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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:29AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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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
3 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1992 24 ATL NL 15.1 0 8 8 0 .7 0 -0.1 $109,000 RoY-7
1992 24 PHI NL 102.0 14 32 55 -2 .8 23 2.3 $ RoY-7
1993 25 PHI NL 163.0 28 99 98 -6 1.0 -1 -0.2 $185,000
1994 26 PHI NL 38.0 7 29 24 -1 1.0 -5 -0.5 $335,000
3 Seasons 318.1 49 168 185 -9 .9 17 1.5 $629,000
PHI (3 yrs) 303.0 49 160 177 -9 .9 17 1.6 $520,000
ATL (1 yr) 15.1 0 8 8 0 .7 0 -0.1 $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 Season (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

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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
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
3 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 24 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $109,000 /1 RoY-7
1992 24 PHI NL 36 -5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1 RoY-7
1993 25 PHI NL 67 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $185,000 1
1994 26 PHI NL 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $335,000 /1
3 Seasons 117 -17 0 1 0 0 10 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $629,000
PHI (3 yrs) 116 -17 0 1 0 0 10 3 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $520,000
ATL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $109,000

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1992 TOT NL 24 P 28 14 4 117.1 22 3 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.79 .954 1.94 1.94 15 4 21% 1 RoY-7
1992 ATL NL 24 P 8 0 0 15.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.38 .953 1.94 1.94 2 2 50% 0
1992 PHI NL 24 P 20 14 4 102.0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.95 .954 1.94 1.94 13 2 13% 1
1993 PHI NL 25 P 30 28 1 163.0 23 8 14 1 1 .957 1.21 0.73 .953 1.84 1.83 15 3 17% 0
1994 PHI NL 26 P 9 7 0 38.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.78 .959 1.87 1.86 5 3 38% 1
3 Seasons P 67 49 5 318.1 52 12 39 1 2 .981 1.44 0.76 .954 1.88 1.88 35 10 22% 2
3 Seasons TOT 67 49 5 318.1 52 12 39 1 2 .981 1.44 0.76 .954 1.88 1.88 35 10 22% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1993 NL  13 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199224Atlanta Braves$109,0004/2/92 USA Today
199325Philadelphia Phillies$185,000USA Today
199426Philadelphia Phillies$335,0004/5/94 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$629,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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