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 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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1952 TOT AL 29 OF 141 448 430 9 9 2 .980 3.11 .980 2.18 8-134-0
1952 SLB AL 29 OF 88 287 273 7 7 1 .976 3.18 .980 2.18 8-81-0
1952 CHW AL 29 OF 53 161 157 2 2 1 .988 3.00 .980 2.18 0-53-0
1953 CHW AL 30 OF 156 410 385 15 10 5 .976 2.56 .981 2.18 0-153-3
1954 CHW AL 31 OF 143 131 1171.0 271 255 5 11 0 .959 -1.6 -1.6 -3.6 0.5 -4.1 2 2.00 1.82 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 CHW AL 31 RF 124 113 992.2 216 201 5 10 0 .954 3.0 3.6 0.0 2.1 -2.1 3 1.87 1.66 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 CHW AL 31 CF 31 18 170.0 51 49 1 1 0 .980 -4.9 -34.6 -3.9 -2.0 -1.9 -1 2.65 1.61 .982 2.85 2.64
1954 CHW AL 31 LF 4 0 8.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 43.2 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 3.24 0.75 .967 2.27 1.92
1955 CHW AL 32 OF 143 115 1089.0 316 288 22 6 7 .981 13.7 15.1 2.7 1.4 1.3 11 2.56 2.17 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 CHW AL 32 RF 116 73 746.0 196 176 16 4 6 .980 8.2 13.2 1.2 1.5 -0.3 7 2.32 1.66 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 CHW AL 32 CF 51 42 341.0 123 117 4 2 1 .984 5.7 20.1 1.7 0.1 1.6 4 3.19 2.37 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 CHW AL 32 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1956 CHW AL 33 OF 134 115 1084.0 287 271 9 7 4 .976 6.2 6.9 6.2 1.7 4.5 0 2.32 2.09 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 CHW AL 33 RF 119 102 959.1 235 220 9 6 4 .974 4.2 5.3 4.2 -0.5 4.7 0 2.15 1.92 .973 2.09 1.80
1956 CHW AL 33 CF 17 13 124.2 46 45 0 1 0 .978 2.0 19.3 2.0 2.2 -0.2 0 3.25 2.65 .985 2.79 2.50
1957 CHW AL 34 OF 86 76 700.2 151 141 6 4 0 .974 0.4 0.7 -0.6 -3.4 2.8 1 1.89 1.71 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 CHW AL 34 RF 83 74 668.2 143 135 5 3 0 .979 0.9 1.6 -0.1 -3.6 3.5 1 1.88 1.69 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 CHW AL 34 1B 31 30 247.0 244 233 8 3 22 .988 -3.1 -15.1 -3.1 -1.5 -1.6 0 8.78 7.77 .992 9.67 8.36
1957 CHW AL 34 CF 4 2 28.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -0.7 -30.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.25 1.75 .988 2.73 2.40
1957 CHW AL 34 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1958 CHW AL 35 OF 99 72 691.1 161 153 7 1 3 .994 0.6 1.0 1.6 1.8 -0.1 -1 2.08 1.62 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 CHW AL 35 LF 54 47 423.1 113 107 5 1 2 .991 3.2 9.1 4.2 1.6 2.7 -1 2.38 2.07 .979 2.09 1.62
1958 CHW AL 35 RF 44 24 257.0 47 45 2 0 1 1.000 -2.1 -9.8 -2.1 0.3 -2.4 0 1.65 1.07 .979 1.99 1.69
1958 CHW AL 35 CF 2 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -54.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.30
1959 CHW AL 36 OF 69 43 435.2 82 75 5 2 3 .976 -3.3 -9.1 -4.3 -2.1 -2.2 1 1.65 1.16 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 CHW AL 36 RF 49 33 312.0 50 46 3 1 3 .980 -3.4 -13.1 -4.4 -1.5 -2.9 1 1.41 1.00 .976 1.89 1.64
1959 CHW AL 36 LF 20 10 123.2 31 28 2 1 0 .968 0.1 1.0 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.18 1.50 .981 2.06 1.68
1960 CHW AL 37 OF 24 1 65.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -18.5 -1.0 0.2 -1.3 0 2.22 0.67 .981 2.24 1.95
1960 CHW AL 37 RF 14 1 41.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -26.3 -0.9 0.2 -1.2 0 1.98 0.64 .978 1.95 1.68
1960 CHW AL 37 LF 9 0 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -15.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 1.57 0.44 .975 2.15 1.67
1960 CHW AL 37 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1961 KCA AL 38 OF 43 34 299.2 52 51 0 1 0 .981 -4.8 -19.2 -2.8 -2.3 -0.5 -2 1.53 1.19 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 KCA AL 38 RF 36 29 247.2 43 42 0 1 0 .977 -5.2 -25.2 -3.2 -2.3 -0.9 -2 1.53 1.17 .977 2.06 1.75
1961 KCA AL 38 CF 7 5 52.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 9.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.73 1.43 .980 2.60 2.24
10 Seasons OF 1038 587 5536.1 2194 2065 78 51 24 .977 10.2 2.2 -1.8 -2.2 0.4 12 3.48 2.06 .980 2.33 2.08 97-400-588
8 Seasons (incomplete) RF 585 449 4224.1 939 874 40 25 14 .973 4.7 1.3 -5.3 -3.8 -1.6 10 1.95 1.56 .976 2.02 1.75
7 Seasons (incomplete) CF 113 81 727.2 240 229 6 5 1 .979 2.2 3.6 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 3 2.91 2.08 .985 2.82 2.54
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 89 57 584.1 152 143 7 2 2 .987 3.3 6.8 4.3 1.2 3.2 -1 2.31 1.69 .979 2.09 1.66
1 Season 1B 31 30 247.0 244 233 8 3 22 .988 -3.1 -15.1 -3.1 -1.5 -1.6 0 8.78 7.77 .992 9.67 8.36
10 Seasons TOT 1069 617 5783.1 2438 2298 86 54 46 .978 7.1 1.5 -4.9 -3.7 -1.2 12 0 3.71 2.23 .959 2.64 2.26 97-400-588
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1952 SLB AL 29 97 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 81 0 88
1952 CHW AL 29 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 53
1953 CHW AL 30 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 3 156
1954 CHW AL 31 145 131 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 128 143 6 3
1955 CHW AL 32 147 115 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50 115 143 10 6
1956 CHW AL 33 139 115 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 119 134 13 2
1957 CHW AL 34 125 106 125 125 0 0 31 0 0 0 1 4 83 86 12 4
1958 CHW AL 35 116 72 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 2 44 99 10 21
1959 CHW AL 36 80 43 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 49 69 7 14
1960 CHW AL 37 48 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 14 24 2 30
1961 KCA AL 38 64 34 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 43 26 1
1961 CHW AL 38 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 1171 617 1171 1171 0 0 31 0 0 0 97 396 591 1038 86 82
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%
1954 CHW AL 31 10 0 7 3 1 5 0 3 1 1 43 26 0 28 9 1 7 5 0 8 2 0 11 10 0 97 52 53.6% 44 1 1.0% 4 4244 64% 79% 28% 378 55%
1955 CHW AL 32 4 0 3 1 0 16 1 4 3 7 38 21 2 18 2 4 4 3 1 13 4 3 17 15 0 90 45 50.0% 35 10 11.1% 6 3197 58% 80% 29% 323 58%
1956 CHW AL 33 6 0 6 0 0 9 0 0 2 4 42 23 1 31 3 3 4 3 0 11 3 1 17 13 0 105 45 42.9% 55 5 4.8% 4 4159 68% 79% 30% 393 58%
1957 CHW AL 34 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 29 16 0 12 3 1 4 0 1 5 2 0 9 6 0 59 27 45.8% 30 2 3.4% 3 2858 71% 81% 28% 252 56%
1958 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 11 7 0 8 1 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 31 13 41.9% 18 0 0.0% 2 1077 67% 77% 26% 94 49%
1959 CHW AL 36 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 11 4 0 6 1 0 5 3 0 6 2 1 3 2 1 31 12 38.7% 17 2 6.5% 1 1366 64% 78% 28% 92 50%
1960 CHW AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 200 61% 80% 26% 19 47%
1961 KCA AL 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 8 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 28 7 25.0% 21 0 0.0% 0 1143 66% 78% 28% 87 48%
8 Seasons 25 0 21 4 3 40 1 9 9 14 186 102 3 112 20 9 29 16 2 52 13 5 67 53 1 446 204 45.7% 222 20 4.5% 20 18244 65% 79% 28% 1638 55%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

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%
1954 CHW AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 7 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 27 10 37.0% 17 0 0.0% 1 737 64% 80% 29% 104 48%
1955 CHW AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 25 22 0 13 4 0 9 2 2 3 1 0 9 8 0 59 37 62.7% 20 2 3.4% 2 1496 68% 78% 27% 233 52%
1956 CHW AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 547 73% 76% 29% 86 52%
1957 CHW AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 130 53% 78% 20% 19 37%
1958 CHW AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 44 43% 86% 30% 4 25%
1960 CHW AL 37 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 50% 50% 25% 1 100%
1961 KCA AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 195 61% 74% 20% 16 63%
7 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 6 0 2 2 0 43 35 0 26 4 0 16 3 2 9 2 0 19 16 0 113 60 53.1% 51 2 1.8% 4 3153 66% 78% 27% 463 51%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

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%
1954 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 37 78% 84% 30% 6 50%
1955 CHW AL 32 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 9 78% 78% 44% 1 0%
1957 CHW AL 34 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 15 60% 87% 27% 1 100%
1958 CHW AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 23 18 0 11 1 0 8 2 2 5 1 0 6 5 1 53 27 50.9% 23 3 5.7% 2 1806 63% 77% 27% 216 51%
1959 CHW AL 36 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 5 0 6 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 52.9% 6 2 11.8% 0 535 69% 81% 27% 59 51%
1960 CHW AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 97 53% 72% 25% 9 44%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 2 0 4 31 24 0 18 4 1 11 4 3 7 1 0 6 5 1 73 38 52.1% 30 5 6.8% 2 2499 64% 78% 27% 292 51%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 CHW AL 34 1029 70% 78% 26% 43 93% 1 235 18 213 5 15 9 7 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 22 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 1 2 50%
1 Season 1029 70% 78% 26% 43 93% 1 235 18 213 5 15 9 7 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 22 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 1 2 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

* 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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