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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Rusty Rivers Right Field
Retired (1996, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .262 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .766 Status Retired (1996) Option Years 0  
H 1483 Age 68 (OS 69) Date of Birth 08-20-1959
HR 230 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1981)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(149 games)
RBI 776
SB 132
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B (0.4%) CF (15.3%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1981 Minors 22 34.00 3 / 8 3 / 5 5 / 7 4 / 4 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 4 24 / 34
1982 Minors 23 32.00 1 / 5 2 / 3 4 / 6 5 / 5 4 / 7 3 / 3 1 / 3 20 / 32
1982 Majors 23 9.28 22 21 0 0 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 5 / 9
1983 Minors 24 11.00 0 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 5 / 11
1983 Majors 24 27.79 79 62 0 0 / 1 4 / 5 6 / 8 3 / 3 3 / 5 2 / 3 2 / 2 20 / 27
1983 Pos (1B) 24 71.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 71
1984 Minors 25 11.00 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 5 / 11
1984 Majors 25 37.20 101 60 0 3 / 7 1 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 6 1 / 2 4 / 5 4 / 6 19 / 37
1984 Pos (1B) 25 32.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 32
1985 Majors 26 64.07 162 143 0 3 / 12 0 / 7 2 / 7 4 / 11 4 / 9 3 / 8 3 / 10 19 / 64
1986 Majors 27 61.95 162 149 0 4 / 9 1 / 13 3 / 8 2 / 10 2 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 7 15 / 61
1987 Majors 28 63.82 162 149 0 0 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 11 2 / 11 0 / 8 2 / 10 1 / 6 7 / 63
1988 Majors 29 57.29 143 132 19 1 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 10 3 / 10 0 / 6 4 / 57
1989 Majors 30 62.55 156 144 6 1 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 62
1990 Majors 31 65.33 162 149 0 1 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 65
1991 Majors 32 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 5 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 12 2 / 65
1992 Majors 33 53.28 130 120 31 2 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 9 3 / 53
1993 Majors 34 36.41 119 61 41 -1 / 7 -7 / 5 -3 / 3 -4 / 5 -2 / 7 -2 / 4 -2 / 5 -21 / 36
1994 Majors 35 42.76 148 54 7 -4 / 1 -3 / 9 -1 / 3 -2 / 12 -4 / 7 -3 / 3 -2 / 7 -19 / 42
1995 Majors 36 37.60 162 33 0 -6 / 3 0 / 9 -5 / 7 -3 / 3 -5 / 2 -2 / 11 -3 / 2 -24 / 37
1996 Minors 37 2.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1996 Majors 37 11.89 48 11 0 -6 / 2 -5 / 2 -3 / 4 -3 / 1 -1 / 1 -3 / 1 -4 / 0 -25 / 11
1996 Pos (1B) 37 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4
Total 1918 1437 104 3 / 114 0 / 124 15 / 110 10 / 130 10 / 105 16 / 103 7 / 93 71 / 886
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1996-11-01Rusty Rivers has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1996-06-02The New York Metropolitans have waived Rusty Rivers.
1996-05-25The New York Metropolitans have promoted Choo Choo Coleman to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have designated Rusty Rivers for assignment.
1994-05-08Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1993-05-05Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1992-04-28Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1989-06-17Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1988-07-17Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1984-10-13The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have designated Bill Stieb for assignment.
1984-07-25The New York Metropolitans have promoted Bill Stieb to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Rusty Rivers to the minors.
1983-09-14The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Jim Carter to the minors.
1983-06-11The New York Metropolitans have promoted Ziggy Smith to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Rusty Rivers to the minors.
1982-09-07The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Scotty Ford to the minors.
1981-04-01The New York Metropolitans have renamed Alan Arnsberg to Rusty Rivers.