IAL Hall of Fame: Jim Rice

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Jim Rice

Outfielder

inducted in 1997

“Mr 66″.

For years, Rice held the single season record for most home runs hit when he hit 66 in 1979.  In that MVP season Jim also had 125 rbis and 129 runs that year, mostly batting out of the leadoff spot, he ended the season with 34 at bats leftover, Champs won the Championship, finished in 1st place, and won 99 ballgames.  He was partially responsible for the Chicago Champions’ first place finish in 1984, another MVP season for Rice, when he hit 59 homeruns with an amazing 154 rbis with 139 runs scored.  Jim was a part of six championship teams with the Champions.

YEAR

CLUB

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

AVG

SLG

OBP
1976 CHAMPS 128 474 58 140 26 0 12 57 0 0 5 .295 .426 .295
1977 CHAMPS 140 520 65 132 12 2 22 76 25 112 5 .254 .412 .288
1978 CHAMPS 156 601 122 191 37 6 35 126 61 101 9 .318 .574 .381
1979 CHAMPS 161 643 129 175 15 6 66 125 55 137 7 .272 .622 .330
1980 CHAMPS 156 615 108 193 31 4 42 133 54 109 9 .314 .582 .369
1981 CHAMPS 124 484 74 133 19 0 37 86 34 96 4 .275 .543 .322
1982 CHAMPS 161 644 85 174 26 2 28 109 40 97 0 .270 .447 .313
1983 CHAMPS 140 525 63 145 21 0 21 70 44 80 0 .276 .436 .332
1984 CHAMPS 155 619 139 196 22 0 59 154 52 82 3 .317 .638 .370
1985 CHAMPS 158 581 63 125 17 5 22 62 42 88 0 .215 .375 .268
1986 CHAMPS 121 359 28 85 10 2 17 44 39 47 0 .237 .418 .312
1987 CHAMPS 155 617 96 185 33 1 32 127 56 89 0 .300 .512 .358
1988 CHAMPS 105 98 6 33 2 0 5 11 10 20 0 .337 .510 .398
1989 CHAMPS 67 62 5 16 2 0 4 7 3 14 0 .258 .484 .292
14 Totals 1927 6842 1041 1923 273 28 402 1187 515 1072 42 .281 .505 .331

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