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Mickey Rivers Mickey Rivers
Full name: John Milton Rivers
Born: October 31, 1948, Miami, Florida
First Game: August 4, 1970; Final Game: September 30, 1984
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 165
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1976)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1970 CAL A Daily Splits   17    25    6    8   2   0   0    3    3   0    5   1   1   0   0   2   0    1   0  .320  .414  .400   0.1 1970 CAL A
1971 CAL A Daily Splits   79   268   31   71  12   2   1   12   19   1   38   1   8   0   0   4   0   13   1  .265  .316  .336  -0.5 1971 CAL A
1972 CAL A Daily Splits   58   159   18   34   6   2   0    7    8   1   26   1   8   0   0   3   3    4   3  .214  .256  .277  -1.0 1972 CAL A
1973 CAL A Daily Splits   30   129   26   45   6   4   0   16    8   0   11   1   3   0   0   2   1    8   3  .349  .391  .457   0.2 1973 CAL A
1974 CAL A Daily Splits  118   466   69  133  19  11   3   31   39   0   47   1  11   1   0  11   6   30  13  .285  .341  .393   1.2 1974 CAL A
1975 CAL A Daily Splits  155   616   70  175  17  13   1   53   43   5   42   2   7   4   0  12   6   70  14  .284  .331  .359   0.6 1975 CAL A
1976 NY  A Daily Splits  137   590   95  184  31   8   8   67   13   0   51   3   2   5   0   8   3   43   7  .312  .327  .432   1.7 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits  138   565   79  184  18   5  12   69   18   4   45   4   5   2   0   9   2   22  14  .326  .350  .439   1.5 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits  141   559   78  148  25   8  11   48   29   3   51   3   7   6   0   8   8   25   5  .265  .302  .397   0.3 1978 NY  A
1979 NY  A Daily Splits   74   286   37   82  18   5   3   25   13   2   21   1   2   5   0   2   3    3   7  .287  .315  .416  -1.1 1979 NY  A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits   58   247   35   74   9   3   6   25    9   0   18   1   3   3   0   4   2    7   2  .300  .323  .433   0.1 1979 TEX A
1979 TOT A               132   533   72  156  27   8   9   50   22   2   39   2   5   8   0   6   5   10   9  .293  .319  .424  -1.0 1979 TOT A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits  147   630   96  210  32   6   7   60   20   1   34   1   6   4   0  15   4   18   7  .333  .353  .437   1.8 1980 TEX A
1981 TEX A Daily Splits   99   399   62  114  21   2   3   26   24   2   31   1   3   1   0   8   3    9   5  .286  .327  .371   0.1 1981 TEX A
1982 TEX A Daily Splits   19    68    6   16   1   1   1    4    0   0    7   0   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .235  .232  .324  -0.5 1982 TEX A
1983 TEX A Daily Splits   96   309   37   88  17   0   1   20   11   0   21   1   5   3   0   7   1    9   4  .285  .309  .350  -0.9 1983 TEX A
1984 TEX A Daily Splits  102   313   40   94  13   1   4   33    9   1   23   0   4   0   0   8   1    5   5  .300  .320  .387  -0.6 1984 TEX A
Total            Splits 1468  5629  785 1660 247  71  61  499  266  20  471  22  75  35   0 103  44  267  90  .295  .327  .397   3.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 NY  A Daily Splits    5    23    5    8   0   1   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .348  .375  .435 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    5    23    5    9   2   0   0    2    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .391  .391  .478 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    4    11    0    5   0   0   0    0    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .455  .538  .455 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   14    57   10   22   2   1   0    2    3   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .386  .417  .456 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 NY  A Daily Splits    4    18    1    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    1   1  .167  .211  .167 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    6    27    1    6   2   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .222  .222  .296 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    5    18    2    6   0   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .333  .333  .333 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   15    63    4   15   2   0   0    2    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   1   0    3   2  .238  .250  .270 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1976 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1976 AL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1970 CAL A Daily  OF    5    4    4    41      10    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    4 
1970 CAL A        RF    4    3    3    32       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 CAL A        CF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 CAL A Daily  OF   76   67   46   605.1   160    5    4    2   0  .976     5   60   20 
1971 CAL A        CF   60   57   41   502.1   130    5    2    2   0  .985
1971 CAL A        RF   20   10    5    96      22    0    2    0   0  .917
1971 CAL A        LF    5    0    0     7       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 CAL A Daily  OF   48   38   32   352.2   105    0    2    0   0  .981     7   38    7 
1972 CAL A        CF   38   33   29   292.2    90    0    2    0   0  .978
1972 CAL A        LF    7    1    1    25       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 CAL A        RF    7    4    2    35       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 CAL A Daily  OF   29   29   29   266.2    60    0    6    0   0  .909     0   29    0 
1973 CAL A        CF   29   29   29   266.2    63    0    6    0   0  .913
1974 CAL A Daily  OF  116  114  110   999.1   309    9    2    3   0  .994     0  116    0 
1974 CAL A        CF  116  114  110   999.1   308    9    2    3   0  .994
1975 CAL A Daily  OF  152  150  141  1340.1   371   13    9    3   0  .977    27  125    1 
1975 CAL A        CF  125  123  116  1096.1   324   11    6    2   0  .982
1975 CAL A        LF   27   27   25   241      52    3    3    1   0  .948
1975 CAL A        RF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1975 CAL A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1976 NY  A Daily  OF  136  131  125  1178     407    6    6    0   0  .986     0  136    0 
1976 NY  A        CF  136  131  125  1178     403    6    6    0   0  .986
1977 NY  A Daily  OF  135  128  118  1124.1   380   11    7    1   0  .982     0  135    0 
1977 NY  A        CF  135  128  118  1124.1   385   11    7    1   0  .983
1977 NY  A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1978 NY  A Daily  OF  138  135  105  1134.2   384    8    8    2   0  .980     0  138    0 
1978 NY  A        CF  138  135  105  1134.2   380    7    8    2   0  .980
1979 NY  A Daily  OF   69   68   54   563     147    4    4    0   0  .974     0   69    0 
1979 NY  A        CF   69   68   54   563     148    5    4    0   0  .975
1979 NY  A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1979 TEX A Daily  OF   57   55   53   484.1   153    4    3    1   0  .981     0   57    0 
1979 TEX A        CF   57   55   53   484.1   155    4    3    1   0  .981
1979 TEX A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1979 TOT A        CF  126  123  107  1047.1   303    9    7    1   0  .978
1979 TOT A        DH    2    0    0                                      -
1979 TOT A        OF  126  123  107  1047.1   300    8    7    1   0  .978     0  126    0 
1980 TEX A Daily  OF  141  138  125  1200     342   19    8    4   0  .978     0  141    0 
1980 TEX A        CF  141  138  125  1200     347   18    8    4   0  .979
1980 TEX A        DH    4    3    3                                      -
1981 TEX A Daily  OF   97   94   90   832.1   225   12    1    3   0  .996     0   97    0 
1981 TEX A        CF   97   94   90   832.1   227   12    1    3   0  .996
1982 TEX A Daily  DH   16   16   16                                      -
1983 TEX A Daily  DH   54   50   45                                      -
1983 TEX A        OF   23   20   15   176      48    1    1    0   0  .980    16    0    8 
1983 TEX A        LF   16   13    9   116      33    1    1    0   0  .971
1983 TEX A        RF    8    7    6    60      15    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 TEX A Daily  DH   50   42   38                                      -
1984 TEX A        OF   30   24   20   211      49    3    0    2   0 1.000    26    2    2 
1984 TEX A        LF   26   22   19   193      45    3    0    2   0 1.000
1984 TEX A        CF    2    2    1    14       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 TEX A        RF    2    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF 1252 1195 1067 10509    3150   95   61   21   0  .982    81 1144   42 
Total             CF 1144 1108  997  9697    2967   88   55   18   0  .982
Total             DH  128  111  102                                      -
Total             LF   81   63   54   582     140    7    4    3   0  .974
Total             RF   42   24   16   230      52    0    2    0   0  .963
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 NY  A Daily  OF    5    5    5    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    5    0 
1976 NY  A        CF    5    5    5    44      11    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 NY  A Daily  OF    5    5    5    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    5    0 
1977 NY  A        CF    5    5    5    44      19    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  OF    4    4    0    23       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1978 NY  A        CF    4    4    0    23       8    1    0    1   0 1.000
Total             OF   14   14   10   111       0    0    0    0   0     -     0   14    0 
Total             CF   14   14   10   111      38    1    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 NY  A Daily  OF    4    4    4    34.2     0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1976 NY  A        CF    4    4    4    34.2    14    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 NY  A Daily  OF    6    6    6    56       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    6    0 
1977 NY  A        CF    6    6    6    56      24    1    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  OF    4    4    0    27       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1978 NY  A        CF    4    4    0    27       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF   14   14   10   117.2     0    0    0    0   0     -     0   14    0 
Total             CF   14   14   10   117.2    45    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1976 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1976 AL           RF    1    0    0     4       2    0    0    0   0 1.000

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th pick overall) of the free-agent
draft - did not sign (January 27, 1968).

Selected by New York Mets in the 8th round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).

Selected by Washington Senators in the 1st round (8th pick overall) of the secondary
phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (February 1, 1969).

Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft (June 5, 1969).

Traded by Atlanta Braves with Clint Compton to California Angels in exchange for
Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy (September 8, 1969).

Traded by California Angels with Ed Figueroa to New York Yankees in exchange for
Bobby Bonds (December 11, 1975).

Traded by New York Yankees with 3 players to be named later to Texas Rangers in
exchange for Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis and 2 players to be named later (August 1,
1979); New York Yankees received Ray Fontenot and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) and
Texas Rangers received Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy (October 8, 1979).

Released by Texas Rangers (April 4, 1985).


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