Jim Rice Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
JIM RICE
Born: March 8, 1953 in Anderson, South Carolina
Full name James Edward Rice Born March 8, 1953, Anderson, South Carolina First Game: August 19, 1974; Final Game: August 3, 1989 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 200Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2009 Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1978) Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1978) Named Minor League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1974) Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1975, 1977 to 1979, 1983 and 1986) Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1983 to 1984) JIM RICE This article was written by Alexander Edelman and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research James Edward Rice was born on Sunday, March 8, 1953, in Anderson, South Carolina, to Roger and Julia Rice. Residents of the town say that even as a lanky teenager, "Ed", as he was known to his friends, showed promise. He led his 1969 American Legion team to the State Finals. However, it was still a time of segregation in the south, and Rice, despite his promise, had to attend Westside High School--as opposed to the all-white T.L Hanna High. Sometime before Rice's senior year, when integration was mandated, Anderson's district board drew lines to decide who would attend what school. The resulting line was drawn so that the Rice household was included in the Hanna district. His engaging personality and gentle charm won over most of Hanna, and helped ease the racial tension that accompanied integration. Rice's childhood hero was Westside alumnus and American Football League star George Webster, and Rice played football and basketball as well as baseball. In his senior year, Rice starred on Hanna's football team as an all-state kick returner, defensive back and wide receiver, and played in the North Carolina- South Carolina Shrine Bowl, leading South Carolina to victory. Baseball was by far his best sport, however, and when he was 18, the Boston Red Sox took him in the first round of the 1971 amateur entry draft (15th overall). [1]After being drafted by the Red Sox, Jim played 60 games in 1971 for Single-A Williamsport in the New York-Penn League at the tender age of 18. He hit .256 with five home runs. In 1972 he was sent to Winter Haven in the Florida State League, where he continued to improve his skills, garnering 17 homers in 130 games. In 1973, the Red Sox promoted him to Bristol in the Double-A Eastern League, where he quickly flourished, winning the league batting title with a .317 batting average. He hit 27 homers and drove in 93 runs. Later that year, he joined the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox for the playoffs, and helped lead them to a Junior World Series championship over the American Association Tulsa team; in just 10 playoff games, he hit .378 with four homers. The next year, 1974, Rice played with the PawSox for almost the whole year, where he won the International League's Triple Crown, Rookie of the Year, and MVP (.337, 25 HR, 93 RBI). [2]
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 2212JIM RICE The Hall of Famer signs a 3¼x4 sheet of paper in purple felt tip. Signature: "Jim Rice" in purple felt tip, 3¼x4 sheet. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice (b. 1953) emerged as one of the American League's most feared slugger in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 269973JIM RICE. Baseball signed: "Jim Rice". Rawlings/Official Ball/National League/Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice emerged as one of the American League's most feared slugger in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 274747JIM RICE. Baseball signed: "Jim Rice/M.V.P. 78". Rawlings/Official Major League Baseball, Allan H. Selig Commissioner. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice emerged as one of the American League's most feared slugger in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 290224JIM RICEBaseball signed in blue ink in the sweet spot, sealed in PSA/DNA cube with authentication label and an overall grade of 8.5. Baseball signed: "Jim Rice". Baseball signed in blue ink in the sweet spot. With PSA/DNA sticker and Certificate of Authenticity (H43984).Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 290997JIM RICEBaseball signed in blue ink in the sweet spot, sealed in PSA/DNA cube with authentication label and an overall grade of 9 Baseball signed: "Jim Rice". Official Major League (Selig) Baseball, signed in blue ink in the sweet spot. With PSA/DNA sticker and Certificate of Authenticity (I00211).Sale Price $573.75
$675.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 292992JIM RICE Very rare signature "Jim Rice Boston Strong Boy", signed in blue ink on the sweet spot, encased in PSA/DNA cube with authentication label and an overall grade of 9.5. Baseball signed: "Jim Rice/Boston Strong Boy". Rawlings Official Major League baseball, Allan H. Selig, Commissioner, signed in blue ink in the sweet spot.Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 293027JIM RICE Very rare signature "James Edward Rice", signed in blue ink on the sweet spot, sealed in PSA/DNA cube with authentication label and an overall grade of 9.5. Baseball signed: "James Edward Rice". Rawlings Official Major League baseball, Allan H. Selig, Commissioner, signed in blue ink in the sweet spot.Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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JIM RICE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 54724JIM RICE. Signature: "Jim Rice". Color, 8x10. Rice emerged as the AL's most feared slugger in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The rock-solid 6'2" 200-lb. right-hander used his quick, compact stroke and immensely strong wrists to send home runs crashing into upper decks or soaring completely over the screen above Fenway Park's Green Monster.Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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JIM RICE - BASEBALL BAT SIGNED - HFSID 293119JIM RICE Louisville Slugger "Jim Rice" model signed on the barrel in blue felt tip by the Hall of Famer. Baseball Bat signed: "Jim Rice", Louisville Slugger "Jim Rice" model, Genuine C243, signed in blue felt tip on the barrel. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice (b.Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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JIM RICE - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED - HFSID 284496JIM RICESigned envelope commemorating Game One of the 1986 World Series Commemorative Envelope signed: "Jim Rice", 6½x3½. Special Cover marking Game One of the 1986 World Series, with color cachet illustrating Fenway Park and Shea Stadium, postmarked New York, N.Y.Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
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BOSTON RED SOX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1975 CO-SIGNED BY: CARLTON "PUDGE" FISK, DWIGHT "DEWEY" EVANS, FRED LYNN, BERNIE CARBO, DENNY DOYLE, STEVE DILLARD, JOHNNY PESKY, JIM RICE, REGGIE CLEVELAND, DICK DRAGO, CARL "YAZ" YASTRZEMSKI, BILL "SPACEMAN" LEE, BOB MONTGOMERY, RICK WISE, DIEGO SEGUI, LUIS TIANT JR., JIM WILLOUGHBY, BUTCH HOBSON - HFSID 275293BOSTON RED SOX (1975) Nineteen members of one of Boston's greatest teams. Baseball signed: "Fred Lynn", "Jim Willoughby", "Johnny Pesky", "Carlton Fisk", "Carl Yastrzemski", "Luis Tiant", "Diego Segui",Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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BOSTON RED SOX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1984 CO-SIGNED BY: DWIGHT "DEWEY" EVANS, MIKE EASLER, WADE BOGGS, ROGER CLEMENS, RICH GALE, RALPH HOUK, GLENN EDWARD HOFFMAN, BRUCE VEE HURST, RICH GEDMAN, BILL "BILLY BUCKS" BUCKNER, JOHNNY PESKY, JIM RICE, JOHN HENRY (BASEBALL) JOHNSON, REID NICHOLS, JACKIE GUTIERREZ, AL NIPPER, MARC SULLIVAN - HFSID 275294BOSTON RED SOX (1984) 23 players, 3 coaches and the manager from the 1984 Sox sign a Rawlings Official American League baseball (Brown). Baseball signed: "Johnny Pesky", "Ralph Houk", "Roger Clemens",Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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BOSTON RED SOX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: DWIGHT "DEWEY" EVANS, FRED LYNN, JIM RICE - HFSID 276632BOSTON RED SOX: DWIGHT EVANS, JIM RICE and FRED LYNN Shown as the outfield of the 1975 Sox, who fell 1 win short of breaking the "curse." Poster Photograph signed: "Jim Rice", "Fred Lynn", "Dwight Evans". Color, 20x16.Sale Price $382.50
$425.00
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CARLTON "PUDGE" FISK - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: DWIGHT "DEWEY" EVANS, FRED LYNN, DICK McAULIFFE, TIM BLACKWELL, RICK "ROOSTER" BURLESON, BERNIE CARBO, RICK MILLER, STEVE DILLARD, JIM RICE, RICO PETROCELLI, REGGIE CLEVELAND, DICK DRAGO, BILL "SPACEMAN" LEE, BOB MONTGOMERY, RICK WISE, DIEGO SEGUI, LUIS TIANT JR., BUTCH HOBSON, ROGER MORET - HFSID 291894Classic, limited edition 15½x20 image from Game Six of the 1975 World Series: Carlton Fisk, standing at home plate, willing his game-winning homer into fair territory. Also signed by 19 of his Red Sox teammates. Most have added comments about the historic clout.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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FRED LYNN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CO-SIGNED BY: DWIGHT "DEWEY" EVANS, JIM RICE - HFSID 277477Baseball signed by Lynn in the sweet-spot, Evans as "Dwight Evans" and Rice. All three were part of the Red Sox's 1975 roster and helped to bring the team within 1 game of breaking the Curse. The Cincinnati Reds came back to win the World Series against the Red Sox that year in Game 7, prolonging Boston fans' agony for another 29 years.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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PETE ROSE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: JIM RICE - HFSID 43497PETE ROSE and JIM RICE Color publicity photograph of Pete Rose and Jim Rice. Photograph signed: "Pete Rose" and "Jim Rice". Color, 7½x9½. PETE ROSE, bornSale Price $405.00
$450.00
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PETE ROSE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: JIM RICE - HFSID 45919PETE ROSE and JIM RICE Color publicity photograph of Pete Rose and Jim Rice. Photograph signed: "Pete Rose" and "Jim Rice". Color, 8x10. PETE ROSE, born in 1941, isSale Price $292.50
$325.00
