Mickey Rivers
Born: October 31, 1948, Miami, FLHeight: 5'10" Weight: 165 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Miami-Dade CC
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Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 California AL 21 17 25 6 8 10 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0 .320 .400 .414 1971 California AL 22 79 268 31 71 90 12 2 1 12 8 0 13 1 18 1 1 38 0 .265 .336 .316 1972 California AL 23 58 159 18 34 44 6 2 0 7 8 0 4 3 7 1 1 26 3 .214 .277 .256 1973 California AL 24 30 129 26 45 59 6 4 0 16 3 0 8 3 8 0 1 11 1 .349 .457 .391 1974 California AL 25 118 466 69 133 183 19 11 3 31 11 1 30 13 39 0 1 47 6 .285 .393 .341 1975 California AL 26 155 616 70 175 221 17 13 1 53 7 4 70 14 38 5 2 42 6 .284 .359 .331 1976 New York AL 27 137 590 95 184 255 31 8 8 67 2 5 43 7 13 0 3 51 3 .312 .432 .327 1977 New York AL 28 138 565 79 184 248 18 5 12 69 5 2 22 14 14 4 4 45 2 .326 .439 .350 1978 New York AL 29 141 559 78 148 222 25 8 11 48 7 6 25 5 26 3 3 51 8 .265 .397 .302 1979 2 Teams 30 132 533 72 156 226 27 8 9 50 5 8 10 9 20 2 2 39 5 .293 .424 .319 1980 Texas AL 31 147 630 96 210 275 32 6 7 60 6 4 18 7 19 1 1 34 4 .333 .437 .353 1981 Texas AL 32 99 399 62 114 148 21 2 3 26 3 1 9 5 22 2 1 31 3 .286 .371 .327 1982 Texas AL 33 19 68 6 16 22 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 .235 .324 .232 1983 Texas AL 34 96 309 37 88 108 17 0 1 20 5 3 9 4 11 0 1 21 1 .285 .350 .309 1984 Texas AL 35 102 313 40 94 121 13 1 4 33 4 0 5 5 8 1 0 23 1 .300 .387 .320 TOTALS 1468 5629 785 1660 2232 247 71 61 499 75 35 267 90 246 20 22 471 44 .295 .397 .327
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1970 California AL RF 32.0 3 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 1970 California AL CF 9.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1971 California AL CF 502.1 57 3 16 60 130 5 2 2 .985 2.42 1971 California AL RF 96.0 10 10 5 20 22 0 2 0 .917 2.06 1971 California AL LF 7.0 0 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 1972 California AL CF 292.2 33 5 4 38 90 0 2 0 .978 2.77 1972 California AL LF 25.0 1 6 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 1972 California AL RF 35.0 4 3 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 1973 California AL CF 266.2 29 0 0 29 63 0 6 0 .913 2.13 1974 California AL CF 999.1 114 2 4 116 308 9 2 3 .994 2.85 1975 California AL CF 1096.1 123 2 7 125 324 11 6 2 .982 2.75 1975 California AL LF 241.0 27 0 2 27 52 3 3 1 .948 2.05 1975 California AL RF 3.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1976 New York AL CF 1178.0 131 5 6 136 403 6 6 0 .986 3.12 1977 New York AL CF 1124.1 128 7 10 135 385 11 7 1 .983 3.17 1978 New York AL CF 1134.2 135 3 30 138 380 7 8 2 .980 3.07 1979 New York AL CF 563.0 68 1 14 69 148 5 4 0 .975 2.45 1979 Texas AL CF 484.1 55 2 2 57 155 4 3 1 .981 2.95 1980 Texas AL CF 1200.0 138 3 13 141 347 18 8 4 .979 2.74 1981 Texas AL CF 832.1 94 3 4 97 227 12 1 3 .996 2.58 1983 Texas AL LF 116.0 13 3 4 16 33 1 1 0 .971 2.64 1983 Texas AL RF 60.0 7 1 1 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 1984 Texas AL LF 193.0 22 4 3 26 45 3 0 2 1.000 2.24 1984 Texas AL CF 14.0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 1984 Texas AL RF 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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).
- Placed on disabled list by California Angels (August 21, 1974)
- Activated by California Angels (October 3, 1974)
- Traded by California Angels with Ed Figueroa to New York Yankees in exchange for Bobby Bonds (December 11, 1975).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (June 17, 1978)
- Activated by New York Yankees (July 2, 1978)
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees (June 30, 1979)
- Activated by New York Yankees (July 20, 1979)
- 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 (July 30, 1979); New York Yankees received Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) and Texas Rangers received Robert Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (October 8, 1979).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers, (March 28, 1982).
- Activated by Texas Rangers, (May 6, 1982).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers, (May 10, 1982).
- Activated by Texas Rangers, (July 15, 1982).
- Placed on disabled list by Texas Rangers, (August 5, 1982).
- Activated by Texas Rangers, (September 23, 1982).
- Released by Texas Rangers (April 4, 1985).
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