The Red Sox won the AL's East Division, but 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. 309 batting average and 22 home runs Lynn won both awards. He was promoted in the Red Sox organization to be a full-time player in 1975, and finished in second place for the American League's Rookie of the Year honors, and third in the Most Valuable Player voting, after he finished the season with 174 base hits, 102 runs batted in, a. After he was AAA's International League Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Triple Crown winner in 1974, he and fellow rookie teammate Fred Lynn were brought up to the Red Sox at the same time, and were known as the " Gold Dust Twins". In the minor leagues, Rice's three-run home run was the key blow in helping the Pawtucket Red Sox ( International League) defeat the Tulsa Oilers ( American Association) in a 5–2 win in the 1973 Junior World Series. When Rice retired, his 1,503 career games in left field ranked seventh in AL history. 502 slugging percentage, and then ranked tenth in AL history with 382 home runs his career marks in homers, hits (2,452), RBI (1,451) and total bases (4,129) remain Red Sox records for a right-handed hitter, with Evans eventually surpassing his Boston records for career runs scored, at bats and extra base hits by a right-handed hitter. He also led the league in home runs three times, RBIs and slugging percentage twice each, and enjoyed averaging more than 117 hits for every 100 regular season MLB games he had played in during his career.įrom 1975 through 1980 he was part of one of the sport's great outfields along with Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans (who was his teammate for his entire career) 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. 300 in seven seasons, collected 100+ runs batted in (RBI) eight times.had 200 hits four times, along with having 11 seasons hitting at least 20 home runs. He joined Ty Cobb as one of two players to lead the AL in total bases three years in a row.
He went on to become the ninth player to lead the major leagues in total bases in consecutive seasons.
Rice was an eight-time American League (AL) 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. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. Rice played his entire 16-year MLB career for the Boston Red Sox. James Edward Rice (born March 8, 1953) is an American professional baseball left fielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball (MLB).
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