Roberto Rivera

Roberto (Diaz) Rivera

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 1, 1969 in Bayamon, P.R.
High School: Agustin (Bayamon, PR)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1995
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cubs 1995-1999

Final Game: May 5, 1999
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1988	19	CLE-min	Rk	6	5	.545	3.25	14	12	1	1	1	0	69.1	64	32	25	2	21	1	38	3	4	2			1.226	8.3	0.3	2.7	4.9	1.81	INS · GULF
1989	20	CLE-min	Rk	3	4	.429	3.51	18	2	8	1	0	2	51.1	44	24	20	4	16	3	42	1	2	0			1.169	7.7	0.7	2.8	7.4	2.63	BRL · APPY
1990	21	CLE-min	A-	4	4	.500	3.60	14	13	0	2	1	0	85.0	85	43	34	9	10	0	63	1	0	2			1.118	9.0	1.0	1.1	6.7	6.30	WTR · NYPL
1991	22	CLE-min	A,A+	8	1	.889	2.12	40	1	22	0	0	3	59.1	58	21	14	2	14	3	45	2	2	2	253		1.213	8.8	0.3	2.1	6.8	3.21	CBS,KIN · SALL,CARL
1992	23	CLE-min	A+	3	5	.375	3.25	24	8	5	4	1	1	88.2	83	35	32	7	11	3	56	3	0	4	353		1.060	8.4	0.7	1.1	5.7	5.09	KIN · CARL
1993	24	CLE-min	A+,AA	2	4	.333	5.84	27	1	13	0	0	0	49.1	66	34	32	4	7	0	38	3	2	0	218		1.480	12.0	0.7	1.3	6.9	5.43	KIN,CAK · CARL,EL
1994	25	CHC-min	AA,A	6	3	.667	2.63	48	0	25	0	0	4	65.0	72	20	19	2	14	1	44	5	0	4	282		1.323	10.0	0.3	1.9	6.1	3.14	ORL,PEO · SOUL,MIDW
1995	26	CHC-min	AA	6	2	.750	2.38	49	0	14	0	0	6	68.0	50	18	18	4	11	3	34	0	1	3	257		0.897	6.6	0.5	1.5	4.5	3.09	ORL · SOUL
1995	26	CHC	NL	0	0		5.40	7	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00

1996	27	CHC-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.93	44	0	17	0	0	3	50.1	46	23	22	5	16	6	32	2	0	1	211		1.232	8.2	0.9	2.9	5.7	2.00	IWA,ORL · AA,SOUL
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1998	29	HOU-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.45	54	0	21	0	0	5	62.1	59	22	17	5	15	3	38	1	0	1	254		1.187	8.5	0.7	2.2	5.5	2.53	NOR · PCL
1999	30	SDP-min	AAA	1	2	.333	10.16	20	3	7	0	0	0	33.2	61	39	38	6	14	0	25	3	0	2	175		2.228	16.3	1.6	3.7	6.7	1.79	LVG · PCL
1999	30	SDP	NL	1	2	.333	3.86	12	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	30	115	1.286	7.7	1.3	3.9	3.9	1.00
2000	31	SLT,MTY	AAA	4	7	.364	4.31	30	9	17	0	0	6	64.2	64	33	31	5	38	3	34	4	1	3	291		1.577	8.9	0.7	5.3	4.7	0.89	SLT,MTY · MEX
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	4.50	19	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	14	7	6	2	5	0	5	0	0	1	53	98	1.583	10.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00
162 Game Avg.				4	7	.333	4.50	68	0	18	0	0	0	43	50	25	21	7	18	0	18	0	0	4	190	98	1.583	10.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00

SDP (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.86	12	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	30	115	1.286	7.7	1.3	3.9	3.9	1.00
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	7	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	26	CHC	NL	5.0	7	0	3	5.40	5.05	0.13	-0.38	94.6	4.29	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.491	.500	$109,000

1999	30	SDP	NL	7.0	12	0	4	5.14	5.01	0.15	-0.38	99.0	4.44	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$
2 Seasons				12.0	19	0	7	5.25	5.02	0.14	-0.38	97.2	4.38	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.494	.500	$109,000

SDP (1 yr)				7.0	12	0	4	5.14	5.01	0.15	-0.38	99.0	4.44	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.0	0.0	0	.495	.500	$
CHC (1 yr)				5.0	7	0	3	5.40	5.05	0.13	-0.38	94.6	4.29	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.491	.500	$109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1995	26	CHC	NL	7	23	21	3	8	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	.381	.435	.667	1.101	.389	14	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	30	SDP	NL	12	30	25	4	6	2	0	1	4	0	3	3	.240	.310	.440	.750	.227	11	0	0	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				19	53	46	7	14	3	1	2	4	1	5	5	.304	.365	.543	.909	.300	25	0	0	1	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	190	165	25	50	11	4	7	14	4	18	18	.304	.365	.543	.909	.300	89	0	0	4	4	0	0
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.424	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	26	CHC	NL	-0.4	-0.0	24	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.17	-0.2	0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.17	-1.5	0	0	7

1999	30	SDP	NL	0.1	0.0	34	0.1	0.8	-0.8	1.41	-0.0	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.41	-1.5	5	3	4
2 Yrs				-0.3	-0.0	58	0.0	0.9	-0.9	.89	-0.3	0.3	-1.4	-0.1	0.89	-3.0	5	3	11

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	26	CHC	NL	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	38%	4	.165	0	0	7	0	0	7	4	3	2	4	2	1	2.1	11

1999	30	SDP	NL	12	12	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	4	31%	8	1.407	5	3	4	2	3	7	8	4	1	9	2	3	1.8	8
2 Yrs				19	19	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	7	33%		.868	5	3	11	2	3	14	12	7	3	13	4	4	1.9	9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1995	26	CHC	NL	23	52%	4.4%	8.7%	8.7%	13.0%	38%	1.11	1.40	78%	26%	14.3%	22%	3	0	0%

1999	30	SDP	NL	30	70%	3.3%	10.0%	10.0%	10.0%	50%	1.88	2.00	73%	0%	12.5%	0%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				53	62%	3.8%	9.4%	9.4%	11.3%	43%	1.47	1.73	75%	12%	13.3%	12%	6	0	0%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	26	CHC	NL	23	78	3.39	47	60%	17%	13%	30%	40%	83%	0%	50%	85%	52%	9%	2	0	13%	3	1	0	0%	1	2	0	0	0

1999	30	SDP	NL	30	101	3.37	56	55%	27%	2%	29%	43%	73%	0%	41%	98%	47%	10%	3	1	7%	2	1	1	67%	0	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				53	179	3.38	103	58%	22%	7%	29%	42%	78%	0%	45%	91%	49%	9%	5	1	9%	5	2	1	40%	1	4	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1995	26	CHC	NL	23	8	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

1999	30	SDP	NL	30	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	10	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2 Yrs				53	14	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	6	1	2	17%	0	1	0	16	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	26	0	0		5.40	7	2	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	2	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	81
1996	27	0	0		5.40	7	2	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	2	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	81
1997	28	0	0		5.40	7	2	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	2	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	81
1998	29	0	0		5.40	7	2	5.0	8	3	3	1	2	2	0	23	81	2.000	14.4	1.8	3.6	3.6	1.00	81
1999	30	1	2	.333	4.50	19	5	12.0	14	7	6	2	5	5	1	53	98	1.583	10.5	1.5	3.8	3.8	1.00	98

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1995	26	0	0	5.40	5.0	9	3	3	1	2	2	0	2.200	16.2	3.6	3.6	1.00	1.8	7

1999	30	0	0	3.86	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	3	0	1.286	7.7	3.9	3.9	1.00	1.3	12
2 Yrs		0	0	4.50	12.0	15	6	6	2	5	5	0	1.667	11.3		3.8	1.00	1.5	19

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