV FL LF 39 26 265.0 45 0 3 0 .938 1.53   0.5
    RF 4 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1976 33 LV FL LF 62 58 498.3 116 2 3 1 .975 2.13   1.6
    RF 10 9 76.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1977 34 LV FL LF 12 12 102.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.2
    RF 3 2 23.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.96    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 35 SLC FL LF 8 6 51.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 36 BUF FL RF 12 9 76.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.3
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  LF 123 102 919.3 188 3 6 1 .970 1.87   2.4
  RF 50 36 307.7 71 1 1 0 .986 2.11   0.5
  SS 4 0 8.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.32   0.1
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   179 138 1239.0 259 8 7 1 .974 1.94   3.0
Career Highs   73 67 575.7 132 3 3 1 1.000 2.92    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1975 32 LV FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 33 LV FL 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Albert Valenzuela (964)
  2. Pablo Lazaro (957)
  3. Elias Steffan (953)
  4. Damon Shiznit (953)
  5. Luis Silverio (948)
  6. Victor Valencourt (947)
  7. Albert Valdovinos (943)
  8. Reggie Jackson (943)
  9. Kenneth Wilson (942)
  10. Rob Block (939)
History
Drafted in 27th round, 638th overall pick, by Valencia in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/20/1973, off Benji Madisson (PHX)
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/7/1975 to a minor league contract.Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1975, off Steve Anderson (BUF)
Won Landis Memorial Series with Las Vegas in 1976
Released by Las Vegas on 6/1/1977
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 3/1/1978 to a minor league contract.Signed as a free agent by Buffalo on 3/1/1979 to a minor league contract.Injured on 7/29/1979 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks