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Saúl Rivera

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: December 7, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rafael Cordero HS (Las Lomas, Puerto Rico), the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 79th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL) and the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Mobile (Mobile, AL).

High School: Rafael Cordero HS (Las Lomas, Puerto Rico)

Schools: Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL), University of Mobile (Mobile, AL)

Last Game: May 29, 2010 (Age 32-173d)
vs. SFG 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: ASG Baseball Service

Full Name: Rabell Saúl Rivera

Pronunciation: \SAH-ool\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

ERA

4.29

249

279.1

192

WHIP

1.511

2009 Player Pitching Game Log

2009 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2009-01-02 (2)	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Lobos de Arecibo	7-8	L	1.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9					4	2	0	1
2	2009-01-04	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Gigantes de Carolina	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4					1	3	1	0
		Player Moved from FgW-PRWL to Maj-NL
3	2009-04-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Florida Marlins	7-8		1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	19	12	2	2	4	1	0	0
4	2009-04-10	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	7-8		2.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	32	19	5	3	3	5	4	1
5	2009-04-12	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	7-7		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	0
6	2009-04-13	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	7-7	L	1.0	2	4	4	0	1	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	14	6	1	1	3	0	0
7	2009-04-17	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Florida Marlins	10-10	L	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	22	13	5	0	5	1	1	0
8	2009-04-19	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Florida Marlins	9-9	L	1.0	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	44	22	6	4	0	3	1	0
9	2009-04-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	New York Mets	6-6		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	5	3	0	0	2	1	1
10	2009-04-28	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7-8		2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	33	23	6	2	3	2	1	0
11	2009-05-01	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		St. Louis Cardinals	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	7	0	1	2	1	1	0
12	2009-05-05	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Houston Astros	6-6		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	1	1	3	0	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to AAA-IL
13	2009-05-08	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Indianapolis Indians	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	1	2	2	0	0	0
14	2009-05-09	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Indianapolis Indians	5-5		0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	15	7	3	1	0	2	1	0
15	2009-05-12	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Norfolk Tides	9-9		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	12	2	2	2	3	1	0
16	2009-05-14	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Norfolk Tides	6-7		2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	20	13	2	2	3	2	2	0
17	2009-05-17	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Indianapolis Indians	8-8	L	1.0	2	4	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	33	21	6	4	2	2	2	0
18	2009-05-21	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Louisville Bats	7-8		2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	20	14	2	1	5	2	2	0
19	2009-05-24	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Louisville Bats	7-8		1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	14	4	2	4	1	0	1
20	2009-05-28	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	6-6		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	7	0	2	1	1	1	0
21	2009-05-30	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Gwinnett Braves	5-8		4.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	43	26	6	2	8	5	0	1
22	2009-06-02	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	7-8		1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	14	2	4	2	1	0	0
23	2009-06-05	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	6-6		0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	7	2	2	0	2	1	0
24	2009-06-07	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Rochester Red Wings	8-9		1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	23	12	4	0	3	1	1	0
25	2009-06-09	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Rochester Red Wings	8-10	L	2.2	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	11	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	13	49	28	6	8	4	2	0	0
26	2009-06-12 (2)	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Pawtucket Red Sox	7-7	S	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	6	4	1	0	0	0	0
27	2009-06-14	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Pawtucket Red Sox	4-6	L	2.2	10	8	4	1	0	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20					7	12	8	0
28	2009-06-21	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Columbus Clippers	6-6		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9	2	3	2	0	0	0
29	2009-06-24	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees	7-7		1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	17	8	4	0	2	2	1	0
30	2009-06-27	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	6-8		2.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	43	28	8	8	2	4	2	0
31	2009-06-29	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	12-13		2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	45	32	3	8	0	4	2	0
32	2009-07-03 (2)	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	8-8		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	17	13	3	2	1	4	1	1
33	2009-07-04	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Lehigh Valley IronPigs	12-12	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	3	1	2	1	1	0
34	2009-07-08	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Rochester Red Wings	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
35	2009-07-11	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Pawtucket Red Sox	6-7		2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	32	20	4	5	4	3	2	1
36	2009-07-17	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Columbus Clippers	7-7		1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	21	13	2	1	2	2	1	0
37	2009-07-21	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Toledo Mud Hens	7-8		2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	31	16	5	1	4	4	3	0
38	2009-07-24	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Louisville Bats	6-7	L	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	29	21	2	7	4	3	1	2
39	2009-07-27	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Louisville Bats	9-9	S	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
40	2009-07-30	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs		Charlotte Knights	6-7	W	2.0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	31	17	1	1	4	4	1	0
41	2009-08-01	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Norfolk Tides	8-8		0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	23	8	2	1	0	3	1	0
42	2009-08-04	AAA-IL	Syracuse Chiefs	@	Norfolk Tides	4-7	L	3.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	46	28	6	3	5	7	4	1
		Player Moved from AAA-IL to Maj-NL
43	2009-08-07	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Arizona Diamondbacks	5-6		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18	12	4	1	3	1	0	0
44	2009-08-11	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	8-8		1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	26	18	3	3	1	3	0	0
45	2009-08-13	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Cincinnati Reds	7-7		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	9	2	0	3	1	0	0
46	2009-08-19	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Colorado Rockies	2-5		3.2	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	14	54	38	8	2	5	3	1	0
47	2009-08-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Milwaukee Brewers	2-5		3.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	53	32	8	2	3	5	2	0
48	2009-08-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Chicago Cubs	8-9		2.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	36	26	7	3	4	4	1	1
49	2009-08-26	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Chicago Cubs	8-8		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	7	2	0	2	0	0	0
50	2009-08-29	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	St. Louis Cardinals	7-7		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	0	0	3	1	1	0
51	2009-09-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	San Diego Padres	6-6		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	12	1	1	2	2	2	0
52	2009-09-04	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Florida Marlins	4-6		2.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	47	33	11	3	6	7	6	0
53	2009-09-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	9-9		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	5	2	0	0	2	0	1
54	2009-09-12	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Florida Marlins	3-3		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	12	3	2	2	0	0	0
55	2009-09-15	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Philadelphia Phillies	7-7		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	2	0	2	0	0	0
56	2009-09-17	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Philadelphia Phillies	6-6		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0
57	2009-09-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Los Angeles Dodgers	6-7		1.0	3	5	4	0	0	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	26	16	4	1	5	2	2	0
58	2009-09-23	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Los Angeles Dodgers	9-9	W	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	1	1	1	0
59	2009-09-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	9-9		1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	5	1	0	2	2	0	1
60	2009-10-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	7-7		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
61	2009-10-03	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	6-6		0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	10	3	0	2	1	1	0
62	2009-10-04	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	11-13		3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	42	25	2	5	5	5	1	1
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to FgW-PRWL
63	2009-11-13	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Leones de Ponce	7-8	W	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5					2	2	0	0
64	2009-11-17	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Lobos de Arecibo	8-9	W	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8					4	1	0	0
65	2009-11-19	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Leones de Ponce	8-8	L	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4					4	0	0	0
66	2009-11-27	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Indios de Mayaguez	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					1	2	1	0
67	2009-12-01	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Gigantes de Carolina	7-8		1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4					2	1	1	0
68	2009-12-03	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Lobos de Arecibo	9-9		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1					0	1	0	0
69	2009-12-05	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Leones del Escogido	7-8		1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6					2	2	1	0
70	2009-12-09	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Gigantes de Carolina	9-9		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3					2	0	0	0
71	2009-12-12	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Gigantes de Carolina	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					2	0	0	0
72	2009-12-17	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Gigantes de Carolina	9-9	W	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3					2	1	1	0
73	2009-12-23	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Gigantes de Carolina	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					3	0	0	0
74	2009-12-27	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas	@	Leones de Ponce	8-9	S	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8					4	2	1	0
75	2009-12-28	FgW-PRWL	Criollos de Caguas		Indios de Mayaguez	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3					2	1	0	0

2009 Player Pitching Splits

2009 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	65	402	348	54	106	25	1	8	6	1	39	54	.305	.379	.451	.830	.338	157	12	5	6	4	10

Home	31	190	164	34	48	11	0	6	1	1	17	22	.293	.369	.470	.839	.304	77	5	4	3	2	2
Away	34	212	184	20	58	14	1	2	5	0	22	32	.315	.388	.435	.822	.368	80	7	1	3	2	8

March	5	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	.167	.091	1	0	0	0	0	0
April	8	49	41	11	16	4	0	3	1	0	5	7	.390	.479	.707	1.187	.419	29	1	2	1	0	3
May	11	66	59	8	16	4	0	1	1	0	5	9	.271	.333	.390	.723	.300	23	2	1	0	1	0
June	10	77	66	9	21	7	0	0	2	0	9	16	.318	.400	.424	.824	.420	28	2	0	2	0	4
July	9	58	49	6	16	2	1	0	1	0	8	8	.327	.421	.408	.829	.390	20	2	0	1	0	1
August	10	79	67	8	18	4	0	2	1	1	8	10	.269	.346	.418	.764	.281	28	5	1	1	2	1
September	9	44	39	10	15	3	0	2	0	0	2	2	.385	.419	.615	1.034	.361	24	0	1	1	1	0
October	3	17	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.294	.267	.561	.214	4	0	0	0	0	1

As Reliever	65	402	348	54	106	25	1	8	6	1	39	54	.305	.379	.451	.830	.338	157	12	5	6	4	10

vs RHB as RHP	60	252	216		67	17	0	5			24	36	.310	.378	.458	.836	.346	99	9	2	6	4	5
vs LHB as RHP	55	150	132		39	8	1	3			15	18	.296	.380	.439	.819	.324	58	3	3	0	0	5

Bases Empty	48	174	159		49	14	1	6			14	27	.308	.368	.522	.890	.341	83	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	59	228	189		57	11	0	2			25	27	.302	.387	.392	.779	.335	74	12	4	6	4	10

vs. Younger Batters	62	341	292		93	22	1	5			35	50	.319	.394	.452	.846	.365	132	8	4	6	4	9
vs. Older Batters	38	61	56		13	3	0	3			4	4	.232	.295	.446	.742	.204	25	4	1	0	0	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	3	8	.273	4.52	65	0	2	87.2	106	54	44	8	39	10	54	5	1	0	402	1.654	5.5	1.38

Home	3	5	.375	6.21	31	0	2	42.0	48	34	29	6	17	2	22	4	0	0	190	1.548	4.7	1.29
Away	0	3	.000	2.96	34	0	0	45.2	58	20	15	2	22	8	32	1	1	0	212	1.752	6.3	1.45

March	0	0		0.00	5	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.273	2.5
April	0	3	.000	10.24	8	0	0	9.2	16	11	11	3	5	3	7	2	0	0	49	2.172	6.5	1.40
May	0	1	.000	2.35	11	0	0	15.1	16	8	4	1	5	0	9	1	0	0	66	1.370	5.3	1.80
June	0	2	.000	2.81	10	0	1	16.0	21	9	5	0	9	4	16	0	0	0	77	1.875	9.0	1.78
July	2	1	.667	4.38	9	0	1	12.1	16	6	6	0	8	1	8	0	0	0	58	1.946	5.8	1.00
August	0	1	.000	3.44	10	0	0	18.1	18	8	7	2	8	1	10	1	1	0	79	1.418	4.9	1.25
September	1	0	1.000	9.72	9	0	0	8.1	15	10	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	44	2.040	2.2	1.00
October	0	0		4.50	3	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	17	1.250	2.3	0.50

As Reliever	3	8	.273	4.52	65	0	2	87.2	106	54	44	8	39	10	54	5	1	0	402	1.654	5.5	1.38

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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