Jim Rivera
Manuel Joseph Rivera (Jungle Jim)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: July 22, 1922 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Final Game: September 30, 1961
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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
1952 29 TOT AL 150 595 537 72 136 20 9 7 48 21 9 50 86 .253 .319 .363 .682 88 195 4 2 6 *O
1952 29 SLB AL 97 371 336 45 86 13 6 4 30 8 7 29 59 .256 .319 .366 .685 88 123 3 2 4 O
1952 29 CHW AL 53 224 201 27 50 7 3 3 18 13 2 21 27 .249 .320 .358 .678 88 72 1 0 2 O
1953 30 CHW AL 156 639 567 79 147 26 16 11 78 22 15 53 70 .259 .329 .420 .749 98 238 15 6 13 *O
1954 31 CHW AL 145 552 490 62 140 16 8 13 61 18 10 49 68 .286 .356 .431 .787 113 211 7 6 5 2 *98/7
1955 32 CHW AL 147 530 454 71 120 24 4 10 52 25 16 62 59 .264 .352 .401 .753 100 182 5 1 10 3 6 *98/7
1956 33 CHW AL 139 555 491 76 125 23 5 12 66 20 9 49 75 .255 .322 .395 .718 88 194 3 3 6 6 2 *98
1957 34 CHW AL 125 451 402 51 103 21 6 14 52 18 2 40 80 .256 .326 .443 .769 108 178 11 3 3 3 6 93/87
1958 35 CHW AL 116 309 276 37 62 8 4 9 35 21 3 24 49 .225 .282 .380 .663 82 105 7 1 1 7 5 79/8
1959 36 CHW AL 80 192 177 18 39 9 4 4 19 5 3 11 19 .220 .266 .384 .650 77 68 1 1 0 3 3 97
1960 37 CHW AL 48 20 17 17 5 0 0 1 1 4 0 3 3 .294 .400 .471 .871 135 8 0 0 0 0 0 9/78
1961 38 TOT AL 65 165 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 3 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692 86 48 3 0 0 0 0 9/8
1961 38 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 38 KCA AL 64 165 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 2 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692 86 48 3 0 0 0 0 9/8
10 Seasons 1171 4008 3552 503 911 155 56 83 422 160 70 365 523 .256 .328 .402 .729 96 1427 56 23 44 24 22
162 Game Avg. 162 554 491 70 126 21 8 11 58 22 10 50 72 .256 .328 .402 .729 96 197 8 3 6
CHW (10 yrs) 1010 3472 3075 438 791 134 50 77 382 146 61 312 450 .257 .328 .408 .736 98 1256 50 21 40 24 22
KCA (1 yr) 64 165 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 2 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692 86 48 3 0 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 97 371 336 45 86 13 6 4 30 8 7 29 59 .256 .319 .366 .685 88 123 3 2 4

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
1952 29 TOT AL 595 420 63 4.0 98 .291 .253 .263 .319 .343 .363 .383 .682 .726 88 .489 -10.5 -1.1 .626 .225 .110 10.5
1952 29 SLB AL 371 264 38 3.9 99 .300 .256 .264 .319 .344 .366 .385 .685 .729 88 .470 -6.7 -0.7 .596 .199 .110 5.3
1952 29 CHW AL 224 156 25 4.3 97 .275 .249 .261 .320 .341 .358 .381 .678 .723 88 .519 -3.8 -0.4 .675 .269 .109 4.9
1953 30 CHW AL 639 463 75 4.4 105 .280 .259 .273 .329 .350 .420 .402 .749 .752 98 .489 -3.8 -0.4 .676 .266 .160 14.7
1954 31 CHW AL 552 374 73 5.2 101 .309 .286 .269 .356 .345 .431 .393 .787 .738 113 .593 7.4 0.8 .747 .261 .145 15.1
1955 32 CHW AL 530 368 66 4.8 105 .284 .264 .270 .352 .350 .401 .402 .753 .752 100 .522 0.6 0.1 .715 .293 .137 14.3
1956 33 CHW AL 555 390 66 4.5 107 .276 .255 .269 .322 .351 .395 .410 .718 .760 88 .473 -9.3 -0.9 .680 .263 .141 15.0
1957 34 CHW AL 451 318 59 5.0 100 .286 .256 .264 .326 .336 .443 .399 .769 .735 108 .561 3.3 0.3 .760 .326 .187 15.8
1958 35 CHW AL 309 232 31 3.6 97 .236 .225 .260 .282 .329 .380 .396 .663 .725 82 .417 -7.4 -0.8 .661 .308 .156 12.6
1959 36 CHW AL 192 145 18 3.3 98 .223 .220 .259 .266 .330 .384 .396 .650 .726 77 .376 -6.2 -0.6 .577 .237 .164 4.4
1960 37 CHW AL 20 12 4 9.0 101 .308 .294 .263 .400 .337 .471 .403 .871 .740 135 .780 0.9 0.1 1.250 .588 .176 1.6
1961 38 TOT AL 165 113 18 4.2 105 .256 .241 .265 .352 .340 .340 .412 .692 .753 86 .459 -2.1 -0.2 .664 .291 .099 3.0
1961 38 KCA AL 165 112 18 4.3 105 .256 .241 .265 .352 .340 .340 .412 .692 .753 86 .463 -2.1 -0.2 .679 .298 .099 3.0
10 Seasons 4008 2835 473 4.5 102 .279 .256 .267 .328 .344 .402 .398 .729 .742 96 .504 -27.0 -2.7 .688 .273 .145 109.3
162 Game Avg. 554 392 65 4.5 102 .279 .256 .267 .328 .344 .402 .398 .729 .742 96 .504 -27.0 -2.7 .688 .273 .145 15
CHW (10 yrs) 3472 2459 417 4.6 102 .278 .257 .267 .328 .344 .408 .399 .736 .743 98 .510 -18.2 -1.8 .699 .280 .151 100.8
KCA (1 yr) 165 112 18 4.3 105 .256 .241 .265 .352 .340 .340 .412 .692 .753 86 .463 -2.1 -0.2 .679 .298 .099 3.0
SLB (1 yr) 371 264 38 3.9 99 .300 .256 .264 .319 .344 .366 .385 .685 .729 88 .470 -6.7 -0.7 .596 .199 .110 5.3

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
1959 36 CHW AL WS LAD L 5 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1952 29 TOT AL 595 1.2% 14.5% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.72 6.2 76.7 11.2 75%
1952 29 SLB AL 371 1.1% 15.9% 7.8% 6.2% 27% 2.03 5.7 84.0 11.2 74%
1952 29 CHW AL 224 1.3% 12.1% 9.4% 5.8% 26% 1.29 7.4 67.0 11.2 76%
1953 30 CHW AL 639 1.7% 11.0% 8.3% 8.3% 36% 1.32 8.1 51.5 7.3 76%
1954 31 CHW AL 552 2.4% 12.3% 8.9% 6.7% 26% 1.39 7.2 37.7 8.0 0.80 74%
1955 32 CHW AL 530 1.9% 11.1% 11.7% 7.2% 32% 0.95 7.7 45.4 8.7 0.88 73%
1956 33 CHW AL 555 2.2% 13.5% 8.8% 7.2% 32% 1.53 6.5 40.9 7.4 0.90 74%
1957 34 CHW AL 451 3.1% 17.7% 8.9% 9.1% 40% 2.00 5.0 28.7 7.7 0.95 69%
1958 35 CHW AL 309 2.9% 15.9% 7.8% 6.8% 34% 2.04 5.6 30.7 7.9 0.72 73%
1959 36 CHW AL 192 2.1% 9.9% 5.7% 8.9% 44% 1.73 9.3 44.3 9.3 0.63 82%
1960 37 CHW AL 20 5.0% 15.0% 15.0% 5.0% 20% 1.00 5.7 17.0 17.0 0.50 65%
1961 38 TOT AL 165 1.2% 8.5% 14.6% 6.1% 29% 0.58 10.1 70.5 14.1 0.78 76%
1961 38 KCA AL 165 1.2% 8.5% 14.6% 6.1% 29% 0.58 10.1 70.5 14.1 0.78 76%
10 Seasons 4008 2.1% 13.1% 9.1% 7.3% 32% 1.43 6.8 42.8 8.4 0.83 74%
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
1954 31 CHW AL 4 0 27% 179 18 10 64% 15 9 3 0 0 1 3 0 13 14 50% 30 18 10 3 2 1 21 4 16
1955 32 CHW AL 3 0 35% 189 25 16 61% 22 13 3 3 0 1 1 0 8 11 48% 24 14 7 6 4 2 18 4 14
1956 33 CHW AL 9 0 39% 212 20 9 69% 17 7 3 2 0 0 6 0 9 10 61% 42 19 22 3 0 3 25 7 18
1957 34 CHW AL 3 0 28% 151 18 2 90% 16 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 7 5 50% 21 13 8 4 2 2 17 4 11
1958 35 CHW AL 2 0 36% 101 21 3 88% 20 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 62% 20 9 11 1 0 1 8 2 6
1959 36 CHW AL 2 0 30% 50 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 35% 8 4 3 3 3 0 6 3 3
1960 37 CHW AL 0 0 229% 53 4 0 100% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 60% 9 6 3 0 0 0 6 0 6
1961 38 TOT AL 2 0 32% 49 6 3 67% 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 5 71% 9 2 7 2 1 1 3 0 2
1961 38 KCA AL 2 0 32% 48 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5 71% 9 2 7 2 1 1 3 0 2
10 Seasons 25 0 35% 984 160 70 70% 104 40 13 7 0 3 18 1 55 57 54% 163 85 71 22 12 10 104 24 76
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
1954 31 CHW AL 552 71% 140 4 0 0 0 2.29 13 0 20 10 3 5 8 0 6 5 83% 112 7 6% 58 16 28% 401 49 12% 43 21 49% 31 7 23% 0
1955 32 CHW AL 530 82% 120 7 2 0 1 1.42 10 1 15 9 1 3 7 0 15 10 67% 119 5 4% 56 21 38% 371 46 12% 29 10 34% 36 11 31% 0
1956 33 CHW AL 555 70% 125 9 2 0 2 1.50 12 0 12 11 1 9 3 0 7 6 86% 82 3 4% 43 15 35% 319 55 17% 31 18 58% 31 11 35% 0
1957 34 CHW AL 451 73% 103 11 3 0 1 1.77 14 0 17 14 0 6 8 0 6 3 50% 121 11 9% 55 11 20% 349 39 11% 26 10 38% 24 9 38% 0
1958 35 CHW AL 309 78% 62 9 0 0 0 1.33 9 0 9 8 1 3 6 0 3 1 33% 69 7 10% 29 12 41% 195 27 14% 21 10 48% 11 5 45% 0
1959 36 CHW AL 192 93% 39 4 0 0 1 0.85 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 34 1 3% 19 8 42% 124 15 12% 12 5 42% 8 5 63% 0
1960 37 CHW AL 20 100% 5 2 0 0 0 0.56 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 38 TOT AL 161 94% 34 22 5 1 2 1.71 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 33 3 9% 15 7 47% 93 10 11% 4 3 75% 13 9 69% 4
1961 38 KCA AL 161 94% 34 22 5 1 2 1.71 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 33 3 9% 15 7 47% 93 10 11% 4 3 75% 13 9 69% 4
10 Seasons 2770 77% 911 68 12 1 7 1.56 83 1 85 57 8 29 36 0 38 44 116% 573 56 10% 276 90 33% 1860 241 13% 166 77 46% 154 57 37% 4
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
1952 29 150 595 537 72 136 20 9 7 48 21 9 50 86 .253 .319 .363 .682 88 195 4 2 6
1953 30 306 1234 1104 151 283 46 25 18 126 43 24 103 156 .256 .324 .392 .716 93 433 19 8 19
1954 31 451 1786 1594 213 423 62 33 31 187 61 34 152 224 .265 .334 .404 .738 99 644 26 14 24 2
1955 32 598 2316 2048 284 543 86 37 41 239 86 50 214 283 .265 .338 .403 .742 100 826 31 15 34 5 6
1956 33 737 2871 2539 360 668 109 42 53 305 106 59 263 358 .263 .335 .402 .737 97 1020 34 18 40 11 8
1957 34 862 3322 2941 411 771 130 48 67 357 124 61 303 438 .262 .334 .407 .741 99 1198 45 21 43 14 14
1958 35 978 3631 3217 448 833 138 52 76 392 145 64 327 487 .259 .330 .405 .735 97 1303 52 22 44 21 19
1959 36 1058 3823 3394 466 872 147 56 80 411 150 67 338 506 .257 .326 .404 .730 96 1371 53 23 44 24 22
1960 37 1106 3843 3411 483 877 147 56 81 412 154 67 341 509 .257 .327 .404 .731 97 1379 53 23 44 24 22
1961 38 1171 4008 3552 503 911 155 56 83 422 160 70 365 523 .256 .328 .402 .729 96 1427 56 23 44 24 22

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 29 157 619 564 77 145 21 10 7 52 22 53 90 .257 .323 .367 .690 67 150
1953 30 163 646 587 80 148 26 16 11 79 22 53 73 .252 .320 .407 .728 75 156
1954 31 152 574 514 66 148 17 8 14 65 19 52 71 .288 .359 .434 .793 78 145
1955 32 154 543 474 72 125 25 4 10 53 26 65 62 .264 .352 .397 .748 67 147
1956 33 145 573 513 74 130 24 5 12 64 21 51 78 .253 .321 .390 .711 65 139
1957 34 131 476 427 55 112 23 7 15 57 20 43 84 .262 .332 .454 .786 64 125
1958 35 121 326 292 41 68 9 4 10 39 23 26 51 .233 .291 .394 .685 34 116
1959 36 84 202 186 20 42 10 4 4 21 5 12 20 .226 .272 .387 .659 20 80
1960 37 50 23 19 16 6 0 0 1 1 5 4 3 .316 .435 .474 .908 4 48
1961 38 65 167 142 20 35 8 0 2 10 6 25 14 .246 .359 .345 .704 18 65
10 Seasons 1222 4149 3718 521 959 163 58 86 441 169 384 546 .258 .329 .402 .732 492 1171
162 Game Avg. 162 550 493 69 127 22 8 11 58 22 51 72 .258 .329 .402 .732 65 1171

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1953 AL  156 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1952 AL  9 (5th)
1953 AL  16 (1st)
1954 AL  8 (7th)
1957 AL  6 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  86 (5th)
1953 AL  70 (5th)
1954 AL  68 (6th)
1956 AL  75 (9th)
1957 AL  80 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  21 (2nd)
1953 AL  22 (2nd)
1954 AL  18 (2nd)
1955 AL  25 (1st)
1956 AL  20 (2nd)
1957 AL  18 (2nd)
1958 AL  21 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  53 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL  6 (5th)
1954 AL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL  13 (6th)
1955 AL  10 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (8th)
1958 AL  7 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  6 (10th)
1957 AL  6 (10th)
1958 AL  5 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL  15 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1952 AL  9 (6th)
1953 AL  15 (2nd)
1954 AL  10 (2nd)
1955 AL  16 (1st)
1956 AL  9 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 AL  10.5 (4th)
1953 AL  14.7 (2nd)
1954 AL  15.1 (3rd)
1955 AL  14.3 (3rd)
1956 AL  15.0 (3rd)
1957 AL  15.8 (3rd)
1958 AL  12.6 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL  463 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1959 AL  born 1922-07-22 (8th)
1960 AL  born 1922-07-22 (7th)
1961 AL  born 1922-07-22 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mitch Webster (967)
  2. Willie Crawford (961)
  3. Mike Devereaux (950)
  4. Jim Russell (948)
  5. Gene Moore (946)
  6. Gerald Williams (944)
  7. John Lowenstein (943)
  8. Dave May (941)
  9. Gary Redus (941)
  10. Corey Patterson (939)
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  1. Wayne Kirby (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Emil Brown (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Al Wickland (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buster Adams (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Marvin Benard (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Johnny Lindell (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mitch Webster (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mitch Webster (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Gerald Williams (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gerald Williams (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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