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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1992 24 TOT NL 7 4 .636 3.07 28 14 7 4 1 0 117.1 99 40 40 9 45 4 77 4 0 5 487 116 1.227 7.6 0.7 3.5 5.9 1.71 RoY-7
1992 24 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.70 8 0 3 0 0 0 15.1 21 8 8 1 13 2 11 2 0 0 78 81 2.217 12.3 0.6 7.6 6.5 0.85
1992 24 PHI NL 7 3 .700 2.82 20 14 4 4 1 0 102.0 78 32 32 8 32 2 66 2 0 5 409 125 1.078 6.9 0.7 2.8 5.8 2.06
1993 25 PHI NL 13 9 .591 5.02 30 28 1 1 1 0 163.0 175 99 91 16 85 4 123 6 0 13 742 79 1.595 9.7 0.9 4.7 6.8 1.45
1994 26 PHI NL 3 4 .429 6.87 9 7 1 0 0 0 38.0 40 29 29 7 22 0 19 1 0 3 176 63 1.632 9.5 1.7 5.2 4.5 0.86
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 23 17 .575 4.52 67 49 9 5 2 0 318.1 314 168 160 32 152 8 219 11 0 21 1405 85 1.464 8.9 0.9 4.3 6.2 1.44
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .575 4.52 39 29 5 3 1 0 187 184 98 94 19 89 5 128 6 0 12 824 85 1.464 8.9 0.9 4.3 6.2 1.44
PHI (3 yrs) 23 16 .590 4.51 59 49 6 5 2 0 303.0 293 160 152 31 139 6 208 9 0 21 1327 86 1.426 8.7 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.50
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.70 8 0 3 0 0 0 15.1 21 8 8 1 13 2 11 2 0 0 78 81 2.217 12.3 0.6 7.6 6.5 0.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1992 24 ATL NL 15.1 8 0 8 4.70 3.98 0.26 -0.31 104.5 3.57 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .472 .499 $109,000 RoY-7
1992 24 PHI NL 102.0 20 14 32 2.82 3.97 -0.14 0.09 100.5 4.22 15 1.9 .6 -0.1 2.5 24 .595 .512 $ RoY-7
1993 25 PHI NL 163.0 30 28 99 5.47 4.43 -0.31 0.15 99.1 4.85 -14 -1.4 .6 -0.1 -0.3 4 .454 .491 $185,000
1994 26 PHI NL 38.0 9 7 29 6.87 4.55 -0.33 0.12 102.4 5.12 -8 -0.7 1.6 -0.1 -0.5 -5 .420 .496 $335,000
3 Seasons 318.1 67 49 168 4.75 4.28 -0.23 0.11 100.2 4.62 -8 -0.5 .6 -0.2 1.6 23 .493 .499 $629,000
PHI (3 yrs) 303.0 59 49 160 4.75 4.29 -0.25 0.13 100.0 4.67 -6 -0.2 .8 -0.2 1.7 24 .496 .500 $520,000
ATL (1 yr) 15.1 8 0 8 4.70 3.98 0.26 -0.31 104.5 3.57 -2 -0.2 .4 0.0 -0.1 -1 .472 .499 $109,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1993 25 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
1993 25 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 20.3 1.50
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 5 5 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 18 2.400 13.5 2.7 8.1 13.5 1.67
1 NLCS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 WS 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 20.3 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1992 24 TOT NL 28 487 431 40 99 18 5 9 15 4 45 77 .230 .307 .357 .664 .259 154 9 4 5 2 4 5
1992 24 ATL NL 8 78 62 8 21 2 1 1 2 2 13 11 .339 .462 .452 .913 .392 28 2 2 0 1 2 0
1992 24 PHI NL 20 409 369 32 78 16 4 8 13 2 32 66 .211 .277 .341 .619 .236 126 7 2 5 1 2 5
1993 25 PHI NL 30 742 641 99 175 19 10 16 15 3 85 123 .273 .361 .409 .770 .314 262 13 6 5 5 4 9
1994 26 PHI NL 9 176 146 29 40 8 1 7 5 3 22 19 .274 .371 .486 .857 .273 71 2 1 6 1 0 4
3 Yrs 67 1405 1218 168 314 45 16 32 35 10 152 219 .258 .343 .400 .743 .289 487 24 11 16 8 8 18
162 Game Avg. 39 824 714 98 184 26 9 19 21 6 89 128 .258 .343 .400 .743 .289 285 14 6 9 5 5 11
MLB Averages .263 .331 .400 .730 .292

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1992 24 TOT NL 8.3 0.9 514 0.4 6.8 -6.4 .79 0.4 0.1 7.7 0.9 0.79 3.5 2 1 11
1992 24 ATL NL -1.1 -0.1 84 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .68 -0.4 0.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.68 -4.2 1 0 7
1992 24 PHI NL 9.5 1.0 430 0.6 5.9 -5.4 .81 0.9 -0.2 8.4 0.9 0.81 7.7 1 1 4
1993 25 PHI NL -18.2 -1.8 774 -1.2 12.7 -13.8 1.02 -1.8 0.7 -16.3 -1.6 1.02 -17.7 0 1 1
1994 26 PHI NL -9.1 -0.8 186 -0.7 3.0 -3.7 1.05 -0.9 0.2 -8.2 -0.8 1.05 -8.9 1 1 0
3 Yrs -19.0 -1.7 1474 -1.5 22.5 -24.0 .94 -2.3 0.8 -16.9 -1.5 0.94 -23.1 3 3 12

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1992 24 TOT NL 28 14 7 3 4 0 1 8 6 .571 2 3 4 1 9 64% 80 25 5 1 0 8 6.0 5.5 6.5 97 4 2 3 5 130
1992 24 PHI NL 20 14 7 3 4 0 1 8 6 .571 2 3 4 1 9 64% 59.4 80 25 5 1 0 8 6.0 5.5 6.5 97 4 2 3 5 130
1993 25 PHI NL 30 28 13 9 6 6 1 16 12 .571 1 6 1 1 11 39% 46.1 84 -1 16 6 1 13 6.4 6.3 5.7 100 4 9 7 7 134
1994 26 PHI NL 9 7 2 3 2 1 0 3 4 .429 1 1 0 0 2 29% 41.1 62 25 6 4 0 4 4.4 4.6 5.0 89 2 2 1 1 121
3 Yrs 59 49 22 15 12 7 2 27 22 .551 4 10 5 2 22 45% 49 84 -1 27 11 1 25 6.0 5.8 5.8 98 10 13 11 13 134
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 99 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1992 24 TOT NL 28 14 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% .793 2 1 11 1 1 12 4 10 11 0 11 0 5.5 33
1992 24 ATL NL 8 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .681 1 0 7 0 1 7 2 6 7 0 7 0 5.8 38
1992 24 PHI NL 20 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 .814 1 1 4 1 0 5 2 4 4 0 4 0 5.2 26
1993 25 PHI NL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.019 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 21
1994 26 PHI NL 9 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.050 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.0 25
3 Yrs 67 18 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% .944 3 3 12 2 3 13 5 13 14 0 14 0 5.3 31

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 24 TOT NL 487 42% 1.9% 15.8% 9.2% 6.6% 32% 0.82 1.05 71% 19% 5.4% 14% 81 9 11%
1992 24 ATL NL 78 59% 1.3% 14.1% 16.7% 5.1% 19% 1.04 2.09 65% 25% 4.0% 4% 19 2 11%
1992 24 PHI NL 409 38% 2.0% 16.1% 7.8% 6.9% 36% 0.78 0.96 72% 17% 5.6% 16% 62 7 11%
1993 25 PHI NL 742 51% 2.2% 16.6% 11.5% 6.1% 26% 0.80 1.00 68% 20% 6.7% 16% 156 13 8%
1994 26 PHI NL 176 56% 4.0% 10.8% 12.5% 9.1% 40% 0.67 0.79 69% 16% 11.3% 17% 32 2 6%
3 Yrs 1405 49% 2.3% 15.6% 10.8% 6.6% 30% 0.79 0.99 69% 19% 6.8% 16% 269 24 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.1% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.6% 15% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 24 TOT NL 488 1828 3.75 1114 61% 30% 12% 26% 32% 70% 1% 43% 83% 57% 7% 34 18 22% 107 46 5 31% 12 13 -1 0 0
1992 24 ATL NL 78 307 3.94 178 58% 42% 9% 20% 29% 58% 4% 34% 85% 58% 8% 6 2 23% 18 11 2 27% 3 2 0 0 0
1992 24 PHI NL 410 1521 3.71 936 62% 27% 12% 27% 33% 73% 1% 45% 83% 57% 7% 28 16 22% 89 35 3 32% 9 11 -1 0 0
1993 25 PHI NL 708 2735 3.86 1617 59% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 1% 42% 80% 53% 6% 42 24 16% 112 60 7 39% 26 16 34 1 1
1994 26 PHI NL 158 584 3.70 341 58% 23% 12% 28% 35% 76% 0% 44% 83% 58% 3% 5 4 14% 22 10 3 36% 3 1 18 0 3
3 Yrs 1354 5147 3.80 3072 60% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 1% 43% 82% 55% 6% 81 46 18% 241 116 15 36% 41 30 51 1 4
MLB Averages 3.66 61% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1992 24 TOT NL 487 99 33 2 9 0 14 5 4 1 8 30 12 5 40% 5 5 2 162 15 4 79% 13 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 0
1992 24 ATL NL 78 21 10 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 9 4 1 44% 0 0 1 31 2 2 50% 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1992 24 PHI NL 409 78 23 2 8 0 6 4 4 1 7 21 8 4 38% 5 5 1 131 13 2 87% 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1993 25 PHI NL 742 175 13 1 16 0 23 9 7 8 8 47 27 6 57% 9 13 1 289 15 3 83% 14 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 25 0
1994 26 PHI NL 176 40 5 0 7 0 6 5 2 4 3 13 7 3 54% 4 3 0 65 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
3 Yrs 1405 314 51 3 32 0 43 19 13 13 19 90 46 14 51% 18 21 3 516 35 10 78% 32 6 3 3 0 1 2 1 42 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1992 24 7 4 .636 3.07 28 14 7 4 1 0 117.1 99 40 40 9 45 4 77 4 0 5 487 116 1.227 7.6 0.7 3.5 5.9 1.71 116
1993 25 20 13 .606 4.21 58 42 8 5 2 0 280.1 274 139 131 25 130 8 200 10 0 18 1229 90 1.441 8.8 0.8 4.2 6.4 1.54 90
1994 26 23 17 .575 4.52 67 49 9 5 2 0 318.1 314 168 160 32 152 8 219 11 0 21 1405 85 1.464 8.9 0.9 4.3 6.2 1.44 85

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 24 6 6 .500 3.68 110.0 105 50 45 10 48 72 4 1.391 8.6 3.9 5.9 1.50 0.8 28
1993 25 6 11 .353 5.24 158.0 176 102 92 16 85 119 6 1.652 10.0 4.8 6.8 1.40 0.9 30
1994 26 2 4 .333 6.33 54.0 54 42 38 9 30 27 1 1.556 9.0 5.0 4.5 0.90 1.5 9
3 Yrs 14 21 .400 4.89 322.0 335 194 175 35 163 218 11 1.547 9.4 6.1 1.34 1.0 67

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL  6.791 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  85 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1993 NL  13 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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