Jim Rice is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on March 8, 1953 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. Eight-time MLB All-Star who was named American League Most Valuable Player in 1978. He spent the entirety of his 16-year playing career playing for Boston Red Sox. Boston Red Sox, compiling 2,452 hits, with an at an average of .298.
He continued the tradition of Hall of Fame players who played on the left side of the field with the Boston Red Sox that began with famous He continued the streak of Hall of Fame players who starred in left field for the Boston Red Sox that began with the legendary Ted Williams..
In the late 1970s 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. He ended his career with a .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. When Rice retired, his 1,503 career games in left field ranked seventh in AL history.
Rice is the only player in history to lead the league in HRs, RBIs, and triples in the same year. He is also the only player in major league history to record over 200 hits while hitting 39 or more HRs for three consecutive years. He is tied for the AL record of leading the league in total bases for three straight seasons, and was one of three AL players to have three straight seasons of hitting at least 39 home runs while batting .315 or higher. From 1975 to 1986, Rice led the AL in total games played, at bats, runs scored, hits, homers, RBIs, slugging percentage, total bases, extra base hits, go-ahead RBIs, multi-hit games, and outfield assists. Among all major league players during that time, Rice was the leader in five of these categories (Mike Schmidt is next, having led in four).
His wife Corine shared two children, Carissa and Chancey.
