Edgar Charles "Sam" Rice was an American pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball.
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33 Facts About Sam Rice
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Sam Rice led the Senators to three postseasons and a World Series championship in 1924.
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Sam Rice was best known for making a controversial catch in the 1925 World Series which carried him over the fence and into the stands.
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Sam Rice wrote a letter that was only opened after his 1974 death; it claimed that he had maintained possession of the ball the entire time.
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Sam Rice was the first of six children born to Charles Sam Rice and Louisa Newmyer.
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Sam Rice spent about a week with the team, appearing in three exhibition games.
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Sam Rice's father survived for another week before succumbing to his injuries.
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Sam Rice had to attend two funerals: one for his parents and sisters, and a second for his wife and children.
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Sam Rice played for the Muscatine Muskies of the Central Association in 1912, hitting.
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Sam Rice was on the ship when it took part in the United States occupation of Veracruz, Mexico.
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In 1914, Sam Rice joined the Petersburg Goobers of the Virginia League as a pitcher.
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Sam Rice played 19 of his 20 seasons with the Washington Senators.
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Sam Rice appeared in only 62 total major league games in 1915 and 1916.
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Sam Rice joined the 68th Coast Artillery Regiment and was stationed at Fort Terry in New York.
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Sam Rice appeared with the Senators in a few games during two furloughs.
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Sam Rice collected a league-high 216 hits in 1924, which culminated in Rice and the Senators winning the 1924 World Series in a dramatic 7 game series against the New York Giants.
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Sam Rice ran the ball down and appeared to catch it at the fence, robbing Smith of a home run that would have tied the game.
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When Sam Rice reappeared, he had the ball in his glove and the umpire called Smith out.
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Controversy persisted over whether Sam Rice had actually caught the ball and whether he had kept possession of it.
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The controversy became so great that Sam Rice wrote a letter when he was selected to the Hall of Fame, to be opened upon his death.
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Sam Rice played only 106 games that year, often appearing as a pinch hitter.
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Sam Rice played in 1934 with the Cleveland Indians, then retired at the age of 44.
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Sam Rice stood erect at the plate and used quick wrists to slash pitches to all fields.
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Sam Rice never swung at the first pitch and seldom struck out, once completing a 616-at-bat season with nine strikeouts.
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Sam Rice accumulated 7 five-hit games and 52 four-hit games in his career.
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Sam Rice's farm was located in Olney, Maryland next to that of Harold L Ickes, the United States Secretary of the Interior.
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Sam Rice said that he was glad to be inducted and said that he thought he would probably be elected if he survived long enough.
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Sam Rice remarried twice, first to Edith and at age 69 to Mary Kendall Adams.
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Sam Rice made one of his last public appearances at the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies honoring Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle in August 1974.
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