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Jim Rice Jim Rice
Full name: James Edward Rice
Born: March 8, 1953, Anderson, South Carolina
First Game: August 19, 1974; Final Game: August 3, 1989
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 200
AL MVP (1978)
TSN AL Player of the Year (1978)
Minor League Player of the Year (1974)
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1975, 1977 to 1979, 1983 and 1986)
AL Silver Slugger as OF (1983 to 1984)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1974 BOS A Daily Splits   24    67    6   18   2   1   1   13    4   0   12   1   0   3   0   2   2    0   0  .269  .307  .373  -0.2 1974 BOS A
1975 BOS A Daily Splits  144   564   92  174  29   4  22  102   36   7  122   4   1   8   0   9  19   10   5  .309  .350  .491   0.8 1975 BOS A
1976 BOS A Daily Splits  153   581   75  164  25   8  25   85   28   2  123   4   2   9   0  10  18    8   5  .282  .315  .482   0.1 1976 BOS A
1977 BOS A Daily Splits  160   644  104  206  29  15  39  114   53  10  120   8   0   5   0  11  21    5   4  .320  .376  .593   3.0 1977 BOS A
1978 BOS A Daily Splits  163   677  121  213  25  15  46  139   58   7  126   5   1   5   0  10  15    7   5  .315  .370  .600   4.1 1978 BOS A
1979 BOS A Daily Splits  158   619  117  201  39   6  39  130   57   4   97   4   0   8   0  11  16    9   4  .325  .381  .596   3.1 1979 BOS A
1980 BOS A Daily Splits  124   504   81  148  22   6  24   86   30   5   87   4   1   3   0   6  16    8   3  .294  .336  .504   0.7 1980 BOS A
1981 BOS A Daily Splits  108   451   51  128  18   1  17   62   34   3   76   3   0   7   0   6  14    2   2  .284  .333  .441   0.2 1981 BOS A
1982 BOS A Daily Splits  145   573   86  177  24   5  24   97   55   6   98   7   0   3   0   5  29    0   1  .309  .375  .494   1.0 1982 BOS A
1983 BOS A Daily Splits  155   626   90  191  34   1  39  126   52  10  102   6   0   5   0   7  31    0   2  .305  .361  .550   3.3 1983 BOS A
1984 BOS A Daily Splits  159   657   98  184  25   7  28  122   44   8  102   1   0   6   0   7  36    4   0  .280  .323  .467   0.6 1984 BOS A
1985 BOS A Daily Splits  140   546   85  159  20   3  27  103   51   5   75   2   0   9   0   8  35    2   0  .291  .349  .487   0.3 1985 BOS A
1986 BOS A Daily Splits  157   618   98  200  39   2  20  110   62   5   78   4   0   9   0  10  19    0   1  .324  .384  .490   3.4 1986 BOS A
1987 BOS A Daily Splits  108   404   66  112  14   0  13   62   45   3   77   7   0   3   0   3  22    1   1  .277  .357  .408  -0.3 1987 BOS A
1988 BOS A Daily Splits  135   485   57  128  18   3  15   72   48   2   89   3   0   6   0   7  18    1   1  .264  .330  .406  -0.5 1988 BOS A
1989 BOS A Daily Splits   56   209   22   49  10   2   3   28   13   0   39   1   0   5   0   2   4    1   0  .234  .276  .344  -1.0 1989 BOS A
Total            Splits 2089  8225 1249 2452 373  79 382 1451  670  77 1423  64   5  94   0 114 315   58  34  .298  .352  .502  18.6 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1986 BOS A Daily Splits    7    31    8    5   1   0   2    6    1   0    8   0   0   0   0   2   2    0   0  .161  .188  .387 1986 BOS A
1988 BOS A Daily Splits    4    13    0    2   0   0   0    1    2   0    4   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .154  .267  .154 1988 BOS A
Total            Splits   11    44    8    7   1   0   2    7    3   0   12   0   0   0   0   3   2    0   0  .159  .213  .318 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1986 BOS A Daily Splits    7    27    6    9   1   1   0    0    6   0    9   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .455  .444 1986 BOS A
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1977 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1977 AL   
1978 AL    Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1978 AL   
1979 AL    Daily Splits    1     5    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .400 1979 AL   
1983 AL    Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.250 1983 AL   
1984 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1984 AL   
1985 AL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1985 AL   
1986 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1986 AL   
Total            Splits    7    20    1    4   1   0   1    1    1   0    8   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .238  .400 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 BOS A Daily  DH   16   13   13                                      -
1974 BOS A        LF    3    2    2    20       4    0    1    0   0  .800
1974 BOS A        OF    3    2    2    20       4    0    1    0   0  .800     3    0    0 
1975 BOS A Daily  OF   90   90   79   772.1   162    6    0    0   0 1.000    90    0    0 
1975 BOS A        LF   90   90   79   772.1   161    6    0    0   0 1.000
1975 BOS A        DH   54   53   52                                      -
1976 BOS A Daily  OF   98   97   89   856     199    8    7    0   0  .967    98    0    0 
1976 BOS A        LF   98   97   89   856     199    8    7    0   0  .967
1976 BOS A        DH   54   52   52                                      -
1977 BOS A Daily  DH  116  116  116                                      -
1977 BOS A        OF   44   44   40   390.1    83    4    4    1   0  .956    19    0   27 
1977 BOS A        RF   27   27   23   225.1    40    2    3    1   0  .933
1977 BOS A        LF   19   17   17   165      42    2    1    0   0  .978
1978 BOS A Daily  OF  114  114  111  1029.1   245   13    3    1   0  .989   101    1   15 
1978 BOS A        LF  101   99   98   893.2   212   13    3    1   0  .987
1978 BOS A        DH   49   49   49                                      -
1978 BOS A        RF   15   14   13   129.2    32    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 BOS A        CF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 BOS A Daily  OF  125  125  123  1105     241    8    4    1   0  .984   124    0    1 
1979 BOS A        LF  124  124  122  1097     240    8    3    1   0  .988
1979 BOS A        DH   33   32   32                                      -
1979 BOS A        RF    1    1    1     8       3    0    1    0   0  .750
1980 BOS A Daily  OF  109  109  107   976     233   10    3    2   0  .988   108    0    1 
1980 BOS A        LF  108  108  106   967     232   10    3    2   0  .988
1980 BOS A        DH   15   15   15                                      -
1980 BOS A        RF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 BOS A Daily  OF  108  108  105   981.1   237    9    3    0   0  .988   108    0    0 
1981 BOS A        LF  108  108  105   981.1   237    9    3    0   0  .988
1982 BOS A Daily  OF  145  145  130  1258.1   273   10    9    3   0  .969   145    0    0 
1982 BOS A        LF  145  145  130  1258.1   271   10    9    3   0  .969
1983 BOS A Daily  OF  151  151  144  1326.1   339   21    6    5   0  .984   151    0    0 
1983 BOS A        LF  151  151  144  1326.1   339   20    6    4   0  .984
1983 BOS A        DH    4    4    4                                      -
1984 BOS A Daily  OF  157  157  144  1376     336   12    4    3   0  .989   157    0    0 
1984 BOS A        LF  157  157  144  1376     334   11    4    3   0  .989
1984 BOS A        DH    2    2    2                                      -
1985 BOS A Daily  OF  130  130  117  1133.2   236    8    9    1   0  .964   130    0    0 
1985 BOS A        LF  130  130  117  1133.2   236    8    9    1   0  .964
1985 BOS A        DH    7    7    7                                      -
1986 BOS A Daily  OF  156  156  136  1349     330   16    8    0   0  .977   156    0    0 
1986 BOS A        LF  156  156  136  1349     334   15    8    0   0  .978
1986 BOS A        DH    1    1    1                                      -
1987 BOS A Daily  OF   94   94   86   813     155   12    4    2   0  .977    94    0    0 
1987 BOS A        LF   94   94   86   813     155   12    4    2   0  .977
1987 BOS A        DH   12   12   11                                      -
1988 BOS A Daily  DH  112  110   98                                      -
1988 BOS A        LF   19   18   12   150      31    0    1    0   0  .969
1988 BOS A        OF   19   18   12   150      30    0    1    0   0  .968    19    0    0 
1989 BOS A Daily  DH   55   53   45                                      -
Total             OF 1543 1540 1425 13536.2  3103  137   66   19   0  .980  1503    1   44 
Total             LF 1503 1496 1387 13158.2  3027  132   62   17   0  .981
Total             DH  530  519  497                                      -
Total             RF   44   43   38   372      76    2    4    1   0  .951
Total             CF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1986 BOS A Daily  OF    7    7    7    65.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     7    0    0 
1986 BOS A        LF    7    7    7    65.1    13    1    0    0   0 1.000
1988 BOS A Daily  DH    4    4    2                                      -
Total             OF    7    7    7    65.1     0    0    0    0   0     -     7    0    0 
Total             LF    7    7    7    65.1    13    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total             DH    4    4    2                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1986 BOS A Daily  OF    7    7    7    62.2     0    0    0    0   0     -     7    0    0 
1986 BOS A        LF    7    7    7    62.2    16    1    0    1   0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1977 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     5       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    1 
1977 AL           RF    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 AL           LF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0     -
1978 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1978 AL           LF    1    1    0     7       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    1 
1979 AL           RF    1    1    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 AL           LF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1983 AL           LF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1984 AL           LF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1985 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1985 AL           LF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF    6    4    1    37       0    0    0    0   0     -     6    0    2 
Total             LF    6    3    1    29       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             RF    2    1    0     8       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

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Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft (June 8, 1971).

Released by Boston Red Sox (November 13, 1989).


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