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Ben Rice has written his name alongside Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra.
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Those are the only three previous New York Yankees players to start a season with the same stats that Rice has.
The key figures: a .400 batting average, .500 on-base percentage and .860 slugging percentage through six games.
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Baseball Reference's Katie Sharp shared the history on X, noting that Ruth actually did it twice:
Yankees Left-handed Batters with at least .400 BA, .500 OBP and .860 SLG (min. 25 PA) in player's first 6 games of a season:
— Katie Sharp (@SharpStats17) April 4, 2026
Ben Rice (2026)
Yogi Berra (1956)
Lou Gehrig (1932)
Babe Ruth (1932, 1921)
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Rice reached that point on Friday with a big game against the Miami Marlins in the Yankees' home opener.
The lefty slugger hit a solo home run, and he also had a crushed line drive that hit near the top of the fence and missed being a home by just a few feet.
Rice also made another fun statistical achievement -- he became the fifth player in Yankees history to have six extra-base hits, eight RBI and four walks (at least) in the first six games of the season -- according to NY Yankees Stats.
On that list, Rice joins 1926 Lou Gehrig, 1932 Babe Ruth, 1994 Paul O'Neill and 2003 Bernie Williams as Yankees to start the season with those stats.
He's keeping quite the company so far in pinstripes to begin the 2026 Yankees campaign.