Jim
Rivera
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 201
 
Born: July 22, 1922 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
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
1952 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7
1953 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7
1954 31 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1955 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1956 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 6 5 6 6 6
1957 34 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1958 35 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7
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
1952 29 PIT NL 55 13 18 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 .154 .154 .308 .462 -0.6 0.0
1953 30 PIT NL 55 13 22 4 0 1 0 2 8 2 1 0 .308 .357 .462 .819 2.9 0.5
1954 31 PIT NL 67 18 17 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.5 0.2
1955 32 PIT NL 54 19 20 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 .105 .105 .158 .263 -0.3 0.0
1956 33 PIT NL 29 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
    AAA   52 179 23 37 3 0 8 22 5 2 27 25 .207 .311 .358 .668 22.5  
1957 34 PIT NL 36 16 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.3 0.0
1958 35 PIT NL 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .200 .250 .450 0.8 0.0
    AAA   41 86 9 25 5 1 3 18 1 2 4 22 .291 .322 .477 .799 12.0  
7 Years Sim 315 87 92 16 2 2 0 6 20 9 2 14 .184 .200 .253 .453 4.5 0.9
2 Years AAA 93 265 32 62 8 1 11 40 6 4 31 47 .234 .316 .396 .713 34.5  
162 Game Average 44 47 8 1 1 0 3 10 4 1 7 .184 .200 .253 .453 2.3  
Career Highs 67 19 22 5 1 1 0 2 8 3 1 4 .308 .357 .500 .819 2.9  
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   63 54 13 1 2 0 3 9 4 2 8 .206 .227 .286 .513 4.0
vs LH   24 34 3 1 0 0 3 10 4 0 6 .125 .125 .167 .292 0.2
Home 153 36 40 10 2 0 0 3 16 4 1 4 .278 .289 .333 .623 4.9
Away 162 51 52 6 0 2 0 3 4 5 1 10 .118 .135 .196 .331 -0.8
RISP   19 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 3 .158 .150 .316 .466 0.7
Pinch Hitting   24 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 .292 .280 .458 .738 2.9
Close/Late   26 87 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .231 .250 .308 .558 1.9
Mar/Apr 66 17 15 5 2 0 0 3 6 3 0 1 .294 .278 .412 .690 1.9
May 52 10 15 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 .300 .417 .700 1.117 2.6
June 45 13 19 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.3
July 42 8 15 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8
August 53 23 18 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 .087 .087 .087 .174 -0.3
Sep/Oct 42 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 .063 .063 .063 .125 -1.4
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
1952 29 PIT NL CF 5 1 20.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.1
    RF 7 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 30 PIT NL RF 9 1 19.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   0.1
    1B 1 0 5.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1954 31 PIT NL CF 8 1 22.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.1
    RF 7 0 13.7 5 0 1 0 .833 3.29    
1955 32 PIT NL RF 7 1 15.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.60   0.1
    CF 9 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
1956 33 PIT NL RF 5 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 34 PIT NL CF 16 2 41.7 7 2 1 0 .900 1.94   0.1
    RF 10 0 18.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1958 35 PIT NL CF 6 0 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 49 4 114.3 27 2 1 0 .967 2.28   0.2
  RF 46 2 86.6 22 0 1 0 .957 2.29   0.2
  1B 1 0 5.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 14.40   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
Career Totals   97 6 209.0 57 5 2 2 .969 2.67   0.5
Career Highs   26 2 60.0 13 2 1 1 1.000 4.61    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 29 PIT NL 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1952
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/14/1952, off Cal Mclish (SEM)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1955: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Released by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1959