Today we head over to the American League in my on-going 1978 special "30 Home Run Club" sub-set celebrating the big bashers of 1977, with the Junior Circuit's leader, Jim Rice:
Rice
took home the first of his three career home run titles in 1977 when he
paced the league with 39 home runs, to go along with 114 runs batted
in, a .320 batting average, 206 hits and an amazing 15 triples!
Really,
I still say Rice does NOT get the accolades he deserves for his monster
seasons between 1975 when he broke in as a stud rookie and 1986 when he
reached 200 hits for the fourth time.
A monster at the plate: 2400+ hits, 382 homers, 1451 runs batted in and a .298 lifetime average.
Five times would he finish in the running for Most Valuable Player besides the year he took it home in 1978.
What. A. Player!
