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What PEDs did Jim Rice use from 1977-1979 (and maybe 1983)?

The steroid hot topic got me thinking (I know that's dangerous), but what was it from 1977-1979 that made Jim Rice so much better than the rest of his career?

Here are his stats for that time period versus the rest of his career:

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS IBB
3 years "juicing" 160 647 114 207 31 12 41 128 7 56 114 .320 .375 .596 .972 7
"clean" years 139 546 80 160 24 4 23 93 3 44 94 .294 .347 .478 .826 5

So he hit for more power hitting nearly twice as many bombs. His BA was up over 25 points. He had ZOMG MORE RBIs. He was considerably more "feared" considering they gave him 40% more intentional passes.

So what steroid did Jim Rice have that gave him this extra pop?I just don't get it. I thought PEDs were only a problem today, so how can one explain these seeming outliers?

*A couple of notes:

I did not include his first and last seasons since they were both less than 100 games (and bad), and I didn't want to skew the numbers.

I didn't include GIDPs because at least he got the ball in play rather than striking out.

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That would be correct sir.

Although, I did mail it in w/ my application to join the BBWAA. I changed the name, though, because I didn’t want them to think I was one of those sabernerds.

by rglass44 on May 8, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Witty

Very good stuff man.

by Hambone Willis on May 9, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He also gained weight as he grew older, another clear sign of steroid use.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

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by marcello on May 9, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You almost had me

…until you mentioned that the “juice years” came before the “clean years”.

by justaguyfromkc on May 9, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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