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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	6	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	8	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
9	11 (2)	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	14 (2)	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17 (2)	May 2 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	16	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	21 (3)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
13	22	May 8	CHW		DET	L,1-12	GS	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF CF
14	23	May 9 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	25 (1)	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	26	May 12	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	28 (1)	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
18	29	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	30	May 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	31	May 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	32	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
22	33	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	34	May 21	CHW	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	35	May 22	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	36	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	38	May 26	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
28	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
29	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,14-8	CG	48	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
30	41	May 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	42	May 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	43	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
33	44	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	45	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
35	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
36	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	48	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	49	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	50	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	51	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
41	52	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	53	Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
44	55	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	56	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	57	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	58	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
48	59	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
49	60	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
50	61	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	62	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	CG	53	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
53	64	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
55	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	67	Jun 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	68	Jun 26	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	69	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	70	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	71	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	72	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	73	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	74	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
64	75	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
65	76	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	78 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	79	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	80	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	81	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	82	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
71	83	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	84	Jul 10	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
73	85	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	86	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	87	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
77	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	90	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	91	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
80	92	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	93	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
82	94	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	RF
83	95	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
84	96	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	97	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	98	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
89	101	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	103	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	104	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	106	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
95	107	Aug 3	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
96	108	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	109	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	110	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	111	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
100	112	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
101	113	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
102	114	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	115	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
104	116	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	48	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	117	Aug 14	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	118	Aug 15 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
107	119	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	GS	44	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF RF
108	120	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
109	121	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	122	Aug 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
112	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
113	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
114	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
115	127	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
117	129	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	130	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	131	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
121	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
123	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
124	136	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
125	137	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
126	138	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	139	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-9	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	140	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
129	141	Sep 8	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
130	142	Sep 9	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
131	143	Sep 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GS	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
132	144	Sep 11	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
133	145	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
134	146	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
135	147	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
136	148	Sep 17	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
137	149	Sep 18	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
138	150	Sep 19	CHW		BAL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
139	151	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
140	152	Sep 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
141	153	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
142	154	Sep 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
143	155	Sep 25	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							159gm		1171.0	253	6	11	270	0