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Ben Rice
Ben Rice
New York Yankees • First Base
Age 27 • 6' 2" • 228 lb
Bats: L • Throws: R
MLB Debut: 2024-06-18
Born: Cohasset , MA • USA
Draft: 2021
2026 Stats
G
48
AB
170
H
48
HR
16
RBI
33
R
36
SB
2
AVG
.282
OBP
.377
SLG
.624
OPS
1.001
Career Stats
G
236
AB
789
H
193
HR
49
RBI
121
R
130
SB
5
AVG
.245
OBP
.331
SLG
.497
OPS
.828
Year-by-Year Hitting
Year Team GPAABH HRRBISB AVGOBPSLGOPSAwards
2024 NYY 50 178 152 26 7 23 — .171 .264 .349 .613
2025 NYY 138 530 467 119 26 65 3 .255 .337 .499 .836
2026 NYY 48 199 170 48 16 33 2 .282 .377 .624 1.001
Spring Training
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2023 NYY 233— ——— .000.000.000.000
2024 NYY 1020143 —3— .214.400.286.686
2025 NYY 20706215 5101 .242.319.516.835
2026 NYY 16514611 251 .239.314.457.771
Postseason
Hitting
YearTeamGPAABHHRRBISBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2025 NYY 621184 14— .222.286.444.730
Game Logs
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Hitting
Date Opponent AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SO
2026-05-24 vs TB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-05-22 vs TB 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-05-21 vs TOR 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-05-20 vs TOR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-05-19 vs TOR 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
2026-05-18 vs TOR 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-05-17 @ NYM 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
2026-05-16 @ NYM 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2026-05-15 @ NYM 5 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
2026-05-13 @ BAL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2026-05-12 @ BAL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2026-05-11 @ BAL 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
2026-05-10 @ MIL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-05-09 @ MIL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-05-08 @ MIL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2026-05-03 vs BAL 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
2026-05-02 vs BAL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
2026-05-01 vs BAL 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
2026-04-29 @ TEX 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-28 @ TEX 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-04-27 @ TEX 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
2026-04-26 @ HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2026-04-25 @ HOU 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
2026-04-24 @ HOU 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 1
2026-04-23 @ BOS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2026-04-22 @ BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-04-21 @ BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2026-04-19 vs KC 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1
2026-04-18 vs KC 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
2026-04-17 vs KC 4 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1
2026-04-16 vs LAA 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
2026-04-15 vs LAA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2026-04-14 vs LAA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2026-04-13 vs LAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
2026-04-12 @ TB 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
2026-04-11 @ TB 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2026-04-10 @ TB 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2026-04-09 vs ATH 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2026-04-08 vs ATH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2026-04-07 vs ATH 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
2026-04-05 vs MIA 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 0
2026-04-04 vs MIA 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
2026-04-03 vs MIA 5 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 3
2026-04-01 @ SEA 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0
2026-03-31 @ SEA 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
2026-03-30 @ SEA 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2026-03-28 @ SF 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
2026-03-25 @ SF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Transactions
Entire history • newest first.
2026-04-16
1B Ben Rice changed number to 22.
2026-04-15
1B Ben Rice changed number to 42.
2025-04-16
1B Ben Rice changed number to 22.
2025-04-15
1B Ben Rice changed number to 42.
2025-03-27
1B Ben Rice changed number to 22.
2024-10-31
New York Yankees activated 1B Ben Rice.
2024-10-14
1B Ben Rice roster status changed by New York Yankees.
2024-09-29
New York Yankees recalled 1B Ben Rice from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
2024-09-01
New York Yankees optioned C Ben Rice to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
2024-06-18
New York Yankees selected the contract of C Ben Rice from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
2024-02-06
New York Yankees invited non-roster C Ben Rice to spring training.
2023-03-08
C Ben Rice and assigned to New York Yankees.
2022-04-04
C Ben Rice and assigned to New York Yankees.
2021-07-28
New York Yankees signed C Ben Rice.
Scouting Report
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Season 2026
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Spray Chart
Hits only • Stadium overlay
1B 2B 3B HR
MLBAM-style coords scaled into stadium viewBox. Home plate baseline ≈ (125, 199). Stadium SVG: yankees.svg.
Results by Pitch Type
Pitch # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
4-Seam Fastball 164 20.4% 57.9% 16.7% .382 76.9%
Slider 145 18.1% 41.4% 34.5% .242 44.0%
Sinker 127 15.8% 49.6% 13.0% .321 68.2%
Changeup 98 12.2% 36.7% 33.3% .381 50.0%
Curveball 75 9.3% 44.0% 38.2% .154 14.3%
Sweeper 72 9.0% 55.6% 21.9% .214 71.4%
Cutter 63 7.8% 46.0% 7.1% .286 30.8%
Splitter 41 5.1% 24.4% 35.3% .000 20.0%
Knuckle Curve 12 1.5% 16.7% 25.0% .500 100.0%
Slurve 6 0.7% 50.0% 0.0% .000 0.0%
Total 803 100.0% 46.2% 24.1% .287 53.7%
Results by Pitch Category
Category # Usage% Zone% Whiff% AVG HardHit%
Fastball 354 44.1% 52.8% 13.7% .342 63.9%
Breaking 310 38.6% 44.5% 31.8% .222 43.9%
Offspeed 139 17.3% 33.1% 34.0% .286 42.1%
Total 803 100.0% 46.2% 24.1% .287 53.7%
MLB Avg - - 50.6% 25.3% .245 41.0%
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