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Jim Rice played 16 major-league seasons (1974-1989) as a OF (1,543). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 21 | BOS | 24 | 67 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .269 | .680 | 95 |
| 1975 | 22 | BOS | 144 | 564 | 92 | 174 | 22 | 102 | 10 | 36 | 122 | .309 | .841 | 136 |
| 1976 | 23 | BOS | 153 | 581 | 75 | 164 | 25 | 85 | 8 | 28 | 123 | .282 | .797 | 132 |
| 1977 | 24 | BOS | 160 | 644 | 104 | 206 | 39 | 114 | 5 | 53 | 120 | .320 | .969 | 160 |
| 1978 | 25 | BOS | 163 | 677 | 121 | 213 | 46 | 139 | 7 | 58 | 126 | .315 | .970 | 169 |
| 1979 | 26 | BOS | 158 | 619 | 117 | 201 | 39 | 130 | 9 | 57 | 97 | .325 | .977 | 160 |
| 1980 | 27 | BOS | 124 | 504 | 81 | 148 | 24 | 86 | 8 | 30 | 87 | .294 | .840 | 128 |
| 1981 | 28 | BOS | 108 | 451 | 51 | 128 | 17 | 62 | 2 | 34 | 76 | .284 | .775 | 122 |
| 1982 | 29 | BOS | 145 | 573 | 86 | 177 | 24 | 97 | 0 | 55 | 98 | .309 | .868 | 137 |
| 1983 | 30 | BOS | 155 | 626 | 90 | 191 | 39 | 126 | 0 | 52 | 102 | .305 | .911 | 148 |
| 1984 | 31 | BOS | 159 | 657 | 98 | 184 | 28 | 122 | 4 | 44 | 102 | .280 | .791 | 117 |
| 1985 | 32 | BOS | 140 | 546 | 85 | 159 | 27 | 103 | 2 | 51 | 75 | .291 | .836 | 127 |
| 1986 | 33 | BOS | 157 | 618 | 98 | 200 | 20 | 110 | 0 | 62 | 78 | .324 | .874 | 137 |
| 1987 | 34 | BOS | 108 | 404 | 66 | 112 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 45 | 77 | .277 | .766 | 103 |
| 1988 | 35 | BOS | 135 | 485 | 57 | 128 | 15 | 72 | 1 | 48 | 89 | .264 | .736 | 106 |
| 1989 | 36 | BOS | 56 | 209 | 22 | 49 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 39 | .234 | .621 | 75 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | OF | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 90 | 90 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 98 | 97 | 199 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 44 | 44 | 83 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 114 | 114 | 245 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 125 | 125 | 241 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1980 | OF | 109 | 109 | 233 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 1981 | OF | 108 | 108 | 237 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 145 | 145 | 273 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 1983 | OF | 151 | 151 | 339 | 21 | 6 | 5 |
| 1984 | OF | 157 | 157 | 336 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 1985 | OF | 130 | 130 | 236 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 1986 | OF | 156 | 156 | 330 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 94 | 94 | 155 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| 1988 | OF | 19 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Rice won: TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), MVP 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), Silver Slugger 1983 (AL), TSN All-Star 1983 (AL), Silver Slugger 1984 (AL), TSN All-Star 1986 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1986, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 154 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 2 | 0 / 24 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 163 / 392 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 352 / 392 | 20 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 124 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 10 / 392 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 150 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 10 / 392 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 241 / 392 | 4 |
Jim Rice ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | designated hitters | 1977 | 160 OPS+ |
| #118 | left fielders | 1978 | 169 OPS+ |
| #146 | left fielders | 1979 | 160 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.