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Bombo
Rivera		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 202
 
Born: August 2, 1952 in P.R., , PONCE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 22 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6
1976 23 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5
1977 24 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5
1978 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5
1979 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 5 6 5 5
1980 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5
1981 28 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 5
1982 29 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5
1983 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 5
1984 31 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
1986 33 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 22 AAA   31 121 17 28 10 1 1 14 3 1 13 20 .231 .306 .355 .661 13.4  
    AA   106 414 42 105 19 5 6 59 2 9 51 55 .254 .335 .367 .703 50.2  
1976 23 DET AL 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   94 380 42 93 15 3 5 37 7 6 34 70 .245 .307 .339 .646 39.5  
1977 24 DET AL 100 248 21 55 11 3 1 16 11 10 8 46 .222 .248 .302 .550 15.5 0.0
1978 25 DET AL 84 223 29 51 6 1 3 18 12 10 11 26 .229 .264 .305 .569 13.8 0.0
1980 27 DET AL 12 6 3 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .833 1.167 1.4 0.1
1981 28 AAA   137 524 50 124 24 1 11 54 7 7 77 96 .237 .334 .349 .684 65.0  
1982 29 AAA   137 576 77 162 35 8 7 50 6 14 62 110 .281 .351 .406 .757 77.5  
1983 30 PIT NL 53 110 12 24 6 2 0 11 1 1 6 26 .218 .263 .309 .572 8.0 0.2
1984 31 PIT NL 47 83 13 12 3 0 0 2 1 3 5 27 .145 .202 .181 .383 0.7 0.0
1986 33 SEM AL 44 98 13 27 6 1 0 7 0 3 9 29 .276 .336 .357 .694 10.8 1.8
7 Years Sim 347 772 91 171 32 7 5 59 26 27 39 155 .222 .261 .301 .561 49.9 2.1
4 Years AAA 399 1601 186 407 84 13 24 155 23 28 186 296 .254 .331 .368 .699 195.4  
1 Years AA 106 414 42 105 19 5 6 59 2 9 51 55 .254 .333 .367 .700 50.2  
5 Years Minors 505 2015 228 512 103 18 30 214 25 37 237 351 .254 .332 .368 .699 245.5  
162 Game Average 360 42 79 14 3 2 27 12 12 18 72 .222 .261 .301 .561 23.3  
Career Highs 100 248 29 55 11 3 3 18 12 10 11 46 .333 .336 .833 1.167 15.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   298 50 58 11 5 2 26 9 10 9 68 .195 .219 .285 .505 14.4
vs LH   474 41 113 21 2 3 33 17 17 30 87 .238 .286 .310 .596 38.2
Home 175 384 44 84 15 4 3 32 12 12 19 73 .219 .256 .302 .558 26.3
Away 172 388 47 87 17 3 2 27 14 15 20 82 .224 .266 .299 .565 26.4
RISP   174 0 33 5 2 2 49 0 0 8 38 .190 .226 .276 .502 9.7
Pinch Hitting   56 5 13 1 0 1 10 0 1 3 12 .232 .271 .304 .575 4.2
Close/Late   116 28 27 7 0 0 11 0 0 10 27 .233 .299 .293 .592 9.9
Mar/Apr 69 181 15 39 8 2 0 13 6 5 14 33 .215 .270 .282 .552 12.9
May 63 153 22 36 3 2 2 11 4 4 4 32 .235 .255 .320 .575 11.2
June 59 136 19 28 6 2 0 7 6 3 6 22 .206 .243 .279 .522 8.2
July 46 112 9 31 7 1 0 7 5 5 2 19 .277 .287 .357 .644 9.8
August 60 113 13 22 6 0 1 6 3 7 9 28 .195 .254 .274 .528 5.9
Sep/Oct 50 77 13 15 2 0 2 15 2 3 4 21 .195 .253 .299 .552 4.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 23 DET AL RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 24 DET AL CF 13 2 43.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.1
    SS 4 0 7.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.70   0.0
    RF 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1978 25 DET AL LF 7 3 43.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.05   0.3
    CF 5 4 39.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    RF 4 3 28.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 2 2 17.7 19 2 0 2 1.000 10.70   0.0
1980 27 DET AL RF 4 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 30 PIT NL LF 18 11 109.0 27 2 2 0 .935 2.39   0.3
    3B 9 7 69.3 2 18 1 1 .952 2.60   0.1
    RF 7 4 38.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.42    
    CF 6 2 26.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1984 31 PIT NL CF 8 7 54.0 14 3 1 0 .944 2.83   0.7
    RF 6 6 50.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.88    
    3B 8 4 39.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.1
    LF 8 3 35.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.83    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 33 SEM AL RF 16 14 123.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.9
    CF 12 8 78.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.49    
    LF 7 4 39.0 12 1 1 1 .929 3.00    
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  RF 42 27 253.7 61 1 1 0 .984 2.20   0.9
  CF 45 23 241.7 55 4 1 0 .983 2.20   0.8
  LF 43 21 230.7 54 4 3 1 .951 2.26   0.5
  3B 19 11 112.3 3 25 1 1 .966 2.24   0.2
  1B 3 2 18.7 20 3 0 2 1.000 11.09   0.0
  SS 5 0 8.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
Career Totals   157 84 865.6 196 38 6 4 .975 2.43   2.5
Career Highs   40 26 244.7 57 20 4 2 1.000 3.17    
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  5. Tommie Reynolds (971)
  6. Leo Posada (970)
  7. Johnny Barrett (970)
  8. Rick Bladt (969)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 70th overall pick, by Detroit in 1975
Injured on 4/13/1976 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/4/1977, off Rusty Gerhardt (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1977, off Mike Stanton (OAK)
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 2/8/1983 (Going to PIT: P Bob Shirley, C Bob Kearney, LF Bombo Rivera. Going to DET: CF Dan Ford)
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/3/1986 to a minor league deal
Released by Seattle on 10/3/1986
 
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