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Mickey Rivers   |   Major Leaguer   1970-1984

Full Name:  John Milton Rivers
Born:  October 31,1948  in  Miami, Florida
Height:  5-10  Weight:  165  Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left
High School:   -
College:  Miami-Dade College

Baseball Lists:  Toughest Players to Walk

Debut:  August 4,1970

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Drafted:  Selected by New York Mets in 8th Round (132nd overall) of 1968 amateur entry draft (June-Sec)  ... Selected by Chicago White Sox in 1st Round (13rd overall) of 1968 amateur entry draft (Jan-Reg)  ... Selected by Atlanta Braves in 2nd Round (40th overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Sec)  ... Selected by Washington Senators II in 1st Round (8th overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)  

Transactions:   [Sep 8,1969] - Traded by Braves with Clint Compton to Angels for Bob Priddy and Hoyt Wilhelm.  [Dec 11,1975] - Traded by Angels with Ed Figueroa to Yankees for Bobby Bonds.  [Aug 1,1979] - Traded by Yankees with Mark Softy, Neal Mersch and Bob Polinsky to Rangers for Gene Nelson, Ray Fontenot, Amos Lewis and Oscar Gamble.  [Apr 4,1985] - Released by Rangers.  

 Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.Level PosLnGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1969Magic VllyPio20AtlRk   672257569136741          .307---.511-----
1970El PasoTex21CalAA   1144499915425101456          .343---.537-----
 CaliforniaAL21CalMLB of91725682003103510100 .320.414.40081456%
1971Salt LakePCL22CalAAA   72292549413111047          .322---.545-----
 CaliforniaAL22CalMLB of2792683171122112131193811800 .265.316.33665245%
1972Salt LakePCL23CalAAA   592415081143316          .336---.456-----
 CaliforniaAL23CalMLB of258159183462074382611803 .214.256.27753353%
1973Salt LakePCL24CalAAA   1415561131871814971          .336---.468-----
 CaliforniaAL24CalMLB of1301292645640168381110301 .349.391.45784853%
1974CaliforniaAL25CalMLB of111846669133191133130133947101116 .285.341.39373454%
1975CaliforniaAL26CalMLB of21556167017517131537014434225746 .284.331.35969057%
1976NY YankeesAL27NyyMLB of113759095184318867437135130253 .312.327.43275953%
1977NY YankeesAL28NyyMLB of11385657918418512692214184544522 .326.350.43978957%
1978NY YankeesAL29NyyMLB of1141559781482581148255295133768 .265.302.39769954%
1979NY YankeesAL30NyyMLB of174286378218532537132112253 .287.315.41673152%
 TexasAL30TexMLB of1582473574936257291810332 .300.323.43375653%
1980TexasAL31TexMLB of114763096210326760187203411644 .333.353.43779061%
1981TexasAL32TexMLB of2993996211421232695243112313 .286.327.37169857%
1982TexasAL33TexMLB dh2,519686161114000700011 .235.232.32455653%
1983TexasAL34TexMLB dh-of1,296309378817012094112110531 .285.309.35065953%
1984TexasAL35TexMLB dh-of2,110231340941314335592301401 .300.320.38770750%
 
Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)1468562978516602477161499267902664712220753544 .295.327.39772454%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)4531763391585834443231 .332---.502-----


 Playoffs Batting Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrg.SeriesGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOHBPIBBSH SFDP AVGOBPSLGOPSGB%
1976NY YankeesAL27NyyCh523580100001100000 .348.375.435810--
 NY YankeesAL27NyyWs418130000101200000 .167.211.167378--
1977NY YankeesAL28NyyCh523592002100200000 .391.391.478869--
 NY YankeesAL28NyyWs627162001100200000 .222.222.296518--
1978NY YankeesAL29NyyCh411050000002000000 .455.538.455993--
 NY YankeesAL29NyyWs518260001100200000 .333.333.333666--
 
Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)2912014374104404900000 .308.331.358689--

 Fielding Statistics
YearTeamLgAgeOrgLevelPosGGSInnPOAETCDPPBSBCSFPCTRF
1970CaliforniaAL21CalMLBOF51000100---1.000--
 
1971CaliforniaAL22CalMLBOF76160541692---.976--
 
1972CaliforniaAL23CalMLBOF48105021070---.981--
 
1973CaliforniaAL24CalMLBOF296006660---.909--
 
1974CaliforniaAL25CalMLBOF116309923203---.994--
 
1975CaliforniaAL26CalMLBOF1523711393933---.977--
1975CaliforniaAL26CalMLBDH1--------
 
1976NY YankeesAL27NyyMLBOF136407664190---.986--
 
1977NY YankeesAL28NyyMLBOF1363801173981---.982--
1977NY YankeesAL28NyyMLBDH1--------
 
1978NY YankeesAL29NyyMLBOF138384884002---.980--
 
1979NY YankeesAL30NyyMLBOF69147441550---.974--
1979NY YankeesAL30NyyMLBDH1--------
1979TexasAL30TexMLBOF57153431601---.981--
 
1980TexasAL31TexMLBOF1413421983694---.978--
1980TexasAL31TexMLBDH4--------
 
1981TexasAL32TexMLBOF972251212383---.996--
 
1982TexasAL33TexMLBDH16--------
 
1983TexasAL34TexMLBOF234811500---.980--
1983TexasAL34TexMLBDH53--------
 
1984TexasAL35TexMLBOF304930522---1.000--
1984TexasAL35TexMLBDH48--------
 


 Awards
[1976] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game  [1977] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #11)  [1978] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #25)  [1980] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #18)  [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.45%)
 Trivia and Player Notes
Member of the World Series Champion New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978.

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1976)
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