How Jim Rice's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Rice posted a career Batting Average of .298, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .325, well above the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at .234, near the league average of .259 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 1987 to .264 in 1988 and .234 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.
Jim Rice Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.298 | 9058 | 8225 | 0.318 |
| Season Avg. | 0.298 | 566.13 | 514.06 | 0.318 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.298 | 702.44 | 637.84 | 0.318 |
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Jim Rice Batting Average Per Season
Jim Rice's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Rice Batting Average by Team
Jim Rice's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Rice Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Rice's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jim Rice Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Rice's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jim Rice Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Rice's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
