Jim Rice
Jim Rice was born in Anderson, South Carolina, United States on March 8th, 1953 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 71, Jim Rice biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Career accomplishments
Rice led the AL in home runs three times (1977, 1978, 1983), in RBI twice (1978, 1983), and in total bases four times (1977–1979, 1983). In 1983 and 1984, he received Silver Slugger Awards (the award was first established in 1980). Rice batted over.300 seven times in a season that saw at least 39 home runs, had eight 100-RBI seasons and four seasons, with 400+ hits, and four seasons with 200+ hits. He ended his 16-year career with a.298 batting average, 373 triples, 382 home runs, 1,249 runs, 1,421 runs scored, 1,451 runs, 670 walks, and 4,129 total bases. (1977–1980, 1983–1986): He was an American League All-Star eight times (1977–1986). In addition to winning the American League MVP award in 1978, he has appeared in the top ten in MVP polling five times (1975, 1977, 1983, 1986).
Rice is the only player in history to lead the league in home runs, RBIs, and triples in the same year. He is also the first major league player to reach over 200 hits while still hitting 39 or more home runs for three years in a row. He is tied for the highest number of total bases for three seasons in a row, and he was one of three AL players to have three seasons in a row, with batting.315 or higher. Rice was the AL's most popular games played, including bats, runs, home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage, extra base hits, multi-hit games, and outfield assists. Rice was the best in five of these categories at the time (Mike Schmidt came in second, having led in four).
In 1984, he set a single-season record by smashing into 36 double plays. His 315 appearances in major leagues rank him eighth in major league history; he did beat Brooks Robinson's AL record for a right-handed hitter (297) in 1988. Cal Ripken Jr.'s 1999 record set him way. Rice was on the top of the league for four seasons (1982–1985), which tied the previous record set by Ernie Lombardi. Miguel Tejada's fifth season in his league in 2009, and now holds the record. Rice also had averaged 112 RBI's per season, which is ten more than Albert Pujols' record of 102, despite his four-year GDP leadership. Rice's teammates put him in a double play situation more than 200 times over his career. In those situations where batting averages are higher than his overall career averages in those categories, Rice maintained a batting average of.310 and a slugging percentage of.515.
Rice has a chance to smash for both power and average, and there are currently only 12 other retired players rank ahead of him in both career home runs and batting averages: Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Mike Piazza, and Larry Walker. Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time in 1981.
Rice was an excellent left fielder, with a fielding percentage of.980 and 137 outfield assists (comparable to Ted Williams' figures of.974 and 140). Despite never being able to move fast, he had a strong throwing arm and was able to recognize the various caroms released from the Green Monster (in left field) in Fenway Park. His 21 assists in 1983 were the most by a Red Sox outfielder since 1944, when Bob Johnson was 23 years old. Rice played in 530 games as an outfielder during his career, but also as a designated hitter in 1543 games.
In a pre-game ceremony on July 28, 2009, Rice's number 14 was retired by the Red Sox.