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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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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 97 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

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
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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 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 (588), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1026), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 23, 1951: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Seattle (PCL).

November 27, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield and Gus Niarhos to the St. Louis Browns for Sherm Lollar, Tom Upton and Al Widmar.

July 28, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Darrell Johnson to the Chicago White Sox for Ray Coleman and Jay Porter.

June 10, 1961: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 10, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Athletics.

October 12, 1961: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

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