Bottom Of The Barrel

Congrats Big Jim

Growing up in the 70's and 80's, Jim was always my favorite Red Sox and now he will properly join other before him in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rice led the AL in home runs three times (1977, 1978, 1983), in RBI twice (1978, 1983), in slugging average twice (1977, 1978), and in total bases four times (1977-1979, 1983). He also picked up Silver Slugger awards in 1983 and 1984 (the award was created in 1980). 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 .300 seven times. He finished his 16-year career with a .298 batting average, 382 home runs, 1,451 RBIs, 1,249 runs scored, 2,452 hits, and 4,129 total bases. He was an American League All-Star eight times (1977-1980, 1983-1986). In addition to winning the American League MVP award in 1978, he finished in the top five in MVP voting five other times (1975, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986).

I [now] know that Rice was not a media guy when he was playing and that certainly didn't help get him elected by baseball writers but now after much time has passed and we have witnessed how artifical the steriod-ear stastistcs are, Jim [and his number 14 jersey] are home.

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posted by TheWino @ 3:22 PM