Ruben Rivera
Ruben (Moreno) Rivera
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 14, 1973 in Chorrera, Panama
High School: La Chorrea (Panama, PA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1995
Final Game: May 28, 2003
Relatives: Cousin of Mariano Rivera
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 NYY AL 21 LF 4 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.60 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.75
1995 NYY AL 21 OF 4 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.60 0.50 1.000 2.34 2.00
1996 NYY AL 22 OF 45 21 246.2 78 76 2 0 0 1.000 4.4 21.4 2.4 3.6 -1.2 2 2.85 1.73 .983 2.37 2.02
1996 NYY AL 22 RF 19 4 70.1 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -5.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 3.07 1.26 .979 2.18 1.72
1996 NYY AL 22 CF 14 12 112.0 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 18.2 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 2 3.21 2.86 .990 2.78 2.35
1996 NYY AL 22 LF 13 5 64.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.0 56.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0 2.24 1.23 .981 2.18 1.75
1997 SDP NL 23 OF 7 3 38.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 9.5 0.3 0.7 -0.4 0 3.08 1.86 .977 2.13 1.77
1997 SDP NL 23 CF 4 2 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 2.57 1.50 .983 2.40 2.02
1997 SDP NL 23 RF 4 1 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 51.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 3.86 1.50 .983 2.06 1.65
1997 SDP NL 23 LF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.50
1998 SDP NL 24 OF 91 43 474.2 109 103 3 3 0 .972 2.8 7.1 1.8 0.8 1.0 1 2.01 1.16 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 SDP NL 24 RF 73 24 316.2 71 68 1 2 0 .972 1.3 4.9 0.3 -1.5 1.8 1 1.96 0.95 .976 2.08 1.66
1998 SDP NL 24 CF 13 12 88.1 26 23 2 1 0 .962 0.3 4.1 0.3 1.2 -0.9 0 2.55 1.92 .988 2.53 2.15
1998 SDP NL 24 LF 13 7 69.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 20.7 1.2 1.1 0.1 0 1.68 1.00 .977 1.89 1.38
1999 SDP NL 25 CF 143 110 1023.0 328 312 8 8 2 .976 8.4 9.9 8.4 -5.6 14.0 0 2.82 2.24 .984 2.63 2.20
1999 SDP NL 25 OF 143 110 1023.0 328 312 8 8 2 .976 8.4 9.9 8.4 -5.6 14.0 0 2.82 2.24 .981 2.26 1.86
2000 SDP NL 26 OF 132 112 1037.2 319 304 10 5 3 .984 2.6 3.0 3.6 2.4 1.2 -1 2.72 2.38 .981 2.25 1.86
2000 SDP NL 26 CF 131 112 1036.2 318 303 10 5 3 .984 2.6 3.0 3.6 2.4 1.2 -1 2.72 2.39 .987 2.64 2.24
2000 SDP NL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
2001 CIN NL 27 OF 99 56 585.1 178 171 4 3 2 .983 5.4 11.1 4.4 6.4 -1.9 1 2.69 1.77 .982 2.20 1.86
2001 CIN NL 27 CF 70 38 405.2 134 129 3 2 2 .985 3.0 8.9 3.0 5.5 -2.5 0 2.93 1.89 .986 2.59 2.18
2001 CIN NL 27 RF 21 13 126.2 35 34 0 1 0 .971 3.4 32.2 2.4 1.3 1.2 1 2.42 1.62 .980 2.11 1.73
2001 CIN NL 27 LF 10 5 53.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.6 -1.0 -0.4 -0.6 0 1.36 0.80 .975 1.90 1.48
2002 TEX AL 28 CF 67 56 471.2 172 167 2 3 1 .983 5.4 13.7 6.4 4.1 2.3 -1 3.22 2.52 .989 2.78 2.49
2002 TEX AL 28 OF 67 56 471.2 172 167 2 3 1 .983 5.4 13.7 6.4 4.1 2.3 -1 3.22 2.52 .985 2.35 2.05
2002 TEX AL 28 DH 1
2003 SFG NL 29 OF 27 8 110.0 42 42 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 10.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 3.44 1.56 .983 2.17 1.85
2003 SFG NL 29 CF 13 6 68.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -28.0 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 3.67 2.15 .989 2.50 2.14
2003 SFG NL 29 LF 9 1 26.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.7 123.0 2.7 1.4 1.3 0 4.10 1.33 .975 1.91 1.54
2003 SFG NL 29 RF 6 1 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.20 0.33 1.000 2.10 1.72
9 Seasons OF 615 409 3992.0 1241 1190 29 22 8 .982 30.6 9.2 28.6 13.1 15.6 2 2.75 1.98 .982 2.25 1.88
8 Seasons CF 455 348 3227.0 1052 1007 26 19 8 .982 19.5 7.3 19.5 7.6 11.9 0 2.88 2.27 .987 2.65 2.25
5 Seasons RF 123 43 542.2 138 133 2 3 0 .978 4.9 10.8 2.9 0.4 2.6 2 2.24 1.10 .978 2.10 1.68
7 Seasons LF 52 18 222.1 52 51 1 0 0 1.000 6.2 33.5 6.2 5.1 1.1 0 2.10 1.00 .979 1.98 1.55
1 Season DH 1
9 Seasons TOT 630 409 3992.0 1242 1191 29 22 8 .982 30.6 9.2 28.6 13.1 15.6 2 2.75 1.94 .968 2.54 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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
1995 NYY AL 21 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4
1996 NYY AL 22 46 21 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 19 45 0 3 10
1997 SDP NL 23 17 3 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 7 0 7 5
1998 SDP NL 24 95 43 95 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 73 91 0 10 15
1999 SDP NL 25 147 110 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 0 11 8
2000 SDP NL 26 135 112 135 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 131 0 132 0 3 5
2001 CIN NL 27 117 56 117 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 70 21 99 0 27 11
2002 TEX AL 28 69 56 69 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 67 0 2 3
2003 SFG NL 29 31 8 31 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 6 27 0 4 1
9 Seasons 662 409 662 615 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 455 123 615 0 67 62
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 -- 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%
1996 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 8 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 6 4 0 25 14 56.0% 10 1 4.0% 0 524 62% 74% 39% 72 54%
1997 SDP NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 98 55% 74% 33% 13 46%
1998 SDP NL 24 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 5 33.3% 10 0 0.0% 2 398 56% 72% 32% 55 44%
1999 SDP NL 25 8 0 7 1 2 8 0 3 1 2 51 37 0 49 8 1 14 1 1 14 2 0 20 15 1 148 63 42.6% 81 3 2.0% 5 4598 57% 74% 38% 664 48%
2000 SDP NL 26 5 0 4 1 1 10 0 6 1 2 41 28 1 43 7 1 2 1 1 12 2 0 28 18 2 126 56 44.4% 65 5 4.0% 5 4727 50% 74% 38% 510 61%
2001 CIN NL 27 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 8 6 0 16 5 0 2 0 0 12 2 0 10 5 0 48 18 37.5% 30 0 0.0% 3 1822 55% 78% 39% 208 63%
2002 TEX AL 28 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 11 8 0 17 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 1 10 4 0 48 13 27.1% 33 2 4.2% 0 2138 52% 72% 39% 253 66%
2003 SFG NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 0 312 60% 77% 38% 54 52%
8 Seasons 19 0 16 3 7 26 0 13 3 7 123 88 1 141 25 4 26 6 2 57 7 1 77 47 3 424 173 40.8% 239 11 2.6% 15 14617 54% 74% 38% 1829 56%
MLB Averages 41.9% 2.0% 56% 74% 38% 53%

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%
1996 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 18 7 38.9% 10 1 5.6% 0 318 49% 70% 38% 42 55%
1997 SDP NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 65 55% 68% 32% 10 60%
1998 SDP NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 9 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 19 10 52.6% 9 0 0.0% 1 1353 54% 70% 34% 106 64%
2001 CIN NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 0 563 51% 76% 39% 62 55%
2003 SFG NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 74 65% 76% 31% 6 33%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 21 11 0 17 9 1 3 1 0 7 2 0 9 6 0 57 29 50.9% 27 1 1.8% 1 2373 53% 71% 35% 226 59%
MLB Averages 46.2% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

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%
1995 NYY AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 21 62% 71% 38% 5 40%
1996 NYY AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 272 70% 70% 38% 25 64%
1997 SDP NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 24 58% 71% 46% 5 20%
1998 SDP NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 300 56% 69% 36% 17 76%
2000 SDP NL 26 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 25% 50% 25% 0
2001 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 238 47% 78% 35% 16 50%
2003 SFG NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 111 64% 74% 43% 17 71%
7 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 5 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 18 11 61.1% 7 0 0.0% 1 970 59% 72% 38% 85 61%
MLB Averages 61.1% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 47%

* 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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