Rubén Rivera

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: November 14, 1973 in Chorrera, Panama pa

High School: La Chorrera (La Chorrera, Panama)

Debut: September 3, 1995 (Age 21-293d, 16,766th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 28, 2003 (Age 29-195d)
vs. ARI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Full Name: Rubén Rivera

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Relatives: Cousin of Mariano Rivera

1996 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

1586

343

.216

237

RBI

203

OBP

.307

SLG

.393

OPS

.701

OPS+

Summary of 64 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 21 go ahead

5 Tms
SDP	46
CIN	10
TEX	4
SFG	2
NYY	2

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	27

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	28

Outs
0	28
1	20
2	16

20 Opps
HOU	7
COL	6
SFG	6
OAK	5
CIN	5
LAD	5
CHC	4
PIT	4
PHI	4
ARI	3
MIL	3
ANA	2
SEA	2
ATL	2
MIN	1
STL	1
NYY	1
NYM	1
MON	1
TOR	1

58 Pitchers
Ron Villone	3
Shawn Estes	3
José Silva	2
Tom Glavine	2
Gabe White	1
Troy Brohawn	1
Jeff Fassero	1
Chad Ogea	1
Dustin Hermanson	1
Jason Bere	1
Jason Jennings	1
Mike Morgan	1
Chan Ho Park	1
Rick Krivda	1
Steve Montgomery	1
Robert Person	1
Jim Poole	1
Rick Aguilera	1
Brandon Knight	1
Jim Abbott	1
Ted Lilly	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Huck Flener	1
Mike DeJean	1
Darren Dreifort	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Mark Mulder	1
Bob Wells	1
Rick Reed	1
Billy Wagner	1
Josías Manzanillo	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Paul Byrd	1
Scott Williamson	1
Cory Lidle	1
José Cabrera	1
Pete Schourek	1
Doug Johns	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Jon Lieber	1
Wade Miller	1
Darryl Kile	1
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	1
Rafael Roque	1
Roberto Ramírez	1
Éric Gagné	1
Mike Lincoln	1
Aaron Fultz	1
Brian Bohanon	1
Alan Mills	1
Cal Eldred	1
Troy Percival	1
Joe Slusarski	1
Efrain Valdez	1
Andy Benes	1
Kevin Appier	1
Joe Nathan	1
Juan Guzmán	1

19 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	20
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	9
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	29
78	12
8	10
9	9
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
2	15
3	12
4	8
7+	5
5	4
6	2
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	13
12-	3
123	2
-2-	2
-23	1
1-3	1

95 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	42
1 on	15
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	22

Inning
1	1
2	15
3	2
4	3
5	8
6	8
7	10
8	9
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	18
4-6	19
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	1
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	18
-1	10
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	18
Tied	18
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
1-0	10
3-2	5
1-1	5
2-1	5
0-1	5
2-2	5
0-2	4
1-2	4
2-0	3
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	52
RF	6
PH	3
LF	3

OrderPos
7th	25
6th	17
5th	7
8th	6
9th	4
3rd	2
1st	1
4th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-05-31	NYY	@	OAK	Doug Johns	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---		1	8	7	0.185	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1996-09-16	NYY	@	TOR	Huck Flener	ahead 8-0	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BSBX	1	3	PH	0.003	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1998-05-26	SDP	@	ARI	Efrain Valdez	ahead 11-1	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	2	1	1998-06-12	SDP		SFG	Jim Poole	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Caminiti Scores; W. Joyner Scores
5	5	3	1	1998-07-17	SDP	@	CIN	Rick Krivda	ahead 5-2	t 4	2	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	6	8	0.141	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); K. Caminiti Scores; G. Vaughn Scores; J. Leyritz Scores
6	6	4	1	1998-07-24	SDP		HOU	Pete Schourek	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	6	8	0.125	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	5	1	1998-08-22	SDP	@	MIL	Rafael Roque	behind 2-5	t 6	1	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	6	9	0.076	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	1998-08-27	SDP	@	PHI	Paul Byrd	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	12-	5,(2-2) SSBBX	3	6	9	0.143	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Vaughn Scores; M. Sweeney Scores/unER; R. Rivera Scores/unER
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1999-04-30	SDP	@	CHC	Terry Mulholland	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	7,(3-2) SBFBBFX	1	7	8	0.111	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	2	1	1999-05-03	SDP	@	PHI	Chad Ogea	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	10,(3-2) CCFBFBFBFX	1	7	8	0.089	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	3	1	1999-05-28	SDP	@	MIL	Cal Eldred	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	8	0.138	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Giovanola Scores
12	12	4	1	1999-05-30	SDP	@	MIL	Jim Abbott	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	0.156	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Nevin Scores
13	13	5	1	1999-06-02	SDP	@	CHC	Rick Aguilera	tied 5-5	t 9	0	1--	5,(1-2) SCFBX	2	7	8	0.339	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Giovanola Scores
14	14	6	1	1999-06-04	SDP		SEA	Jeff Fassero	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	0.109	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
15	15	7	1	1999-06-05	SDP		SEA	Jamie Moyer	behind 1-2	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	8	0.301	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
16	16	8	1	1999-06-13	SDP	@	HOU	Billy Wagner	behind 2-4	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.026	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	1999-06-15	SDP		PHI	Steve Montgomery	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	7	8	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	10	1	1999-06-18	SDP		PIT	José Silva	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	8	0.096	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
19	19	11	2	1999-06-18	SDP		PIT	José Silva	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.105	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	12	1	1999-06-22	SDP	@	LAD	Chan Ho Park	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	7,(2-2) CBBCFFX	2	7	8	0.194	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Leyritz Scores
21	21	13	1	1999-07-01	SDP		LAD	Alan Mills	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	8	0.080	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
22	22	14	1	1999-07-03 (1)	SDP	@	COL	Roberto Ramírez	behind 3-7	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) CBBFX	1	6	8	0.057	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	15	1	1999-07-03 (2)	SDP	@	COL	Mike DeJean	behind 5-7	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	8	0.105	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	16	1	1999-07-06	SDP		SFG	Shawn Estes	behind 0-4	b 2	1	---	8,(3-2) BFCBFFBX	1	5	8	0.068	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
25	25	17	1	1999-07-19	SDP	@	ANA	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	tied 1-1	t 10	2	-23	6,(3-2) BCCBBX	3	3	8	0.449	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); E. Giovanola Scores; Q. Veras Scores
26	26	18	1	1999-07-25	SDP	@	HOU	José Cabrera	behind 1-5	t 9	0	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	5	8	0.021	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
27	27	19	1	1999-09-17	SDP		SFG	Joe Nathan	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	7	8	0.127	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	20	1	1999-09-19	SDP		SFG	Shawn Estes	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.089	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	21	1	1999-09-21	SDP		CIN	Juan Guzmán	behind 1-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	8	0.152	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	22	1	1999-09-25	SDP	@	LAD	Éric Gagné	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.119	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
31	31	23	1	1999-10-03	SDP	@	ARI	Andy Benes	behind 0-10	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	5	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2000-04-08	SDP	@	MON	Dustin Hermanson	behind 6-7	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	8	0.148	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	2000-05-13	SDP		ARI	Mike Morgan	behind 1-6	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	8	0.011	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
34	34	3	1	2000-05-21	SDP	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	8	8	0.130	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	4	1	2000-06-05	SDP	@	OAK	Kevin Appier	tied 0-0	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	8	0.243	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Hernández Scores
36	36	5	1	2000-06-10	SDP		HOU	Joe Slusarski	ahead 9-2	b 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	8	0.012	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Klesko Scores
37	37	6	1	2000-06-17	SDP		CIN	Ron Villone	behind 0-1	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	8	0.158	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	7	1	2000-06-23	SDP	@	CIN	Scott Williamson	tied 7-7	t 10	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	8	0.458	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. DeHaan Scores; B. Boone Scores
39	39	8	1	2000-06-24	SDP	@	CIN	Ron Villone	behind 2-7	t 5	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	8	0.079	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Boone Scores
40	40	9	1	2000-06-29	SDP	@	LAD	Darren Dreifort	ahead 4-2	t 6	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	7	8	0.095	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	10	1	2000-06-30	SDP		COL	Pedro Astacio	behind 2-4	b 6	2	1--	4,(1-2) CBSX	2	7	8	0.298	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Hernández Scores
42	42	11	1	2000-07-18	SDP		ANA	Troy Percival	behind 1-2	b 9	2	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	7	8	0.488	54%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	12	1	2000-07-26	SDP		SFG	Shawn Estes	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0.100	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
44	44	13	1	2000-07-30	SDP	@	PIT	Josías Manzanillo	behind 4-8	t 7	2	123	2,(0-1) SX	4	7	8	0.339	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); A. Martin Scores; P. Nevin Scores; B. Boone Scores
45	45	14	1	2000-08-04	SDP		CHC	Jon Lieber	tied 4-4	b 3	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	6	8	0.231	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); P. Nevin Scores; B. Boone Scores
46	46	15	1	2000-08-07	SDP	@	PHI	Robert Person	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	0.100	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	16	1	2000-09-19	SDP	@	COL	Brian Bohanon	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	8	0.087	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
48	48	17	1	2000-09-28	SDP		STL	Darryl Kile	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	7	8	0.196	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Owens Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	2001-04-22	CIN		NYM	Rick Reed	behind 0-4	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	0.059	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	2001-04-26	CIN	@	SFG	Aaron Fultz	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	8	0.064	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	3	1	2001-05-14	CIN		HOU	Wade Miller	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	6	8	0.119	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
52	52	4	1	2001-05-23	CIN	@	CHC	Jason Bere	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	8	0.164	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Selby Scores
53	53	5	1	2001-06-16	CIN		COL	Gabe White	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.082	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	6	1	2001-06-23	CIN	@	HOU	Shane Reynolds	behind 2-8	t 7	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	7	1	2001-07-07	CIN	@	MIN	Bob Wells	behind 4-6	t 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	8	0.286	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Boone Scores
56	56	8	1	2001-07-18	CIN		ATL	Tom Glavine	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.105	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	9	1	2001-09-02	CIN		PIT	Mike Lincoln	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	PH	0.381	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores
58	58	10	1	2001-09-03	CIN		HOU	Ron Villone	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.100	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2002-07-20	TEX	@	OAK	Ted Lilly	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	8	0.135	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60	60	2	1	2002-07-26	TEX		OAK	Mark Mulder	tied 4-4	b 7	0	---	9,(3-2) SBSBFFFBX	1	8	8	0.186	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
61	61	3	1	2002-07-31	TEX		NYY	Brandon Knight	ahead 15-6	b 8	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lamb Scores
62	62	4	1	2002-09-21	TEX	@	OAK	Cory Lidle	behind 0-1	t 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	9	8	0.242	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); H. Blalock Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	2003-04-19	SFG	@	LAD	Troy Brohawn	ahead 8-2	t 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.012	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
64	64	2	1	2003-05-26	SFG	@	COL	Jason Jennings	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	3,(0-2) CS1X	2	8	9	0.180	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Feliz Scores