Mike Rivera
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 8, 1976 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Bayamon (Bayamon, PR)
School: Troy State University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2001
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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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2001 DET AL 24 C 4 3 26.0 28 24 2 2 0 .929 1.0 46.2 1 9.00 6.50 .989 7.17 6.12 0 0 3 3 50%
2002 DET AL 25 C 37 35 303.0 210 189 19 2 1 .990 -1.0 -4.0 -1 6.18 5.62 .993 6.96 6.16 10 15 20 12 38%
2002 DET AL 25 DH 1
2003 SDP NL 26 C 19 16 139.0 142 133 7 2 0 .986 -4.0 -34.5 -4 9.06 7.37 .992 7.33 6.46 2 15 10 3 23%
2003 SDP NL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.00
2006 MIL NL 29 C 44 39 352.2 334 299 31 4 2 .988 -4.0 -13.6 -4 8.42 7.50 .992 7.37 6.36 0 14 39 8 17%
2007 MIL NL 30 C 11 1 37.0 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.51 3.18 .991 7.39 6.51 0 2 2 1 33%
2008 MIL NL 31 C 17 13 127.1 126 112 11 3 2 .976 -2.0 -18.8 -2 8.69 7.24 .993 7.65 6.72 1 8 16 4 20%
2008 MIL NL 31 1B 3 2 21.0 23 20 3 0 3 1.000 1.2 68.6 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 9.86 7.67 .991 9.34 8.23
2009 MIL NL 32 C 34 31 271.0 248 234 14 0 1 1.000 8.24 7.29 .993 7.77 6.93 2 18 5 22%
7 Seasons C 166 138 1256.0 1123 1024 86 13 6 .988 -10.0 -9.6 -10 7.95 6.69 .992 7.38 6.48 15 54 108 36 25%
2 Seasons 1B 4 2 22.0 25 22 3 0 3 1.000 1.2 65.5 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 10.23 6.25 .992 9.37 8.18
1 Season DH 1
7 Seasons TOT 170 140 1278.0 1148 1046 89 13 9 .989 -8.8 -8.3 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 -10 7.99 6.68 .981 7.41 6.52 15 54 108 36 25%

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
2001 DET AL 24 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 DET AL 25 39 36 39 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2003 SDP NL 26 19 16 19 19 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 MIL NL 29 46 39 46 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2007 MIL NL 30 11 1 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 MIL NL 31 21 15 21 19 0 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 MIL NL 32 41 31 41 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Seasons 181 141 181 168 0 166 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2001 DET AL 24 126 5.54 5.54 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 24 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 DET AL 25 1409 5.50 6.30 13 92% 0 0 196 10 1 3 182 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0%
2003 SDP NL 26 675 5.70 6.09 5 100% 0 0 133 2 2 3 126 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2006 MIL NL 29 1601 5.00 5.64 20 100% 0 0 299 12 1 3 283 31 6 0 0 16 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 100%
2007 MIL NL 30 156 4.38 4.38 2 100% 0 0 33 1 0 0 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2008 MIL NL 31 571 4.10 4.52 5 80% 0 0 112 0 1 2 109 11 5 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
2009 MIL NL 32 1227 4.38 4.72 8 88% 0 0 234 6 1 5 222 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
7 Seasons 5765 4.97 5.50 53 94% 0 0 1031 31 6 16 978 79 16 1 0 28 13 1 1 11 1 6 0 1 1 13 85%
MLB Averages 4.38 4.76 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2001 DET AL 24 0 0 47 3 3 2 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.72 1.25
2002 DET AL 25 10 15 498 20 12 10 38% 20 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 53 15 0.95 1.01
2003 SDP NL 26 2 15 240 10 3 2 23% 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 4 1.83 1.61
2006 MIL NL 29 0 14 538 39 8 8 17% 31 5 8 2 0 1 0 0 69 11 1.62 1.33
2007 MIL NL 30 0 2 51 2 1 1 33% 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.70 1.61
2008 MIL NL 31 1 8 207 16 4 2 20% 13 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 28 4 1.58 2.18
2009 MIL NL 32 2 8 424 18 5 5 22% 15 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 34 8 1.11 0.81
7 Seasons 15 62 2005 108 36 30 25% 93 28 14 6 1 2 1 0 229 46 1.40 1.27
MLB Averages 29% 1.27 1.24

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%
2003 SDP NL 26 4 50% 100% 75% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MIL NL 31 104 47% 72% 27% 8 100% 0 20 3 17 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 108 47% 73% 29% 8 100% 0 22 3 19 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 94% 82%

* 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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