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Vince Coleman League
4-14-2178
James Rivera First Base
Retired (1995, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .282 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .780 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 1059 Age at Death 65 Date of Birth 01-01-1959
HR 99 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1977)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(84 games)
RBI 525
SB 102
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D  Control D    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF A+ (98.7%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF B- (52.8%)   Health F  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1983 CF BOS 21 21 189.0 43 43 0 0 0 0 2.05 1.000
RF BOS 13 13 110.0 20 18 0 2 0 0 1.47 .900
LF BOS 7 7 68.0 10 10 0 0 0 -1 1.32 1.000
1984 CF BOS 35 32 284.2 74 72 0 2 0 -1 2.28 .973
LF BOS 13 13 117.2 26 26 0 0 0 -1 1.99 1.000
RF BOS 3 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1985 CF BOS 25 25 208.0 59 59 0 0 0 0 2.55 1.000
RF BOS 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 2.12 1.000
1986 RF BOS 28 28 250.2 66 65 0 1 0 -1 2.33 .985
CF BOS 23 23 199.2 55 55 0 0 0 +1 2.48 1.000
LF BOS 9 9 82.0 21 20 0 1 0 0 2.20 .952
1987 1B BOS 74 70 621.1 686 665 17 4 54 -3 9.88 .994
CF BOS 11 11 96.0 28 27 0 1 0 -1 2.53 .964
RF BOS 4 4 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.000
LF BOS 3 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.67 1.000
3B BOS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 NaN
1988 1B BOS 82 78 682.2 789 755 31 3 59 -12 10.36 .996
RF BOS 17 17 152.0 23 23 0 0 0 -3 1.36 1.000
LF BOS 14 13 119.0 21 20 0 1 0 0 1.51 .952
CF BOS 9 8 80.1 28 27 0 1 0 -2 3.03 .964
1989 1B BOS 107 105 940.1 1081 1037 40 4 81 -7 10.31 .996
RF BOS 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 +1 2.00 1.000
LF BOS 2 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1990 1B BOS 106 101 916.0 990 959 28 3 79 -5 9.70 .997
RF BOS 8 8 71.1 18 17 0 1 0 0 2.14 .944
LF BOS 2 2 18.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 4.00 1.000
CF BOS 1 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
1991 1B BOS 45 37 347.0 400 389 11 0 34 +4 10.37 1.000
RF BOS 32 32 281.2 65 64 0 1 0 -1 2.05 .985
LF BOS 17 17 145.1 36 35 0 1 0 0 2.17 .972
1992 RF BOS 26 26 229.2 51 51 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
LF BOS 22 22 195.2 59 59 0 0 0 +1 2.71 1.000
1B BOS 22 22 190.2 214 208 5 1 13 +3 10.05 .995
CF BOS 4 4 37.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.68 1.000
1993 RF BOS 40 39 343.0 81 78 1 2 1 +3 2.07 .975
1B BOS 21 21 184.1 191 183 7 1 17 -3 9.28 .995
LF BOS 17 17 150.0 27 27 0 0 0 -1 1.62 1.000
CF BOS 9 9 81.0 19 19 0 0 0 -1 2.11 1.000
1994 RF BOS 15 14 125.0 33 33 0 0 0 0 2.38 1.000
1B BOS 9 9 76.0 86 83 2 1 6 -2 10.07 .988
LF BOS 6 4 38.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.66 1.000
2B BOS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total 1B 466 443 3958.1 4437 4279 141 17 343 -25 10.05 .996
RF 190 187 1651.1 378 370 1 7 1 -2 2.02 .981
CF 138 134 1184.2 322 318 0 4 0 -4 2.42 .988
LF 112 108 969.2 224 221 0 3 0 -3 2.05 .987
2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 NaN
Total 908 872 7766.0 5361 5188 142 31 344 -35 6.18 .994
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01James Rivera has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1995-07-20The Detroit Stars have waived James Rivera.
1995-06-22The Detroit Stars have designated James Rivera for assignment.
1995-06-21The Detroit Stars have promoted James Rivera to the major league team.
1995-06-21The Detroit Stars have acquired James Rivera from the waiver wire.
1995-04-01The Boston Phantoms have waived James Rivera.
1995-03-25The Boston Phantoms have promoted Paul Magee to the major league team. The Boston Phantoms have promoted Gil Kirkland to the major league team. The Boston Phantoms have promoted Steven Stein to the major league team. The Boston Phantoms have designated Jim Bladt for assignment. The Boston Phantoms have designated James Rivera for assignment.
1994-04-04James Rivera of the Boston Phantoms is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1990-04-02James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1989-04-04James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1987-06-23James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1987-04-10The Boston Banshees have renamed Jim Rivera to James Rivera.
1987-04-03Jim Rivera of the Boston Whalers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1983-04-28The Boston Whalers have promoted Jim Rivera to the major league team. The Boston Whalers have designated Wally Moon for assignment.
1982-04-01The Boston Whalers have promoted Steve Barfield to the major league team. The Boston Whalers have sent Jim Rivera to the minors.
1982-03-25The Boston Whalers have renamed Live Oak Taylor to Jim Rivera.
1977-04-01The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have renamed Tom McGunnigle to Live Oak Taylor .