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Mickey Rivers

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Full Name: John Milton Rivers Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/165 First Game: August 4, 1970
Birthdate: October 31, 1948 Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Miami, Florida MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Mickey Rivers (John Milton Rivers) was born on October 31, 1948 in Miami, Florida. He made his Major League debut on August 4, 1970 for the California Angels. In 1971, his rookie year, he hit .265 with 1 home run and 12 RBI. Rivers played for the California Angels, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Mickey Rivers's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1976, when he stole 43 bases, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 67 runs. However, others believe that it was 1975, when he stole 70 bases, hit for a .284 average and knocked in 53 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1970 CAL A 17 25 6 8 0 3 .320 .414 .400 2 0 3 5 1 1 1 0 0
1971 CAL A 79 268 31 71 1 12 .265 .316 .336 12 2 19 38 1 8 13 1 0
1972 CAL A 58 159 18 34 0 7 .214 .256 .277 6 2 8 26 1 8 4 1 3
1973 CAL A 30 129 26 45 0 16 .349 .391 .457 6 4 8 11 1 3 8 0 1
1974 CAL A 118 466 69 133 3 31 .285 .341 .393 19 11 39 47 1 11 30 0 6
1975 CAL A 155 616 70 175 1 53 .284 .331 .359 17 13 43 42 2 7 70 5 6
1976 NY A 137 590 95 184 8 67 .312 .327 .432 31 8 13 51 3 2 43 0 3
1977 NY A 138 565 79 184 12 69 .326 .350 .439 18 5 18 45 4 5 22 4 2
1978 NY A 141 559 78 148 11 48 .265 .302 .397 25 8 29 51 3 7 25 3 8
1979 TEX A 58 247 35 74 6 25 .300 .323 .433 9 3 9 18 1 3 7 0 2
1979 NY A 74 286 37 82 3 25 .287 .315 .416 18 5 13 21 1 2 3 2 3
1979 TOT A 132 533 72 156 9 50 .293 .319 .424 27 8 22 39 2 5 10 2 5
1980 TEX A 147 630 96 210 7 60 .333 .353 .437 32 6 20 34 1 6 18 1 4
1981 TEX A 99 399 62 114 3 26 .286 .327 .371 21 2 24 31 1 3 9 2 3
1982 TEX A 19 68 6 16 1 4 .235 .232 .324 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1
1983 TEX A 96 309 37 88 1 20 .285 .309 .350 17 0 11 21 1 5 9 0 1
1984 TEX A 102 313 40 94 4 33 .300 .320 .387 13 1 9 23 0 4 5 1 1
Total 1468 5629 785 1660 61 499 .295 .327 .397 247 71 266 471 22 75 267 20 44

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 CAL A OF 5 4 41 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CAL A RF 4 3 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 CAL A CF 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CAL A OF 76 67 605.1 160 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1971 CAL A LF 5 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CAL A CF 60 57 502.1 130 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1971 CAL A RF 20 10 96 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1972 CAL A LF 7 1 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A OF 48 38 352.2 105 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1972 CAL A RF 7 4 35 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CAL A CF 38 33 292.2 90 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1973 CAL A CF 29 29 266.2 63 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1973 CAL A OF 29 29 266.2 60 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1974 CAL A CF 116 114 999.1 308 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1974 CAL A OF 116 114 999.1 309 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1975 CAL A LF 27 27 241 52 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1975 CAL A OF 152 150 1340.1 371 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1975 CAL A RF 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CAL A CF 125 123 1096.1 324 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1975 CAL A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 NY A OF 136 131 1178 407 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1976 NY A CF 136 131 1178 403 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1977 NY A CF 135 128 1124.1 385 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1977 NY A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 NY A OF 135 128 1124.1 380 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1978 NY A CF 138 135 1134.2 380 7 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1978 NY A OF 138 135 1134.2 384 8 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1979 TEX A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 TEX A OF 57 55 484.1 153 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1979 TEX A CF 57 55 484.1 155 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1979 NY A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 NY A OF 69 68 563 147 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1979 NY A CF 69 68 563 148 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1979 TOT A OF 126 123 1047.1 300 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1979 TOT A CF 126 123 1047.1 303 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1979 TOT A DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 TEX A DH 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 TEX A OF 141 138 1200 342 19 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1980 TEX A CF 141 138 1200 347 18 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1981 TEX A OF 97 94 832.1 225 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1981 TEX A CF 97 94 832.1 227 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1982 TEX A DH 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 TEX A LF 16 13 116 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1983 TEX A DH 54 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 TEX A RF 8 7 60 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 TEX A OF 23 20 176 48 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1984 TEX A CF 2 2 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TEX A OF 30 24 211 49 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TEX A RF 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 TEX A LF 26 22 193 45 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 TEX A DH 50 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total DH 128 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 42 24 230 52 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total LF 81 63 582 140 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total CF 1144 1108 9697 2967 88 55 18 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total OF 1252 1195 10509 3150 95 61 21 0 0 0 0 0 .982

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 27, 1968).
  • Selected by New York Mets in the 8th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
  • Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (February 1, 1969).
  • Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves with Clint Compton to California Angels in exchange for Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy (September 8, 1969).
  • Traded by California Angels with Ed Figueroa to New York Yankees in exchange for Bobby Bonds (December 11, 1975).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with 3 players to be named later to Texas Rangers in exchange for Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis and 2 players to be named later (August 1, 1979); New York Yankees received Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) and Texas Rangers received Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (October 8, 1979).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (April 4, 1985).

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