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Jim Rice
James Edward Rice

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut August 19, 1974
Final Game August 3, 1989
Born March 8, 1953 in Anderson, SC (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 21 BOA AL    9   30    6   11   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    4  .367  .424  .467  .891   122    14   0   0   0   0   1  
 1975 22 BOA AL  146  603  103  181  26   1  20  105   8   7   40  135  .300  .347  .446  .793   103   269   0   7   7   7  10  
 1976 23 BOA AL  115  429   66  129  20   6  27   95   1   1   29   90  .301  .353  .564  .917   123   242   1   3   2   7  14  
 1977 24 BOA AL  160  645  128  210  25  11  43  142   0   0   44  119  .326  .379  .598  .978   127   386   0   5   6  15  18  MVP-3
 1978 25 BOA AL  160  628  118  200  22  11  47  121   2   0   71  121  .318  .388  .613 1.001   125   385   0  10  13   7  14  MVP-1
 1979 26 BOA AL  161  615  121  205  33   4  48  142   4   2   72   95  .333  .407  .634 1.041   136   390   0   3  12   6  17  MVP-1
 1980 27 BOA AL  138  518   71  146  22   3  32   99   4   0   36   82  .282  .327  .521  .849   118   270   1   8   6   3  13  MVP-12
 1981 28 BOA AL  162  636   88  186  23   1  21  104   1   1   51   96  .292  .344  .431  .775   107   274   0   3   3   1  22  MVP-12
 1982 29 BOA AL  152  590  104  185  24   4  38  106   0   0   63  106  .314  .384  .561  .945   125   331   0   5   4   8  22  MVP-6
 1983 30 BOA AL  160  643  102  197  40   2  32  144   0   0   55   94  .306  .362  .524  .886   116   337   0   9  10   6  17  MVP-3
 1984 31 BOA AL  133  524   71  159  23   7  21  105   0   0   31   82  .303  .338  .494  .832   117   259   0   7   1   0  14  
 1985 32 BOA AL  146  571   90  167  22   3  31  106   3   1   55   70  .292  .358  .504  .862   107   288   1   2   5   4  26  MVP-14
 1986 33 BOA AL  159  637   89  202  33   1  21  104   0   0   66   78  .317  .381  .471  .852   112   300   0   4   9   2  25  MVP-9
 1987 34 BOA AL  109  417   50  113  17   1   9   51   0   0   49   86  .271  .348  .381  .729    92   159   0   7   1   4  23  
 1988 35 BOA AL  119  456   53  116  21   2  11   65   0   0   49   85  .254  .326  .382  .708    92   174   0   3   0   1  22  
 1989 36 BOA AL    7   13    1    3   1   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .231  .286  .308  .593    79     4   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2036 7955 1261 2410 353  58 401 1494  23  12  715 1344  .303  .362  .513  .876        4082   3  76  79  71 259
 Per 600 PA           541   86  164  24   4  27  102   2   1   49   91                                 278   0   5   5   5  18
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA     2036 7955 1261 2410 353  58 401 1494  23  12  715 1344  .303  .362  .513  .876        4082   3  76  79  71 259
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2089 8225 1249 2452 373  79 382 1451  58  34  670 1423  .298  .352  .502  .854        4129   5  94  77  64 315
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1974 21 BOA AL  91    5   7.9   0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e25   211   
 1975 22 BOA AL  32   92   5.6   3   3   1 1.000   0   14   11  .786    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e2    -48   
 1976 23 BOA AL  47   81   6.9  10   4   0  .400   5   25   16  .640    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e12   120   
 1977 24 BOA AL  28  142   8.4   0   0   0  .000   5   22   12  .545    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e15     9   
 1978 25 BOA AL  40  150   9.0   0   0   0  .000   1   53   38  .717    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4     31   
 1979 26 BOA AL  40  155   9.7   0   0   0  .000   4   42   20  .476    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e5     64   
 1980 27 BOA AL  43   86   5.9  10   3   0  .300   2   35   28  .800    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e4     8   
 1981 28 BOA AL  32   89   5.1   0   0   0  .000   4   35   23  .657    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e4     1   
 1982 29 BOA AL  33  123   7.7   1   1   0 1.000   4   54   33  .611    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e10   77   
 1983 30 BOA AL  38  119   6.9   0   0   0  .000   9   71   56  .789    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e7   -25   
 1984 31 BOA AL  37   84   5.9   9   1   0  .111   4   44   33  .750    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e4    42   
 1985 32 BOA AL  31   95   6.0   1   1   0 1.000   9   43   26  .605    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e12   26   
 1986 33 BOA AL  33  109   6.4   0   0   0  .000   3   17    9  .529    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e8    -22   
 1987 34 BOA AL  29   52   4.3   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -36   
 1988 35 BOA AL  30   53   3.9   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -29   
 1989 36 BOA AL  86    0   2.2   5   1   0  .200   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH             -27   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1445   6.6  40  14   1  .350  51  458  307  .670    0    0  .000                  15   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 54.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 184.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1974 21 BOA AL  LF     9    10     0    1    0   .909     8    67.0   1.34
 1975 22 BOA AL  LF    44    69     5    0    0  1.000    44   382.1   1.74
 1976 23 BOA AL  LF    62   102     1    5    0   .954    58   515.0   1.80
 1977 24 BOA AL  LF    56    74     2    5    1   .938    56   477.2   1.43
                 RF     6    10     0    0    0  1.000     5    41.0   2.20
 1978 25 BOA AL  RF    83   166    10    1    1   .994    82   731.0   2.17
                 LF    77   120    10    0    1  1.000    77   660.2   1.77
 1979 26 BOA AL  LF   153   190    13    4    1   .981   152  1288.1   1.42
                 RF     6     9     0    0    0  1.000     6    44.0   1.84
 1980 27 BOA AL  LF   129   204    12    2    1   .991   122  1111.1   1.75
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.2   0.51
                 CF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     2.0   9.00
 1981 28 BOA AL  LF   159   264    20    4    0   .986   159  1335.1   1.91
 1982 29 BOA AL  LF   149   256    12    4    0   .985   149  1300.2   1.85
 1983 30 BOA AL  LF   160   324     9    9    2   .974   160  1424.2   2.10
 1984 31 BOA AL  LF   124   217     5    4    1   .982   122  1104.1   1.81
 1985 32 BOA AL  LF   144   239     9    9    1   .965   143  1242.0   1.80
 1986 33 BOA AL  LF    69   104     0    3    0   .972    69   621.0   1.51
 1987 34 BOA AL  LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF  1336  2174    98   50    8   .978  1320 11539.1   1.77
                 RF    97   186    10    1    1   .995    95   833.2   2.12
                 CF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     2.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1975 ALCS  BOA OAA   L    5  17  1  4  1  0  1   1  2  4  .235  .316  .471  0
 1976 ALCS  BOA KCA   L    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 1977 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    5  20  5  5  1  0  2   3  1  4  .250  .318  .600  0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    3  12  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  5  .000  .000  .000  0
 1978 ALCS  BOA KCA   W    5  20  2  6  1  0  0   2  2  2  .300  .391  .350  0
      WS    BOA PIN   W    4  18  2  5  1  0  1   4  1  3  .278  .300  .500  0
 1979 ALCS  BOA CHA   W    3  12  4  4  0  0  1   4  1  3  .333  .333  .583  1
      WS    BOA CIN   W    5  20  2  4  1  0  1   4  4  5  .200  .333  .400  1
 1984 ALCS  BOA SEA   L    2   7  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  .286  .286  .286  0
 1986 ALCS  BOA TEA   W    3  12  3  5  1  0  1   5  1  1  .417  .462  .750  0
      WS    BOA CIN   W    6  25  2  7  2  0  0   2  1  3  .280  .308  .360  0
 1987 ALCS  BOA CHA   W    5  24  4  6  1  0  3   8  0  5  .250  .250  .667  0
      WS    BOA CIN   L    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1974  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo
 1975  BOA  107-55   Mike Tomeo
 1976  BOA  108-54   Mike Tomeo
 1977  BOA  110-52   Mike Tomeo
 1978  BOA  108-54   Mike Tomeo
 1979  BOA  106-56   Mike Tomeo
 1980  BOA   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1981  BOA   87-75   Mike Tomeo
 1982  BOA   93-69   Mike Tomeo
 1983  BOA   81-81   Mike Tomeo
 1984  BOA   99-63   Mike Tomeo
 1985  BOA   83-79   Mike Tomeo
 1986  BOA  109-53   Mike Tomeo
 1987  BOA  100-62   Mike Tomeo
 1988  BOA  100-62   Mike Tomeo
 1989  BOA   92-70   Mike Tomeo

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