35 Facts About Jim Rice

James Edward Rice was born on March 8,1953, and nicknamed "Jim Ed", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder and designated hitter.

Jim Rice was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26,2009, as the 103rd member voted in by the BBWAA.

Jim Rice was an eight-time American League All-Star and was named the AL's Most Valuable Player in 1978 after becoming the first major league player in 19 years to hit for 400 total bases.

Jim Rice went on to become the ninth player to lead the major leagues in total bases in consecutive seasons.

Jim Rice joined Ty Cobb as one of two players to lead the AL in total bases three years in a row.

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Jim Rice led the league in home runs three times, RBIs and slugging percentage twice each.

From 1975 through 1980 he was part of one of the sport's great outfields along with Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans ; Jim Rice continued the tradition of his predecessors Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as a power-hitting left fielder who played his entire career for the Red Sox.

When Jim Rice retired, his 1,503 career games in left field ranked seventh in AL history.

The Red Sox won the AL's East Division, but Jim Rice did not play in either the League Championship Series or World Series because of a wrist injury sustained during the last week of the regular season when he was hit by a pitch.

In 1978, Jim Rice won the Most Valuable Player award in a campaign where he hit.

Jim Rice is one of only two AL players ever to lead his league in both triples and home runs in the same season, and he remains the only player ever to lead the major leagues in triples, home runs and RBIs in the same season.

The 14 runs Jim Rice scored is the fifth most recorded by an individual during a single year's postseason play.

Jim Rice led the AL in home runs three times, in RBI twice, in slugging percentage twice, and in total bases four times.

Jim Rice hit at least 39 home runs in a season four times, had eight 100-RBI seasons and four seasons with 200+ hits, and batted over.

Jim Rice was an American League All-Star eight times.

Jim Rice is the only player in history to lead the league in home runs, RBIs, and triples in the same year.

Jim Rice is the only player in major league history to record over 200 hits while hitting 39 or more home runs for three consecutive years.

Jim Rice is tied for the AL record of leading the league in total bases for three straight seasons, and was one of three AL players to have three straight seasons of hitting at least 39 home runs while batting.

From 1975 to 1986, Jim Rice led the AL in total games played, at bats, runs scored, hits, homers, RBIs, slugging percentage, total bases, extra base hits, go-ahead RBIs, multi-hit games, and outfield assists.

Jim Rice did led the league in this category for four seasons, which tied the major league record that had been previously set by Ernie Lombardi.

The on-base prowess of Jim Rice's teammates placed him in a double play situation over 2,000 times during his career.

Jim Rice was associated with a variety of charitable organizations during his career, primarily on behalf of children, some of which have carried on into his retirement.

Jim Rice was named an honorary chairman of The Jimmy Fund, the fundraising arm of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, in 1979, and in 1992 was awarded that organization's "Jimmy Award", which honors individuals who have demonstrated their dedication to cancer research.

Jim Rice is active in his support of the Neurofibromatosis Foundation of New England.

Jim Rice is remembered for his actions during a nationally televised game on August 7,1982, when he rushed into the stands to help a young boy who had been struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Dave Stapleton.

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Jim Rice carried the boy onto the field, through the Red Sox dugout and into the clubhouse, where the young boy was immediately treated by the team's medical staff.

Jim Rice paid the hospital bill, and Keane made a full recovery from the injury.

In 1990, Jim Rice agreed to play with the St Petersburg Pelicans of the short-lived Senior Professional Baseball Association.

Jim Rice was the hitting coach for the American League in the 1997 and 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Games, both under the same manager, the New York Yankees' Joe Torre.

Jim Rice had a cameo appearance in the NESN movie Wait Till This Year and in the film Fever Pitch.

Jim Rice was elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame when it first opened in 1995, and he is the 40th member of Ted Williams' Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame, having been inducted along with Paul Molitor, Dave Winfield and Robin Yount in 2001.

On November 29,2008, the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced that Jim Rice would be the recipient of the Emil Fuchs Award for long and meritorious service to baseball.

Jim Rice just missed being elected in 2008 when the count found him on 72.

Jim Rice became the third enshrinee to get into the shrine on his last chance on the ballot, and the first since Ralph Kiner.

Some writers, such as the Boston Herald's Sean McAdam, said that Jim Rice's chances improved with the exposure of the "Steroids Era" in baseball.