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Name Team Age
Reading Rifle Rice Retired (1958, Age 35) Died (1979, Age 57)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 9, Pick 137
(1950)
LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 5 years (91 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
59 53 89
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
67 72 39
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
44 59 33
Endurance Velocity Control
55 27 46
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
81 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
8 0 12/4/1922
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
66 (66.1 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 MIL 113 226 32 65 8 6 8 38 28 34 4 1 2 .848 .366 .482 .288
1951 MIL-NYN 133 435 84 137 29 4 18 86 47 60 20 11 5 .906 .382 .524 .315
1952 NYN 140 468 67 149 25 8 19 101 53 48 27 26 5 .915 .387 .528 .318
1953 NYN 115 426 54 136 22 1 13 72 43 55 22 20 0 .847 .380 .467 .319
1954 NYN 112 392 57 116 18 1 10 68 46 63 14 16 4 .792 .369 .423 .296
1955 NYN 127 461 63 142 31 3 13 72 53 66 16 26 3 .851 .378 .473 .308
1956 NYN 137 438 38 105 12 4 4 46 49 51 17 16 2 .628 .316 .313 .240
1957 STL 74 134 19 34 4 0 4 15 16 13 2 3 1 .704 .331 .373 .254
1958 STL-BOS 33 40 5 8 0 0 1 4 3 6 0 0 0 .531 .256 .275 .200
Total 984 3020 419 892 149 27 90 502 338 396 122 119 22 .817 .366 .452 .295
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Reading Rifle Rice has retired from the Boston Red Sox
1958-06-10The Boston Red Sox have promoted Reading Rifle Rice to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Frank Lowe to the minors.
1958-05-25The Boston Red Sox have acquired Reading Rifle Rice from the waiver wire.
1958-04-04The St. Louis Twainsman have acquired Howie Brubaker from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Twainsman have waived Reading Rifle Rice.
1957-09-16The St. Louis Twainsman have promoted Stew Pedassol to the major league team. The St. Louis Twainsman have designated Reading Rifle Rice for assignment.
1957-04-10The St. Louis Twainsman have renamed Bingo Collins to Reading Rifle Rice.
1957-04-02The St. Louis Twainsman have renamed John Collins to Bingo Collins.
1951-05-11A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Lobos and the New York Brawlers. The New York Brawlers receive John Collins from the Milwaukee Lobos in exchange for Joe Fogarty, Lee Hollandsworth.
1950-07-15The Milwaukee Lobos have promoted John Collins to the major league team. The Milwaukee Lobos have sent Steve Wicker to the minors.
1950-06-12The Milwaukee Lobos have promoted Saul Johnson to the major league team. The Milwaukee Lobos have sent John Collins to the minors.