Pat Rice | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1963 |
Birth Place: | Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | May 18 |
Debutyear: | 1991 |
Debutteam: | Seattle Mariners |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | June 16 |
Finalyear: | 1991 |
Finalteam: | Seattle Mariners |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 1–1 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 3.00 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 12 |
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Patrick Edward Rice (born November 2, 1963) is an American former professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of the Major League Baseball (MLB) .
Rice grew up in a Air Force family which eventually settled in Colorado Springs where he attended Air Academy High School.[1]
From –, Rice was the pitching coach for the Low-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the Mariners organization. He was the pitching coach for Orlando in [2] and New Haven in (both Double-A). From –, he was the minor league pitching coordinator for the Mariners. He left the Mariners' organization in to become the pitching coach for the Single-A San Jose Giants in the San Francisco Giants organization. On December 15, 2008, he was announced as the pitching coach for Triple-A Fresno.[3]
Rice left the San Francisco Giants organization after 2013 season and was hired on with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization and has been named pitching coach for their Double A Arkansas Travelers. In 2015, he was named the pitching coordinator of the upper level for the Angels.
Rice was hired by the Washington Nationals to be the pitching coach for the Low-A Fredericksburg Nationals during their inaugural season in 2021. Rice was fired at the end of the season.
His oldest son Stephen Rice is the play by play broadcaster for the Fresno Grizzlies, the Single A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.