Further to the info George mentioned in the above post regarding Sam Rice's best 3-year run of his career from 1924 to 1926, Rice accumulated a total of 659 hits in these years, an average of 219.67 hits/year. His 216 hits in 1924 led the AL - his 227 hits in 1925 didn't lead the AL (Al Simmons had 253 hits!) - his 216 hits in 1926 led both the AL & NL. Rice had 200+ hits in 6 of the 13 years in which he was an everyday player (500+ plate appearances). Here are Sam's hit totals for the other 3 years: 1920 - 211 hits, 1928 - 202 hits, and 1930 at age 40 - 207 hits. This photo of Sam was taken in 1925, the year in which he had the most hits of his career and his highest batting average, .350.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
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