Mike Rivera

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: September 8, 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Bayamon (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

School: Troy University (Troy, AL)

Debut: September 18, 2001 (Age 25-010d, 15,596th in MLB history)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 20, 2011 (Age 34-254d)
vs. COL 6 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Full Name: Michael Rene Rivera

Pronunciation: \Ruh-VER-uh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

AB

548

R

H

131

BA

.239

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

.302

SLG

.372

OPS

.674

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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
1997	20	DET-min	Rk	47	177	154	34	44	9	2	10	36	0	0	18	25	.286	.367	.565	.932		87	2	3	0	2	2		LAT · GULF
1998	21	DET-min	A	108	426	403	40	111	34	3	9	67	0	2	15	68	.275	.301	.442	.743		178	8	2	1	5	0		WMI · MIDW
1999	22	DET-min	A+,AA	111	426	393	47	107	21	2	16	78	1	1	22	64	.272	.310	.458	.768		180	10	3	0	8	0		LAK,JCK · FLOR,SOUL
2000	23	DET-min	A+,AA,AAA	107	433	406	40	103	30	5	13	63	2	0	23	77	.254	.293	.448	.742		182	12	1	0	3	3		LAK,JCK,TOL · FLOR,SOUL,IL
2001	24	DET-min	AA	112	473	415	76	120	19	1	33	101	2	2	44	96	.289	.368	.578	.946		240	9	10	0	4	2		ERI · EL
2001	24	DET	AL	4	12	12	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	123	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2002	25	DET-min	AAA	74	305	265	43	66	11	1	20	53	0	1	35	64	.249	.341	.525	.866		139	6	3	0	2	3		TOL · IL
2002	25	DET	AL	39	138	132	11	30	8	1	1	11	0	0	4	35	.227	.254	.326	.579	59	43	5	1	0	1	0	2/D
2003	26	CHW-SDP-min	AAA	81	322	295	38	84	12	0	12	54	0	2	17	71	.285	.342	.447	.789		132	5	9	0	1	0		CHR,POR · IL,PCL
2003	26	SDP	NL	19	58	53	2	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	11	.170	.241	.245	.487	33	13	4	0	0	0	0	2/3

2004	27	OAK-CHW-min	AAA,FgW	60	229	210	15	42	7	3	5	22	1	1	13	46	.200	.246	.333	.579		70	2	1	1	4	0		SAC,CHR,MTI · PCL,IL,PRWL
2005	28	MIL-min	AAA,FgW	60	228	214	34	61	12	1	16	43	3	1	9	37	.285	.320	.575	.895		123	9	3	0	2	1		NVL,MTI · PCL,PRWL
2006	29	MIL-min	AAA	60	236	213	30	63	11	0	10	46	3	3	13	40	.296	.339	.488	.827		104	5	4	0	6	3		NVL · PCL
2006	29	MIL	NL	46	158	142	16	38	9	0	6	24	0	0	10	21	.268	.325	.458	.783	97	65	3	3	1	2	5	2
2007	30	MIL-min	AAA,FgW	110	432	392	39	85	15	0	20	67	5	6	27	82	.217	.275	.408	.684		160	21	7	0	6	3		NVL,ARA · PCL,VEWL
2007	30	MIL	NL	11	15	13	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.692	.978	142	9	0	0	1	0	0	2
2008	31	SNT	FgW	24	78	68	5	14	3	0	2	8	1	0	8	14	.206	.295	.338	.633		23	3	1	0	1	0		SNT · PRWL
2008	31	MIL	NL	21	69	62	8	19	5	0	1	14	2	0	6	10	.306	.377	.435	.812	115	27	2	1	0	0	0	2/3
2009	32	MIL-min	AAA	3	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.308	.538		4	0	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2009	32	MIL	NL	41	132	114	10	26	7	0	2	14	1	0	15	32	.228	.326	.342	.668	79	39	6	2	0	1	3	2
2010	33	LAD-FLA-min	AA,AAA	75	286	240	25	54	18	0	4	24	2	2	37	68	.225	.340	.350	.690		84	8	6	1	2	0		CNG,ABQ,NOR · SOUL,PCL
2010	33	FLA	NL	7	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.176	.000	.176	-47	0	0	1	0	0	0	/2
2011	34	MIL-min	AAA,FgW	81	276	250	23	59	13	1	9	38	3	1	20	73	.236	.299	.404	.703		101	8	3	2	1	1		NVL,AGU · PCL,DOWL
2011	34	MIL	NL	1	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2012	35	BOS-min	AAA	43	154	140	7	35	5	0	3	18	0	1	8	35	.250	.312	.350	.662		49	4	5	0	1	0		PAW · IL
9 Yrs				189	605	548	51	131	32	1	13	69	3	0	43	118	.239	.302	.372	.674	78	204	20	8	2	4	8
162 Game Avg.				162	519	470	44	112	27	1	11	59	3	0	37	101	.239	.302	.372	.674	78	175	17	7	2	3	7

MIL (5 yrs)				120	380	337	36	88	21	0	11	55	3	0	32	67	.261	.333	.421	.755	96	142	11	6	2	3	8
DET (2 yrs)				43	150	144	13	34	10	1	1	12	0	0	4	37	.236	.260	.340	.600	64	49	5	1	0	1	0
SDP (1 yr)				19	58	53	2	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	11	.170	.241	.245	.487	33	13	4	0	0	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				7	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.176	.000	.176	-47	0	0	1	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				146	455	404	38	97	22	0	12	57	3	0	39	81	.240	.316	.384	.699	83	155	15	7	2	3	8
AL (2 yrs)				43	150	144	13	34	10	1	1	12	0	0	4	37	.236	.260	.340	.600	64	49	5	1	0	1	0

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Mike Rivera

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Standard Fielding

Appearances

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