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Ben Rivera

Bienvenido (Santana) Rivera

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 11, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves 1992-1994

Final Game: July 31, 1994
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Standard Batting

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
1992 24 TOT NL 28 37 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .091 .143 .091 .234 -32 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 RoY-7
1992 24 ATL NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 24 PHI NL 20 36 32 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .094 .147 .094 .241 -30 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1993 25 PHI NL 30 67 51 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .098 .148 .098 .246 -32 5 0 0 13 0 0 1
1994 26 PHI NL 9 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Korea)
3 Yrs 67 117 93 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 40 .086 .141 .086 .227 -36 8 0 0 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 283 225 12 19 0 0 0 5 0 0 15 97 .086 .141 .086 .227 -36 19 0 0 44 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 59 116 92 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 39 .087 .143 .087 .230 -35 8 0 0 18 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 24 ATL NL 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $109,000 /1 RoY-7
1992 24 PHI NL 20 36 -4 -0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1 RoY-7
1993 25 PHI NL 30 67 -11 -0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $185,000 1
1994 26 PHI NL 9 13 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $335,000 /1
3 Seasons 67 117 -18 -1 1 0 15 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .496 .500 -0.3 0.0 0 $629,000
PHI (3 yrs) 59 116 -18 -1 1 0 15 -3 -0.2 3 1 -0.3 .495 .499 -0.3 0.0 1 $520,000
ATL (1 yr) 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $109,000

Advanced Batting

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
1992 24 TOT NL 37 32 1 0.8 92 .136 .091 .259 .143 .325 .091 .382 .234 .707 -32 .051 -5.9 -0.6 .167 .061 .000
1992 24 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .267 .000 .334 .000 .393 .000 .727 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1992 24 PHI NL 36 31 1 0.9 92 .136 .094 .259 .147 .325 .094 .381 .241 .706 -30 .055 -5.6 -0.6 .172 .063 .000
1993 25 PHI NL 67 59 1 0.4 102 .185 .098 .269 .148 .334 .098 .409 .246 .743 -32 .014 -9.6 -1.0 .174 .059 .000
1994 26 PHI NL 13 12 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .277 .100 .344 .000 .433 .100 .777 -71 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
3 Yrs 117 103 2 0.5 99 .151 .086 .266 .141 .332 .086 .402 .227 .733 -36 .019 -17.9 -1.8 .165 .065 .000
162 Game Avg. 283 249 5 0.5 99 .151 .086 .266 .141 .332 .086 .402 .227 .733 -36 .019 -17.9 -1.8 .165 .065 .000
PHI (3 yrs) 116 102 2 0.5 99 .151 .087 .266 .143 .332 .087 .402 .230 .733 -35 .019 -17.6 -1.8 .167 .065 .000
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .267 .000 .334 .000 .393 .000 .727 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1993 25 PHI NL NLCS ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 25 PHI NL WS TOR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1992 24 TOT NL 37 0.0% 29.7% 5.4% 0.0% 0% 5.50 3.0 16.5 2.67 2.33 59% 8% 0.0% 17%
1992 24 ATL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1992 24 PHI NL 36 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.2 16.0 2.67 2.33 61% 8% 0.0% 17%
1993 25 PHI NL 67 0.0% 35.8% 4.5% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.1 4.00 16.00 40% 8% 0.0% 20%
1994 26 PHI NL 13 0.0% 38.5% 7.7% 0.0% 5.00 1.8 31% 0%
3 Yrs 117 0.0% 34.2% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 6.67 2.3 46.5 3.64 6.63 45% 7% 0.0% 18%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.1% 30% 1.74 5.9 39.3 8.0 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.6% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 24 TOT NL -5.9 -0.6 37 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 .71 -0.4 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 1.07 -3.9 0
1992 24 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
1992 24 PHI NL -5.6 -0.6 36 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 .73 -0.4 -0.1 -3.9 -0.4 1.08 -3.7 0
1993 25 PHI NL -9.7 -1.0 67 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .85 -1.1 -0.0 -12.3 -1.2 1.01 -11.9 0
1994 26 PHI NL -2.4 -0.2 13 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .99 -0.3 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.99 -2.9 0
3 Yrs -18.0 -1.8 117 -1.5 0.4 -2.0 .82 -1.8 -0.1 -19.5 -2.0 1.03 -18.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 24 TOT NL 2 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1992 24 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 24 PHI NL 2 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1993 25 PHI NL 1 0 38% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1994 26 PHI NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 3 0 36% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

Situational Hitting*

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
1992 24 TOT NL 37 51% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 5 1 20% 27 2 7% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
1992 24 ATL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 24 PHI NL 36 53% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 0 0% 5 1 20% 27 2 7% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
1993 25 PHI NL 67 21% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 87% 16 0 0% 18 8 44% 55 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1994 26 PHI NL 13 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 117 32% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 18 86% 26 0 0% 27 11 41% 92 2 2% 6 1 17% 4 4 100% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 36% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1992 24 TOT NL 37 136 3.68 96 71% 23% 26% 26% 25% 77% 0% 54% 66% 46% 3% 1 0 5% 2 0 5% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 24 ATL NL 1 4 4.00 4 100% 25% 25% 50% 0% 75% 75% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1992 24 PHI NL 36 132 3.67 92 70% 23% 26% 25% 26% 77% 0% 54% 66% 47% 3% 1 0 6% 2 0 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 25 PHI NL 63 226 3.59 166 73% 32% 21% 25% 22% 68% 0% 50% 69% 43% 3% 2 0 5% 3 0 8% 5 0 30% 4 0 0
1994 26 PHI NL 12 45 3.75 28 62% 36% 11% 29% 25% 64% 0% 40% 83% 50% 0% 0 0 8% 1 0 8% 1 0 75% 1 0 0
3 Yrs 112 407 3.63 290 71% 29% 22% 26% 23% 71% 0% 50% 69% 45% 3% 3 0 5% 6 0 7% 8 0 26% 5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 61% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1992 24 28 37 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .091 .143 .091 .234 -32 3 0 0 2 0 0
1993 25 58 104 84 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 35 .095 .146 .095 .241 -32 8 0 0 15 0 0
1994 26 67 117 93 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 40 .086 .141 .086 .227 -36 8 0 0 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 24 28 40 35 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 11 .143 .211 .143 .353 1 28
1993 25 30 69 52 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 .115 .179 .115 .294 1 30
1994 26 13 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 9
3 Yrs 71 127 100 7 11 0 0 0 5 0 8 42 .110 .176 .110 .286 2 67
162 Game Avg. 162 290 228 16 25 0 0 0 11 0 18 96 .110 .176 .110 .286 5 67

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1993 NL  13 (6th)

                                         

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