Mickey Rivers

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: October 30, 1948 in Miami, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th) of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Washington Senators in the 1st round (8th) of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: Miami Northwestern HS (Miami, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: August 4, 1970 (Age 21-278d, 13,030th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 35-336d)
vs. CAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: John Milton Rivers

Nicknames: Mick the Quick

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.7

5629

1660

.295

785

RBI

499

267

OBP

.327

SLG

.397

OPS

.724

OPS+

106

Summary of 61 Home Runs

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

11 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	34
TEX	22
CAL	5

Platoon
vs RHP	46
vs LHP	15

Home/Road
Home	34
Away	27

Outs
0	29
2	17
1	15

14 Opps
MIL	8
BOS	7
OAK	7
DET	6
MIN	5
SEA	4
BAL	4
KCR	3
TEX/WSA	3
CLE	3
NYY	3
TOR	3
CHW	3
CAL	2

54 Pitchers
Bill Travers	3
Dave Heaverlo	2
Francisco Barrios	2
Fernando Arroyo	2
Luis Tiant	2
Rick Langford	2
Doc Medich	1
Roy Branch	1
Aurelio López	1
Pete Broberg	1
Diego Seguí	1
Tommy John	1
John Henry Johnson	1
Jesse Jefferson	1
Don Hood	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Jim Palmer	1
Jim Slaton	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Jack Morris	1
LaMarr Hoyt	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Jeff Twitty	1
Gary Serum	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Bill Lee	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Dave Lemanczyk	1
Dave McNally	1
Bob Stanley	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Odell Jones	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Scott McGregor	1
Roger Erickson	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Chuck Rainey	1
Dick Bosman	1
Bill Castro	1
Jim Hughes	1
Rick Wise	1
Joe Cowley	1
Bret Saberhagen	1
Jim Clancy	1
Ken Forsch	1
Mike Paxton	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Wayne Simpson	1
Paul Mitchell	1
John Hiller	1
Bob McClure	1
Dave Goltz	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1

14 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	27
Arlington St (ARL)	7
County Stad (MIL)	6
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	47
8	2
89	2
7	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	11
-2-	4
12-	3
--3	1

83 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	42
1 on	16
2 on	3
Any on	19

Inning
1	14
2	3
3	10
4	4
5	7
6	6
7	5
8	8
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	27
4-6	17
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	17
-1	7
-2	9
-3	1
-4..	9

Ahead	18
Tied	17
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	54
DH	5
PH	2

OrderPos
1st	48
2nd	11
7th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-08-15	CAL	@	WSA	Dick Bosman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.116	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1974-05-05	CAL		BAL	Dave McNally	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	43%	Lead-Off	Home Run
3	3	2	1	1974-05-24	CAL		OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.070	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1974-06-05	CAL	@	MIL	Eduardo Rodríguez	behind 2-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.328	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Doherty Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1975-05-09	CAL		BOS	Rick Wise	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	1	2	8	0.019	3%		Home Run
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1976-04-17	NYY		MIN	Jim Hughes	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	---	1	1	8	0.061	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1976-05-27	NYY		CLE	Fritz Peterson	behind 1-3	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.286	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Stanley Scores
8	8	3	1	1976-05-28	NYY	@	DET	Vern Ruhle	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	1	8	0.134	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	4	1	1976-06-25	NYY		MIL	Bill Travers	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.183	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	1976-07-03	NYY	@	CLE	Don Hood	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.125	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	6	1	1976-07-23	NYY		BOS	Bill Lee	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	12-	3	1	8	0.060	99%		Home Run; W. Randolph Scores; F. Stanley Scores
12	12	7	1	1976-07-30	NYY	@	BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2	1	8	0.195	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores
13	13	8	1	1976-08-16	NYY		TEX	Gaylord Perry	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.108	77%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1977-05-07	NYY		OAK	Rick Langford	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	12-	3	2	8	0.215	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores; W. Randolph Scores
15	15	2	1	1977-06-16	NYY		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.126	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
16	16	3	1	1977-06-25	NYY		BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	4	1	1977-07-13	NYY	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 2-6	t 7	2	---	1	1	8	0.032	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	5	2	1977-07-13	NYY	@	MIL	Bill Castro	behind 5-9	t 8	2	12-	3	1	8	0.127	16%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. White Scores; L. Piniella Scores
19	19	6	1	1977-08-14	NYY		CAL	Wayne Simpson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	7	1	1977-08-17	NYY	@	DET	Fernando Arroyo	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.095	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	8	1	1977-08-22	NYY	@	CHW	Francisco Barrios	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.120	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	9	1	1977-08-24	NYY		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	---	1	1	8	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	10	1	1977-08-30	NYY		SEA	Diego Seguí	tied 5-5	b 11	0	---	1	1	8	0.363	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	11	1	1977-09-13	NYY		BOS	Mike Paxton	behind 1-2	b 5	0	1--	2	1	8	0.243	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
25	25	12	1	1977-09-28	NYY		CLE	Al Fitzmorris	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	1--	2	1	8	0.037	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1978-04-15	NYY		CHW	Francisco Barrios	behind 1-2	b 8	1	--3	2	2	8	0.425	86%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; M. Klutts Scores
27	27	2	1	1978-05-28 (1)	NYY		TOR	Jesse Jefferson	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.241	58%		Home Run
28	28	3	1	1978-05-28 (2)	NYY		TOR	Dave Lemanczyk	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	2	1	8	0.232	51%		Home Run; B. Dent Scores
29	29	4	1	1978-06-15	NYY		SEA	Paul Mitchell	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	1	8	0.121	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	5	1	1978-07-09	NYY	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 0-4	t 3	0	1--	2	1	8	0.119	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Doyle Scores
31	31	6	1	1978-07-31	NYY		TEX	Doc Medich	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	7	1	1978-08-09	NYY		MIL	Bob McClure	behind 3-7	b 9	1	1--	2	1	8	0.023	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Dent Scores
33	33	8	1	1978-08-16	NYY	@	OAK	Pete Broberg	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.119	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	9	1	1978-08-25	NYY		OAK	John Henry Johnson	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	10	2	1978-08-25	NYY		OAK	Dave Heaverlo	ahead 5-1	b 7	1	---	1	1	8	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	11	1	1978-09-04 (1)	NYY		DET	Milt Wilcox	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1979-05-05	NYY		OAK	Dave Heaverlo	behind 2-4	b 8	2	1--	2	7	PH	0.407	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Jackson Scores
38	38	2	1	1979-05-10	NYY		SEA	Odell Jones	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.101	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1979-05-28	NYY	@	MIL	Bill Travers	tied 1-1	t 10	2	---	1	1	8	0.409	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Rivers Scores
40	40	4	1	1979-08-08 (1)	TEX	@	DET	John Hiller	ahead 15-5	t 8	2	---	1	1	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	5	1	1979-08-23	TEX	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 1-5	t 5	2	---	1	1	8	0.049	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1979-09-11	TEX		SEA	Roy Branch	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	7	1	1979-09-14	TEX		MIN	Dave Goltz	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	8	2	1979-09-14	TEX		MIN	Gary Serum	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.040	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	9	1	1979-09-26	TEX		OAK	Rick Langford	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	1--	2	1	8	0.091	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sundberg Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1980-04-20	TEX	@	BOS	Chuck Rainey	behind 0-4	t 3	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.119	25%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sundberg Scores
47	47	2	1	1980-05-14	TEX	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	---	1	1	8	0.090	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1980-07-23	TEX	@	BOS	Bob Stanley	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.110	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	4	1	1980-08-05	TEX	@	NYY	Tommy John	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	5	1	1980-08-16	TEX	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	1	1	8	0.084	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	6	1	1980-08-28	TEX	@	KCR	Jeff Twitty	ahead 7-6	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.120	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1980-09-06	TEX	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1	1	8	0.017	3%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1981-08-21	TEX	@	DET	Aurelio López	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.103	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	2	1	1981-09-11	TEX	@	CAL	Ken Forsch	behind 2-4	t 3	0	---	1	2	8	0.106	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	3	1	1981-09-26	TEX	@	MIN	Fernando Arroyo	behind 1-3	t 8	1	-2-	2	2	8	0.300	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Grubb Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1982-07-22	TEX	@	NYY	Roger Erickson	behind 2-4	t 7	1	---	1	2	DH	0.114	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1983-07-08	TEX	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 3-8	t 5	1	---	1	2	DH	0.036	9%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1984-05-30	TEX		KCR	Bret Saberhagen	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	DH	0.193	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Sample Scores
59	59	2	1	1984-07-16	TEX	@	NYY	Joe Cowley	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	DH	0.135	70%		Home Run; W. Tolleson Scores
60	60	3	1	1984-07-25	TEX		BAL	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-3	b 8	0	---	1	8	PH	0.079	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	4	1	1984-08-22	TEX		CHW	LaMarr Hoyt	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	DH	0.101	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)