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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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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 3:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #137. Gabby Hartnett… #138. Cesar Cedeno… #139. Bernie Williams… #140. JIM RICE… #141. Rocky Colavito… #142. Sam Rice… #143. Willie Davis… 

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 .841 128 277 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

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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 BOS AL 21 DH 16 13
1974 BOS AL 21 LF 3 2 2 20.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 12 1.80 1.33 .974 2.12 2.10
1974 BOS AL 21 OF 3 2 2 20.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 12 1.80 1.33 .980 2.43 2.40
1975 BOS AL 22 LF 90 90 79 772.1 167 161 6 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.95 1.86 .977 2.18 2.17 MVP-3,RoY-2
1975 BOS AL 22 OF 90 90 79 772.1 168 162 6 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 1.96 1.87 .979 2.37 2.36 MVP-3,RoY-2
1975 BOS AL 22 DH 54 53 MVP-3,RoY-2
1976 BOS AL 23 LF 98 97 89 856.0 214 199 8 7 0 .967 -1 -1 2.18 2.11 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 BOS AL 23 OF 98 97 89 856.0 214 199 8 7 0 .967 -1 -1 2.18 2.11 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 BOS AL 23 DH 54 52
1977 BOS AL 24 DH 116 116 AS,MVP-4
1977 BOS AL 24 OF 44 44 40 390.1 91 83 4 4 1 .956 -2 -7 2.01 1.98 .978 2.34 2.32 AS,MVP-4
1977 BOS AL 24 RF 27 27 23 225.1 45 40 2 3 1 .933 -5 -25 1.68 1.56 .974 2.08 2.07 AS,MVP-4
1977 BOS AL 24 LF 19 17 17 165.0 45 42 2 1 0 .978 2 17 2.40 2.32 .976 2.11 2.09 AS,MVP-4
1978 BOS AL 25 OF 114 114 111 1029.1 261 245 13 3 1 .989 8 10 2.26 2.26 .979 2.47 2.45 AS,MVP-1
1978 BOS AL 25 LF 101 99 98 893.2 228 212 13 3 1 .987 7 10 2.27 2.23 .974 2.21 2.19 AS,MVP-1
1978 BOS AL 25 DH 49 49 AS,MVP-1
1978 BOS AL 25 RF 15 14 13 129.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 2 16 2.22 2.13 .978 2.24 2.22 AS,MVP-1
1978 BOS AL 25 CF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -100 1.50 1.00 .980 3.00 2.90 AS,MVP-1
1979 BOS AL 26 OF 125 125 123 1105.0 253 241 8 4 1 .984 1 1 2.03 1.99 .981 2.46 2.43 AS,MVP-5
1979 BOS AL 26 LF 124 124 122 1097.0 251 240 8 3 1 .988 0 1 2.03 2.00 .980 2.22 2.20 AS,MVP-5
1979 BOS AL 26 DH 33 32 AS,MVP-5
1979 BOS AL 26 RF 1 1 1 8.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0 30 3.38 3.00 .980 2.25 2.20 AS,MVP-5
1980 BOS AL 27 OF 109 109 107 976.0 246 233 10 3 2 .988 -4 -5 2.24 2.23 .979 2.47 2.46 AS
1980 BOS AL 27 LF 108 108 106 967.0 245 232 10 3 2 .988 -4 -4 2.25 2.24 .980 2.35 2.35 AS
1980 BOS AL 27 DH 15 15 AS
1980 BOS AL 27 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.10 AS
1981 BOS AL 28 LF 108 108 105 981.1 249 237 9 3 0 .988 7 8 2.26 2.28 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 BOS AL 28 OF 108 108 105 981.1 249 237 9 3 0 .988 7 8 2.26 2.28 .983 2.48 2.47
1982 BOS AL 29 LF 145 145 130 1258.1 290 271 10 9 3 .969 -2 -2 2.01 1.94 .981 2.29 2.28 MVP-19
1982 BOS AL 29 OF 145 145 130 1258.1 292 273 10 9 3 .969 -2 -2 2.02 1.95 .982 2.47 2.46 MVP-19
1983 BOS AL 30 LF 151 151 144 1326.1 365 339 20 6 4 .984 12 11 2.44 2.38 .977 2.32 2.30 AS,MVP-4,SS
1983 BOS AL 30 OF 151 151 144 1326.1 366 339 21 6 5 .984 12 11 2.44 2.38 .981 2.50 2.48 AS,MVP-4,SS
1983 BOS AL 30 DH 4 4 AS,MVP-4,SS
1984 BOS AL 31 LF 157 157 144 1376.0 349 334 11 4 3 .989 6 5 2.26 2.20 .982 2.27 2.26 AS,MVP-13,SS
1984 BOS AL 31 OF 157 157 144 1376.0 352 336 12 4 3 .989 6 5 2.28 2.22 .983 2.51 2.49 AS,MVP-13,SS
1984 BOS AL 31 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-13,SS
1985 BOS AL 32 LF 130 130 117 1133.2 253 236 8 9 1 .964 -6 -6 1.94 1.88 .977 2.25 2.23 AS
1985 BOS AL 32 OF 130 130 117 1133.2 253 236 8 9 1 .964 -6 -6 1.94 1.88 .982 2.44 2.42 AS
1985 BOS AL 32 DH 7 7 AS
1986 BOS AL 33 LF 156 156 136 1349.0 357 334 15 8 0 .978 10 9 2.33 2.24 .977 2.24 2.22 AS,MVP-3
1986 BOS AL 33 OF 156 156 136 1349.0 354 330 16 8 0 .977 10 9 2.31 2.22 .980 2.39 2.37 AS,MVP-3
1986 BOS AL 33 DH 1 1 AS,MVP-3
1987 BOS AL 34 LF 94 94 86 813.0 171 155 12 4 2 .977 -5 -7 1.85 1.78 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 BOS AL 34 OF 94 94 86 813.0 171 155 12 4 2 .977 -5 -7 1.85 1.78 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 BOS AL 34 DH 12 12
1988 BOS AL 35 DH 112 110
1988 BOS AL 35 LF 19 18 12 150.0 32 31 0 1 0 .969 0 2 1.86 1.63 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 BOS AL 35 OF 19 18 12 150.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 0 2 1.80 1.58 .979 2.47 2.45
1989 BOS AL 36 DH 55 53
15 Seasons OF 1543 1540 1425 13536.2 3306 3103 137 66 19 .980 24 2 2.15 2.10 .981 2.45 2.43
15 Seasons LF 1503 1496 1387 13158.2 3221 3027 132 62 17 .981 28 3 2.16 2.10 .978 2.26 2.24
4 Seasons RF 44 43 38 372.0 82 76 2 4 1 .951 -3 -10 1.89 1.77 .976 2.14 2.12
1 Season CF 1 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -100 1.50 1.00 .980 3.00 2.90
16 Seasons TOT 1543 1540 1425 13536.2 3306 3103 137 66 19 .980 24 2 2.15 2.10 .981 2.45 2.43
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  98 (5th)
1979 AL  124 (3rd)
1980 AL  108 (5th)
1981 AL  108 (1st)
1982 AL  145 (5th)
1983 AL  151 (2nd)
1984 AL  157 (1st)
1985 AL  130 (4th)
1986 AL  156 (1st)
Career  1,503 (16th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  212 (3rd)
1979 AL  240 (3rd)
1980 AL  232 (5th)
1981 AL  237 (3rd)
1983 AL  339 (2nd)
1984 AL  334 (1st)
1986 AL  334 (1st)
Career  3,027 (13th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  8 (5th)
1978 AL  13 (2nd)
1979 AL  8 (4th)
1980 AL  10 (3rd)
1981 AL  9 (2nd)
1982 AL  10 (5th)
1983 AL  20 (2nd)
1984 AL  11 (2nd)
1985 AL  8 (4th)
1986 AL  15 (2nd)
1987 AL  12 (3rd)
Career  132 (8th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  7 (2nd)
1982 AL  9 (1st)
1983 AL  6 (5th)
1985 AL  9 (3rd)
1986 AL  8 (5th)
Career  62 (33rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  2 (2nd)
1982 AL  3 (1st)
1983 AL  4 (2nd)
1984 AL  3 (1st)
1987 AL  2 (4th)
Career  17 (29th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1981 AL  108 (2nd)
1984 AL  157 (2nd)
1986 AL  156 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  21 (2nd)
1986 AL  16 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  9 (3rd)
1985 AL  9 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 AL  7 (2nd)
1981 AL  7 (3rd)
1983 AL  12 (2nd)
1984 AL  6 (4th)
1986 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  28 (34th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1978 AL  2.27 (3rd)
1983 AL  2.44 (5th)
1984 AL  2.26 (4th)
1986 AL  2.33 (5th)
Career  2.16 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 AL  2.11 (5th)
1978 AL  2.23 (1st)
1979 AL  2.00 (5th)
1983 AL  2.38 (3rd)
1984 AL  2.20 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.24 (2nd)
Career  2.10 (48th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1979 AL  .988 (2nd)
1981 AL  .988 (1st)
1983 AL  .984 (5th)
1984 AL  .989 (2nd)
1986 AL  .978 (3rd)
Career  .981 (73rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  12 (4th)

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

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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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)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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. 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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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197522Boston Red Sox$27,0003/27/76 TSNGammons, Beyond...: $18K plus $20K bonus
197623Boston Red Sox$60,0003/27/76 TSN
197724Boston Red Sox$150,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
197825Boston Red Sox$125,000Bill James Historical Abstract
197926Boston Red Sox$639,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198027Boston Red Sox$639,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198128Boston Red Sox$779,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198229Boston Red Sox$779,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198330Boston Red Sox$779,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198431Boston Red Sox$779,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198532Boston Red Sox$779,2278/20/81 NYTIncl. pro-rated $700K signing, $274,593 insurance
198633Boston Red Sox$1,984,4231986 USA Today surv; 3/25/85 TSN (terms)4/$8.8MM 1986-89 ext w/$3.25MM bonus, most def.
198734Boston Red Sox$2,110,000*
198835Boston Red Sox$2,214,865USA Today, 4/1/88; 3/25/85 TSN4/$8.8MM 1986-89 ext w/$3.25MM bonus, most def.
198936Boston Red Sox$2,354,748*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$14,200,625
Disputed Salaries
*1987 - $2,109,195 - Proofing corrections - 4/$8.8MM 1986-89 ext w/$3.25MM bonus, most def.
*1989 - $2,359,748 - 11/1/89 NYT - 4/$8.8MM 1986-89 ext w/$3.25MM bonus, most def.
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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