About Len Rice
Lived 1918 – 1992 (aged 73). Len Rice was an American baseball player.
Leonard Oliver Rice (September 2, 1918 – June 13, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs (1945). A native of Lead, South Dakota, he stood tall and weighed .
Rice is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He may be most well known for being a reserve catcher on the last Chicago Cubs team to win a National League pennant (1945). That was his best season, as he got into 32 games and hit .232 (23-for-99) with 7 runs batted in and 10 runs scored. He had played in just 10 games for the Reds the year before, going 0-for-4, then was drafted by the Cubs from the Reds in the 1944 rule V draft (November 1).
He died at the age of 73 in Sonora, California.
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Who was Len Rice?
American baseball player (1918-1992)
When was Len Rice born?
Len Rice was born on 2 September 1918 in Lead.
When did Len Rice die?
Len Rice died on 13 June 1992 in Sonora.
What was Len Rice's occupation?
Len Rice was a baseball player.
What nationality was Len Rice?
Len Rice was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Len Rice. https://biography.guide/len-rice/
MLA: "Len Rice." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/len-rice/.
Chicago: "Len Rice." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/len-rice/.
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