Ben Rivera

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 210lb (198cm, 95kg)

Born: January 11, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic do

Last Game: July 31, 1994 (Age 26-201d)
vs. ATL 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Bienvenido Rivera

Nicknames: Big Ben

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

ERA

4.52

318.1

219

WHIP

1.464

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1987	19	-1.0	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	1	5	.167	3.26	4.71	16	5	2	0	0	0	49.2	55	26	18	0	19	1	29	2	2	2		1.490	10.0	0.0	3.4	5.3	1.53
1988	20	-1.3	Sumter	SALL	A	ATL	9	11	.450	3.17	4.00	27	27	0	3	2	0	173.1	167	77	61	12	52	0	99	7	7	6		1.263	8.7	0.6	2.7	5.1	1.90
1989	21	-1.4	Durham	CARL	A	ATL	5	7	.417	4.49	4.84	23	22	0	1	0	0	102.1	113	55	51	6	51	1	58	5	3	10		1.603	9.9	0.5	4.5	5.1	1.14
1990	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ATL	6	7	.462	4.82	5.74	29	26	3	1	1	1	127.0	137	81	68	13	59	1	96	8	2	14		1.543	9.7	0.9	4.2	6.8	1.63
1990	22	-1.5	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	1	4	.200	6.58	6.92	13	13	0	0	0	0	52.0	68	40	38	6	26	0	32	3	0	10		1.808	11.8	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.23
1990	22	-0.6	Durham	CARL	A+	ATL	5	3	.625	3.60	4.92	16	13	3	1	1	1	75.0	69	41	30	7	33	1	64	5	2	4		1.360	8.3	0.8	4.0	7.7	1.94
1991	23	-0.7	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	11	8	.579	3.57	4.31	26	26	0	3	2	0	158.2	155	76	63	13	75	4	116	3	4	8	683	1.450	8.8	0.7	4.3	6.6	1.55
1992	24		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-PHI	7	4	.636	3.07	3.07	28	14	7	4	1	0	117.1	99	40	40	9	45	4	77	4	0	5	487	1.227	7.6	0.7	3.5	5.9	1.71
1992	24	-2.1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	2	0	1	1	0	12.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	10	1	1	0	41	0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	7.5	5.00
1992	24	-4.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	1	.000	4.70	4.70	8	0	3	0	0	0	15.1	21	8	8	1	13	2	11	2	0	0	78	2.217	12.3	0.6	7.6	6.5	0.85
1992	24	-4.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	7	3	.700	2.82	2.82	20	14	4	4	1	0	102.0	78	32	32	8	32	2	66	2	0	5	409	1.078	6.9	0.7	2.8	5.8	2.06
1993	25	-3.2	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	13	9	.591	5.02	5.47	30	28	1	1	1	0	163.0	175	99	91	16	85	4	123	6	0	13	742	1.595	9.7	0.9	4.7	6.8	1.45
1994	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	PHI	2	3	.400	3.19	3.19	7	7	0	0	0	0	31.0	26	11	11	2	9	0	22	1	0	2	125	1.129	7.5	0.6	2.6	6.4	2.44
1994	26	0.2	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	PHI	1	1	.500	4.20	4.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	15	7	7	0	5	0	13	1	0	1	65	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	7.8	2.60
1994	26	3.5	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	1	2	.333	2.25	2.25	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	11	4	4	2	4	0	9	0	0	1	60	0.938	6.2	1.1	2.3	5.1	2.25
1994	26	-2.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	4	.429	6.87	6.87	9	7	1	0	0	0	38.0	40	29	29	7	22	0	19	1	0	3	176	1.632	9.5	1.7	5.2	4.5	0.86

1996	28	1.6	Ottawa	IL	AAA	MON	4	9	.308	6.46	6.64	31	15	2	0	0	1	100.1	112	74	72	7	47	2	87	8	1	8	458	1.585	10.0	0.6	4.2	7.8	1.85
1997	29	0.1	Chinatrust	CPBL	Fgn		5	5	.500	2.51	3.03	49	0		0	0	19	86.0	59	29	24	2	37	2	112	9	1	9	355	1.116	6.2	0.2	3.9	11.7	3.03
1998	30	2.1	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		2	3	.400	2.38	2.38	44	0	43	0	0	27	53.0	44	14	14	2	19	1	45	0	0	1	220	1.189	7.5	0.3	3.2	7.6	2.37
1999	31	3.0	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		1	1	.500	0.71	1.42	29	0	28	0	0	12	25.1	15	4	2	0	6	0	29	0	0	1	98	0.829	5.3	0.0	2.1	10.3	4.83

2001	33	5.8	Samsung	KBO	Fgn		6	3	.667	2.62	2.78	36	0	33	0	0	21	58.1	52	18	17	7	33	2	63	0	0	2	248	1.457	8.0	1.1	5.1	9.7	1.91
2002	34	5.8	Mexico	MEX	AAA		1	1	.500	1.53	1.72	44	0	43	0	0	30	47.0	41	9	8	2	10	2	59	0	0	6	188	1.085	7.9	0.4	1.9	11.3	5.90

2004	36	7.3	Macoto	CPBL	Fgn		2	1	.667	1.54	1.54	16	0		0	0	4	23.1	15	4	4	1	8	2	26	0	1	1	89	0.986	5.8	0.4	3.1	10.0	3.25
2005	37		2 Teams	MEX	AAA		5	5	.500	3.86	4.03	44	0	38	0	0	14	51.1	43	23	22	8	13	1	55	2	0	4	207	1.091	7.5	1.4	2.3	9.6	4.23
2005	37	8.3	Laguna	MEX	AAA		5	5	.500	3.80	3.99	40	0	35	0	0	14	47.1	41	21	20	6	13	1	54	2	0	4	194	1.141	7.8	1.1	2.5	10.3	4.15
2005	37	8.3	Aguascalientes	MEX	AAA		0	0		4.50	4.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0.500	4.5	4.5	0.0	2.3
2006-07	38	10.9	Guasave	MXPW	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (3 seasons)					Majors		23	17	.575	4.52	4.75	67	49	9	5	2	0	318.1	314	168	160	32	152	8	219	11	0	21	1405	1.464	8.9	0.9	4.3	6.2	1.44
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		40	50	.444	4.10	4.77	161	130	7	9	6	2	754.1	769	400	344	53	314	9	517	35	20	50	1307	1.436	9.2	0.6	3.7	6.2	1.65
Foreign (8 seasons)					Foreign		22	19	.537	2.36	2.62	264	0	186	0	0	128	346.1	272	101	91	22	127	10	393	11	2	24	1415	1.152	7.1	0.6	3.3	10.2	3.09
CPBL (2 seasons)					CPBL		7	6	.538	2.30	2.72	65	0		0	0	23	109.1	74	33	28	3	45	4	138	9	2	10	444	1.088	6.1	0.2	3.7	11.4	3.07
NPB (2 seasons)					NPB		3	4	.429	1.84	2.07	73	0	71	0	0	39	78.1	59	18	16	2	25	1	74	0	0	2	318	1.072	6.8	0.2	2.9	8.5	2.96
KBO (1 season)					KBO		6	3	.667	2.62	2.78	36	0	33	0	0	21	58.1	52	18	17	7	33	2	63	0	0	2	248	1.457	8.0	1.1	5.1	9.7	1.91
All Levels (17 Seasons)							85	86	.497	3.77	4.24	492	179	202	14	8	130	1419.0	1355	669	595	107	593	27	1129	57	22	95	4127	1.373	8.6	0.7	3.8	7.2	1.90

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		7	10	.412	5.58	5.73	36	20	2	1	1	1	127.1	131	81	79	7	54	2	110	10	2	9	564	1.453	9.3	0.5	3.8	7.8	2.04
AAA (2 seasons)					Foreign		6	6	.500	2.75	2.93	88	0	81	0	0	44	98.1	84	32	30	10	23	3	114	2	0	10	395	1.088	7.7	0.9	2.1	10.4	4.96
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	12	.500	4.31	4.96	39	39	0	3	2	0	210.2	223	116	101	19	101	4	148	6	4	18	683	1.538	9.5	0.8	4.3	6.3	1.47
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		6	5	.545	3.36	4.45	20	17	3	1	1	1	91.0	80	45	34	9	37	1	73	5	2	5	60	1.286	7.9	0.9	3.7	7.2	1.97
A (2 seasons)					Minors		14	18	.438	3.66	4.31	50	49	0	4	2	0	275.2	280	132	112	18	103	1	157	12	10	16		1.389	9.1	0.6	3.4	5.1	1.52
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	5	.167	3.26	4.71	16	5	2	0	0	0	49.2	55	26	18	0	19	1	29	2	2	2		1.490	10.0	0.0	3.4	5.3	1.53
Fgn (5 seasons)					Foreign		16	13	.552	2.23	2.52	174	0	104	0	0	83	246.0	185	69	61	12	103	7	275	9	2	14	1010	1.171	6.8	0.4	3.8	10.1	2.67
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	18.0	4.00