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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MON NL 22 OF 5 4 29.1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0.5 -20.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 -1 2.45 1.60 .978 2.30 2.00
1975 MON NL 22 LF 4 2 18.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -26.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 1.47 0.75 .967 2.11 1.70
1975 MON NL 22 RF 2 2 11.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0.1 -10.9 0.9 0.0 0.9 -1 3.27 2.00 .980 2.05 1.75
1976 MON NL 23 OF 56 50 395.1 101 89 7 5 3 .950 -1.5 -4.6 -0.5 3.1 -3.7 -1 2.19 1.71 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 MON NL 23 LF 45 44 333.2 86 75 6 5 2 .942 -3.1 -11.1 -1.1 1.5 -2.7 -2 2.18 1.80 .977 2.02 1.59
1976 MON NL 23 RF 14 6 61.2 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.6 31.1 0.6 1.6 -1.0 1 2.48 1.21 .971 2.15 1.83
1978 MIN AL 25 OF 94 60 604.0 170 162 5 3 0 .982 7.3 14.5 7.3 4.8 2.6 0 2.49 1.78 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 MIN AL 25 RF 72 57 508.0 138 133 2 3 0 .978 3.2 7.6 4.2 2.8 1.5 -1 2.39 1.88 .978 2.24 1.85
1978 MIN AL 25 LF 32 3 96.0 33 30 3 0 0 1.000 4.1 51.2 3.1 2.0 1.1 1 3.09 1.03 .973 2.21 1.78
1978 MIN AL 25 DH 1
1979 MIN AL 26 OF 105 59 616.1 183 169 12 2 0 .989 10.8 21.0 5.8 6.6 -0.8 5 2.64 1.72 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 MIN AL 26 LF 61 38 377.1 111 103 7 1 0 .991 8.7 27.7 4.7 3.3 1.4 4 2.62 1.80 .980 2.22 1.80
1979 MIN AL 26 RF 50 21 238.0 66 60 5 1 0 .985 1.9 9.6 0.9 3.3 -2.4 1 2.46 1.30 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 MIN AL 26 DH 2
1979 MIN AL 26 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.60
1980 MIN AL 27 OF 37 31 252.1 64 58 1 5 1 .922 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.10 1.59 .980 2.47 2.15
1980 MIN AL 27 RF 28 25 199.1 53 47 1 5 1 .906 2.0 12.0 2.0 0.9 1.1 0 2.17 1.71 .977 2.13 1.77
1980 MIN AL 27 LF 10 6 53.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -47.5 -2.1 -0.8 -1.3 0 1.53 0.90 .978 2.34 1.92
1980 MIN AL 27 DH 1
1982 KCR AL 29 OF 3 2 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 1.71 1.33 .975 2.49 2.13
1982 KCR AL 29 LF 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 2.00 .975 2.30 1.90
1982 KCR AL 29 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 1.90
6 Seasons OF 300 206 1918.1 531 490 25 16 4 .970 16.0 10.0 13.0 14.7 -1.7 3 2.42 1.72 .980 2.44 2.11
6 Seasons RF 167 111 1021.0 279 260 9 10 2 .964 8.5 10.0 8.5 8.5 0.1 0 2.37 1.61 .978 2.21 1.84
6 Seasons LF 154 95 896.1 246 224 16 6 2 .976 7.3 9.8 4.3 6.2 -2.0 3 2.41 1.56 .978 2.15 1.74
3 Seasons DH 4
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.60
6 Seasons TOT 300 206 1918.1 531 490 25 16 4 .970 16.0 10.0 13.0 14.7 -1.7 3 2.42 1.72 .950 2.44 2.11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 MON NL 22 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 5 0 0 0
1976 MON NL 23 68 50 68 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 14 56 0 15 2
1978 MIN AL 25 101 60 101 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 72 94 0 23 10
1979 MIN AL 26 112 59 112 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 1 50 105 0 29 6
1980 MIN AL 27 44 31 44 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 28 37 0 7 3
1982 KCR AL 29 5 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 2
6 Seasons 335 206 335 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 1 167 300 0 75 23
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 MON NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 42 36% 81% 31% 6 67%
1976 MON NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 290 58% 71% 22% 31 52%
1978 MIN AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 25 11 0 11 3 0 7 3 0 7 1 0 14 8 0 64 26 40.6% 38 0 0.0% 2 2244 53% 81% 27% 253 53%
1979 MIN AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 7 5 0 11 1 0 3 3 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 27 13 48.1% 14 0 0.0% 5 1036 58% 82% 24% 126 52%
1980 MIN AL 27 5 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 5 2 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 23 11 47.8% 12 0 0.0% 1 854 63% 82% 25% 90 52%
1982 KCR AL 29 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 0 13 62% 77% 8% 1 0%
6 Seasons 10 0 10 0 3 9 0 4 1 1 46 26 0 29 6 0 13 7 0 16 5 0 21 13 0 125 57 45.6% 68 0 0.0% 9 4479 56% 81% 26% 507 53%
MLB Averages 42.8% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 MON NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 85 61% 73% 24% 13 23%
1976 MON NL 23 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 1 2 2 16 10 1 14 3 0 8 5 0 10 2 1 7 6 0 55 26 47.3% 27 2 3.6% 4 1543 54% 78% 23% 164 48%
1978 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 8 66.7% 3 1 8.3% 2 393 52% 81% 27% 55 60%
1979 MIN AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 23 20 2 12 7 0 6 2 0 5 2 0 10 10 0 56 41 73.2% 13 2 3.6% 5 1671 58% 82% 24% 230 48%
1980 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 237 41% 79% 19% 22 41%
1982 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 81 75% 80% 30% 11 36%
6 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 16 0 7 6 2 52 40 4 30 12 0 20 11 0 16 4 1 19 18 0 137 85 62.0% 47 5 3.6% 11 4010 55% 80% 24% 495 48%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 MIN AL 26 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 0 4 75% 75% 50% 1 100%
1 Season 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 0 4 75% 75% 50% 1 100%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.2% 58% 79% 26% 57%

* 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.

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