Bombo Rivera
Jesus Manuel (Torres) Rivera
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: August 2, 1952 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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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
1975 22 MON NL 5 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 /79
1976 23 MON NL 68 199 185 22 51 11 4 2 19 1 0 13 32 .276 .323 .411 .734 104 76 5 0 1 0 1 79
1978 25 MIN AL 101 295 251 35 68 8 2 3 23 5 3 35 47 .271 .362 .355 .717 101 89 3 2 5 2 1 97/D
1979 26 MIN AL 112 294 263 37 74 13 5 2 31 5 5 17 40 .281 .324 .392 .715 90 103 6 0 13 1 0 79/D8
1980 27 MIN AL 44 117 113 13 25 7 0 3 10 0 0 4 20 .221 .248 .363 .611 60 41 4 0 0 0 0 97/D
1982 29 KCR AL 5 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 1 0 0 0 0 0 /79
6 Seasons 335 926 831 109 220 39 11 10 83 11 8 71 144 .265 .323 .374 .697 90 311 19 2 19 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 448 402 53 106 19 5 5 40 5 4 34 70 .265 .323 .374 .697 90 150 9 1 9 1 1
MIN (3 yrs) 257 706 627 85 167 28 7 8 64 10 8 56 107 .266 .327 .372 .699 89 233 13 2 18 3 1
MON (2 yrs) 73 210 194 23 52 11 4 2 19 1 0 15 35 .268 .321 .397 .717 99 77 6 0 1 0 1
KCR (1 yr) 5 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 262 716 637 86 168 28 7 8 64 10 8 56 109 .264 .324 .367 .691 87 234 13 2 18 3 1
NL (2 yrs) 73 210 194 23 52 11 4 2 19 1 0 15 35 .268 .321 .397 .717 99 77 6 0 1 0 1

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
1975 22 MON NL 11 9 0 0.0 99 .167 .111 .270 .273 .342 .111 .390 .384 .732 8 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .222 .000
1976 23 MON NL 199 140 24 4.6 96 .325 .276 .268 .323 .336 .411 .382 .734 .718 104 .556 0.1 0.0 .647 .211 .135 1.3
1978 25 MIN AL 295 196 35 4.8 95 .320 .271 .263 .362 .329 .355 .388 .717 .717 101 .545 1.6 0.2 .677 .231 .084 3.8
1979 26 MIN AL 294 214 32 4.0 105 .324 .281 .274 .324 .340 .392 .415 .715 .755 90 .425 -4.8 -0.5 .600 .175 .110 2.9
1980 27 MIN AL 117 92 9 2.6 105 .244 .221 .278 .248 .342 .363 .413 .611 .755 60 .266 -6.8 -0.7 .489 .177 .142 .0
1982 29 KCR AL 10 9 0 0.0 98 .125 .100 .264 .100 .328 .100 .402 .200 .730 -45 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
6 Seasons 926 660 100 4.1 100 .309 .265 .270 .323 .335 .374 .399 .697 .734 90 .460 -13.0 -1.3 .607 .199 .110 10.5
162 Game Avg. 448 319 48 4.1 100 .309 .265 .270 .323 .335 .374 .399 .697 .734 90 .460 -13.0 -1.3 .607 .199 .110 5
MIN (3 yrs) 706 502 76 4.0 101 .309 .266 .271 .327 .335 .372 .404 .699 .739 89 .449 -10.0 -1.0 .609 .198 .105 8.9
MON (2 yrs) 210 149 24 4.3 96 .318 .268 .268 .321 .336 .397 .383 .717 .719 99 .526 -1.0 -0.1 .628 .211 .129 1.3
KCR (1 yr) 10 9 0 0.0 98 .125 .100 .264 .100 .328 .100 .402 .200 .730 -45 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
AL (4 yrs) 716 511 76 4.0 101 .306 .264 .271 .324 .335 .367 .404 .691 .739 87 .441 -12.0 -1.2 .600 .195 .104 8.9
NL (2 yrs) 210 149 24 4.3 96 .318 .268 .268 .321 .336 .397 .383 .717 .719 99 .526 -1.0 -0.1 .628 .211 .129 1.3

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
1975 22 MON NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.50 3.0 1.00 55%
1976 23 MON NL 199 1.0% 16.1% 6.5% 8.5% 33% 2.46 5.8 92.5 9.7 1.51 76%
1978 25 MIN AL 295 1.0% 15.9% 11.9% 4.4% 19% 1.34 5.3 83.7 10.9 1.25 69%
1979 26 MIN AL 294 0.7% 13.6% 5.8% 6.8% 27% 2.35 6.6 131.5 8.5 1.81 76%
1980 27 MIN AL 117 2.6% 17.1% 3.4% 8.6% 40% 5.00 5.7 37.7 11.3 1.03 77%
1982 29 KCR AL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 0.40 80%
6 Seasons 926 1.1% 15.6% 7.7% 6.5% 27% 2.03 5.8 83.1 10.0 1.40 73%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 22 MON NL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 23 MON NL 5 0 32% 88 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 26% 8 6 2 4 4 0 7 4 3
1978 25 MIN AL 3 0 31% 154 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 41% 30 19 11 3 3 0 11 4 7
1979 26 MIN AL 6 0 39% 143 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 9 41% 22 14 7 4 3 1 8 2 6
1980 27 MIN AL 2 0 39% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 40% 8 5 2 1 0 1 6 3 3
1982 29 KCR AL 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 16 0 35% 438 11 8 58% 10 7 1 0 0 1 4 1 17 25 40% 70 44 24 12 10 2 32 13 19
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
1975 22 MON NL 11 73% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 23 MON NL 199 79% 51 15 5 0 0 2.01 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 100% 30 5 17% 15 4 27% 109 18 17% 3 2 67% 15 7 47% 0
1978 25 MIN AL 295 78% 68 18 4 0 0 0.96 3 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 6 5 83% 64 3 5% 29 10 34% 203 20 10% 22 11 50% 20 6 30% 0
1979 26 MIN AL 294 69% 74 24 6 0 6 1.25 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 13 13 100% 49 6 12% 27 20 74% 174 31 18% 12 10 83% 16 9 56% 0
1980 27 MIN AL 117 82% 25 5 1 0 0 1.64 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 20 4 20% 12 2 17% 61 8 13% 6 1 17% 7 3 43% 0
1982 29 KCR AL 10 70% 1 1 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 926 76% 220 63 16 0 6 1.36 10 1 10 2 8 7 3 1 20 19 95% 165 19 12% 84 36 43% 558 77 14% 45 24 53% 58 25 43% 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
1975 22 5 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .111 .273 .111 .384 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 23 73 210 194 23 52 11 4 2 19 1 0 15 35 .268 .321 .397 .717 99 77 6 0 1 0 1
1977 24 73 210 194 23 52 11 4 2 19 1 0 15 35 .268 .321 .397 .717 99 77 6 0 1 0 1
1978 25 174 505 445 58 120 19 6 5 42 6 3 50 82 .270 .345 .373 .718 101 166 9 2 6 2 2
1979 26 286 799 708 95 194 32 11 7 73 11 8 67 122 .274 .337 .380 .717 97 269 15 2 19 3 2
1980 27 330 916 821 108 219 39 11 10 83 11 8 71 142 .267 .326 .378 .703 92 310 19 2 19 3 2
1981 28 330 916 821 108 219 39 11 10 83 11 8 71 142 .267 .326 .378 .703 92 310 19 2 19 3 2
1982 29 335 926 831 109 220 39 11 10 83 11 8 71 144 .265 .323 .374 .697 90 311 19 2 19 3 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1975 22 5 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 5
1976 23 68 199 186 23 52 11 4 2 20 1 13 32 .280 .327 .414 .741 25 68
1978 25 101 304 260 39 77 9 2 3 26 6 40 47 .296 .391 .381 .772 39 101
1979 26 113 278 261 36 71 12 5 2 30 5 16 40 .272 .313 .379 .692 31 112
1980 27 44 115 111 13 23 6 0 3 10 0 4 20 .207 .235 .342 .577 9 44
1982 29 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
6 Seasons 336 917 837 111 223 38 11 10 86 12 75 144 .266 .327 .374 .701 104 335
162 Game Avg. 162 442 404 54 108 18 5 5 41 6 36 69 .266 .327 .374 .701 50 335

* 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  13 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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