Jim Rice
1974–1989 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox
2,089G
.298AVG
.352OBP
.502SLG
More career statistics
2,452H
382HR
1,451RBI
58SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,089 | 9,058 | 8,225 | 1,249 | 2,452 | 373 | 79 | 382 | 1,451 | 670 | 1,423 | 58 | 34 | 64 | 94 | 4,129 | .298 | .352 | .502 | .854 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1980-09-04 to 1980-09-26
39longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Two Homers, Three Strikeouts | 1976-09-20 | 1 in 2,570 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1988-07-04 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1977-08-29 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1048 | 4507 | 1304 | 208 | 803 | 348 | 691 | .320 | .367 | .546 |
| Away | 1041 | 4551 | 1148 | 174 | 648 | 322 | 732 | .277 | .323 | .459 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 273 | 1212 | 294 | 38 | 173 | 102 | 165 | .271 | .327 | .430 |
| May | 377 | 1623 | 415 | 70 | 250 | 115 | 275 | .280 | .327 | .478 |
| June | 345 | 1525 | 438 | 72 | 247 | 121 | 242 | .316 | .367 | .556 |
| July | 331 | 1449 | 400 | 51 | 224 | 88 | 231 | .299 | .337 | .485 |
| August | 371 | 1600 | 436 | 75 | 258 | 125 | 255 | .302 | .351 | .516 |
| September | 367 | 1550 | 441 | 70 | 280 | 115 | 235 | .314 | .359 | .530 |
| October | 25 | 99 | 28 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 20 | .295 | .323 | .537 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 194 | 848 | 247 | 37 | 172 | 54 | 145 | .316 | .355 | .535 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 177 | 774 | 215 | 24 | 119 | 59 | 97 | .310 | .354 | .493 |
| detroit-tigers | 177 | 765 | 206 | 37 | 109 | 51 | 135 | .293 | .336 | .492 |
| baltimore-orioles | 176 | 754 | 220 | 38 | 136 | 62 | 106 | .324 | .374 | .563 |
| new-york-yankees | 170 | 714 | 212 | 36 | 129 | 57 | 109 | .330 | .377 | .582 |
| texas-rangers | 159 | 706 | 169 | 21 | 91 | 57 | 110 | .266 | .320 | .425 |
| chicago-white-sox | 157 | 679 | 173 | 24 | 104 | 54 | 104 | .280 | .334 | .459 |
| kansas-city-royals | 157 | 687 | 166 | 17 | 87 | 55 | 110 | .270 | .322 | .424 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 |  Boston Red Sox | 24 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 13 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1975 | Boston Red Sox | 144 | 564 | 174 | 22 | 102 | 10 | .309 | – | – |
| 1976 | Boston Red Sox | 153 | 581 | 164 | 25 | 85 | 8 | .282 | – | – |
| 1977 | Boston Red Sox | 160 | 644 | 206 | 39 | 114 | 5 | .320 | – | – |
| 1978 | Boston Red Sox | 163 | 677 | 213 | 46 | 139 | 7 | .315 | – | – |
| 1979 | Boston Red Sox | 158 | 619 | 201 | 39 | 130 | 9 | .325 | – | – |
| 1980 | Boston Red Sox | 124 | 504 | 148 | 24 | 86 | 8 | .294 | – | – |
| 1981 | Boston Red Sox | 108 | 451 | 128 | 17 | 62 | 2 | .284 | – | – |
| 1982 | Boston Red Sox | 145 | 573 | 177 | 24 | 97 | – | .309 | – | – |
| 1983 | Boston Red Sox | 155 | 626 | 191 | 39 | 126 | – | .305 | – | – |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox | 159 | 657 | 184 | 28 | 122 | 4 | .280 | – | – |
| 1985 | Boston Red Sox | 140 | 546 | 159 | 27 | 103 | 2 | .291 | – | – |
| 1986 | Boston Red Sox | 157 | 618 | 200 | 20 | 110 | – | .324 | – | – |
| 1987 | Boston Red Sox | 108 | 404 | 112 | 13 | 62 | 1 | .277 | – | – |
| 1988 | Boston Red Sox | 135 | 485 | 128 | 15 | 72 | 1 | .264 | – | – |
| 1989 | Boston Red Sox | 56 | 209 | 49 | 3 | 28 | 1 | .234 | – | – |