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8-time All-Star
2452 career hits, including 382 home runs, 79 triples, and 373 doubles
137 assists (6th among Red Sox outfielders)
20 or more HR in 11 seasons
100 or more RBI in 8 seasons
3 HR in a game twice, 1977 and 1983
100 or more RBI's in 8 seasons
.298 career average (7 seasons batting over .300)
Among Red Sox top 5 hitters in 9 offensive categories
1977-79 - only player ever to have three consecutive years with 35 home runs and 200 hits, and led the league in total bases each of these years, tying Ted Williams and Ty Cobb for the league record.
1978 MVP with 46 home runs, 139 RBI, 213 hits, and .600 slugging percentage
Only AL player since 1937 to attain 400 total bases, and only player ever to lead either league outright in HR, Triples, and RBI in the same season
21 assists in 1983, the first Sox outfielder to reach 20 since 1944
Placed third in MVP voting in 1986, hitting .324 with 20 home runs, 200 hits, and 110 RBI's
28 years with the Boston Red Sox, both as a player and a coach
6th year as major league batting coach for the Red Sox; 3 of which involved post-season play
In 1995, was among the first inductees to the new Red Sox Hall of Fame

Coach Rice: Before and After

Red Sox team hitting statistics before Jim Rice became hitting coach:
(Season average for 1991 - 1994)

Team average per season, 1991-1994	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	K
Team average per season, 1991-1994	5107	642	1330	276	24	111	606	.260	.331	.389	524	820

Red Sox team hitting under Jim Rice's instruction:
(Yearly statistics since 1995)

source: Boston Red Sox 1999 Media Guide
tables borrowed from www.Redsoxdiehard.com
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