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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 15	CHW		KCA	L,8-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
2	7 (1)	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
3	10 (2)	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,20-6	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	27	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	12	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	13	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
7	14	Apr 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	15	Apr 29	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	16	Apr 30	CHW		NYY	W,4-3		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	30 (13)	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	36 (5)	May 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
12	40 (3)	May 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	47 (6)	Jun 3	CHW		BAL	W,6-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	48	Jun 4	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GF	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
15	49	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	50	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
17	51	Jun 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	52	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
21	56	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
22	57	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	58	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	61 (2)	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
25	62	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	65 (2)	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	LF
27	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	67	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
29	68	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
30	69	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	71 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	72	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	75 (1)	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	78 (2)	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-3	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	94 (15)	Jul 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GF	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	111 (16)	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
38	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	119 (6)	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,6-7	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
40	120	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	121	Aug 22	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	122	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	123	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	125 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	126	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	128 (1)	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	129	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	130	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	131	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	132	Sep 1	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	135 (2)	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	137 (1)	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
53	138	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	139	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	140	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	143	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
59	145 (1)	Sep 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
63	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	150	Sep 18	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
67	153	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	155 (1)	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-5	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
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