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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,7-1	GS	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
3	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	GS	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF RF
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,9-1	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
7	7	Apr 22	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
8	8	Apr 23	CHW	@	KCA	W,29-6	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
9	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
12	12	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
13	13	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	14	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,8-9	CG	54	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
16	16	May 1 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
17	17	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
18	18	May 4	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	19	May 6	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
20	20	May 7	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
21	22 (1)	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
22	23	May 10	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF RF
23	24	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	25	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
25	26	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	27	May 15 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
27	29 (1)	May 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 20	CHW		KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
29	31	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	32	May 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	RF
31	33	May 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
32	34	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	35	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF CF
34	36	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	37	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	38	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
37	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
39	41	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	43	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
42	44	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
43	45	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
44	46	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	47	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
46	48	Jun 8	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	49	Jun 11	CHW		WSH	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	RF
48	50	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	51	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	53	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	54	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	55	Jun 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
54	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	RF
56	58	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	59	Jun 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
58	60	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	62	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
61	63	Jun 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
62	64	Jun 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
63	65	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	67 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	69 (1)	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
69	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
70	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
71	75	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
72	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	79 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
75	81 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,13-4	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
76	82	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
77	83	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	84	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	85	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
80	88 (2)	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
81	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
82	90	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
83	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
87	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
88	96	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
89	97	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
90	98	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	99	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
92	100	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
93	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	103	Aug 3	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
97	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	44	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	T,2-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
101	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
102	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF RF
104	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	46	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
105	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	GS	48	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF RF
107	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
108	116	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	117	Aug 19	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
110	118	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
111	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
112	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
113	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
114	122	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
115	123	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	125 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
117	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
118	127	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF RF
119	128	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
120	129	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
121	130	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF RF
122	131	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
124	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
125	134	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
126	135	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	137 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
128	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	139	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
131	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	GF	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
132	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
133	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
134	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
135	146 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
136	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
137	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-13	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
138	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	GS	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
139	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
140	151	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
141	152	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
142	154 (1)	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
143	155	Sep 25	CHW		KCA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							168gm		1089.0	293	20	6	319	7