Player #74K: Edgar C. "Sam" Rice Part 3. Outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1915-1933. 2,987 hits and 34 home runs in 20 MLB seasons. 1924 World Series champion. 1920 AL stolen base leader. He was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1963. Led the Senators to three AL pennants (1924,1925, and 1933). Best known for controversial "over the fence" catch in the 1925 World Series. He had many excellent seasons, but one of his best was 1930 as he posted a .407 OBP with 121 runs scored in 669 plate appearances. He had 63 stolen bases in 1920. He last played in 1934 with the Cleveland Indians. His early life was marred by tragedy when his wife, two daughters, parents, and two sisters were all killed by a tornado in Indiana.
. . . Through all the team's difficulties (during the 1926 season), Rice just kept on playing at a high level. While the Senators floundered in June, he put together a fourteen-game hitting streak in which he batted .400 -- in eight straight games during the streak, Rice had at least two hits.
The Senators needed a late-season surge to climb out of the American League's second division, and even then, Joe Judge's late-inning home run on the season's last day was the only thing that vaulted them into fourth place. But Rice was exempt from any blame for the tumble. He hit .337, finishing what would turn out to be the best three-year run of his career. From 1924 through '26, he batted .340. His 216 hits in 1926 gave him three consecutive seasons of at least two hundred. (Sam Rice by Jeff Carroll.)
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