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Luis Rivas

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 30, 1979 in LaGuaira, Venezuela
High School: La Guaira (La Guaira, VE)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 2000
Final Game: September 20, 2008
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2000	20	MIN	AL	16	64	58	8	18	4	1	0	6	2	0	2	4	.310	.323	.414	.736	82	24	2	0	2	2	0	4/6
2001	21	MIN	AL	153	619	563	70	150	21	6	7	47	31	11	40	99	.266	.319	.362	.682	79	204	15	6	5	5	0	*4
2002	22	MIN	AL	93	346	316	46	81	23	4	4	35	9	4	19	51	.256	.305	.392	.697	84	124	12	3	8	0	2	4
2003	23	MIN	AL	135	521	475	69	123	16	9	8	43	17	7	30	65	.259	.308	.381	.689	80	181	20	5	8	3	0	*4
2004	24	MIN	AL	109	358	336	44	86	19	5	10	34	15	1	13	53	.256	.283	.432	.715	81	145	8	1	5	3	0	*4
2005	25	MIN	AL	59	148	136	21	35	3	1	1	12	4	0	9	17	.257	.311	.316	.627	67	43	2	2	0	1	0	4/6

2007	27	CLE	AL	4	11	11	3	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.727	1.000	151	8	0	0	0	0	0	/46
2008	28	PIT	NL	79	223	206	25	45	6	2	3	20	3	2	13	27	.218	.267	.311	.578	54	64	7	1	2	1	0	64/5
8 Seasons				648	2290	2101	286	541	92	29	34	201	81	25	126	316	.257	.303	.377	.681	78	793	66	18	30	15	2
162 Game Avg.				162	573	525	72	135	23	7	9	50	20	6	32	79	.257	.303	.377	.681	78	198	17	5	8	4	1

MIN (6 yrs)				565	2056	1884	258	493	86	26	30	177	78	23	113	289	.262	.307	.383	.690	80	721	59	17	28	14	2
PIT (1 yr)				79	223	206	25	45	6	2	3	20	3	2	13	27	.218	.267	.311	.578	54	64	7	1	2	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				4	11	11	3	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.727	1.000	151	8	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				569	2067	1895	261	496	86	27	31	181	78	23	113	289	.262	.307	.385	.692	80	729	59	17	28	14	2
NL (1 yr)				79	223	206	25	45	6	2	3	20	3	2	13	27	.218	.267	.311	.578	54	64	7	1	2	1	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2000	20	MIN	AL	64	46	8	4.6	119	.321	.310	.281	.323	.355	.414	.452	.736	.807	82	.421	-1.5	-0.1	.667	.172	.103	.0
2001	21	MIN	AL	619	449	65	3.9	109	.310	.266	.270	.319	.337	.362	.433	.682	.770	79	.380	-18.6	-1.8	.615	.202	.096	11.4
2002	22	MIN	AL	346	259	35	3.6	105	.295	.256	.264	.305	.332	.392	.425	.697	.757	84	.360	-7.8	-0.7	.602	.212	.136	5.5
2003	23	MIN	AL	521	390	51	3.5	108	.284	.259	.269	.308	.335	.381	.430	.689	.766	80	.340	-15.3	-1.5	.596	.206	.122	10.9
2004	24	MIN	AL	358	267	41	4.1	112	.275	.256	.274	.283	.342	.432	.440	.715	.782	81	.396	-11.3	-1.1	.668	.256	.176	12.0
2005	25	MIN	AL	148	104	14	3.6	107	.286	.257	.270	.311	.334	.316	.429	.627	.762	67	.361	-6.7	-0.6	.563	.154	.059	1.6

2007	27	CLE	AL	11	8	2	6.7	108	.200	.273	.272	.273	.340	.727	.425	1.000	.765	151	.625	0.5	0.1	1.000	.455	.455	.0
2008	28	PIT	NL	223	173	16	2.5	104	.237	.218	.262	.267	.334	.311	.419	.578	.752	54	.223	-14.2	-1.4	.465	.160	.092	3.0
8 Seasons				2290	1696	232	3.7	108	.287	.257	.269	.303	.337	.377	.431	.681	.768	78	.358	-75.0	-7.1	.601	.207	.120	47.9
162 Game Avg.				573	424	58	3.7	108	.287	.257	.269	.303	.337	.377	.431	.681	.768	78	.358	-75.0	-7.1	.601	.207	.120	12

MIN (6 yrs)				2056	1515	214	3.8	109	.293	.262	.270	.307	.337	.383	.432	.690	.769	80	.370	-61.3	-5.8	.615	.210	.121	43.3
PIT (1 yr)				223	173	16	2.5	104	.237	.218	.262	.267	.334	.311	.419	.578	.752	54	.223	-14.2	-1.4	.465	.160	.092	3.0
CLE (1 yr)				11	8	2	6.7	108	.200	.273	.272	.273	.340	.727	.425	1.000	.765	151	.625	0.5	0.1	1.000	.455	.455	.0

AL (7 yrs)				2067	1523	216	3.8	109	.293	.262	.270	.307	.337	.385	.432	.692	.769	80	.371	-60.7	-5.7	.617	.212	.123	44.4
NL (1 yr)				223	173	16	2.5	104	.237	.218	.262	.267	.334	.311	.419	.578	.752	54	.223	-14.2	-1.4	.465	.160	.092	3.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	22	MIN	AL	ALDS	OAK	W	4	14	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.333	.641	4	2	0	1	0	0
2002	22	MIN	AL	ALCS	ANA	L	5	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	2	0	0	0	0
2003	23	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	4	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	1	0
2004	24	MIN	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							16	43	38	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.158	.195	.184	.379	7	5	0	2	1	0
3 ALDS							11	30	26	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.115	.143	.154	.297	4	3	0	2	1	0
1 ALCS							5	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	3	2	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2000	20	MIN	AL	64	0.0%	6.3%	3.1%	7.8%	28%	2.00	14.5		9.7	0.96	1.67	88%	26%	0.0%	4%
2001	21	MIN	AL	619	1.1%	16.0%	6.5%	5.5%	23%	2.48	5.7	80.4	12.0	0.99	1.42	75%	25%	3.4%	10%
2002	22	MIN	AL	346	1.2%	14.7%	5.5%	9.0%	38%	2.68	6.2	79.0	9.0	0.88	1.51	75%	23%	3.1%	8%
2003	23	MIN	AL	521	1.5%	12.5%	5.8%	6.3%	27%	2.17	7.3	59.4	11.0	1.44	1.80	78%	10%	5.5%	12%
2004	24	MIN	AL	358	2.8%	14.8%	3.6%	9.5%	40%	4.08	6.3	33.6	9.9	0.78	0.97	77%	17%	7.1%	11%
2005	25	MIN	AL	148	0.7%	11.5%	6.1%	3.4%	14%	1.89	8.0	136.0	11.3	1.22	1.49	80%	18%	2.3%	14%

2007	27	CLE	AL	11	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%	67%			11.0	2.8	0.83	1.00	91%	0%	25.0%	33%
2008	28	PIT	NL	223	1.4%	12.1%	5.8%	4.9%	24%	2.08	7.6	68.7	10.3	1.06	1.26	79%	15%	4.2%	17%
8 Seasons				2290	1.5%	13.8%	5.5%	6.8%	29%	2.51	6.7	61.8	10.5	1.04	1.41	77%	18%	4.4%	11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2000	20	MIN	AL	2	0	40%	29	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	50%	6	4	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
2001	21	MIN	AL	10	0	33%	237	31	11	74%	30	11	1	0	0	0	7	2	7	14	49%	22	13	9	12	7	5	19	7	12
2002	22	MIN	AL	2	0	42%	123	9	4	69%	8	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	46%	22	13	9	6	4	2	13	5	8
2003	23	MIN	AL	6	0	41%	167	17	7	71%	16	7	1	0	0	0	5	2	4	11	48%	25	15	10	10	4	6	25	10	13
2004	24	MIN	AL	2	0	38%	126	15	1	94%	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	48%	10	6	4	5	2	3	14	7	7
2005	25	MIN	AL	1	0	44%	67	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	42%	8	6	2	2	2	0	9	3	6

2007	27	CLE	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	1	0	39%	75	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	58%	6	3	3	3	3	0	10	2	8
8 Seasons				24	0	39%	825	81	25	76%	75	24	6	1	0	0	15	4	18	54	49%	99	60	39	40	22	18	91	34	55
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2000	20	MIN	AL	64	33%	18	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	14	2	14%	8	6	75%	41	6	15%	4	3	75%	2	2	100%	0
2001	21	MIN	AL	619	25%	150	21	0	3	1	0	0	2.62	7	0	9	5	2	3	4	0	5	5	100%	96	15	16%	65	23	35%	306	45	15%	34	17	50%	30	13	43%	0
2002	22	MIN	AL	346	34%	81	10	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	7	1	3	2	2	0	8	8	100%	57	12	21%	40	14	35%	203	31	15%	20	13	65%	29	16	55%	0
2003	23	MIN	AL	521	28%	123	26	4	0	0	0	0		8	0	7	7	1	4	4	0	11	8	73%	104	20	19%	65	24	37%	334	37	11%	34	14	41%	44	18	41%	0
2004	24	MIN	AL	358	31%	86	7	1	0	0	0	0		10	0	5	6	4	4	6	0	7	5	71%	65	8	12%	35	10	29%	212	24	11%	21	12	57%	15	8	53%	0
2005	25	MIN	AL	148	39%	35	8	4	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0%	27	2	7%	11	3	27%	82	12	15%	9	5	56%	6	4	67%	0

2007	27	CLE	AL	11	27%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		9	3	33%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	28	PIT	NL	223	25%	45	9	1	25	3	0	0	0.67	3	1	12	1	2	2	1	0	3	2	67%	40	7	18%	28	11	39%	148	20	14%	14	9	64%	13	6	46%	0
8 Seasons				2290	29%	541	84	12	29	4	0	0	0.85	34	1	46	20	14	15	19	0	38	30	79%	403	66	16%	252	91	36%	1335	178	13%	136	73	54%	139	67	48%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	20	MIN	AL	64	220	3.44	139	63%	24%	9%	25%	42%	76%	0%	48%	88%	28%	6%	4	0	17%	11	4	9%	6	5	25%	0	0	0
2001	21	MIN	AL	619	2307	3.73	1473	64%	29%	11%	28%	32%	71%	0%	46%	84%	29%	3%	18	0	11%	66	23	8%	50	26	20%	0	0	0
2002	22	MIN	AL	346	1229	3.55	806	66%	25%	13%	29%	34%	75%	2%	49%	83%	28%	4%	13	0	13%	45	25	6%	20	12	27%	0	0	0
2003	23	MIN	AL	521	1802	3.46	1170	65%	24%	12%	27%	36%	76%	0%	49%	84%	31%	3%	17	0	14%	71	35	7%	36	23	26%	0	0	0
2004	24	MIN	AL	358	1291	3.61	859	67%	29%	12%	25%	34%	71%	0%	47%	83%	23%	4%	14	1	13%	45	20	7%	24	15	19%	0	0	0
2005	25	MIN	AL	148	524	3.54	335	64%	29%	13%	23%	36%	71%	0%	46%	82%	29%	4%	6	0	13%	19	3	7%	11	7	29%	0	0	0

2007	27	CLE	AL	11	42	3.82	26	62%	31%	4%	23%	42%	69%	0%	43%	94%	9%	9%	1	0	18%	2	1	18%	2	2		0	0	0
2008	28	PIT	NL	223	862	3.87	549	64%	34%	8%	25%	33%	66%	0%	42%	88%	14%	7%	15	0	17%	38	9	9%	20	12	22%	0	0	0
8 Seasons				2290	8277	3.61	5357	65%	28%	11%	27%	34%	72%	0%	47%	84%	27%	4%	88	1	13%	297	120	7%	169	102	23%	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	20	16	64	58	8	18	4	1	0	6	2	0	2	4	.310	.323	.414	.736	82	24	2	0	2	2	0
2001	21	169	683	621	78	168	25	7	7	53	33	11	42	103	.271	.320	.367	.687	79	228	17	6	7	7	0
2002	22	262	1029	937	124	249	48	11	11	88	42	15	61	154	.266	.315	.376	.690	81	352	29	9	15	7	2
2003	23	397	1550	1412	193	372	64	20	19	131	59	22	91	219	.263	.312	.377	.690	81	533	49	14	23	10	2
2004	24	506	1908	1748	237	458	83	25	29	165	74	23	104	272	.262	.307	.388	.695	81	678	57	15	28	13	2
2005	25	565	2056	1884	258	493	86	26	30	177	78	23	113	289	.262	.307	.383	.690	80	721	59	17	28	14	2
2006	26	565	2056	1884	258	493	86	26	30	177	78	23	113	289	.262	.307	.383	.690	80	721	59	17	28	14	2
2007	27	569	2067	1895	261	496	86	27	31	181	78	23	113	289	.262	.307	.385	.692	80	729	59	17	28	14	2
2008	28	648	2290	2101	286	541	92	29	34	201	81	25	126	316	.257	.303	.377	.681	78	793	66	18	30	15	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	20	16	61	57	7	17	4	1	0	5	2	2	4	.298	.311	.404	.715	7	16
2001	21	153	610	560	67	147	21	6	7	45	30	39	99	.263	.315	.359	.674	62	153
2002	22	93	333	312	45	77	22	4	4	34	9	18	51	.247	.294	.381	.676	34	93
2003	23	135	503	467	66	115	15	8	7	41	16	28	65	.246	.294	.358	.652	49	135
2004	24	109	347	331	40	81	18	5	9	31	14	12	53	.245	.271	.411	.682	37	109
2005	25	59	149	137	20	36	3	1	1	12	4	9	17	.263	.315	.321	.637	14	59

2007	27	4	11	11	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	4
2008	28	79	220	205	25	44	6	2	3	20	3	13	27	.215	.264	.307	.571	16	79
8 Seasons		648	2234	2080	273	517	89	27	31	192	78	121	316	.249	.294	.362	.656	221	648
162 Game Avg.		162	559	520	68	129	22	7	8	48	20	30	79	.249	.294	.362	.656	55	648

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2003 AL--9--4th	Stolen Bases s c a p y 2001 AL--31--8th	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2002 AL--8--6th 2003 AL--8--9th	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2003 AL--20--6th
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2001 AL--11--6th	Youngest s c a p y 2000 AL--born 1979-08-30--2nd 2001 AL--born 1979-08-30--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Paul Molitor (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Cronin (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cristian Guzman (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Rollins (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmie Dykes (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Robby Thompson (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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