Jim Rice
James Edward Rice
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 8, 1953 in Anderson, SC
High School: Hanna (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
Final Game: August 3, 1989
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2009 (412/539 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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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 .841 127 277 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 .775 116 199 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 .868 130 283 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 .874 136 303 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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .483 -0.9 -0.1 .588 .164 .104 .0
1975 22 BOS AL 613 423 92 5.8 101 .355 .309 .269 .350 .341 .491 .395 .841 .736 127 .636 18.8 1.9 .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 11.8 1.2 .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 40.8 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 48.4 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 1.2 .781 .280 .210 12.0
1981 28 BOS AL 495 346 64 5.0 94 .304 .284 .264 .333 .330 .441 .384 .775 .714 116 .588 8.7 0.9 .696 .233 .157 3.6
1982 29 BOS AL 638 429 98 6.1 104 .337 .309 .272 .375 .337 .494 .414 .868 .751 130 .630 23.9 2.3 .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 33.9 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 6.9 101 .340 .324 .263 .384 .331 .490 .410 .874 .741 136 .670 32.9 3.2 .840 .265 .167 .0
1987 34 BOS AL 459 318 55 4.6 108 .312 .277 .268 .357 .337 .408 .431 .766 .768 101 .466 1.1 0.1 .689 .243 .131 1.9
1988 35 BOS AL 542 382 63 4.4 99 .292 .264 .265 .330 .331 .406 .399 .736 .730 102 .500 0.7 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 -9.0 -0.9 .530 .177 .110 1.5
16 Seasons 9058 6221 1384 6.0 102 .318 .298 .271 .352 .337 .502 .407 .854 .744 128 .628 294.7 28.9 .798 .288 .204 100.7
162 Game Avg. 702 482 107 6.0 102 .318 .298 .271 .352 .337 .502 .407 .854 .744 128 .628 23 2 .798 .288 .204 8

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 Seasons (7 Appearances) 21 20 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .200 .238 .400 .638 8 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 7 31% 12 8 4 2 2 0 2 1 1
16 Seasons 108 0 31% 3203 58 34 63% 51 25 7 5 0 4 12 3 106 221 46% 487 274 200 138 92 44 245 84 153
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 21 BOS AL 75 55% 18 6 0 0 0 1.78 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 2 18% 6 4 67% 48 13 27% 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 0
1975 22 BOS AL 613 27% 174 0 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% 47 23 49% 0
1976 23 BOS AL 624 30% 164 2 1 1 1 0.88 25 0 16 16 9 12 13 0 3 2 67% 129 18 14% 65 20 31% 391 62 16% 37 23 62% 21 8 38% 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% 57 23 40% 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% 73 23 32% 0
1979 26 BOS AL 688 26% 201 0 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% 41 18 44% 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% 43 11 26% 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% 30 11 37% 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% 49 18 37% 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% 42 14 33% 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% 53 22 42% 0
1985 32 BOS AL 608 29% 159 2 0 0 0 1.11 27 0 21 20 7 11 16 0 0 0 171 35 20% 72 19 26% 496 80 16% 55 27 49% 40 20 50% 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% 54 16 30% 0
1987 34 BOS AL 459 31% 112 2 1 0 1 1.51 13 1 14 9 4 7 6 0 0 0 108 22 20% 43 9 21% 358 51 14% 32 18 56% 24 8 33% 0
1988 35 BOS AL 542 31% 128 9 0 3 2 0 1 1.81 15 1 19 9 6 9 6 0 0 0 101 18 18% 56 18 32% 383 60 16% 40 21 53% 31 12 39% 0
1989 36 BOS AL 228 30% 49 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.82 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 51 4 8% 31 10 32% 174 27 16% 17 11 65% 15 4 27% 0
16 Seasons 9058 27% 2452 14 0 16 4 1 3 1.56 382 8 214 276 106 208 174 0 10 5 50% 2076 315 15% 864 269 31% 6435 1117 17% 668 363 54% 624 231 37% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 533 1902 3.57 1175 62% 20% 17% 29% 34% 80% 1% 49% 79% 37% 5% 25 0 13% 71 39 8% 42 27 29% 9 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 Seasons 761 2670 3.51 1661 62% 19% 18% 28% 34% 80% 1% 50% 78% 39% 4% 32 0 12% 95 53 7% 56 37 27% 9 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 .824 123 302 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 .901 138 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 .885 135 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 .877 133 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 .860 129 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

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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 22 145 608 561 92 169 28 4 21 102 10 35 123 .301 .342 .478 .820 92 144
1976 23 154 623 582 79 162 25 8 25 89 8 28 124 .278 .311 .478 .789 87 153
1977 24 160 691 630 96 192 27 14 36 105 5 49 120 .305 .359 .563 .922 126 160
1978 25 163 742 675 121 211 25 15 46 139 7 57 126 .313 .368 .599 .966 147 163
1979 26 159 682 615 113 194 38 6 38 125 9 55 98 .315 .371 .582 .953 133 158
1980 27 124 534 498 79 142 21 6 23 84 8 29 87 .285 .328 .490 .818 79 124
1981 28 164 756 687 83 198 28 2 26 101 3 53 115 .288 .339 .448 .787 104 108
1982 29 145 626 564 84 168 23 5 23 95 0 52 98 .298 .363 .479 .841 96 145
1983 30 155 674 614 89 179 32 1 37 124 0 49 102 .292 .347 .528 .875 111 155
1984 31 159 693 645 99 172 23 7 26 124 4 41 102 .267 .309 .445 .754 89 159
1985 32 140 592 534 84 147 18 3 25 102 2 47 75 .275 .331 .461 .792 82 140
1986 33 157 692 617 99 199 39 2 20 111 0 62 78 .323 .383 .489 .872 116 157
1987 34 108 449 397 62 105 13 0 12 58 1 42 77 .264 .343 .388 .731 52 108
1988 35 135 542 485 59 128 18 3 15 74 1 48 89 .264 .330 .406 .736 65 135
1989 36 56 229 210 23 50 10 2 3 29 1 13 39 .238 .279 .348 .627 21 56
16 Seasons 2148 9208 8381 1268 2434 370 79 377 1475 59 664 1465 .290 .344 .488 .832 1408 2089
162 Game Avg. 162 694 632 96 184 28 6 28 111 4 50 110 .290 .344 .488 .832 106 2089

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1995 BBWAA (29.8%)
1996 BBWAA (35.2%)
1997 BBWAA (37.6%)
1998 BBWAA (42.9%)
1999 BBWAA (29.4%)
2000 BBWAA (51.4%)
2001 BBWAA (57.8%)
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 (29th)

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

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 (230th)

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 (149th)

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  2089 (172nd)

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  8225 (112th)

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  9058 (137th)

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  1249 (139th)

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  2452 (103rd)

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  4129 (70th)

Doubles s c a p y
1975 AL  29 (10th)
1979 AL  39 (7th)
1986 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  373 (210th)

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 (56th)

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  1451 (56th)

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  1423 (60th)

Singles s c a p y
1978 AL  127 (9th)
1981 AL  92 (7th)
1982 AL  124 (10th)
1986 AL  139 (5th)
Career  1618 (137th)

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  136 (6th)
Career  128 (193rd)

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  1384 (108th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  41 (3rd)
1978 AL  48 (1st)
1979 AL  46 (3rd)
1983 AL  34 (6th)
1986 AL  33 (5th)
Career  295 (123rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1978 AL  4.8 (1st)
1979 AL  4.4 (3rd)
1983 AL  3.3 (6th)
1986 AL  3.2 (5th)
Career  28.9 (124th)

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 (81st)

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  3186 (147th)

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 (227th)

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 (45th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  10 (5th)
1978 AL  7 (10th)
1983 AL  10 (9th)
Career  77 (180th)

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 (163rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1978 AL  490 (4th)
1981 AL  346 (1st)
1983 AL  473 (9th)
1984 AL  515 (1st)
Career  6221 (112th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 33 (51), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 176 (58), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 144 (91), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 43 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Orlando Cepeda (912) *
  2. Andres Galarraga (893)
  3. Duke Snider (879) *
  4. Ellis Burks (876)
  5. Joe Carter (862)
  6. Billy Williams (856) *
  7. Dave Parker (853)
  8. Moises Alou (851)
  9. Chili Davis (846)
  10. Willie Stargell (843) *
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Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Kent Hrbek (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kent Hrbek (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Duke Snider (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Mays (920) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Duke Snider (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Duke Snider (951) * 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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