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Mickey
Rivers		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 31, 1948 in Usa, FL, MIAMI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 21 LAD NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 9 10 10
1971 22 LAD NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 9 10 10
1972 23 LAD NL     8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 2 2 9 10 10
1973 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 2 2 9 10 9
1974 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1975 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 2 2 2 9 10 10
1976 27 NYA AL $ 1,450,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 2 2 2 9 10 9
1977 28 NYA AL $ 1,870,714   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 2 2 2 9 10 10
1978 29 NYA AL $ 2,142,857   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9
1979 30 NYA AL $ 2,142,857   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1980 31 NYA AL $ 1,990,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1981 32 NYA AL $ 1,990,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 5 6 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1982 33 NYA AL $ 1,990,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1983 34 CLE AL     5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,142,857   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 2 2 2 9 10 10
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
1970 21 AAA   136 564 59 136 20 5 8 52 13 4 33 32 .241 .283 .337 .620 53.8  
1971 22 AAA   137 571 84 166 39 4 15 91 9 4 36 37 .291 .333 .452 .785 81.5  
1972 23 AAA   137 537 94 167 30 7 11 84 19 1 45 28 .311 .364 .454 .819 87.1  
1973 24 LAD NL 98 288 40 77 10 5 5 37 20 7 15 13 .267 .306 .389 .695 32.5 4.7
1974 25 LAD NL 125 360 45 101 16 3 8 47 29 12 14 18 .281 .307 .408 .716 44.8 9.3
1975 26 LAD NL 133 416 61 126 16 7 5 61 34 11 14 14 .303 .327 .411 .738 50.3 9.5
1976 27 LAD NL 35 69 8 22 3 1 0 10 3 1 2 4 .319 .333 .391 .725 8.5 1.4
  NYA AL 87 278 31 83 14 10 3 34 12 2 18 14 .299 .340 .453 .793 41.3 8.4
  TOT   122 347 39 105 17 11 3 44 15 3 20 18 .303 .339 .441 .780 49.7 9.8
1977 28 NYA AL 138 496 71 148 36 4 2 52 34 8 23 19 .298 .331 .399 .730 63.4 11.1
1978 29 NYA AL 122 464 57 135 22 6 3 52 20 9 25 10 .291 .327 .384 .710 54.1 8.4
    AAA   28 126 14 45 7 3 2 23 6 3 3 3 .357 .372 .508 .880 20.9  
1979 30 NYA AL 135 483 65 146 31 4 1 50 22 12 14 27 .302 .319 .389 .709 53.2 10.2
1980 31 NYA AL 152 579 63 167 20 6 6 52 21 8 22 46 .288 .317 .375 .692 65.7 13.5
1981 32 NYA AL 151 564 52 167 21 4 7 62 12 7 16 32 .296 .317 .385 .702 60.3 12.3
1982 33 NYA AL 156 594 79 182 20 5 3 50 19 5 41 39 .306 .350 .372 .722 71.9 17.0
1983 34 AAA   131 512 63 143 15 1 5 48 14 7 23 65 .279 .310 .342 .652 52.7  
10 Years Sim 1332 4591 572 1354 209 55 43 507 226 82 204 236 .295 .325 .393 .718 545.9 105.6
5 Years AAA 569 2310 314 657 111 20 41 298 61 19 140 165 .284 .327 .403 .730 296.1  
162 Game Average 558 69 164 25 6 5 61 27 9 24 28 .295 .325 .393 .718 66.4  
Career Highs 156 594 79 182 36 11 8 62 34 12 41 46 .306 .350 .441 .780 71.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3759 472 1136 181 44 33 412 182 68 177 179 .302 .334 .400 .734 482.0
vs LH   832 100 218 28 11 10 95 44 14 27 57 .262 .285 .358 .643 84.2
Home 665 2276 271 677 98 27 20 259 114 40 108 110 .297 .329 .391 .720 284.4
Away 667 2315 301 677 111 28 23 248 112 42 96 126 .292 .321 .394 .716 281.8
RISP   1073 0 335 50 13 13 435 0 0 59 47 .312 .343 .419 .762 147.0
Pinch Hitting   134 11 38 6 0 0 20 3 3 9 10 .284 .326 .328 .655 13.7
Close/Late   606 88 180 25 7 8 64 0 0 35 29 .297 .337 .401 .738 77.8
Mar/Apr 218 721 100 216 31 5 3 78 45 10 33 28 .300 .329 .369 .698 88.0
May 210 717 93 210 27 8 7 66 30 12 26 34 .293 .322 .382 .704 83.6
June 247 928 105 267 49 13 7 95 46 20 29 44 .288 .309 .391 .701 106.2
July 214 759 93 221 30 7 11 79 29 10 34 52 .291 .321 .393 .713 93.2
August 231 788 95 234 39 14 8 97 39 12 53 45 .297 .342 .412 .754 108.7
Sep/Oct 212 678 86 206 33 8 7 92 37 18 29 33 .304 .331 .407 .738 86.6
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
1973 24 LAD NL 2B 12 0 22.0 5 10 1 1 .938 6.14   0.1
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 25 LAD NL CF 20 17 140.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.67   0.2
    2B 35 0 72.3 17 21 0 5 1.000 4.73   0.2
    LF 5 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1975 26 LAD NL LF 91 78 712.0 161 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   1.4
    CF 15 14 112.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.01    
    2B 13 0 26.0 10 11 0 2 1.000 7.27   0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 27 LAD NL 2B 25 22 133.4 26 51 1 11 .987 5.19   0.6
    LF 6 1 15.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
    CF 2 2 9.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.0
  NYA AL 2B 61 54 555.6 110 214 6 45 .982 5.25   2.1
    LF 16 4 65.9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.3
    CF 5 4 41.1 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.0
  TOT   2B 86 76 689.0 136 265 7 56 .983 5.24   2.7
      LF 22 5 81.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.4
      CF 7 6 51.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
1977 28 NYA AL 2B 121 104 957.7 187 364 8 79 .986 5.18   4.8
    CF 6 5 39.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.08   0.3
    LF 4 4 33.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1978 29 NYA AL 2B 118 116 1008.3 231 380 8 105 .987 5.45   4.5
    CF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1979 30 NYA AL 2B 109 102 885.7 212 323 9 64 .983 5.44   3.0
    LF 8 4 42.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.64   0.2
    CF 13 2 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1980 31 NYA AL 2B 143 137 1188.3 253 486 10 101 .987 5.60   4.7
    LF 4 2 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72   0.1
    CF 3 2 18.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
1981 32 NYA AL 2B 72 66 583.7 178 267 2 60 .996 6.86   2.4
    LF 59 56 479.3 107 3 0 1 1.000 2.07   1.3
    CF 16 16 140.0 44 1 1 0 .978 2.89    
1982 33 NYA AL 2B 130 125 1136.0 302 522 13 129 .984 6.53   2.6
    CF 18 17 152.3 48 0 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.5
    LF 5 1 17.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.76    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
  2B 839 726 6569.0 1531 2649 58 602 .986 5.73   25.0
  LF 199 150 1399.4 323 6 0 1 1.000 2.12   3.4
  CF 101 79 704.0 179 2 2 1 .989 2.31   1.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1142 955 8678.3 2033 2659 61 604 .987 4.87   29.4
Career Highs   154 143 1307.3 359 523 14 129 1.000 6.07    
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
1976 27 NYA AL 7 24 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .208 .208 .250 .458
1977 28 NYA AL 5 19 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .105 .100 .158 .258
Career Post-Season Batting 12 43 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .163 .159 .209 .368
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1979-6-.302
1982-7-.306
 Games
1982-5-156
 Hits
1982-6-182
 Singles
1980-10-135
1981-9-135
1982-3-154
 Triples
1973-10-5
1975-2-7
1976-2-10
 Stolen Bases
1974-7-29
1975-7-34
1977-7-34
Caught Stealing
1974-7-12
1975-7-11
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Bobby Reeves (920)
  5. Doc Gautreau (919)
  6. Ken Boswell (918)
  7. Ted Sizemore (916)
  8. Dutch Meyer (916)
  9. Billy Myers (915)
  10. Billy Johnson (915)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1970
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1973, off Rich Gossage (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1973, off Joe Moeller (PIT)
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis on 7/25/1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (A) on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYA: CF Amos Otis, CF Mickey Rivers, P Tug Mcgraw. Going to LAD: P Mike Garman, 3B Art Shamsky)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,870,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,142,857 through salary arbitration
5/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,990,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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