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This Day In Red Sox History: November 7, 1978
By Administrator | November 7, 2009
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
Jim Rice received 20 of 28 first-place votes in winning the AL MVP Award.
Rice compiled 406 total bases during his campaign, the first time an AL batter reached 400 total bases since Joe DiMaggio in 1937. He led the league in hits (213), HR (46), RBI (139), slugging percentage (.600) and triples (15).
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