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Ben Rivera
Bienvenido Santana Rivera

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 9, 1992
  vs. SFG 1.3 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 31, 1994
Born January 11, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.

Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1992 24 TOT NL   7   4  28  14   4   1   7  0  117.3   99   40   40   9   45   77   4   5   487   4   0  3.07  3.53  115 1.227 RoY-7
         ATL NL   0   1   8   0   0   0   3  0   15.3   21    8    8   1   13   11   2   0    78   2   0  4.70  3.68   78 2.217
         PHI NL   7   3  20  14   4   1   4  0  102.0   78   32   32   8   32   66   2   5   409   2   0  2.82  3.51  124 1.078
 1993 25 PHI NL  13   9  30  28   1   1   1  0  163.0  175   99   91  16   85  123   6  13   742   4   0  5.02  3.97   79 1.595
 1994 26 PHI NL   3   4   9   7   0   0   1  0   38.0   40   29   29   7   22   19   1   3   176   0   0  6.87  4.30   63 1.632
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .575  23  17  67  49   5   2   9  0  318.3  314  168  160  32  152  219  11  21  1405   8   0  4.52  3.85   85 1.464
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   9  39  28   2   1   5  0  186.3  184   98   93  18   89  128   6  12   823   4   0  4.52  3.85   85 1.464
 Career High     13   9  30  28   4   1   7  0  163.0  175   99   91  16   85  123   6  13   742   4   0  3.07  3.97  115 1.227

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 24 TOT NL  28   33    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  11  .091  .143  .091  -32    3   2   0   0   0   0 RoY-7
         ATL NL   8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  20   32    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  10  .094  .147  .094  -30    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1993 25 PHI NL  30   51    3    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  24  .098  .148  .098  -32    5  13   0   0   0   0
 1994 26 PHI NL   9    9    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .100  .000  -71    0   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       67   93    5    8   0  0   0    2   0  0   6  40  .086  .141  .086  -36    8  18   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        225   12   19   0  0   0    5   0  0  15  97  .086  .141  .086  -36   19  44   0   0   0   0
 Career High     30   51    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  24                           5  13   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 24 TOT NL   37   32    1   0.8    92| .091  .259| .143  .325| .091  .382| .234  .707| -32  .051  -5.9  -0.6   0%
         ATL NL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .267| .000  .334| .000  .393| .000  .727|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         PHI NL   36   31    1   0.9    92| .094  .259| .147  .325| .094  .381| .241  .706| -30  .055  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1993 25 PHI NL   67   59    1   0.4   103| .098  .270| .148  .335| .098  .411| .246  .746| -32  .014  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1994 26 PHI NL   13   12    0   0.0   111| .000  .277| .100  .344| .000  .433| .100  .777| -71  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       117  103    2   0.5   100| .086  .267| .141  .332| .086  .403| .227  .735| -36  .019 -18.0  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 24 TOT NL P 28 3 19 0 0 1.000 .957 0.79 0.60 1.69 1.94 14 117.3 ATL NL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.60 1.76 1.94 0 15.3 PHI NL P 20 3 16 0 0 1.000 .955 0.95 0.60 1.68 1.94 14 102.0 1993 25 PHI NL P 30 8 14 1 1 .957 .952 0.73 0.54 1.21 1.84 28 163.0 1994 26 PHI NL P 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.78 0.54 1.66 1.87 7 38.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 24 TOT NL P 28 3 19 0 0 1.000 .957 0.79 0.60 1.69 1.94 14 117.3 ATL NL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.60 1.76 1.94 0 15.3 PHI NL P 20 3 16 0 0 1.000 .955 0.95 0.60 1.68 1.94 14 102.0 1993 25 PHI NL P 30 8 14 1 1 .957 .952 0.73 0.54 1.21 1.84 28 163.0 1994 26 PHI NL P 9 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.78 0.54 1.66 1.87 7 38.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 67 12 39 1 2 .981 .955 0.76 0.57 1.44 1.88 49 318.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 67 12 39 1 2 .981 .955 0.76 0.57 1.44 1.88 49 318
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1993   NLCS  PHI ATL     W   1   0   4.50  0  0  0  0   2     1   1   1   2 
        WS    PHI TOR     L   1   0  27.00  0  0  0  0   1.1   4   4   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   2   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   3.1   5   5   3   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1993   NLCS  PHI ATL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PHI TOR     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1993 NL-13-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1993 NL-6.79-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1993 NL-85-6

Wild Pitches
1993 NL-13-3

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1823) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 15, 1986: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

May 28, 1992: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Donnie Elliott.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992Atlanta Braves$109,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$185,000
1994Philadelphia Phillies$335,000
Career (may be incomplete)$629,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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