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Jim
Rice		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 8, 1953 in Usa, SC, ANDERSON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
Gold Glove 1981    1983   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1984    1988   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 21 MIN AL     5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1975 22 MIN AL     5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 4 3 4 6 5 5
1976 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6
1978 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6
1979 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
1980 27 MIN AL $ 2,385,714   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
1981 28 MIN AL $ 2,492,857   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1982 29 MIN AL $ 3,350,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1983 30 MIN AL $ 4,870,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1984 31 MIN AL $ 4,870,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1985 32 MIN AL $ 4,870,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 6
1986 33 BOS AL $ 4,400,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6
1987 34 BOS AL $ 4,400,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
1988 35 BOS AL $ 4,400,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 4 3 4 6 5 6
1989 36 BOS AL $ 4,400,000   6 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1990 37 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,870,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 21 AAA   135 543 83 155 26 5 33 105 10 5 51 94 .285 .347 .534 .881 97.2  
1975 22 AAA   128 529 88 160 26 7 28 79 15 6 44 81 .302 .356 .537 .893 96.1  
1976 23 MIN AL 25 94 11 29 4 1 2 11 1 2 6 16 .309 .363 .436 .799 13.3 2.5
    AAA   134 544 90 163 30 6 22 85 6 5 50 97 .300 .359 .498 .857 91.9  
1977 24 MIN AL 156 583 74 164 28 5 14 68 5 6 41 92 .281 .331 .419 .750 75.4 11.2
1978 25 MIN AL 153 593 96 181 38 8 14 97 17 12 49 87 .305 .359 .467 .826 90.4 20.5
1979 26 MIN AL 148 574 80 157 31 1 15 78 26 8 49 70 .274 .335 .409 .744 78.5 14.7
1980 27 MIN AL 155 612 76 163 34 4 19 93 15 7 44 79 .266 .316 .428 .744 77.5 13.4
1981 28 MIN AL 155 601 90 166 27 9 25 94 16 7 47 64 .276 .326 .476 .802 87.8 15.6
1982 29 MIN AL 156 590 65 170 27 2 14 73 16 11 48 92 .288 .345 .412 .757 78.8 14.9
1983 30 MIN AL 156 605 93 178 34 6 27 102 2 5 36 73 .294 .334 .504 .838 93.9 21.7
1984 31 MIN AL 153 590 87 173 34 6 17 84 0 0 56 85 .293 .353 .458 .811 88.8 20.5
1985 32 MIN AL 155 575 76 153 38 6 11 66 0 0 55 78 .266 .329 .410 .740 73.8 18.8
1986 33 BOS AL 154 557 70 151 34 3 16 78 11 3 43 96 .271 .325 .429 .754 74.2 13.7
1987 34 BOS AL 153 553 73 146 30 6 15 71 9 4 34 84 .264 .308 .421 .729 69.9 12.7
1988 35 BOS AL 153 581 77 165 37 3 23 100 2 4 39 122 .284 .332 .477 .809 85.4 18.4
1989 36 BOS AL 147 519 71 144 35 0 19 61 7 3 36 119 .277 .330 .455 .785 75.8 14.8
1990 37 MIA NL 37 126 12 35 4 2 1 10 2 0 2 37 .278 .292 .365 .657 12.5 1.3
  CLN NL 26 95 17 32 6 0 3 10 1 0 5 21 .337 .376 .495 .871 15.4 3.8
  TOT   63 221 29 67 10 2 4 20 3 0 7 58 .303 .329 .421 .750 27.9 5.1
15 Years Sim 2082 7848 1068 2207 441 62 235 1096 130 72 590 1215 .281 .333 .443 .776 1091.1 218.4
3 Years AAA 397 1616 261 478 82 18 83 269 31 16 145 272 .296 .353 .523 .876 285.3  
162 Game Average 610 83 171 34 4 18 85 10 5 45 94 .281 .333 .443 .776 84.9  
Career Highs 156 612 96 181 38 9 27 102 26 12 56 122 .309 .363 .504 .838 93.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5684 754 1559 303 46 153 759 90 50 395 888 .274 .324 .425 .748 753.3
vs LH   2164 314 648 138 16 82 337 40 22 195 327 .299 .357 .492 .849 361.0
Home 1046 3852 520 1063 220 29 118 525 54 33 280 601 .276 .327 .440 .767 533.1
Away 1036 3996 548 1144 221 33 117 571 76 39 310 614 .286 .339 .446 .784 581.2
RISP   2018 0 561 119 17 55 788 0 0 198 332 .278 .339 .436 .775 295.0
Pinch Hitting   84 19 27 4 1 0 16 0 1 10 11 .321 .384 .393 .777 12.5
Close/Late   925 141 278 38 4 33 144 0 0 115 144 .301 .377 .457 .835 157.5
Mar/Apr 336 1284 164 344 60 8 47 173 18 18 81 225 .268 .314 .437 .751 168.5
May 367 1352 213 360 77 8 42 181 26 17 120 201 .266 .328 .428 .757 185.5
June 332 1236 162 362 78 14 36 190 24 6 93 162 .293 .341 .466 .807 189.7
July 316 1226 151 330 67 9 30 153 17 6 97 203 .269 .324 .412 .736 160.9
August 349 1308 169 372 70 12 32 188 17 10 96 205 .284 .335 .430 .765 180.6
Sep/Oct 382 1442 209 439 89 11 48 211 28 15 103 219 .304 .353 .481 .834 229.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 23 MIN AL LF 25 24 208.7 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.11   0.5
1977 24 MIN AL LF 149 146 1265.3 235 7 11 3 .957 1.72   2.1
    RF 5 1 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    CF 4 1 17.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 25 MIN AL LF 152 150 1340.7 299 7 9 2 .971 2.05   2.7
    CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1979 26 MIN AL LF 142 142 1293.7 276 10 13 4 .957 1.99   2.8
    CF 8 0 12.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1980 27 MIN AL LF 150 148 1316.7 282 6 8 4 .973 1.97   1.7
    RF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    CF 3 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1981 28 MIN AL LF 148 148 1323.7 308 3 8 1 .975 2.11   2.7
    CF 5 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    RF 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1982 29 MIN AL LF 150 149 1317.0 293 6 12 0 .961 2.04   2.7
    CF 7 0 16.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.38    
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1983 30 MIN AL LF 147 145 1305.0 335 4 0 2 1.000 2.34   3.2
    CF 5 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1984 31 MIN AL LF 145 143 1285.0 294 3 6 1 .980 2.08   3.9
    CF 3 0 16.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1985 32 MIN AL CF 98 96 831.3 248 2 4 2 .984 2.71   1.8
    LF 51 50 451.7 90 1 2 0 .978 1.81    
    RF 4 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63    
1986 33 BOS AL LF 144 142 1279.3 243 6 4 1 .984 1.75   3.7
    CF 8 0 11.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
1987 34 BOS AL LF 145 143 1275.0 227 4 1 1 .996 1.63   2.3
    CF 5 0 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1988 35 BOS AL LF 149 145 1288.0 232 10 3 2 .988 1.69   2.3
    CF 2 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1989 36 BOS AL LF 144 142 1218.7 229 2 4 0 .983 1.71   2.5
    RF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 37 MIA NL RF 15 13 97.5 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.6
    CF 13 10 92.1 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLN NL RF 10 9 75.8 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.49   0.6
    CF 9 7 71.6 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.51   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1843 1817 16173.3 3392 69 81 21 .977 1.93   33.1
  CF 174 114 1119.7 327 3 4 3 .988 2.65   1.8
  RF 50 24 239.0 70 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   1.1
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2068 1955 17534.9 3789 72 85 24 .978 1.98   36.0
Career Highs   160 150 1346.7 343 10 13 4 1.000 2.42    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 25 MIN AL 14 60 10 18 2 0 3 12 1 2 2 8 .300 .333 .483 .817
1986 33 BOS AL 6 20 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .350 .409 .450 .859
1987 34 BOS AL 18 75 12 20 7 0 3 13 1 0 2 15 .267 .282 .480 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 38 155 22 45 11 0 6 25 2 2 6 27 .290 .319 .477 .796
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1981-5-.476
1983-6-.504
1984-9-.458
 OPS
1983-10-.838
 XR
1983-9-93.9
 Games
1977-3-156
1980-6-155
1981-9-155
1982-5-156
1983-2-156
1985-8-155
 At-Bats
1980-6-612
1981-9-601
1983-7-605
 Runs
1978-10-96
Hits
1978-8-181
1983-8-178
 Total Bases
1978-8-277
1980-10-262
1981-5-286
1983-6-305
1984-8-270
 Doubles
1978-7-38
1980-9-34
 Triples
1978-6-8
1981-5-9
1987-9-6
 Homeruns
1981-8-25
1983-9-27
 RBIs
1978-10-97
1980-10-93
1981-7-94
1983-7-102
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1974
Injured on 5/22/1975 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 7/28/1975 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/2/1976, off Frank Lacorte (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1976, off Frank Lacorte (COL)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/25/1978
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/14/1978
Injured on 4/9/1979 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,492,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1981, hitting .433 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 9/28/1981
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1981
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1982: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,870,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1982, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1983, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 7/8/1983
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1983
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/5/1986 to a 4-year deal worth $4,400,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/1/1986
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1988, hitting .583 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 6/25/1988
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1988, hitting .356 with 6 HR, 33 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 4/6/1989, off Kevin Saucier (DET)
Injured on 6/24/1989 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/4/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $3,200,000 per year
Injured on 5/14/1990 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Released by Miami on 6/1/1990
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 9/1/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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