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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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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

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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
2006 28 WSN NL 49 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 29 WSN NL 80 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 WSN NL 72 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 31 WSN NL 30 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 127 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
4 Seasons 231 12 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 7 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .273 .111 .384 7 1 0 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 WSN NL 28 P 54 0 60.1 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.49 0.19 .964 1.72 0.43
2007 WSN NL 29 P 85 0 93.0 30 4 26 0 2 1.000 2.90 0.35 .963 1.68 0.40
2008 WSN NL 30 P 76 0 84.0 29 8 21 0 3 1.000 3.11 0.38 .959 1.72 0.43
2009 WSN NL 31 P 30 0 38.1 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.29 0.47 .950 1.71 0.42
4 Seasons P 245 0 275.2 84 21 62 1 6 .988 2.71 0.34 .960 1.71 0.42
4 Seasons TOT 245 0 275.2 84 21 62 1 6 .988 2.71 0.34 .948 1.71 0.42

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

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

Similarity Scores

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  1. John Johnstone (987)
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  3. Kevin Gryboski (982)
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  5. Larry Bearnarth (977)
  6. Duaner Sanchez (976)
  7. Todd Coffey (976)
  8. Jeff Tam (976)
  9. Bill Risley (976)
  10. Ken Ryan (975)
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  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

Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1998.

November 20, 2001: Selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Minnesota Twins.

July 16, 2002: Sent by the New York Mets to the Montreal Expos to complete an earlier deal made on April 5, 2002. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later, Bruce Chen, Luis Figueroa and Dicky Gonzalez to the Montreal Expos for Phil Seibel, Scott Strickland and Matt Watson.

June 7, 2004: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Peter Bergeron to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jason Belcher (minors) and Jason Childers.

October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2008Washington Nationals$436,000
2009Washington Nationals$475,000
Career (may be incomplete)$911,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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