Saul Rivera
Rabell Saul Rivera
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: December 7, 1977 in San Juan, P.R.
School: University of Mobile
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2006
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Standard Pitching

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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
2006 28 WSN NL 3 0 1.000 3.43 54 0 16 0 0 1 60.1 59 28 23 4 32 6 41 4 0 3 277 124 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 6.1 1.28
2007 29 WSN NL 4 6 .400 3.68 85 0 17 0 0 3 93.0 88 39 38 1 42 4 64 2 0 4 398 115 1.398 8.5 0.1 4.1 6.2 1.52
2008 30 WSN NL 5 6 .455 3.96 76 0 14 0 0 0 84.0 90 41 37 3 35 2 65 2 1 4 371 108 1.488 9.6 0.3 3.8 7.0 1.86
2009 31 WSN NL 1 3 .250 6.10 30 0 9 0 0 0 38.1 48 28 26 7 14 4 21 3 0 1 176 69 1.617 11.3 1.6 3.3 4.9 1.50
4 Seasons 13 15 .464 4.05 245 0 56 0 0 4 275.2 285 136 124 15 123 16 191 11 1 12 1222 105 1.480 9.3 0.5 4.0 6.2 1.55
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .464 4.05 68 0 16 0 0 1 77 79 38 34 4 34 4 53 3 0 3 339 105 1.480 9.3 0.5 4.0 6.2 1.55

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2006 28 WSN NL 54 277 236 28 59 8 1 4 4 0 32 41 .250 .348 .343 .691 .286 81 3 4 4 1 6
2007 29 WSN NL 85 398 345 39 88 25 1 1 2 2 42 64 .255 .336 .342 .678 .306 118 12 2 5 4 4
2008 30 WSN NL 76 371 325 41 90 12 0 3 13 0 35 65 .277 .345 .342 .687 .331 111 9 2 3 6 2
2009 31 WSN NL 30 176 155 28 48 12 0 7 1 1 14 21 .310 .376 .523 .898 .320 81 4 3 3 1 4
4 Seasons 245 1222 1061 136 285 57 2 15 20 3 123 191 .269 .347 .369 .716 .311 391 28 11 15 12 16
162 Game Avg. 68 339 294 38 79 16 1 4 6 1 34 53 .269 .347 .369 .716 .311 109 8 3 4 3 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 28 WSN NL 54 54 16 3 0 3 1 2 33% 12 9 30 9 30% 7 0.828 10 14 28 21 2 31 21 33 16 15 16 12 3.4 19
2007 29 WSN NL 85 85 17 4 6 6 3 3 50% 27 19 49 11 22% 7 1.247 34 26 24 36 17 32 23 62 26 21 27 30 3.3 17
2008 30 WSN NL 76 76 14 5 6 6 0 6 0% 23 17 37 15 41% 7 1.479 35 16 25 35 19 22 20 56 22 18 22 22 3.3 19
2009 31 WSN NL 30 30 9 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 21 8 38% 7 0.956 9 3 18 4 5 21 11 19 9 10 10 5 3.8 21
4 Seasons 245 245 56 13 15 16 4 12 25% 65 47 137 43 31% 1.181 88 59 95 96 43 106 75 170 73 64 75 69 3.4 19

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2006 28 WSN NL 277 44% 1.4% 14.8% 11.6% 4.7% 22% 0.84 1.03 69% 21% 4.3% 10% 76 3 4%
2007 29 WSN NL 398 41% 0.3% 16.1% 10.6% 6.8% 31% 1.05 1.39 71% 17% 0.8% 11% 92 12 13%
2008 30 WSN NL 371 51% 0.8% 17.5% 9.4% 4.0% 17% 1.21 1.56 71% 18% 2.7% 7% 90 9 10%
2009 31 WSN NL 176 47% 4.0% 11.9% 8.0% 10.8% 40% 1.27 2.00 73% 20% 13.0% 8% 29 4 14%
4 Seasons 1222 46% 1.2% 15.6% 10.1% 6.1% 26% 1.07 1.42 71% 19% 4.0% 9% 287 28 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2006 28 WSN NL 277 1019 3.68 627 62% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 5% 46% 83% 57% 8% 23 12 22% 60 36 2 20% 10 6 0 0 0
2007 29 WSN NL 398 1481 3.72 911 62% 23% 17% 29% 32% 77% 3% 47% 78% 57% 6% 24 7 18% 72 30 3 20% 13 13 0 0 0
2008 30 WSN NL 371 1426 3.84 868 61% 25% 17% 27% 31% 75% 1% 46% 77% 52% 6% 24 16 16% 61 35 6 8% 11 7 0 0 0
2009 31 WSN NL 176 617 3.51 401 65% 25% 11% 30% 34% 75% 6% 49% 85% 61% 6% 10 6 18% 32 16 1 24% 1 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1222 4543 3.72 2807 62% 24% 15% 28% 32% 76% 3% 47% 80% 56% 7% 81 41 18% 225 117 12 16% 35 27 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2006 28 WSN NL 277 59 3 0 4 1 13 2 2 1 3 23 9 5 39% 6 3 0 133 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 29 WSN NL 398 88 15 3 1 0 19 1 0 0 1 35 12 9 34% 3 4 1 164 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0
2008 30 WSN NL 371 90 15 2 3 0 17 2 1 1 2 32 18 7 56% 3 4 0 158 13 0 100% 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
2009 31 WSN NL 176 48 6 0 7 0 7 4 3 5 2 10 5 1 50% 3 1 1 76 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
4 Seasons 1222 285 39 5 15 1 56 9 6 7 8 100 44 22 44% 15 12 2 531 20 3 87% 19 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 36 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2006 28 3 0 1.000 3.43 54 0 16 0 0 1 60.1 59 28 23 4 32 6 41 4 0 3 277 124 1.508 8.8 0.6 4.8 6.1 1.28 124
2007 29 7 6 .538 3.58 139 0 33 0 0 4 153.1 147 67 61 5 74 10 105 6 0 7 675 118 1.441 8.6 0.3 4.3 6.2 1.42 118
2008 30 12 12 .500 3.72 215 0 47 0 0 4 237.1 237 108 98 8 109 12 170 8 1 11 1046 115 1.458 9.0 0.3 4.1 6.4 1.56 115
2009 31 13 15 .464 4.05 245 0 56 0 0 4 275.2 285 136 124 15 123 16 191 11 1 12 1222 105 1.480 9.3 0.5 4.0 6.2 1.55 105

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 28 4 2 .667 3.25 61.0 59 24 22 4 32 41 4 1.492 8.7 4.7 6.0 1.28 0.6 54
2007 29 5 4 .556 3.70 90.0 86 41 37 1 41 62 2 1.411 8.6 4.1 6.2 1.51 0.1 85
2008 30 5 4 .556 3.95 82.0 89 40 36 3 35 63 2 1.512 9.8 3.8 6.9 1.80 0.3 76
2009 31 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 48 28 25 7 14 20 3 1.676 11.7 3.4 4.9 1.43 1.7 30
4 Seasons 15 13 .536 4.00 270.0 282 133 120 15 122 186 11 1.496 9.4 6.2 1.52 0.5 245

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 NL--85--2nd
2008 NL--76--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  6. Duaner Sanchez (976)
  7. Todd Coffey (976)
  8. Jeff Tam (976)
  9. Bill Risley (976)
  10. Ken Ryan (975)
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  5. Mike MacDougal (976)
  6. Bill Risley (976)
  7. Turk Wendell (974)
  8. Cory Bailey (973)
  9. John Frascatore (973)
  10. Randy St. Claire (973)
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  3. Terry Mathews (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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