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Jim Rice

James Edward Rice (Jim Ed)

Positions: Leftfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 8, 1953 in Anderson, SC
High School: T. L. Hanna HS (Anderson, SC)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1974 (Age 21)
Team: RedSox 1974-1989
Agents: George Kalafatis, previously: Tony Pennacchia [*]
Final Game: August 3, 1989 (Age 36)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2009 (412/539 ballots).
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 21 BOS AL 24 75 67 6 18 2 1 1 13 0 0 4 12 .269 .307 .373 .680 89 25 2 1 0 3 0 D/7
1975 22 BOS AL 144 613 564 92 174 29 4 22 102 10 5 36 122 .309 .350 .491 .841 128 277 19 4 1 8 7 7D MVP-3,RoY-2
1976 23 BOS AL 153 624 581 75 164 25 8 25 85 8 5 28 123 .282 .315 .482 .797 120 280 18 4 2 9 2 7D
1977 24 BOS AL 160 710 644 104 206 29 15 39 114 5 4 53 120 .320 .376 .593 .969 147 382 21 8 0 5 10 *D97 AS,MVP-4
1978 25 BOS AL 163 746 677 121 213 25 15 46 139 7 5 58 126 .315 .370 .600 .970 157 406 15 5 1 5 7 *7D9/8 AS,MVP-1
1979 26 BOS AL 158 688 619 117 201 39 6 39 130 9 4 57 97 .325 .381 .596 .977 154 369 16 4 0 8 4 *7D/9 AS,MVP-5
1980 27 BOS AL 124 542 504 81 148 22 6 24 86 8 3 30 87 .294 .336 .504 .840 122 254 16 4 1 3 5 *7D/9 AS
1981 28 BOS AL 108 495 451 51 128 18 1 17 62 2 2 34 76 .284 .333 .441 .775 117 199 14 3 0 7 3 *7
1982 29 BOS AL 145 638 573 86 177 24 5 24 97 0 1 55 98 .309 .375 .494 .868 131 283 29 7 0 3 6 *7 MVP-19
1983 30 BOS AL 155 689 626 90 191 34 1 39 126 0 2 52 102 .305 .361 .550 .911 141 344 31 6 0 5 10 *7/D AS,MVP-4,SS
1984 31 BOS AL 159 708 657 98 184 25 7 28 122 4 0 44 102 .280 .323 .467 .791 112 307 36 1 0 6 8 *7/D AS,MVP-13,SS
1985 32 BOS AL 140 608 546 85 159 20 3 27 103 2 0 51 75 .291 .349 .487 .836 123 266 35 2 0 9 5 *7/D AS
1986 33 BOS AL 157 693 618 98 200 39 2 20 110 0 1 62 78 .324 .384 .490 .874 137 303 19 4 0 9 5 *7/D AS,MVP-3
1987 34 BOS AL 108 459 404 66 112 14 0 13 62 1 1 45 77 .277 .357 .408 .766 101 165 22 7 0 3 3 7D
1988 35 BOS AL 135 542 485 57 128 18 3 15 72 1 1 48 89 .264 .330 .406 .736 102 197 18 3 0 6 2 *D7
1989 36 BOS AL 56 228 209 22 49 10 2 3 28 1 0 13 39 .234 .276 .344 .621 70 72 4 1 0 5 0 D
16 Yrs 2089 9058 8225 1249 2452 373 79 382 1451 58 34 670 1423 .298 .352 .502 .854 128 4129 315 64 5 94 77
162 Game Avg. 162 702 638 97 190 29 6 30 113 4 3 52 110 .298 .352 .502 .854 128 320 24 5 0 7 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 21 BOS AL 24 75 -0 0 -0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .490 .499 0.0 -0.2 0 D/7
1975 22 BOS AL 144 613 18 -1 -1 -0 -9 6 0.8 22 28 2.9 .504 .504 3.0 -1.0 28 $27,000 7D MVP-3,RoY-2
1976 23 BOS AL 153 624 14 -1 -2 -1 -9 0 0.1 22 23 2.3 .500 .500 2.5 -1.1 24 $60,000 7D
1977 24 BOS AL 160 710 41 4 -3 -2 -13 27 2.9 24 51 5.2 .517 .517 5.4 -1.5 53 $150,000 *D97 AS,MVP-4
1978 25 BOS AL 163 746 49 1 -2 8 -10 48 5.2 25 72 7.6 .531 .531 6.7 -0.1 64 $125,000 *7D9/8 AS,MVP-1
1979 26 BOS AL 158 688 47 3 -2 1 -9 40 4.1 24 64 6.4 .525 .525 6.3 -0.7 64 $639,227 *7D/9 AS,MVP-5
1980 27 BOS AL 124 542 13 1 -3 -4 -6 2 0.3 18 20 2.0 .502 .501 2.4 -0.9 24 $639,227 *7D/9 AS
1981 28 BOS AL 108 495 9 -1 -2 7 -4 8 1.0 16 24 2.4 .508 .506 1.7 0.3 17 $779,227 *7
1982 29 BOS AL 145 638 22 -0 -5 -2 -6 9 1.0 21 30 3.0 .507 .506 3.3 -0.8 33 $779,227 *7 MVP-19
1983 30 BOS AL 155 689 31 -1 -3 12 -6 32 3.5 22 55 5.6 .522 .521 4.4 0.6 43 $779,227 *7/D AS,MVP-4,SS
1984 31 BOS AL 159 708 6 0 -4 6 -6 2 0.3 23 25 2.5 .502 .501 1.9 -0.0 19 $779,227 *7/D AS,MVP-13,SS
1985 32 BOS AL 140 608 16 0 -6 -6 -6 -1 -0.0 20 19 1.9 .499 .499 2.5 -1.2 25 $779,227 *7/D AS
1986 33 BOS AL 157 693 31 -1 -2 10 -6 32 3.4 23 55 5.5 .521 .520 4.5 0.5 45 $1,984,423 *7/D AS,MVP-3
1987 34 BOS AL 108 459 -0 0 -5 -5 -5 -14 -1.3 16 2 0.2 .487 .491 0.6 -0.9 6 $2,110,000 7D
1988 35 BOS AL 135 542 2 -2 -2 0 -11 -13 -1.2 19 6 0.5 .490 .492 0.4 -1.1 5 $2,214,865 *D7
1989 36 BOS AL 56 228 -9 1 -0 0 -5 -14 -1.5 8 -6 -0.7 .473 .491 -0.7 -0.5 -6 $2,354,748 D
16 Seasons 2089 9058 289 5 -42 24 -113 163 18.4 306 469 47.2 .508 .506 44.9 -8.8 445 $14,200,625

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 21 BOS AL 75 54 8 4.0 95 .298 .269 .267 .307 .333 .373 .384 .680 .717 89 .484 -0.9 -0.1 .588 .164 .104 .0
1975 22 BOS AL 613 423 92 5.8 100 .355 .309 .268 .350 .339 .491 .394 .841 .733 128 .636 19.4 2.0 .778 .255 .183 13.8
1976 23 BOS AL 624 451 83 5.0 96 .314 .282 .270 .315 .336 .482 .381 .797 .717 120 .600 11.9 1.3 .716 .253 .200 12.1
1977 24 BOS AL 710 468 136 7.8 110 .341 .320 .281 .376 .347 .593 .427 .969 .774 147 .721 40.9 4.0 .959 .357 .273 8.9
1978 25 BOS AL 746 490 147 8.0 103 .327 .315 .274 .370 .341 .600 .404 .970 .746 157 .756 48.5 4.8 .973 .374 .285 12.2
1979 26 BOS AL 688 446 138 8.2 107 .330 .325 .277 .381 .342 .596 .419 .977 .761 154 .736 46.1 4.4 .993 .372 .271 14.6
1980 27 BOS AL 542 379 81 5.8 104 .313 .294 .276 .336 .339 .504 .409 .840 .749 122 .602 12.8 1.3 .781 .280 .210 12.0
1981 28 BOS AL 495 346 64 5.0 94 .304 .284 .263 .333 .328 .441 .382 .775 .711 117 .588 9.3 1.0 .696 .233 .157 3.6
1982 29 BOS AL 638 429 98 6.1 103 .337 .309 .271 .375 .336 .494 .413 .868 .749 131 .630 24.6 2.4 .808 .279 .185 .0
1983 30 BOS AL 689 473 113 6.4 104 .310 .305 .274 .361 .336 .550 .413 .911 .749 141 .651 34.0 3.3 .855 .324 .244 .0
1984 31 BOS AL 708 515 88 4.6 101 .293 .280 .269 .323 .333 .467 .406 .791 .739 112 .506 8.0 0.8 .699 .260 .187 7.0
1985 32 BOS AL 608 431 83 5.2 102 .291 .291 .266 .349 .332 .487 .413 .836 .745 123 .552 16.9 1.6 .761 .293 .196 3.7
1986 33 BOS AL 693 447 115 6.9 100 .340 .324 .262 .384 .330 .490 .408 .874 .737 137 .670 33.8 3.3 .840 .265 .167 .0
1987 34 BOS AL 459 318 55 4.6 108 .312 .277 .267 .357 .336 .408 .429 .766 .765 101 .466 1.6 0.2 .689 .243 .131 1.9
1988 35 BOS AL 542 382 63 4.4 98 .292 .264 .264 .330 .330 .406 .397 .736 .727 102 .501 1.3 0.1 .660 .241 .142 1.9
1989 36 BOS AL 228 169 20 3.2 99 .267 .234 .269 .276 .335 .344 .395 .621 .730 70 .360 -8.9 -0.9 .530 .177 .110 1.5
16 Yrs 9058 6221 1384 6.0 102 .318 .298 .270 .352 .336 .502 .407 .854 .743 128 .628 299.4 29.4 .798 .288 .204 100.7
162 Game Avg. 702 482 107 6.0 102 .318 .298 .270 .352 .336 .502 .407 .854 .743 128 .628 23 2 .798 .288 .204 8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 33 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 7 32 31 8 5 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .161 .188 .387 .575 12 2 0 0 0 0
1986 33 BOS AL WS NYM L 7 33 27 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 9 .333 .455 .444 .899 12 0 0 0 0 0
1988 35 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .154 .267 .154 .421 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 18 80 71 14 16 2 1 2 7 0 0 9 21 .225 .313 .366 .679 26 2 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 11 47 44 8 7 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 12 .159 .213 .318 .531 14 2 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 33 27 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 9 .333 .455 .444 .899 12 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 BOS AL 24 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1978 BOS AL 25 as LF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BOS AL 26 as RF 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BOS AL 27 DNP
1983 BOS AL 30 as LF 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 5 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BOS AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BOS AL 32 as LF 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BOS AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (7 GP) 21 20 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .200 .238 .400 .638 8 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 21 BOS AL 75 1.3% 16.0% 5.3% 5.3% 22% 3.00 5.6 67.0 5.2 1.50 76%
1975 22 BOS AL 613 3.6% 19.9% 5.9% 9.0% 32% 3.39 4.6 25.6 5.5 1.16 70%
1976 23 BOS AL 624 4.0% 19.7% 4.5% 9.3% 35% 4.39 4.7 23.2 6.8 0.96 71%
1977 24 BOS AL 710 5.5% 16.9% 7.5% 11.7% 40% 2.26 5.4 16.5 5.6 0.94 69%
1978 25 BOS AL 746 6.2% 16.9% 7.8% 11.5% 40% 2.17 5.4 14.7 4.9 1.22 68%
1979 26 BOS AL 688 5.7% 14.1% 8.3% 12.2% 42% 1.70 6.4 15.9 4.8 1.23 71%
1980 27 BOS AL 542 4.4% 16.1% 5.5% 9.6% 35% 2.90 5.8 21.0 5.9 1.31 73%
1981 28 BOS AL 495 3.4% 15.4% 6.9% 7.3% 28% 2.24 5.9 26.5 7.3 0.89 74%
1982 29 BOS AL 638 3.8% 15.4% 8.6% 8.3% 30% 1.78 5.8 23.9 5.9 1.18 71%
1983 30 BOS AL 689 5.7% 14.8% 7.6% 10.7% 39% 1.96 6.1 16.1 5.0 1.06 71%
1984 31 BOS AL 708 4.0% 14.4% 6.2% 8.5% 33% 2.32 6.4 23.5 5.4 1.24 75%
1985 32 BOS AL 608 4.4% 12.3% 8.4% 8.2% 31% 1.47 7.3 20.2 5.3 1.13 75%
1986 33 BOS AL 693 2.9% 11.3% 9.0% 8.8% 31% 1.26 7.9 30.9 5.6 0.95 76%
1987 34 BOS AL 459 2.8% 16.8% 9.8% 5.9% 24% 1.71 5.2 31.1 6.5 1.33 69%
1988 35 BOS AL 542 2.8% 16.4% 8.9% 6.6% 28% 1.85 5.4 32.3 6.7 0.59 0.91 71% 26% 8.9% 32%
1989 36 BOS AL 228 1.3% 17.1% 5.7% 6.6% 31% 3.00 5.4 69.7 7.5 0.53 0.53 75% 20% 3.3% 21%
16 Yrs 9058 4.2% 15.7% 7.4% 9.2% 34% 2.12 5.8 21.5 5.7 0.57 1.08 72% 24% 6.9% 29%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.60 6.5 43.7 8.5 0.81 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 21 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 76 0.4 1.6 -1.1 .95 0.2 0.2 5.5 0.5 0.96 2.0 1.67 9
1975 22 BOS AL 19.4 2.0 634 2.0 12.8 -10.8 1.02 2.5 -0.5 12.6 1.2 1.02 22.9 1
1976 23 BOS AL 11.9 1.3 642 0.1 11.8 -11.7 1.04 2.1 -2.0 9.5 0.9 0.97 19.6 0.82 3
1977 24 BOS AL 40.9 4.0 729 3.8 14.7 -10.9 .93 4.6 -0.5 42.0 3.8 0.90 46.6 0
1978 25 BOS AL 48.5 4.8 775 6.7 19.0 -12.3 1.02 5.7 0.8 61.2 5.8 0.92 60.2 0
1979 26 BOS AL 46.1 4.4 714 2.4 14.1 -11.6 .96 4.8 -2.3 52.3 4.9 0.96 55.5 1
1980 27 BOS AL 12.8 1.3 558 1.2 11.2 -10.0 1.03 1.2 -0.0 12.3 1.2 0.97 12.0 0
1981 28 BOS AL 9.3 1.0 503 -0.4 9.5 -9.8 1.11 1.5 -1.8 2.9 0.3 0.99 13.8 0
1982 29 BOS AL 24.6 2.4 646 2.2 13.5 -11.2 1.00 2.2 -0.0 22.6 2.1 0.97 22.8 0
1983 30 BOS AL 34.0 3.3 695 3.7 15.8 -12.1 1.02 3.8 -0.2 28.1 2.7 0.97 38.8 0
1984 31 BOS AL 8.0 0.8 718 1.1 14.7 -13.6 1.07 1.2 -0.2 10.9 1.1 1.00 9.6 0
1985 32 BOS AL 16.9 1.6 623 1.3 13.8 -12.5 1.12 1.7 -0.5 10.9 1.1 1.02 18.6 1.07 2
1986 33 BOS AL 33.8 3.3 704 2.2 13.6 -11.4 1.02 2.2 -0.1 21.3 2.1 1.00 23.8 0
1987 34 BOS AL 1.6 0.2 466 -0.5 8.9 -9.4 1.14 -0.2 -0.2 -4.8 -0.5 1.02 -1.4 1.46 2
1988 35 BOS AL 1.3 0.1 554 0.2 10.1 -9.9 1.00 0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 1.00 6.7 1.81 5
1989 36 BOS AL -8.9 -0.9 232 -0.7 3.5 -4.2 1.00 -0.6 -0.1 -9.5 -0.9 1.04 -8.4 1.81 3
16 Yrs 299.4 29.4 9269 25.8 188.6 -162.8 1.03 33.4 -8.3 277.7 26.2 0.98 343.2 1.42 26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 21 BOS AL 2 0 23% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 22 BOS AL 9 0 37% 250 10 5 67% 9 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 13 0 1 6 2 14 48% 41 23 15 11 5 5 15 3 12
1976 23 BOS AL 9 0 29% 204 8 5 62% 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 3 4 9 42% 33 19 13 5 4 1 14 5 8
1977 24 BOS AL 9 0 29% 238 5 4 56% 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 0 7 0 2 25 66% 41 17 24 5 1 4 12 1 10
1978 25 BOS AL 9 0 33% 258 7 5 58% 7 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 2 26 55% 41 20 21 12 6 6 23 7 15
1979 26 BOS AL 10 0 35% 245 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 2 4 2 19 53% 32 16 15 13 7 5 21 5 15
1980 27 BOS AL 6 0 36% 161 8 3 73% 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 1 4 11 47% 20 10 9 9 4 5 7 4 3
1981 28 BOS AL 6 0 23% 157 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 3 2 8 44% 30 16 12 2 1 1 11 5 6
1982 29 BOS AL 5 0 29% 253 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 18 40% 46 27 18 11 10 1 29 13 15
1983 30 BOS AL 7 0 24% 236 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 3 1 9 30% 30 19 10 11 9 2 15 10 5
1984 31 BOS AL 7 0 35% 256 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 1 11 50% 45 25 19 12 8 4 21 5 16
1985 32 BOS AL 8 0 31% 194 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 1 2 2 18 48% 27 12 14 14 9 5 17 6 9
1986 33 BOS AL 9 0 32% 303 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 2 0 18 45% 29 20 8 13 9 4 25 7 18
1987 34 BOS AL 3 0 35% 170 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 12 40% 29 22 7 9 8 1 20 4 15
1988 35 BOS AL 7 0 26% 171 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 3 15 30% 29 19 10 8 8 0 13 8 5
1989 36 BOS AL 2 0 32% 84 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 31% 12 8 4 2 2 0 2 1 1
16 Yrs 108 0 31% 3203 58 34 63% 51 25 7 5 0 4 12 3 106 0 26 31 29 221 46% 487 274 200 138 92 44 245 84 153

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 21 BOS AL 75 55% 18 9 1 0 0 1.67 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 6 4 67% 48 13 27% 4 4 100% 2 1 50% 0
1975 22 BOS AL 613 27% 174 1 0 0 0 22 0 22 14 8 12 10 0 3 1 33% 132 19 14% 76 24 32% 458 86 19% 61 28 46% 28 20 71% 0
1976 23 BOS AL 624 30% 164 3 1 1 1 0.82 25 0 16 16 9 12 13 0 3 2 67% 129 18 14% 65 20 31% 391 62 16% 37 23 62% 16 7 44% 0
1977 24 BOS AL 710 25% 206 0 0 0 0 39 1 8 34 5 27 12 0 0 0 157 21 13% 51 19 37% 426 80 19% 47 25 53% 34 23 68% 0
1978 25 BOS AL 746 26% 213 0 0 0 0 46 0 6 36 10 28 18 0 1 1 100% 159 15 9% 64 16 25% 461 96 21% 45 25 56% 33 10 30% 0
1979 26 BOS AL 688 26% 201 1 0 0 0 39 0 8 25 14 27 12 0 0 0 144 16 11% 54 14 26% 474 94 20% 48 25 52% 23 12 52% 0
1980 27 BOS AL 542 25% 148 0 0 0 0 24 0 13 13 11 11 13 0 3 1 33% 105 16 15% 50 12 24% 370 65 18% 42 20 48% 22 12 55% 0
1981 28 BOS AL 495 22% 128 0 0 0 0 17 1 12 13 4 10 7 0 0 0 110 14 13% 42 17 40% 367 50 14% 29 16 55% 19 14 74% 0
1982 29 BOS AL 638 29% 177 0 0 0 0 24 0 12 22 2 9 15 0 0 0 162 29 18% 46 11 24% 466 74 16% 37 17 46% 41 31 76% 0
1983 30 BOS AL 689 28% 191 0 0 0 0 39 1 15 29 10 16 23 0 0 0 201 31 15% 75 23 31% 504 87 17% 52 27 52% 37 21 57% 0
1984 31 BOS AL 708 24% 184 0 0 0 0 28 1 18 20 8 17 11 0 0 0 202 36 18% 77 35 45% 545 101 19% 56 37 66% 43 29 67% 0
1985 32 BOS AL 608 29% 159 2 0 0 0 1.07 27 0 21 20 7 11 16 0 0 0 171 35 20% 72 19 26% 496 80 16% 55 27 49% 35 19 54% 0
1986 33 BOS AL 693 27% 200 0 0 0 0 20 2 17 13 7 10 10 0 0 0 133 19 14% 56 18 32% 514 91 18% 66 39 59% 32 14 44% 0
1987 34 BOS AL 459 31% 112 2 1 0 1 1.46 13 1 14 9 4 7 6 0 0 0 108 22 20% 43 9 21% 358 51 14% 32 18 56% 17 6 35% 0
1988 35 BOS AL 542 31% 128 8 0 5 2 0 2 1.81 15 1 19 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 101 18 18% 56 18 32% 383 60 16% 40 21 53% 27 13 48% 0
1989 36 BOS AL 228 30% 49 5 0 3 1 0 1 1.81 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 51 4 8% 31 10 32% 174 27 16% 17 11 65% 16 6 38% 0
16 Yrs 9058 27% 2452 13 0 26 6 1 5 1.42 382 8 214 276 106 208 174 0 10 5 50% 2076 315 15% 864 269 31% 6435 1117 17% 668 363 54% 425 238 56% 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 35 BOS AL 536 1910 3.56 1178 62% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 1% 49% 79% 37% 5% 25 0 13% 71 39 8% 42 27 29% 6 0 0
1989 36 BOS AL 228 768 3.37 486 63% 18% 19% 27% 36% 82% 0% 52% 77% 42% 3% 7 0 11% 24 14 6% 14 10 23% 0 0 1
2 Yrs 764 2678 3.51 1664 62% 19% 18% 28% 34% 80% 1% 50% 78% 39% 4% 32 0 12% 95 53 7% 56 37 27% 6 0 1
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 21 24 75 67 6 18 2 1 1 13 0 0 4 12 .269 .307 .373 .680 89 25 2 1 0 3 0
1975 22 168 688 631 98 192 31 5 23 115 10 5 40 134 .304 .345 .479 .824 124 302 21 5 1 11 7
1976 23 321 1312 1212 173 356 56 13 48 200 18 10 68 257 .294 .331 .480 .811 122 582 39 9 3 20 9
1977 24 481 2022 1856 277 562 85 28 87 314 23 14 121 377 .303 .347 .519 .866 131 964 60 17 3 25 19
1978 25 644 2768 2533 398 775 110 43 133 453 30 19 179 503 .306 .353 .541 .894 138 1370 75 22 4 30 26
1979 26 802 3456 3152 515 976 149 49 172 583 39 23 236 600 .310 .359 .552 .910 141 1739 91 26 4 38 30
1980 27 926 3998 3656 596 1124 171 55 196 669 47 26 266 687 .307 .356 .545 .901 139 1993 107 30 5 41 35
1981 28 1034 4493 4107 647 1252 189 56 213 731 49 28 300 763 .305 .353 .534 .887 136 2192 121 33 5 48 38
1982 29 1179 5131 4680 733 1429 213 61 237 828 49 29 355 861 .305 .356 .529 .885 136 2475 150 40 5 51 44
1983 30 1334 5820 5306 823 1620 247 62 276 954 49 31 407 963 .305 .356 .531 .888 136 2819 181 46 5 56 54
1984 31 1493 6528 5963 921 1804 272 69 304 1076 53 31 451 1065 .303 .353 .524 .877 134 3126 217 47 5 62 62
1985 32 1633 7136 6509 1006 1963 292 72 331 1179 55 31 502 1140 .302 .353 .521 .874 133 3392 252 49 5 71 67
1986 33 1790 7829 7127 1104 2163 331 74 351 1289 55 32 564 1218 .303 .355 .518 .874 133 3695 271 53 5 80 72
1987 34 1898 8288 7531 1170 2275 345 74 364 1351 56 33 609 1295 .302 .355 .513 .868 131 3860 293 60 5 83 75
1988 35 2033 8830 8016 1227 2403 363 77 379 1423 57 34 657 1384 .300 .354 .506 .860 130 4057 311 63 5 89 77
1989 36 2089 9058 8225 1249 2452 373 79 382 1451 58 34 670 1423 .298 .352 .502 .854 128 4129 315 64 5 94 77

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 21 24 75 67 6 18 2 1 1 13 0 4 12 .269 .307 .373 .680 8 24
1975 22 145 617 568 94 176 29 4 22 104 10 36 123 .310 .351 .491 .842 99 144
1976 23 154 633 589 79 169 26 8 26 89 8 29 124 .287 .320 .491 .811 93 153
1977 24 160 697 634 96 196 28 14 37 105 5 50 120 .309 .364 .573 .937 131 160
1978 25 163 746 677 121 213 25 15 46 139 7 58 126 .315 .370 .600 .970 150 163
1979 26 159 685 617 112 196 38 6 38 124 9 56 98 .318 .374 .583 .957 135 158
1980 27 124 541 503 80 147 22 6 24 85 8 30 87 .292 .335 .503 .838 84 124
1981 28 164 764 694 85 205 29 2 27 103 3 54 115 .295 .346 .460 .805 111 108
1982 29 145 637 572 86 176 24 5 24 96 0 55 98 .308 .374 .493 .867 104 145
1983 30 155 686 624 88 189 34 1 39 124 0 51 102 .303 .359 .548 .907 121 155
1984 31 159 709 658 99 185 25 7 28 123 4 44 102 .281 .324 .468 .792 101 159
1985 32 140 607 545 84 158 20 3 27 102 2 51 75 .290 .348 .486 .834 93 140
1986 33 157 696 620 100 202 39 2 20 112 0 63 78 .326 .386 .492 .878 119 157
1987 34 108 453 400 62 108 14 0 13 58 1 43 77 .270 .349 .403 .751 54 108
1988 35 135 546 488 60 131 18 3 15 75 1 49 89 .268 .335 .410 .745 68 135
1989 36 56 229 210 23 50 10 2 3 29 1 13 39 .238 .279 .348 .627 21 56
16 Yrs 2148 9321 8466 1275 2519 383 79 390 1481 59 686 1465 .298 .351 .500 .851 1492 2089
162 Game Avg. 162 703 638 96 190 29 6 29 112 4 52 110 .298 .351 .500 .851 113 2089

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA (29.8%)
1996 BBWAA (35.3%)
1997 BBWAA (37.6%)
1998 BBWAA (42.9%)
1999 BBWAA (29.4%)
2000 BBWAA (51.5%)
2001 BBWAA (57.9%)
2002 BBWAA (55.1%)
2003 BBWAA (52.2%)
2004 BBWAA (54.5%)
2005 BBWAA (59.5%)
2006 BBWAA (64.8%)
2007 BBWAA (63.5%)
2008 BBWAA (72.2%)
2009 BBWAA (76.4%)
Selected to HOF in 2009 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1977 *
1978 (LF)
1979 (RF)
1980
1983 (LF)
1984 *
1985 (LF)
1986 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1978 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (3, 46%)
1977 AL (4, 42%)
1978 AL (1, 90%)
1979 AL (5, 32%)
1982 AL (19, 3%)
1983 AL (4, 38%)
1984 AL (13, 3%)
1986 AL (3, 61%)
1 MVP
3.15 Career Shares (31st)

Silver Sluggers
1983 AL (OF)
1984 AL (OF)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  7.6 (3rd)
1979 AL  6.4 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1978 AL  7.6 (1st)
1979 AL  6.4 (5th)
1983 AL  5.6 (10th)
1986 AL  5.5 (10th)
Career  47.2 (204th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1977 AL  5.4 (9th)
1978 AL  6.7 (1st)
1979 AL  6.3 (5th)
Career  44.9 (218th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1975 AL  .309 (4th)
1977 AL  .320 (6th)
1978 AL  .315 (3rd)
1979 AL  .325 (4th)
1982 AL  .309 (7th)
1986 AL  .324 (5th)
Career  .298 (232nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1977 AL  .376 (9th)
1986 AL  .384 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1975 AL  .491 (9th)
1976 AL  .482 (2nd)
1977 AL  .593 (1st)
1978 AL  .600 (1st)
1979 AL  .596 (2nd)
1980 AL  .504 (7th)
1983 AL  .550 (2nd)
1986 AL  .490 (10th)
Career  .502 (95th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1976 AL  .797 (10th)
1977 AL  .969 (2nd)
1978 AL  .970 (1st)
1979 AL  .977 (3rd)
1983 AL  .911 (4th)
1986 AL  .874 (7th)
Career  .854 (157th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL  160 (3rd)
1978 AL  163 (1st)
1979 AL  158 (10th)
1981 AL  108 (4th)
1984 AL  159 (7th)
Career  2,089 (182nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL  644 (3rd)
1978 AL  677 (1st)
1979 AL  619 (10th)
1981 AL  451 (1st)
1983 AL  626 (5th)
1984 AL  657 (2nd)
1986 AL  618 (10th)
Career  8,225 (117th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL  710 (3rd)
1978 AL  746 (1st)
1979 AL  688 (9th)
1981 AL  495 (2nd)
1983 AL  689 (4th)
1984 AL  708 (6th)
1986 AL  693 (8th)
Career  9,058 (141st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1975 AL  92 (4th)
1977 AL  104 (4th)
1978 AL  121 (2nd)
1979 AL  117 (3rd)
1984 AL  98 (9th)
1986 AL  98 (10th)
Career  1,249 (144th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  174 (9th)
1977 AL  206 (3rd)
1978 AL  213 (1st)
1979 AL  201 (2nd)
1981 AL  128 (7th)
1983 AL  191 (5th)
1984 AL  184 (9th)
1986 AL  200 (5th)
Career  2,452 (107th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1975 AL  277 (6th)
1976 AL  280 (3rd)
1977 AL  382 (1st)
1978 AL  406 (1st)
1979 AL  369 (1st)
1981 AL  199 (6th)
1983 AL  344 (1st)
1984 AL  307 (7th)
1986 AL  303 (7th)
Career  4,129 (75th)

Doubles s c a p y
1975 AL  29 (10th)
1979 AL  39 (7th)
1986 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  373 (224th)

Triples s c a p y
1976 AL  8 (6th)
1977 AL  15 (2nd)
1978 AL  15 (1st)
1984 AL  7 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1976 AL  25 (4th)
1977 AL  39 (1st)
1978 AL  46 (1st)
1979 AL  39 (2nd)
1980 AL  24 (9th)
1981 AL  17 (7th)
1983 AL  39 (1st)
Career  382 (61st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1975 AL  102 (5th)
1977 AL  114 (3rd)
1978 AL  139 (1st)
1979 AL  130 (2nd)
1981 AL  62 (10th)
1983 AL  126 (1st)
1984 AL  122 (2nd)
1985 AL  103 (9th)
1986 AL  110 (4th)
Career  1,451 (58th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 AL  122 (6th)
1976 AL  123 (1st)
1977 AL  120 (5th)
1978 AL  126 (4th)
1979 AL  97 (10th)
1981 AL  76 (8th)
Career  1,423 (68th)

Singles s c a p y
1978 AL  127 (9th)
1981 AL  92 (7th)
1982 AL  124 (10th)
1986 AL  139 (5th)
Career  1,618 (142nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL  147 (6th)
1978 AL  157 (1st)
1979 AL  154 (4th)
1983 AL  141 (6th)
1986 AL  137 (6th)
Career  128 (194th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1977 AL  136 (2nd)
1978 AL  147 (1st)
1979 AL  138 (2nd)
1981 AL  64 (10th)
1983 AL  113 (6th)
1986 AL  115 (6th)
Career  1,384 (114th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  41 (3rd)
1978 AL  49 (1st)
1979 AL  46 (3rd)
1983 AL  34 (6th)
1986 AL  34 (5th)
Career  299 (120th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1978 AL  4.9 (1st)
1979 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1983 AL  3.3 (6th)
1986 AL  3.3 (5th)
Career  29.4 (123rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1975 AL  55 (8th)
1976 AL  58 (3rd)
1977 AL  83 (2nd)
1978 AL  86 (1st)
1979 AL  84 (2nd)
1983 AL  74 (2nd)
Career  834 (93rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 AL  267 (4th)
1978 AL  276 (1st)
1979 AL  262 (6th)
1981 AL  165 (9th)
1983 AL  249 (7th)
1986 AL  266 (3rd)
Career  3,186 (151st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1977 AL  .721 (6th)
1978 AL  .756 (1st)
1979 AL  .736 (3rd)
1986 AL  .670 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL  8 (8th)
1982 AL  7 (8th)
1983 AL  6 (9th)
Career  64 (248th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1975 AL  8 (8th)
1976 AL  9 (8th)
1979 AL  8 (9th)
1981 AL  7 (5th)
1985 AL  9 (9th)
1986 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  94 (48th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  10 (5th)
1978 AL  7 (10th)
1983 AL  10 (9th)
Career  77 (191st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1975 AL  19 (5th)
1976 AL  18 (5th)
1977 AL  21 (5th)
1981 AL  14 (7th)
1982 AL  29 (1st)
1983 AL  31 (1st)
1984 AL  36 (1st)
1985 AL  35 (1st)
1986 AL  19 (6th)
1987 AL  22 (3rd)
1988 AL  18 (8th)
Career  315 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1975 AL  13.8 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1976 AL  23.2 (7th)
1977 AL  16.5 (6th)
1978 AL  14.7 (2nd)
1979 AL  15.9 (3rd)
1980 AL  21.0 (10th)
1983 AL  16.1 (4th)
Career  21.5 (176th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1978 AL  490 (4th)
1981 AL  346 (1st)
1983 AL  473 (9th)
1984 AL  515 (1st)
Career  6,221 (118th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 AL  42.02 (5th)
1978 AL  61.17 (1st)
1979 AL  52.32 (4th)
Career  277.69 (135th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.8 (8th)
1978 AL  6.7 (1st)
1983 AL  3.7 (7th)
Career  25.8 (131st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1977 AL  4.6 (3rd)
1978 AL  5.7 (1st)
1979 AL  4.8 (4th)
1983 AL  3.8 (3rd)
Career  33.4 (80th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.8 (7th)
1978 AL  5.8 (1st)
1979 AL  4.9 (4th)
Career  26.2 (148th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL  $1,984,423 (1st)
1987 AL  $2,110,000 (1st)
1988 AL  $2,214,865 (2nd)
1989 AL  $2,354,748 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 33 (51), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 176 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 146 (92), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 43 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (26th), 47.2 career WAR/36.1 7yr-peak WAR/41.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Orlando Cepeda (912) *
  2. Andres Galarraga (893)
  3. Carlos Lee (883)
  4. Duke Snider (877) *
  5. Ellis Burks (876)
  6. Joe Carter (862)
  7. Billy Williams (856) *
  8. Paul Konerko (854)
  9. Dave Parker (853)
  10. Moises Alou (851)
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  1. Kent Hrbek (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Kent Hrbek (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Mays (919) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Duke Snider (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Duke Snider (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Allen (912)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Allen (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Allen (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Orlando Cepeda (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Billy Williams (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Orlando Cepeda (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Billy Williams (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Billy Williams (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Billy Williams (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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