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Name Team Age
Gary Rivera Retired (1967, Age 33) Died (2001, Age 68)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 72
(1953)		 LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors) 0 3 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D- C  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 11/29/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 5
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
A  (90.4 %) D- (5.2 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1953 Minors 0.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 1 / 1 2 / 2 13 / 0
1954 Minors 0.00 8 / 10 11 / 11 4 / 6 6 / 8 8 / 10 8 / 12 12 / 12 57 / 0
1955 Minors 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 0
1955 Majors 0.00 7 / 12 2 / 6 3 / 5 3 / 7 1 / 5 2 / 5 7 / 7 25 / 0
1956 Minors 0.00 3 / 5 7 / 11 3 / 4 1 / 3 7 / 8 4 / 7 6 / 6 31 / 0
1957 Majors 0.00 2 / 3 4 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 2 6 / 9 3 / 4 20 / 0
1958 Majors 0.00 4 / 5 4 / 9 2 / 6 4 / 7 6 / 17 6 / 10 6 / 10 32 / 0
1959 Majors 0.00 6 / 11 5 / 10 0 / 4 1 / 6 2 / 7 4 / 11 5 / 14 23 / 0
1960 Majors 0.00 2 / 8 0 / 9 4 / 11 0 / 3 2 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 12 8 / 0
1961 Majors 0.00 2 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 6 0 / 4 4 / 0
1962 Majors 0.00 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 5 2 / 0
1963 Majors 0.00 1 / 11 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 9 1 / 8 2 / 7 5 / 0
1964 Majors 0.00 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 4 2 / 0
1965 Majors 0.00 1 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 0
1966 Majors 0.00 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0
1967 Majors 0.00 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0
Total 0 0 0 37 / 91 35 / 88 24 / 77 21 / 73 31 / 97 33 / 96 44 / 94 225 / 616
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Gary Rivera has retired from the Brooklyn 44s
1957-03-31The Pittsburgh 44s have promoted Gary Rivera to the major league team. The Pittsburgh 44s have promoted Tom Grimshaw to the major league team. The Pittsburgh 44s have promoted Tom Watlington to the major league team. The Pittsburgh 44s have sent Tom Smith to the minors.
1956-04-03The Pittsburgh 44s have promoted Tom Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh 44s have sent Gary Rivera to the minors.
1955-04-15The Pittsburgh 44s have promoted Gary Rivera to the major league team.