Jim Rivera

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 196lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: July 22, 1921 in New York, NY us

Died: November 13, 2017 in Fort Wayne, IN

High School: St. Dominic's HS (Blauvelt, NY)

Debut: April 15, 1952 (Age 30-268d, 10,869th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1961 (Age 40-070d)
vs. WSA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Manuel Joseph Rivera

Nicknames: Jungle Jim

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

3552

911

.257

503

RBI

422

160

OBP

.328

SLG

.402

OPS

.729

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 83 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	77
SLB	4
KCA	2

Platoon
vs RHP	73
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	39

Outs
0	31
1	28
2	24

8 Opps
CLE	18
BOS	15
MIN/WSH	12
NYY	12
DET	10
PHA/KCA	8
BAL/SLB	7
CHW	1

56 Pitchers
Tom Brewer	5
Hal Brown	4
Early Wynn	4
Pedro Ramos	4
Steve Gromek	3
Bob Grim	3
Bob Turley	3
Art Houtteman	3
Charlie Bishop	2
Mike Garcia	2
Paul Foytack	2
Ray Narleski	2
Frank Sullivan	2
Duane Pillette	2
Ned Garver	1
Sonny Dixon	1
Ken Lehman	1
Lou Brissie	1
Al Sima	1
Bob Lemon	1
Murray Wall	1
Russ Kemmerer	1
Dick Tomanek	1
Bob Miller	1
Ted Gray	1
Bob Kelly	1
Al Cicotte	1
Dick Brodowski	1
Bob Bruce	1
Billy Hoeft	1
Hal Griggs	1
Frank Lary	1
Cal McLish	1
Art Ditmar	1
Sam Jones	1
Tom Morgan	1
Sid Hudson	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Connie Grob	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Carl Scheib	1
Eddie Lopat	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Bob Trice	1
Fritz Dorish	1
Don Larsen	1
Dick Hyde	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Tom Gorman	1
George Susce	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Willard Nixon	1
Ben Flowers	1
Bob Feller	1
Bill Harrington	1

11 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	37
ClevelandStd (CLE)	9
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
GriffithStad (WAS)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	71
8	3
7	3
78	1

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	73
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	53
1--	17
-2-	6
12-	4
123	1
--3	1
1-3	1

120 RBI
RISP	13
0 on	53
1 on	24
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	30

Inning
1	7
2	10
3	11
4	10
5	8
6	11
7	10
8	7
9	9

1-3	28
4-6	29
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	7
+2	12
+1	8
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	9

Ahead	39
Tied	17
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	52
CF	22
LF	7
PH	1
1B	1

OrderPos
7th	22
5th	21
6th	18
3rd	9
1st	5
8th	4
4th	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	45

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1952-04-20 (1)	SLB		CHW	Hal Brown	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	---	1	3	8	0.003	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
2	2	2	1	1952-05-08	SLB	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	tied 8-8	t 9	0	---	1	3	7	0.340	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1952-05-10	SLB	@	CLE	Early Wynn	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	8	0.179	68%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1952-05-25 (2)	SLB		CLE	Sam Jones	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	8	0.140	56%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1952-07-30	CHW		NYY	Tom Gorman	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	-2-	2	6	8	0.061	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Mele Scores
6	6	6	1	1952-08-05 (2)	CHW		CLE	Mike Garcia	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.107	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1952-09-02 (1)	CHW		DET	Ted Gray	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	8	0.189	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Mele Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1953-04-25	CHW	@	SLB	Duane Pillette	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	8	0.090	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1953-05-30 (1)	CHW		CLE	Lou Brissie	behind 1-7	b 9	0	---	1	2	8	0.005	1%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
10	10	3	1	1953-06-12	CHW		BOS	Hal Brown	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	8	0.126	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	1	1953-06-14 (1)	CHW		BOS	Ben Flowers	ahead 4-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	8	0.015	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	1953-06-27	CHW	@	BOS	Sid Hudson	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	0.090	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1953-06-28	CHW	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	ahead 6-2	t 5	1	---	1	6	8	0.043	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	7	1	1953-07-23	CHW		BOS	Hal Brown	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	8	0.111	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	8	1	1953-07-26 (2)	CHW		PHA	Charlie Bishop	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	1--	2	6	8	0.080	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Mele Scores
16	16	9	1	1953-08-12	CHW	@	CLE	Early Wynn	behind 2-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	7	8	0.504	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Wilson Scores
17	17	10	1	1953-09-17	CHW	@	WSH	Bob Porterfield	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1	6	8	0.200	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	11	1	1953-09-27	CHW	@	SLB	Duane Pillette	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	7	9	0.254	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1954-04-17	CHW	@	CLE	Art Houtteman	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	12-	3	7	9	0.186	88%		Home Run; B. Boyd Scores; S. Lollar Scores
20	20	2	1	1954-04-18	CHW	@	CLE	Early Wynn	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.145	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	3	1	1954-05-15	CHW		PHA	Bob Trice	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.108	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	1954-05-28 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	Bob Turley	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	8	0.084	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	5	1	1954-06-06 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	7	9	0.122	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	6	2	1954-06-06 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	Sonny Dixon	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	---	1	7	9	0.092	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
25	25	7	1	1954-06-13 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	7	9	0.150	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	8	1	1954-07-09	CHW		CLE	Art Houtteman	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.103	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	9	2	1954-07-09	CHW		CLE	Art Houtteman	behind 1-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.142	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	10	1	1954-08-01 (2)	CHW		PHA	Al Sima	ahead 8-0	b 4	2	---	1	5	9	0.005	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	11	1	1954-08-20	CHW	@	DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	12-	3	5	9	0.082	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores; M. Miñoso Scores
30	30	12	1	1954-08-26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	Charlie Bishop	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.058	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	13	1	1954-09-03	CHW		CLE	Bob Feller	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.186	57%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1955-05-10	CHW	@	BOS	Tom Brewer	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	8	0.123	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	2	1	1955-05-18	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Grim	behind 5-7	t 7	2	---	1	3	8	0.106	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	1955-05-29	CHW	@	DET	Ned Garver	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1--	2	3	9	0.116	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores
35	35	4	1	1955-06-05 (1)	CHW		NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 0-2	b 1	1	123	4	5	9	0.263	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Groth Scores; N. Fox Scores; G. Kell Scores
36	36	5	1	1955-07-03	CHW	@	CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 2-5	t 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.077	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	6	1	1955-08-02	CHW	@	BOS	Tom Brewer	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.109	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	7	1	1955-08-12	CHW	@	DET	Steve Gromek	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	8	0.173	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Miñoso Scores
39	39	8	1	1955-08-31	CHW		BOS	Tom Brewer	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	8	0.171	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fox Scores
40	40	9	2	1955-08-31	CHW		BOS	Tom Brewer	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	1--	2	4	8	0.121	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Miñoso Scores
41	41	10	1	1955-09-17	CHW	@	KCA	Bill Harrington	behind 4-6	t 6	1	1--	2	5	9	0.245	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Miñoso Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1956-05-25	CHW		CLE	Mike Garcia	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	1	9	0.176	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	2	1	1956-06-03 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	Fritz Dorish	ahead 10-0	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	3	1	1956-06-06	CHW	@	WSH	Connie Grob	behind 4-12	t 6	2	1--	2	3	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep CF); N. Fox Scores
45	45	4	1	1956-06-16	CHW		WSH	Hal Griggs	tied 0-0	b 2	2	12-	3	1	9	0.253	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Hatfield Scores; J. Harshman Scores
46	46	5	1	1956-07-29 (1)	CHW		BOS	George Susce	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	---	1	5	9	0.011	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	6	1	1956-08-04	CHW		BAL	Mike Fornieles	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	12-	3	7	9	0.148	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Dropo Scores; L. Moss Scores
48	48	7	2	1956-08-04	CHW		BAL	Hal Brown	ahead 14-4	b 6	1	---	1	7	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	8	1	1956-08-23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	Don Larsen	ahead 5-2	t 8	0	---	1	6	9	0.035	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	9	1	1956-09-03 (2)	CHW		DET	Bob Miller	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.023	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	10	1	1956-09-04	CHW		DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.077	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	11	1	1956-09-13	CHW		BOS	Tom Brewer	tied 2-2	b 7	2	---	1	1	9	0.231	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	12	1	1956-09-16 (2)	CHW		WSH	Dick Brodowski	ahead 2-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	9	0.095	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1957-04-26	CHW	@	KCA	Tom Morgan	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	7	3	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	2	1	1957-06-12	CHW		NYY	Al Cicotte	ahead 5-4	b 6	1	---	1	7	9	0.115	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	3	1	1957-06-13	CHW		NYY	Art Ditmar	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	7	9	0.168	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); F. Hatfield Scores
57	57	4	1	1957-06-15	CHW		WSH	Russ Kemmerer	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.086	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	5	1	1957-06-16 (1)	CHW		WSH	Pedro Ramos	tied 2-2	b 6	0	1--	2	5	9	0.230	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Dropo Scores
59	59	6	1	1957-06-29	CHW	@	WSH	Dick Hyde	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	---	1	6	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	7	1	1957-06-30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	behind 1-5	t 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.056	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	8	1	1957-07-05	CHW		CLE	Cal McLish	ahead 11-4	b 8	1	1--	2	6	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Landis Scores
62	62	9	1	1957-07-11	CHW		WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 4-3	b 3	2	---	1	5	9	0.108	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	10	1	1957-08-02	CHW	@	BOS	Frank Sullivan	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	11	1	1957-08-13	CHW	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	9	0.190	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Doby Scores
65	65	12	2	1957-08-13	CHW	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1-3	3	6	9	0.093	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Miñoso Scores; L. Doby Scores
66	66	13	1	1957-08-14	CHW	@	CLE	Early Wynn	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.091	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Doby Scores
67	67	14	1	1957-09-14	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Grim	tied 2-2	t 8	0	1--	2	5	9	0.306	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Miñoso Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1958-05-11 (2)	CHW		CLE	Bob Kelly	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.112	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	2	1	1958-06-04	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Grim	ahead 5-2	t 8	0	1--	2	5	9	0.038	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lollar Scores
70	70	3	1	1958-06-15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	Ken Lehman	ahead 1-0	t 9	1	-2-	2	7	9	0.103	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Torgeson Scores
71	71	4	1	1958-06-26	CHW		NYY	Johnny Kucks	behind 1-4	b 7	0	1--	2	7	7	0.186	35%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Smith Scores
72	72	5	1	1958-07-26	CHW		BOS	Murray Wall	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	7	7	0.024	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Lollar Scores
73	73	6	1	1958-08-08	CHW	@	DET	Frank Lary	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	1	7	7	0.047	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	7	1	1958-08-10 (1)	CHW	@	DET	Paul Foytack	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	7	0.137	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Goodman Scores
75	75	8	1	1958-08-19	CHW	@	BOS	Frank Sullivan	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	-2-	2	7	7	0.170	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Boone Scores
76	76	9	1	1958-08-21	CHW	@	NYY	Bob Turley	behind 2-6	t 9	2	---	1	7	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1959-06-07 (1)	CHW		BOS	Billy Hoeft	ahead 6-1	b 3	1	---	1	7	9	0.026	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	2	1	1959-09-07 (2)	CHW		KCA	Dick Tomanek	ahead 6-4	b 3	2	---	1	8	9	0.083	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
79	79	3	1	1959-09-22	CHW	@	CLE	Mudcat Grant	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	1	7	9	0.089	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
80	80	4	1	1959-09-27	CHW	@	DET	Bob Bruce	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	1--	2	7	9	0.117	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Romano Scores/unER; J. Rivera Scores/unER
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1960-06-18	CHW		NYY	Bob Turley	behind 0-4	b 3	1	---	1	8	9	0.068	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
82	82	1	1	1961-06-13	KCA	@	MIN	Pedro Ramos	behind 4-8	t 9	2	1--	2	8	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Sullivan Scores
83	83	2	1	1961-07-17	KCA	@	DET	Paul Foytack	behind 0-4	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	0.057	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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