How Jim Rice's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Jim Rice posted a career Range Factor of 2.1, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1983, posting 2.38, well below the league average of 3.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1974 at 1.33, well below the league average of 3.22 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.22 in 1986 to 1.78 in 1987 and 1.58 in 1988. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 15 seasons.

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Jim Rice Range Factor Per Season

Jim Rice's Range Factor 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 Range Factor per season line chart

Jim Rice Range Factor by Team

Jim Rice's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Rice career Range Factor by team bar chart

Jim Rice Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Rice's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Rice Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Rice's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Rice Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Rice's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
Jim Rice Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table