{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-jim-rice-35x39-boston-white-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Framed Autographed\/Signed Jim Rice 35x39 Boston White Baseball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eFramed Autographed\/Signed Jim Rice 35x39 Boston White Baseball Jersey JSA COA — The Hand-Signed, Framed Display-Ready Boston Red Sox White Home Jersey of the Anderson, South Carolina Hall of Famer and 1978 American League MVP Whose Eight All-Star Selections and the Most Feared Left-Handed Bat of His Generation Made Him the Defining Power Hitter of the Late 1970s Boston Red Sox, Authenticated by James Spence Authentication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The Framed Autographed\/Signed Jim Rice 35x39 Boston White Baseball Jersey JSA COA is the hand-signed, James Spence Authentication certified, framed display-ready Boston Red Sox white home jersey of the Hall of Famer whose name is synonymous with the power hitting tradition of Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox teams of the 1970s and early 1980s. JSA, James Spence Authentication, is one of the sport's three most respected autograph authentication organizations, and the COA that travels with this framed jersey documents Rice's personal signature's legitimacy for the collector, the display owner, and any future owner who encounters this piece. The framed presentation — already matted and display-ready at 35x39 — arrives prepared for immediate wall display without additional framing investment, making this a complete display-ready piece from the moment it is received.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Jim Rice was born March 8, 1953, in Anderson, South Carolina — the Upstate South Carolina city whose baseball culture and the southeastern athletic development tradition produced the player who arrived at Fenway Park in 1974 and proceeded to build one of the most feared offensive profiles in American League baseball. Rice's combination of power — the ability to hit the ball as hard as any left-handed hitter of his era — and the consistency that produced eight All-Star selections across his Boston career created the statistical record that the Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee eventually recognized with induction in 2009 after Rice's candidacy had passed through multiple years of BBWAA voting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 1978 American League Most Valuable Player Award — one of the most statistically supported MVP seasons in the award's history, with Rice producing 46 home runs, 139 RBI, and a .315 batting average in a season where the Yankees and Red Sox staged the most memorable divisional race of the decade — confirmed what Boston fans and American League pitchers had understood since Rice's arrival: that the Fenway Park left fielder was the most dangerous hitter in the American League. The Boston Red Sox white home jersey that Rice signed carries the visual identity of the Fenway tradition — the Red Sox script across the chest, the clean white home uniform that Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, and the generations of Boston left field legends wore at the corner of Yawkey Way and Van Ness Street. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Jim Rice. Anderson, South Carolina. Boston Red Sox. Left Fielder. Hall of Fame. 1978 AL MVP. 8x All-Star. JSA COA. Autographed. Framed. 35x39. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039545143528,"sku":"UU-417Y-OFDU","price":424.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/framed-autographed-signed-jim-rice-35x39-boston-white-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa-vintage-968.webp?v=1770221584","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/framed-autographed-signed-jim-rice-35x39-boston-white-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}