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Ben Rivera
Bienvenido Santana Rivera
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 11, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992
Final Game: July 31, 1994
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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 5 487 115 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 78 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 5 409 124 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 85 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 78 2.217 12.3 0.6 7.6 6.5 0.85

Postseason Pitching

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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

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
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 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 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 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 0
1 WS 1 0 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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 TOT NL 24 P 28 14 117.1 22 3 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.79 .955 1.94 0.60 RoY-7
1992 ATL NL 24 P 8 0 15.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.38 .967 1.94 0.60
1992 PHI NL 24 P 20 14 102.0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.95 .953 1.94 0.60
1993 PHI NL 25 P 30 28 163.0 23 8 14 1 1 .957 1.21 0.73 .952 1.84 0.54
1994 PHI NL 26 P 9 7 38.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.78 .957 1.87 0.54
3 Seasons P 67 49 318.1 52 12 39 1 2 .981 1.44 0.76 .954 1.88 0.57
3 Seasons TOT 67 49 318.1 52 12 39 1 2 .981 1.44 0.76 .935 1.88 0.57

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

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

November 15, 1986: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

May 28, 1992: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Donnie Elliott.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992Atlanta Braves$109,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$185,000
1994Philadelphia Phillies$335,000
Career (may be incomplete)$629,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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