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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-46 / in Starts: 11-23
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 165 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	93 (49-33-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 165 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	102 (53-31-17)

Most Driven In
J Lumpe	3
D Howser	2
Self	2
W Causey	1
L Posada	1
H Sullivan	1
G Staley	0

Most Driven In By
D Johnson	4
N Siebern	3
J Lumpe	2
H Sullivan	2
L Posada	2
R Bertoia	2
Self	2
D Howser	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1107	7 (6)	Apr 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1					4	3.26	-0.100	6.51	-0.12%	-0.59	PR
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Kansas City Athletics
2	1108	52	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5						RF
3	1109	53	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.90	-0.023	.55	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
4	1110	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	6	1.53	-0.168	.76	-0.05%	-0.92	RF
5	1111	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	8	.05	0.008	.02	0.00%	1.87	PH
6	1112	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	9	3.70	-0.086	1.30	-0.02%	-0.49	PH
7	1113	60 (3)	Jun 18	KCA		LAA	L,3-5	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.308	.400	.708	2	.71	-0.038	.21	-0.01%	-0.06	CF
8	1114	62 (1)	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.267	.333	.600	3	.79	-0.072	.38	-0.02%	-0.90	PH CF
9	1115	64 (1)	Jun 22	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.250	.294	.544	2	.47	-0.063	.10	-0.01%	-0.38	CF
10	1116	65	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.150	.261	.300	.561	7	1.33	0.013	.22	0.00%	-0.06	CF
11	1117	66	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.259	.261	.520	7	1.15	0.103	.08	0.00%	0.10	CF
12	1118	67	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.258	.231	.489	7	1.28	0.020	.12	0.00%	-0.10	CF
13	1119	68	Jun 25 (2)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.258	.231	.489	5						RF
14	1120	69	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.250	.222	.472	9	1.55	-0.040	.14	0.00%	-0.24	PH
15	1121	71 (1)	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.242	.214	.457	9	1.83	-0.048	.10	0.00%	-0.11	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1122	75 (3)	Jul 2	KCA		MIN	W,8-7	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.156	.270	.250	.520	2	1.37	0.165	.03	0.00%	1.02	RF
17	1123	76	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.293	.278	.570	6	1.17	-0.042	.03	0.00%	0.08	RF
18	1124	77	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.286	.270	.556	9	.17	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
19	1125	79 (1)	Jul 5	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	6-GF(6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.270	.573	5	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH RF
20	1126	80	Jul 6	KCA		CHW	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.326	.308	.634	6	1.08	0.145	.00	0.00%	1.07	RF
21	1127	81	Jul 7 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-6	1-GF	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.340	.333	.673	1	1.01	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PR RF
22	1128	82	Jul 7 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.352	.348	.700	2	.64	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.41	RF
23	1129	83	Jul 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.220	.328	.320	.648	2	1.60	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.47	RF
24	1130	86 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	WSA	W,9-7	GS-10	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.333	.345	.679	2	1.50	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.49	RF
25	1131	89 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.343	.373	.716	3	.62	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.54	RF
26	1132	90	Jul 17	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.352	.429	.781	3	.35	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.79	RF
27	1133	92 (1)	Jul 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.351	.424	.776	3	1.46	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.60	RF
28	1134	93	Jul 21	KCA		DET	W,3-2	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.424	.784	6	.74	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.21	RF
29	1135	94	Jul 23 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.342	.400	.742	2	1.22	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.93	RF
30	1136	95	Jul 23 (2)	KCA		DET	L,14-17	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.394	.732	6	3.94	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.78	PH RF
31	1137	96	Jul 25	KCA		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.325	.378	.704	3	1.19	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.79	RF
32	1138	97	Jul 26	KCA		CLE	L,5-12	GS-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.333	.378	.712	3	1.16	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.39	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1139	103 (5)	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-12	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.329	.373	.703	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
34	1140	106 (2)	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.326	.368	.694	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
35	1141	109 (2)	Aug 7	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.322	.354	.677	6	1.51	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.19	RF
36	1142	111 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.330	.354	.683	6	1.84	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.55	RF
37	1143	112	Aug 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.327	.349	.675	6	.78	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.30	RF
38	1144	113	Aug 10	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.324	.337	.661	6	.18	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.85	RF
39	1145	115 (1)	Aug 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.228	.330	.337	.667	2	1.53	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.79	RF
40	1146	119 (3)	Aug 16	KCA	@	MIN	W,12-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.330	.347	.678	2	.38	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.06	RF
41	1147	120	Aug 18	KCA		CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.336	.340	.676	2	1.66	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.20	RF
42	1148	121	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.342	.356	.698	2	1.07	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.33	RF
43	1149	122	Aug 20 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.336	.350	.686	8	2.91	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-0.61	PH CF
44	1150	124 (1)	Aug 22	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.339	.346	.685	8	2.91	0.400	.00	0.00%	0.89	PH RF
45	1151	126 (1)	Aug 24	KCA		BAL	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.336	.343	.679	9	1.15	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
46	1152	127	Aug 25	KCA		NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.341	.343	.684	2	.85	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.25	RF
47	1153	128	Aug 26	KCA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.331	.330	.661	2	.56	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.96	RF
48	1154	129	Aug 27	KCA		NYY	L,7-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.328	.327	.656	9	2.33	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
49	1155	130	Aug 28	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.326	.325	.650	8	4.72	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
50	1156	132 (1)	Aug 30	KCA		BOS	L,3-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.323	.322	.645	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
51	1157	134 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.328	.322	.650	9	4.55	0.161	.00	0.00%	0.62	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	1158	136 (1)	Sep 2	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.326	.319	.645	9	1.72	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
53	1159	137	Sep 4 (1)	KCA		LAA	L,3-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.331	.319	.650	9	3.49	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
54	1160	140 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	KCA		LAA	W,13-12	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.336	.325	.661	9	3.94	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.34	PH
55	1161	142 (1)	Sep 9	KCA		MIN	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.336	.319	.655	6	1.04	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.91	RF
56	1162	144 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	KCA		MIN	L,0-7	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.333	.317	.650	9	.76	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
57	1163	146 (1)	Sep 13	KCA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.324	.306	.631	2	.41	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.69	RF
58	1164	147	Sep 14	KCA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.228	.342	.331	.673	2	.50	0.110	.00	0.00%	1.71	RF
59	1165	148	Sep 15	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.340	.328	.668	7	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
60	1166	152 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-6	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.344	.333	.678	9	.60	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
61	1167	155 (2)	Sep 23	KCA		CLE	L,5-9	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.349	.338	.687	9	1.42	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
62	1168	156	Sep 25 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.353	.344	.696	9	.66	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.26	PH
63	1169	157	Sep 25 (2)	KCA		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.350	.341	.691	5	.83	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.86	RF
64	1170	159 (1)	Sep 27	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.354	.348	.702	6	.40	0.057	.00	0.00%	0.68	RF
65	1171	161 (1)	Sep 30	KCA		WSA	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.352	.340	.692	5	2.00	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-1.05	RF
							19-46		165	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	24	0	14	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	.241	.352	.340	.692		1.17	0.163	.09	-0.23%	-0.14

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