How Sam Rice's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Sam Rice posted a career Batting Average of .322, well above the league average of .262 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1915, posting .375, well above the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1934 at .293, near the league average of .280 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .323 in 1932 to .294 in 1933 and .293 in 1934. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 20 seasons.

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Sam Rice Batting Average Per Season

Sam Rice's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Rice Batting Average per season line chart

Sam Rice Batting Average by Team

Sam Rice's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Rice career Batting Average by team bar chart

Sam Rice Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Rice's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Sam Rice Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Rice Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Rice's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sam Rice Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Rice Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Rice's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Sam Rice Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table