Carlos Rivera

Carlos Alberto Rivera

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 10, 1978 in Fajardo, P.R.
High School: Rio Grande (Rio Grande, PR)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 10th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 2003
Team: Pirates 2003-2004
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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Standard Batting

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
1996	18	PIT-min	Rk	48	201	183	24	52	8	3	3	26	1	1	15	22	.284	.338	.410	.748		75	8	1	0	2	1		BRD · GULF
1997	19	PIT-min	A	120	450	415	52	113	16	5	9	65	4	1	19	82	.272	.316	.400	.716		166	9	10	0	6	2		AUG · SALL
1998	20	PIT-min	A,A+	116	451	429	49	116	21	1	9	69	3	6	11	65	.270	.297	.387	.684		166	12	7	0	4	2		AUG,LBG · SALL,CARL
1999	21	PIT-min	A	119	487	457	63	147	30	1	13	86	2	1	15	45	.322	.355	.477	.832		218	13	11	0	4	2		HCK · SALL
2000	22	PIT-min	A+,Rk	70	275	257	22	70	17	0	5	47	0	1	7	36	.272	.287	.397	.684		102	8	2	0	9	1		LBG,BRD · CARL,GULF
2001	23	PIT-min	AA	111	408	389	44	91	30	0	10	50	0	2	13	71	.234	.258	.388	.646		151	11	1	1	4	2		ATO · EL
2002	24	PIT-min	AA	128	533	494	67	149	28	2	22	84	1	1	27	75	.302	.345	.500	.845		247	18	8	0	4	3		ATO · EL
2003	25	PIT-min	AAA	72	277	262	28	69	18	0	9	31	3	1	13	38	.263	.300	.435	.735		114	2	1	0	1	3		NVL · PCL
2003	25	PIT	NL	78	107	95	12	21	5	0	3	10	0	0	8	28	.221	.283	.368	.651	67	35	2	1	1	2	2	3
2004	26	PIT-min	AAA	93	339	312	46	91	19	0	17	50	6	7	24	55	.292	.348	.516	.864		161	13	3	0	0	4		NVL · PCL
2004	26	PIT	NL	7	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.250	.200	.450	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	/3
2005	27	HOU-min	AAA	129	496	455	64	142	35	1	17	68	0	0	30	65	.312	.363	.505	.868		230	16	8	0	3	2		RRK · PCL
2006	28	COL-min	AAA	120	450	421	54	137	25	1	9	70	3	2	18	51	.325	.358	.454	.811		191	15	6	0	5	1		CSP · PCL
2007	29	OAX	AAA	101	438	361	75	148	26	0	16	73	3	2	70	43	.410	.511	.615	1.126		222	11	6	0	1	8		OAX · MEX
2009	31	OAX	AAA	95	408	355	66	127	24	1	20	79	3	0	45	40	.358	.434	.600	1.034		213	17	5	0	3	7		OAX · MEX
2010	32	MTN	AAA	104	432	367	59	137	17	0	16	82	1	1	55	37	.373	.451	.550	1.002		202	12	3	0	7	11		MTN · MEX
2011	33	MTN	AAA	103	439	380	58	120	28	1	11	62	0	2	47	47	.316	.404	.482	.886		183	10	10	1	1	6		MTN · MEX
2012	34	MTN	AAA	61	253	212	29	73	18	0	7	37	2	1	30	30	.344	.431	.528	.959		112	7	6	0	5	8		MTN · MEX
2 Yrs				85	124	110	13	24	5	0	3	11	0	0	9	31	.218	.279	.345	.624	61	38	2	1	1	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	236	210	25	46	10	0	6	21	0	0	17	59	.218	.279	.345	.624	61	72	4	2	2	4	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2003	25	PIT	NL	78	107	-6	-1	0	-2	-1	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.487	.494	-0.5	-0.3	-5	$	3
2004	26	PIT	NL	7	17	-2	-0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.464	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/3
2 Seasons				85	124	-8	-1	1	-3	-2	-12	-1.3	4	-9	-0.9	.485	.496	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$

Advanced Batting

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
2003	25	PIT	NL	107	79	10	3.4	111	.273	.221	.271	.283	.343	.368	.435	.651	.778	67	.335	-4.7	-0.4	.579	.232	.147	.0
2004	26	PIT	NL	17	12	1	2.2	110	.250	.200	.268	.250	.340	.200	.435	.450	.775	20	.184	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.067	.000
2 Yrs				124	91	11	3.2	111	.269	.218	.271	.279	.343	.345	.435	.624	.777	61	.316	-6.6	-0.6	.545	.209	.127	.0
162 Game Avg.				236	173	21	3.2	111	.269	.218	.271	.279	.343	.345	.435	.624	.777	61	.316	-6.6	-0.6	.545	.209	.127

Ratio Batting*

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
2003	25	PIT	NL	107	2.8%	26.2%	7.5%	7.5%	38%	3.50	3.4	31.7	9.5	1.23	1.68	62%	14%	11.1%	13%
2004	26	PIT	NL	17	0.0%	17.7%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.0		15.0	11.00	8.00	71%	8%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				124	2.4%	25.0%	7.3%	6.5%	33%	3.44	3.5	36.7	10.0	1.53	2.00	63%	13%	10.7%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.95	5.3	31.3	7.6	0.81	1.09	70%	19%	8.0%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	25	PIT	NL	-4.7	-0.4	109	-0.5	1.1	-1.7	.88	-0.4	-0.2	-3.9	-0.4	0.90	-5.0	0.95	27
2004	26	PIT	NL	-1.8	-0.2	17	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.91	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	-1.0		0
2 Yrs				-6.6	-0.6	126	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	.88	-0.5	-0.3	-4.9	-0.5	0.90	-6.0	0.95	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2003	25	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	46	1	4	29%	8	8	1	1	8	2	5
2004	26	PIT	NL	1	1	25%	7	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	1	32%	53	2	4	26%	10	10	1	1	8	2	5

Situational Hitting*

						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
2003	25	PIT	NL	107	84%	21	2	0	27	6	1	3	0.95	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	18	2	11%	9	5	56%	61	7	11%	5	4	80%	3	2	67%	0
2004	26	PIT	NL	17	100%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				124	86%	24	3	0	27	6	1	3	0.95	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	20	2	10%	11	5	45%	70	8	11%	6	4	67%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			66%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2003	25	PIT	NL	107	381	3.56	242	64%	17%	21%	33%	29%	83%	6%	53%	75%	36%	6%	6	0	13%	14	8	5%	5	4	25%	0	0	0
2004	26	PIT	NL	17	61	3.59	40	66%	18%	18%	33%	33%	83%	5%	54%	79%	29%	0%	0	0	24%	4	3	6%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				124	442	3.56	282	64%	17%	20%	33%	29%	83%	6%	53%	76%	35%	5%	6	0	15%	18	11	5%	6	4	23%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

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
2003	25	78	107	95	12	21	5	0	3	10	0	0	8	28	.221	.283	.368	.651	67	35	2	1	1	2	2
2004	26	85	124	110	13	24	5	0	3	11	0	0	9	31	.218	.279	.345	.624	61	38	2	1	1	2	3

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	25	78	106	94	11	20	5	3	9	8	28	.213	.276	.362	.638	9	78
2004	26	7	17	16	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	.250	.294	.250	.544	1	7
2 Yrs		85	123	110	12	24	5	3	10	9	31	.218	.279	.345	.624	10	85
162 Game Avg.		162	234	210	23	46	10	6	19	17	59	.218	.279	.345	.624	19	85

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Name and misspellings: Carlos Alberto camilio Carlos ribera Rivera riveria riviera

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