League Leaders Who Led?
Jim Rice

Jim Rice

1974–1989  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 200 lb  ·  b. 1953 Anderson, SC

Career 2,089 G · 2,452 H · 382 HR · 1,451 RBI · .298 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
9 best in baseball 5 league only
42 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
7 Categories led
1978 Best season

Spanning 1977–1983, peaking at 7 titles in 1978.

Led in Total Bases for 3 straight seasons (1977–1979) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 107th League titles 14
  • 82nd Best in baseball 9
  • 152nd Top-5 finishes 42

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Total Bases 4 1st 3 yrs (1977–1979) 1978 406 1979 369 1983 344 1977 AL 382 1976 #3
Home Runs 3 1st 2 yrs (1977–1978) 1978 46 1977 AL 39 1983 AL 39 1979 #2
Slugging Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1977–1978) 1978 .600 1977 AL .593 1976 #2 1979 #2 1983 #2
Runs Batted In 2 1st — 1978 139 1983 126 1977 #3 1979 #2 1984 #2
Triples 1 1st — 1978 15 1977 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 1978 AL .970 1977 #2 1979 #3
Hits 1 1st — 1978 213 1977 #3 1979 #2
Doubles — #3 — 1986 #3
Runs — #2 — 1978 #2 1979 #3
Batting Average — #3 — 1978 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1983 3 HR 39 RBI 126 TB 344
1979 1 TB 369
1978 7 HR 46 RBI 139 H 213 OPS .970 SLG .600 3B 15 TB 406
1977 3 HR 39 SLG .593 TB 382

Batting

16 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 BOS AL 24 67 6 18 2 1 1 13 4 12 0 .269 .307 .373 .680
1975 BOS AL 144 564 92 174 29 4 22 102 36 122 10 .309 .350 .491 .841
1976 BOS AL 153 581 75 164 25 8 25 85 28 123 8 .282 .315 .482 .797
1977 BOS AL 160 644 104 206 29 15 39 114 53 120 5 .320 .376 .593 .969
1978 BOS AL 163 677 121 213 25 15 46 139 58 126 7 .315 .371 .600 .970
1979 BOS AL 158 619 117 201 39 6 39 130 57 97 9 .325 .381 .596 .977
1980 BOS AL 124 504 81 148 22 6 24 86 30 87 8 .294 .336 .504 .840
1981 BOS AL 108 451 51 128 18 1 17 62 34 76 2 .284 .333 .441 .775
1982 BOS AL 145 573 86 177 24 5 24 97 55 98 0 .309 .375 .494 .869
1983 BOS AL 155 626 90 191 34 1 39 126 52 102 0 .305 .361 .550 .911
1984 BOS AL 159 657 98 184 25 7 28 122 44 102 4 .280 .323 .467 .791
1985 BOS AL 140 546 85 159 20 3 27 103 51 75 2 .291 .349 .487 .836
1986 BOS AL 157 618 98 200 39 2 20 110 62 78 0 .324 .384 .490 .874
1987 BOS AL 108 404 66 112 14 0 13 62 45 77 1 .277 .357 .408 .766
1988 BOS AL 135 485 57 128 18 3 15 72 48 89 1 .264 .330 .406 .737
1989 BOS AL 56 209 22 49 10 2 3 28 13 39 1 .234 .276 .345 .621
Career — — 2,089 8,225 1,249 2,452 373 79 382 1,451 670 1,423 58 .298 .352 .502 .854

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,543 3,103 137 66 19 .980