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German Rivera
German (Diaz) Rivera

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 2, 1983
  vs. MON 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1985
Born July 6, 1960 in Santurce, P.R.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 22 LAD NL  13   17    1    6   1  0   0    0   0  1   2   2  .353  .421  .412  134    7   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 23 LAD NL  94  227   20   59  12  2   2   17   1  0  21  30  .260  .321  .357   93   81   2   3   5   1  15
 1985 24 HOU NL  13   36    3    7   2  1   0    2   0  0   4   8  .194  .275  .306   65   11   1   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      120  280   24   72  15  3   2   19   1  1  27  40  .257  .322  .354   92   99   3   3   6   1  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        378   32   97  20  4   3   26   1  1  36  54  .257  .322  .354   92  134   4   4   8   1  23
 Career High     94  227   20   59  12  2   2   17   1  1  21  30  .260  .321  .357   93   81   2   3   5   1  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 22 LAD NL   19   12    3   6.7    96| .353  .262| .421  .330| .412  .388| .833  .719| 134  .699   0.9   0.1   0%
 1984 23 LAD NL  254  188   23   3.3    92| .260  .261| .321  .326| .357  .379| .678  .705|  93  .392  -1.8  -0.2 100%
 1985 24 HOU NL   41   32    3   2.5    92| .194  .256| .275  .324| .306  .382| .581  .706|  65  .283  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       314  232   29   3.4    92| .257  .260| .322  .326| .354  .380| .676  .706|  92  .402  -2.6  -0.3  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 22 LAD NL 3B 8 2 11 1 0 .929 .949 1.62 2.29 3.16 2.70 3 37.0 1984 23 LAD NL 3B 90 55 167 15 12 .937 .943 2.47 2.36 3.15 2.79 71 634.0 1985 24 HOU NL 3B 11 7 25 2 3 .941 .947 2.91 2.47 3.73 2.88 9 77.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 22 LAD NL 3B 8 2 11 1 0 .929 .949 1.62 2.29 3.16 2.70 3 37.0 1984 23 LAD NL 3B 90 55 167 15 12 .937 .943 2.47 2.36 3.15 2.79 71 634.0 1985 24 HOU NL 3B 11 7 25 2 3 .941 .947 2.91 2.47 3.73 2.88 9 77.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 109 64 203 18 15 .937 .944 2.45 2.37 3.21 2.79 83 748.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 109 64 203 18 15 .937 .944 2.45 2.37 3.21 2.80 83 748
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

December 20, 1977: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1982: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

March 25, 1983: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Oakland Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

July 15, 1985: Sent by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on July 10, 1985. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent a player to be named later and Rafael Montalvo to the Houston Astros for Enos Cabell. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent German Rivera (July 15, 1985) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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