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Name	Team	Age
Rusty Rivers	Retired (1996, Age 37)	68
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1981)	RF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vida Blue League	0	11 years (149 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	8/20/1959
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (2B)
A+ (97.4 %)	D  (15.3 %)	F  (0.4 %)

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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

1981

Minors

34.00

3 / 8

3 / 5

5 / 7

4 / 4

3 / 3

3 / 3

3 / 4

24 / 34

1982

Minors

32.00

1 / 5

2 / 3

4 / 6

5 / 5

4 / 7

3 / 3

1 / 3

20 / 32

1982

Majors

9.28

22

21

0

0 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

5 / 9

1983

Minors

11.00

0 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

5 / 11

1983

Majors

27.79

79

62

0

0 / 1

4 / 5

6 / 8

3 / 3

3 / 5

2 / 3

2 / 2

20 / 27

1983

Pos (1B)

71.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 71

1984

Minors

11.00

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

2 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 1

5 / 11

1984

Majors

37.20

101

60

0

3 / 7

1 / 6

4 / 5

2 / 6

1 / 2

4 / 5

4 / 6

19 / 37

1984

Pos (1B)

32.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

7 / 32

1985

Majors

64.07

162

143

0

3 / 12

0 / 7

2 / 7

4 / 11

4 / 9

3 / 8

3 / 10

19 / 64

1986

Majors

61.95

162

149

0

4 / 9

1 / 13

3 / 8

2 / 10

2 / 6

2 / 8

1 / 7

15 / 61

1987

Majors

63.82

162

149

0

0 / 8

1 / 9

1 / 11

2 / 11

0 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 6

7 / 63

1988

Majors

57.29

143

132

19

1 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 10

3 / 10

0 / 6

4 / 57

1989

Majors

62.55

156

144

6

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 62

1990

Majors

65.33

162

149

0

1 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 15

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 65

1991

Majors

65.33

162

149

0

0 / 5

0 / 11

1 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 12

2 / 65

1992

Majors

53.28

130

120

31

2 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 9

3 / 53

1993

Majors

36.41

119

61

41

-1 / 7

-7 / 5

-3 / 3

-4 / 5

-2 / 7

-2 / 4

-2 / 5

-21 / 36

1994

Majors

42.76

148

54

7

-4 / 1

-3 / 9

-1 / 3

-2 / 12

-4 / 7

-3 / 3

-2 / 7

-19 / 42

1995

Majors

37.60

162

33

0

-6 / 3

0 / 9

-5 / 7

-3 / 3

-5 / 2

-2 / 11

-3 / 2

-24 / 37

1996

Minors

2.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1996

Majors

11.89

48

11

0

-6 / 2

-5 / 2

-3 / 4

-3 / 1

-1 / 1

-3 / 1

-4 / 0

-25 / 11

1996

Pos (1B)

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

Date	Transaction
1996-11-01	Rusty Rivers has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1996-06-02	The New York Metropolitans have waived Rusty Rivers.
1996-05-25	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Choo Choo Coleman to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have designated Rusty Rivers for assignment.
1994-05-08	Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1993-05-05	Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1992-04-28	Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1989-06-17	Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1988-07-17	Rusty Rivers of the New York Metropolitans is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1984-10-13	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have designated Bill Stieb for assignment.
1984-07-25	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Bill Stieb to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Rusty Rivers to the minors.
1983-09-14	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Jim Carter to the minors.
1983-06-11	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Ziggy Smith to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Rusty Rivers to the minors.
1982-09-07	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Rivers to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Scotty Ford to the minors.
1981-04-01	The New York Metropolitans have renamed Alan Arnsberg to Rusty Rivers.