 In addition to winning the American League MVP award in 1978, he finished in the top five in MVP voting five other times (1975, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986).Rice is the only player in history to lead the league in HRs, RBIs, and triples in the same year.He is also the only player in major league history to record over 200 hits while hitting 39 or more HRs for three consecutive years.