Germán Rivera

German (Diaz) Rivera

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 6, 1960 in Santurce, P.R.
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1983
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Astros 1983-1985

Final Game: September 28, 1985
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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
1978	17	LAD-min	Rk,A	102	366	360	11	101	18	3	10	13	1	0	6	20	.281	.292	.431	.723		155							LTH,CLI · PION,MIDW
1979	18	LAD-min	A	136	507	477	43	108	24	6	5	42	9	4	30	50	.226	.272	.333	.606		159							CLI,LOD · MIDW,CALL
1980	19	LAD-min	A	137	565	530	77	137	19	10	4	80	13	9	19	54	.258	.285	.355	.640		188		5	1	10			VRO · FLOR
1981	20	LAD-min	A	128	524	478	78	127	31	2	13	71	12	3	28	57	.266	.314	.421	.735		201		8	5	5	1		LOD · CALL
1982	21	LAD-min	AA	136	522	474	63	137	17	4	15	60	8	2	37	61	.289	.343	.437	.780		207		4	3	4	2		SAN · TL
1983	22	LAD-min	AAA	138	566	515	109	169	27	5	24	103	13	8	41	56	.328	.382	.540	.922		278		6	1	3	1		ABQ · PCL
1983	22	LAD	NL	13	19	17	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.353	.421	.412	.833	133	7	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1984	23	LAD-min	AAA	51	199	181	30	57	12	3	4	39	3	0	16	13	.315	.367	.481	.847		87		0	0	2	0		ABQ · PCL
1984	23	LAD	NL	94	254	227	20	59	12	2	2	17	1	0	21	30	.260	.321	.357	.678	93	81	15	1	2	3	5	5
1985	24	HOU-LAD-min	AAA	108	415	384	45	108	22	2	8	44	5	2	25	61	.281	.324	.411	.736		158		1	2	3	4		TUC,ABQ · PCL
1985	24	HOU	NL	13	41	36	3	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	8	.194	.275	.306	.581	65	11	2	0	1	0	1	5
1986	25	DET-min	AAA	140	566	506	86	151	30	2	14	84	13	5	48	80	.298	.359	.449	.807		227		4	0	8	1		NVL · AA
1987	26	DET-min	AAA	112	446	408	53	106	24	2	12	70	9	2	29	45	.260	.309	.417	.726		170		3	0	6	4		TOL · IL
1988	27	MIL-min	AAA	121	492	436	76	131	18	4	21	87	6	5	47	53	.300	.371	.505	.876		220		4	2	3	3		DEN · AA
1989	28	ATL-min	AAA,Fgn	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0	0		RMD,KSU · IL,JPPL
1990	29	WSN-min	AAA	125	497	446	67	128	25	5	10	59	1	1	41	75	.287	.352	.433	.785		193		6	0	4	2		INA · AA
1991	30	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1992	31	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1993	32	VCZ	AAA																										VCZ · MEX
1994	33	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1995	34	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1996	35	TAB,MTN	AAA																										TAB,MTN · MEX
3 Yrs				120	314	280	24	72	15	3	2	19	1	1	27	40	.257	.322	.354	.675	92	99	17	1	3	3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	424	378	32	97	20	4	3	26	1	1	36	54	.257	.322	.354	.675	92	134	23	1	4	4	8

LAD (2 yrs)				107	273	244	21	65	13	2	2	17	1	1	23	32	.266	.328	.361	.689	96	88	15	1	2	3	5
HOU (1 yr)				13	41	36	3	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	8	.194	.275	.306	.581	65	11	2	0	1	0	1

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
1983	22	LAD	NL	13	19	1	-0	0	1	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.3	.516	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	/5
1984	23	LAD	NL	94	254	-2	-1	-2	2	0	-3	-0.2	8	5	0.5	.497	.498	0.3	0.4	3	$	5
1985	24	HOU	NL	13	41	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	5
3 Seasons				120	314	-3	-1	-2	2	1	-3	-0.3	10	6	0.7	.497	.499	0.5	0.4	4	$

LAD (2 yrs)				107	273	-1	-1	-2	3	0	-1	-0.0	8	8	0.8	.499	.500	0.5	0.5	5	$
HOU (1 yr)				13	41	-2	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.498	0.0	-0.1	-0	$

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
1983	22	LAD	NL	19	12	3	6.7	96	.400	.353	.262	.421	.330	.412	.388	.833	.719	133	.699	0.9	0.1	.667	.118	.059
1984	23	LAD	NL	254	188	23	3.3	92	.288	.260	.261	.321	.326	.357	.380	.678	.705	93	.392	-1.8	-0.2	.568	.194	.097	1.3
1985	24	HOU	NL	41	32	3	2.5	92	.250	.194	.256	.275	.324	.306	.382	.581	.706	65	.282	-1.7	-0.2	.484	.222	.111
3 Yrs				314	232	29	3.4	92	.290	.257	.260	.322	.326	.354	.380	.675	.706	92	.402	-2.6	-0.3	.562	.193	.096	1.3
162 Game Avg.				424	313	39	3.4	92	.290	.257	.260	.322	.326	.354	.380	.675	.706	92	.402	-2.6	-0.3	.562	.193	.096	2

LAD (2 yrs)				273	200	26	3.5	92	.296	.266	.261	.328	.326	.361	.380	.689	.706	96	.419	-0.9	-0.1	.574	.189	.094	1.3
HOU (1 yr)				41	32	3	2.5	92	.250	.194	.256	.275	.324	.306	.382	.581	.706	65	.283	-1.7	-0.2	.484	.222	.111

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1983	22	LAD	NL	19	0.0%	10.5%	10.5%	5.3%	17%	1.00	8.5			0.33	79%
1984	23	LAD	NL	254	0.8%	11.8%	8.3%	6.3%	27%	1.43	7.6	113.5	13.4	1.55	78%
1985	24	HOU	NL	41	0.0%	19.5%	9.8%	7.3%	43%	2.00	4.5		18.0	2.83	68%
3 Yrs				314	0.6%	12.7%	8.6%	6.4%	28%	1.48	7.0	140.0	14.7	1.56	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.64	6.5	42.4	8.4	1.07	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	22	LAD	NL	0.9	0.1	20	0.3	0.6	-0.3	1.24	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.84	1.5	1.86	5
1984	23	LAD	NL	-1.8	-0.2	264	-1.3	3.6	-4.9	1.02	-0.1	-1.1	-10.0	-1.1	0.98	-3.2	0.58	6
1985	24	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	41	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.78	-0.1	0.2	-3.5	-0.4	1.07	-2.4	0.88	3
3 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	325	-0.9	4.8	-5.8	1.01	-0.1	-0.8	-12.4	-1.3	0.98	-4.1	1.10	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	22	LAD	NL	1	13%	12	0	1	0%	1	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	23	LAD	NL	4	23%	100	1	0	100%	0	1	2	4	8	65%	5	3	2	3	1	2	9	1	7
1985	24	HOU	NL	1	27%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	22%	122	1	1	50%	1	1	2	5	8	64%	7	4	3	5	2	3	10	1	8

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
1983	22	LAD	NL	19	68%	6			5	1	0	0	1.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	23	LAD	NL	254	40%	59			6	2	0	0	0.58	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	48	15	31%	24	9	38%	158	17	11%	12	8	67%	6	1	17%	0
1985	24	HOU	NL	41	68%	7			3	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	5	1	20%	34	2	6%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
3 Yrs				314	46%	72			14	3	0	0	1.10	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	100%	64	17	27%	29	10	34%	200	20	10%	15	8	53%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1983	22	13	19	17	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.353	.421	.412	.833	133	7	0	0	0	0	0
1984	23	107	273	244	21	65	13	2	2	17	1	1	23	32	.266	.328	.361	.689	96	88	15	1	2	3	5
1985	24	120	314	280	24	72	15	3	2	19	1	1	27	40	.257	.322	.354	.675	92	99	17	1	3	3	6

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
1983	22	13	19	17	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.353	.421	.412	.833	3	13
1984	23	94	259	231	22	63	13	2	2	19	1	22	30	.273	.335	.372	.707	29	94
1985	24	13	41	36	3	7	2	1	0	2	0	4	8	.194	.275	.306	.581	3	13
3 Yrs		120	319	284	26	76	16	3	2	21	1	28	40	.268	.332	.366	.698	35	120
162 Game Avg.		162	431	383	35	103	22	4	3	28	1	38	54	.268	.332	.366	.698	47	120

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