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| Name | Team | Age |
| James Rivera | Retired (1995, Age 36) | Died (2024, Age 65) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 9 (1977) |
1B | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Vince Coleman League | 0 | 11 years (84 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 1/1/1959 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (CF) |
| (98.7 %) | (98.4 %) | (52.8 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1977 | Minors | 19.00 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 3 / 4 | 4 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 3 / 3 | 2 / 2 | 16 / 19 | |||
| 1978 | Minors | 33.00 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 5 | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 | 4 / 6 | 5 / 5 | 4 / 4 | 25 / 33 | |||
| 1979 | Minors | 44.00 | 3 / 11 | 1 / 3 | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 | 4 / 10 | 5 / 5 | 7 / 7 | 28 / 44 | |||
| 1980 | Minors | 42.00 | 3 / 7 | 0 / 1 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 9 | 3 / 7 | 4 / 4 | 5 / 6 | 26 / 42 | |||
| 1981 | Minors | 35.00 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 6 | 6 / 7 | 5 / 6 | 18 / 35 | |||
| 1982 | Minors | 25.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 3 / 9 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 10 / 25 | |||
| 1983 | Minors | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | |||
| 1983 | Majors | 30.60 | 138 | 41 | 0 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 5 | 3 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 11 / 30 |
| 1984 | Majors | 39.54 | 162 | 47 | 0 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 3 / 5 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 3 | 5 / 6 | 10 / 39 |
| 1985 | Majors | 33.47 | 162 | 27 | 0 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 4 | 4 / 7 | 1 / 5 | 3 / 5 | 3 / 5 | 16 / 33 |
| 1986 | Majors | 51.36 | 162 | 60 | 0 | 1 / 8 | 2 / 11 | 3 / 7 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 6 | 1 / 7 | 10 / 51 |
| 1987 | Majors | 49.98 | 130 | 88 | 29 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 49 |
| 1988 | Majors | 69.48 | 162 | 116 | 0 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 15 | 0 / 12 | 2 / 9 | 1 / 9 | 5 / 69 |
| 1989 | Majors | 63.24 | 151 | 108 | 11 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 63 |
| 1990 | Majors | 67.06 | 158 | 112 | 4 | 0 / 17 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 7 | 3 / 67 |
| 1991 | Majors | 60.72 | 162 | 86 | 0 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 8 | 3 / 11 | 3 / 60 |
| 1992 | Majors | 54.07 | 162 | 74 | 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 54 |
| 1993 | Majors | 58.06 | 162 | 86 | 0 | -2 / 11 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 8 | -3 / 6 | -8 / 7 | -1 / 12 | -1 / 3 | -15 / 58 |
| 1994 | Majors | 32.32 | 131 | 27 | 31 | -6 / 5 | -3 / 5 | -3 / 6 | -3 / 2 | -2 / 4 | -1 / 3 | -1 / 7 | -19 / 32 |
| 1995 | Minors | 4.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | |||
| 1995 | Majors | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 / 0 | -2 / 0 | -5 / 0 | -4 / 0 | -2 / 0 | -1 / 0 | -3 / 0 | -20 / 0 |
| Total | 1843 | 872 | 75 | 5 / 121 | 10 / 118 | 16 / 101 | 25 / 133 | 5 / 123 | 32 / 107 | 35 / 106 | 128 / 809 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1995-11-01 | James Rivera has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1995-07-20 | The Detroit Stars have waived James Rivera. |
| 1995-06-22 | The Detroit Stars have designated James Rivera for assignment. |
| 1995-06-21 | The Detroit Stars have promoted James Rivera to the major league team. |
| 1995-06-21 | The Detroit Stars have acquired James Rivera from the waiver wire. |
| 1995-04-01 | The Boston Phantoms have waived James Rivera. |
| 1995-03-25 | The 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. |
| 1994-04-04 | James Rivera of the Boston Phantoms is injured and is expected to be out 35 days. |
| 1990-04-02 | James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 5 days. |
| 1989-04-04 | James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 12 days. |
| 1987-06-23 | James Rivera of the Boston Banshees is injured and is expected to be out 16 days. |
| 1987-04-10 | The Boston Banshees have renamed Jim Rivera to James Rivera. |
| 1987-04-03 | Jim Rivera of the Boston Whalers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days. |
| 1983-04-28 | The Boston Whalers have promoted Jim Rivera to the major league team. The Boston Whalers have designated Wally Moon for assignment. |
| 1982-04-01 | The Boston Whalers have promoted Steve Barfield to the major league team. The Boston Whalers have sent Jim Rivera to the minors. |
| 1982-03-25 | The Boston Whalers have renamed Live Oak Taylor to Jim Rivera. |
| 1977-04-01 | The Pittsburgh Alleghenys have renamed Tom McGunnigle to Live Oak Taylor . |