René Rivera

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Born: July 31, 1983 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Papa Juan HS (Bayamon, Puerto Rico).

High School: Papa Juan HS (Bayamon, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 22, 2004 (Age 21-053d, 16,210th in MLB history)
vs. ANA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 1 yr/$1.75M (17)

Service Time (01/2017): 5.070 • Free Agent: 2018

Agents: MDR Sports Management

Full Name: Rene Rivera

Nicknames: Moncho

Twitter: @ReneRivera13

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SUMMARY

2017

Career

WAR

-0.4

1.5

AB

170

1268

R

H

273

BA

.229

.215

HR

RBI

140

SB

OBP

.279

.266

SLG

.376

.338

OPS

.655

.604

OPS+

Standard Batting

Standard Batting
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
2001	17	SEA-min	Rk,A-	36	123	116	16	28	5	0	4	15	0	0	3	30	.241	.262	.388	.650		45	1	1	1	2	0		MRE,EVR · ARIZ,NORW
2002	18	SEA-min	A-	62	256	227	29	55	18	1	1	26	5	2	16	38	.242	.314	.344	.657		78	3	9	1	3	1		EVR · NORW
2003	19	SEA-min	A	116	458	407	39	112	19	0	9	54	2	2	38	81	.275	.344	.388	.732		158	6	7	1	5	2		APP · MIDW
2004	20	SEA-min	A+,AAA,FgW	111	439	394	44	95	23	1	7	54	0	1	28	73	.241	.303	.358	.661		141	17	9	4	4	1		SBR,TAC,CRO · CALL,PCL,PRWL
2004	20	SEA	AL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2005	21	SEA-min	AA,AAA,FgW	71	272	261	23	69	17	1	3	27	1	1	9	47	.264	.292	.372	.663		97	8	1	1	0	2		SAN,TAC,CRO · TL,PCL,PRWL
2005	21	SEA	AL	16	50	48	3	19	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	11	.396	.408	.521	.929	151	25	0	0	1	0	0	2
2006	22	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667		3	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
2006	22	SEA	AL	35	106	99	8	15	4	0	2	4	1	0	3	29	.152	.184	.253	.437	13	25	2	1	3	0	0	2

2007	23	SEA-min	AA	91	356	323	29	69	16	0	5	40	1	2	24	86	.214	.275	.310	.584		100	6	4	3	2	0		WTN · SOUL
2008	24	LAD-min	AA,AAA,FgW	108	396	356	39	91	22	0	14	47	0	1	34	81	.256	.324	.435	.759		155	8	3	1	2	2		JCK,LVG,ARE · SOUL,PCL,PRWL
2009	25	NYM-min	AAA,FgW	86	323	297	33	70	17	2	11	38	0	0	17	84	.236	.280	.418	.697		124	11	3	1	5	1		BFL,ARE · IL,PRWL
2010	26	NYY-min	FgW,AA,Ind,AAA	98	377	345	34	89	22	0	16	54	0	0	24	73	.258	.311	.461	.772		159	9	4	1	3	1		SAJ,TRE,CAM,SWB · PRWL,EL,ATLL,IL
2011	27	MIN-min	AAA,FgW	67	249	225	18	57	15	1	5	30	0	1	14	47	.253	.303	.396	.699		89	5	3	5	2	1		ROC,CRO,LCY · IL,PRWL,DOWL
2011	27	MIN	AL	45	114	104	9	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	8	32	.144	.211	.202	.412	15	21	2	1	0	1	0	2

2012	28	MIN-min	AAA,FgW	109	379	334	35	71	15	1	12	38	0	1	34	76	.213	.294	.371	.665		124	11	5	5	1	0		ROC,GIG · IL,DOWL
2013	29	SDP-min	AAA,FgW	105	365	333	40	100	20	0	6	47	0	2	21	63	.300	.342	.414	.756		138	12	3	2	6	0		TUC,MGZ,PCE · PCL,PRWL
2013	29	SDP	NL	23	71	67	4	17	3	1	0	7	0	0	2	16	.254	.268	.328	.596	72	22	1	0	0	2	1	2
2014	30	SAJ	FgW	23	96	91	6	25	8	0	2	6	0	1	4	19	.275	.313	.429	.741		39	6	1	0	0	1		SAJ · PRWL
2014	30	SDP	NL	103	329	294	27	74	18	1	11	44	0	0	27	76	.252	.319	.432	.751	116	127	6	3	3	2	3	2/3
2015	31	SNT	FgW	25	99	89	5	17	4	0	0	9	0	0	8	26	.191	.253	.236	.488		21	4	0	0	2	0		SNT · PRWL
2015	31	TBR	AL	110	319	298	16	53	14	0	5	26	0	0	11	86	.178	.213	.275	.489	36	82	4	3	5	2	0	2/3D
2016	32	NYM-min	AAA	8	29	25	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	3	.280	.357	.320	.677		8	0	1	1	0	0		LVG · PCL
2016	32	NYM	NL	65	207	185	12	41	4	0	6	26	0	0	16	54	.222	.291	.341	.632	70	63	4	3	1	2	3	2/3D
2017	33	NYM	NL	53	183	170	14	39	4	0	7	22	0	1	9	53	.229	.279	.376	.655	70	64	3	3	0	1	3	2/3
9 Yrs				452	1382	1268	93	273	53	2	33	140	1	1	77	358	.215	.266	.338	.604	66	429	22	14	13	10	10
162 Game Avg.				162	495	454	33	98	19	1	12	50	0	0	28	128	.215	.266	.338	.604	66	154	8	5	5	4	4

SEA (3 yrs)				53	159	150	11	34	7	0	3	10	1	0	4	41	.227	.252	.333	.585	54	50	2	1	4	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				118	390	355	26	80	8	0	13	48	0	1	25	107	.225	.285	.358	.643	71	127	7	6	1	3	6
SDP (2 yrs)				126	400	361	31	91	21	2	11	51	0	0	29	92	.252	.310	.413	.723	108	149	7	3	3	4	4
MIN (1 yr)				45	114	104	9	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	8	32	.144	.211	.202	.412	15	21	2	1	0	1	0
TBR (1 yr)				110	319	298	16	53	14	0	5	26	0	0	11	86	.178	.213	.275	.489	36	82	4	3	5	2	0

AL (5 yrs)				208	592	552	36	102	24	0	9	41	1	0	23	159	.185	.223	.277	.500	37	153	8	5	9	3	0
NL (4 yrs)				244	790	716	57	171	29	2	24	99	0	1	54	199	.239	.298	.385	.683	89	276	14	9	4	7	10

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René Rivera

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

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