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Jim Rivera
Manuel Joseph Rivera (Jungle Jim)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 196 lb.

Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game September 30, 1961
Born July 22, 1922 in New York, NY

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        Congrats to Jungle Jim Rivera on his back-to-back 140-hit seasons! He was truly "the most spectacular baserunner in the American League," just as Rich Lindberg says.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 29 TOT AL 150  537   72  136  20  9   7   48  21  9  50  86  .253  .319  .363   88  195   6           2   4
         SLB AL  97  336   45   86  13  6   4   30   8  7  29  59  .256  .319  .366   88  123   4           2   3
         CHW AL  53  201   27   50   7  3   3   18  13  2  21  27  .249  .320  .358   88   72   2           0   1
 1953 30 CHW AL 156  567   79  147  26 16  11   78  22 15  53  70  .259  .329  .420   98  238  13           6  15
 1954 31 CHW AL 145  490   62  140  16  8  13   61  18 10  49  68  .286  .356  .431  113  211   5   2       6   7
 1955 32 CHW AL 147  454   71  120  24  4  10   52  25 16  62  59  .264  .352  .401  100  182  10   3   6   1   5
 1956 33 CHW AL 139  491   76  125  23  5  12   66  20  9  49  75  .255  .322  .395   88  194   6   6   2   3   3
 1957 34 CHW AL 125  402   51  103  21  6  14   52  18  2  40  80  .256  .326  .443  108  178   3   3   6   3  11
 1958 35 CHW AL 116  276   37   62   8  4   9   35  21  3  24  49  .225  .282  .380   82  105   1   7   5   1   7
 1959 36 CHW AL  80  177   18   39   9  4   4   19   5  3  11  19  .220  .266  .384   77   68   0   3   3   1   1
 1960 37 CHW AL  48   17   17    5   0  0   1    1   4  0   3   3  .294  .400  .471  135    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 38 TOT AL  65  141   20   34   8  0   2   10   6  3  24  14  .241  .352  .340   86   48   0   0   0   0   3
         CHW AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  64  141   20   34   8  0   2   10   6  2  24  14  .241  .352  .340   86   48   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1171 3552  503  911 155 56  83  422 160 70 365 523  .256  .328  .402   96 1427  44  24  22  23  56
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   70  126  21  8  11   58  22 10  50  72  .256  .328  .402   96  197   6   3   3   3   8
 Career High    156  567   79  147  26 16  14   78  25 16  62  86  .286  .356  .443  113  238  13   7   6   6  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 29 TOT AL  595  420   63   4.0    98| .253  .263| .319  .343| .363  .383| .682  .726|  88  .489 -10.5  -1.1  70%
         SLB AL  371  264   38   3.9    99| .256  .264| .319  .344| .366  .385| .685  .729|  88  .470  -6.7  -0.7  53%
         CHW AL  224  156   25   4.3    97| .249  .261| .320  .341| .358  .381| .678  .723|  88  .519  -3.8  -0.4  86%
 1953 30 CHW AL  639  463   75   4.4   105| .259  .273| .329  .350| .420  .402| .749  .752|  98  .489  -3.8  -0.4  59%
 1954 31 CHW AL  552  374   73   5.2   101| .286  .269| .356  .345| .431  .393| .787  .738| 113  .593   7.4   0.8  64%
 1955 32 CHW AL  530  368   66   4.8   105| .264  .270| .352  .350| .401  .402| .753  .752| 100  .521   0.6   0.1  60%
 1956 33 CHW AL  555  390   66   4.5   108| .255  .270| .322  .352| .395  .411| .717  .763|  88  .473 -10.0  -1.0  68%
 1957 34 CHW AL  451  318   59   5.0   100| .256  .264| .326  .336| .443  .399| .769  .735| 108  .561   3.3   0.3  90%
 1958 35 CHW AL  309  232   31   3.6    97| .225  .260| .282  .329| .380  .396| .662  .725|  82  .417  -7.4  -0.8  87%
 1959 36 CHW AL  192  145   18   3.3    98| .220  .259| .266  .330| .384  .396| .650  .726|  77  .376  -6.2  -0.6  62%
 1960 37 CHW AL   20   12    4   9.0   101| .294  .263| .400  .337| .471  .403| .871  .740| 135  .780   0.9   0.1 100%
 1961 38 TOT AL  165  113   18   4.2   105| .241  .265| .352  .340| .340  .412| .692  .753|  86  .459  -2.1  -0.2  66%
         CHW AL    0    1    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         KCA AL  165  112   18   4.3   105| .241  .265| .352  .340| .340  .412| .692  .753|  86  .463  -2.1  -0.2  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4008 2835  473   4.5   102| .256  .267| .328  .344| .402  .399| .730  .742|  96  .504 -27.7  -2.8  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 29 TOT AL OF 141 430 9 9 2 .980 .980 3.11 2.18 8 134 0 SLB AL OF 88 273 7 7 1 .976 .980 3.18 2.18 8 81 0 CHW AL OF 53 157 2 2 1 .988 .980 3.00 2.18 0 53 0 1953 30 CHW AL OF 156 385 15 10 5 .976 .981 2.56 2.18 0 153 3 1954 31 CHW AL OF 143 255 5 11 0 .959 .979 1.82 2.17 3 28 128 1955 32 CHW AL OF 143 288 22 6 7 .981 .982 2.17 2.08 2 50 115 1956 33 CHW AL OF 134 271 9 7 4 .976 .979 2.09 2.04 2.32 2.34 115 1084.0 RF 119 220 9 6 4 .974 .973 1.92 1.80 2.15 2.09 102 959.3 CF 17 45 0 1 0 .978 .985 2.65 2.50 3.25 2.79 13 124.7 1957 34 CHW AL OF 86 141 6 4 0 .974 .980 1.71 1.97 1.89 2.24 76 700.7 RF 83 135 5 3 0 .979 .976 1.69 1.68 1.88 1.93 74 668.7 1B 31 233 8 3 22 .988 .992 7.77 8.36 8.78 9.67 30 247.0 CF 4 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.75 2.40 2.25 2.73 2 28.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1958 35 CHW AL OF 99 153 7 1 3 .994 .982 1.62 1.94 2.08 2.27 72 691.3 LF 54 107 5 1 2 .991 .979 2.07 1.62 2.38 2.09 47 423.3 RF 44 45 2 0 1 1.000 .979 1.07 1.69 1.65 1.99 24 257.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 0.82 2.70 1 11.0 1959 36 CHW AL OF 69 75 5 2 3 .976 .980 1.16 1.96 1.65 2.22 43 435.7 RF 49 46 3 1 3 .980 .976 1.00 1.64 1.41 1.89 33 312.0 LF 20 28 2 1 0 .968 .980 1.50 1.68 2.18 2.06 10 123.7 1960 37 CHW AL OF 24 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.67 1.95 2.22 2.24 1 65.0 RF 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.64 1.68 1.98 1.95 1 41.0 LF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.67 1.57 2.15 0 23.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 38 KCA AL OF 43 51 0 1 0 .981 .977 1.19 1.98 1.53 2.25 34 299.7 RF 36 42 0 1 0 .977 .977 1.17 1.75 1.53 2.06 29 247.7 CF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 2.24 1.73 2.60 5 52.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 34 CHW AL 1B 31 233 8 3 22 .988 .992 7.77 8.36 8.78 9.67 30 247.0 1956 33 CHW AL CF 17 45 0 1 0 .978 .985 2.65 2.50 3.25 2.79 13 124.7 1957 34 CHW AL CF 4 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.75 2.40 2.25 2.73 2 28.0 1958 35 CHW AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 0.82 2.70 1 11.0 1960 37 CHW AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 38 KCA AL CF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 2.24 1.73 2.60 5 52.0 1957 34 CHW AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1958 35 CHW AL LF 54 107 5 1 2 .991 .979 2.07 1.62 2.38 2.09 47 423.3 1959 36 CHW AL LF 20 28 2 1 0 .968 .980 1.50 1.68 2.18 2.06 10 123.7 1960 37 CHW AL LF 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.44 1.67 1.57 2.15 0 23.0 1952 29 TOT AL OF 141 430 9 9 2 .980 .980 3.11 2.18 8 134 0 SLB AL OF 88 273 7 7 1 .976 .980 3.18 2.18 8 81 0 CHW AL OF 53 157 2 2 1 .988 .980 3.00 2.18 0 53 0 1953 30 CHW AL OF 156 385 15 10 5 .976 .981 2.56 2.18 0 153 3 1954 31 CHW AL OF 143 255 5 11 0 .959 .979 1.82 2.17 3 28 128 1955 32 CHW AL OF 143 288 22 6 7 .981 .982 2.17 2.08 2 50 115 1956 33 CHW AL OF 134 271 9 7 4 .976 .979 2.09 2.04 2.32 2.34 115 1084.0 1957 34 CHW AL OF 86 141 6 4 0 .974 .980 1.71 1.97 1.89 2.24 76 700.7 1958 35 CHW AL OF 99 153 7 1 3 .994 .982 1.62 1.94 2.08 2.27 72 691.3 1959 36 CHW AL OF 69 75 5 2 3 .976 .980 1.16 1.96 1.65 2.22 43 435.7 1960 37 CHW AL OF 24 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.67 1.95 2.22 2.24 1 65.0 1961 38 KCA AL OF 43 51 0 1 0 .981 .977 1.19 1.98 1.53 2.25 34 299.7 1956 33 CHW AL RF 119 220 9 6 4 .974 .973 1.92 1.80 2.15 2.09 102 959.3 1957 34 CHW AL RF 83 135 5 3 0 .979 .976 1.69 1.68 1.88 1.93 74 668.7 1958 35 CHW AL RF 44 45 2 0 1 1.000 .979 1.07 1.69 1.65 1.99 24 257.0 1959 36 CHW AL RF 49 46 3 1 3 .980 .976 1.00 1.64 1.41 1.89 33 312.0 1960 37 CHW AL RF 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.64 1.68 1.98 1.95 1 41.0 1961 38 KCA AL RF 36 42 0 1 0 .977 .977 1.17 1.75 1.53 2.06 29 247.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1038 2065 78 51 24 .977 .980 2.06 2.08 341 3276.3 97 396 591# RF* 345 497 19 11 8 .979 .975 1.50 1.72 263 2485.7 LF* 84 140 7 2 2 .987 .979 1.75 1.64 57 574.0 1B* 31 233 8 3 22 .988 .992 7.77 8.36 30 247.0 CF* 31 63 1 2 0 .970 .985 2.06 2.41 21 216.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1069 2298 86 54 46 .978 .982 2.23 2.26
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   5  11   1   0  0  0  0   0   3   1  .000  .214  .000   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1953 AL-156-2

Triples
1952 AL-9-5
1953 AL-16-1
1954 AL-8-7
1957 AL-6-6

Strikeouts
1952 AL-86-5
1953 AL-70-5
1954 AL-68-6
1956 AL-75-9
1957 AL-80-8

Stolen Bases
1952 AL-21-2
1953 AL-22-2
1954 AL-18-2
1955 AL-25-1
1956 AL-20-2
1957 AL-18-2
1958 AL-21-2

Extra-Base Hits
1953 AL-53-7

Hit By Pitch
1953 AL-6-5
1954 AL-6-6

Sac. Hits
1953 AL-13-6
1955 AL-10-9

Sac. Flies
1956 AL-6-8
1958 AL-7-4

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-6-10
1957 AL-6-10
1958 AL-5-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 AL-15-9

Caught Stealing
1952 AL-9-6
1953 AL-15-2
1954 AL-10-2
1955 AL-16-1
1956 AL-9-1

Power/Speed Number
1952 AL-10.5-4
1953 AL-14.7-2
1954 AL-15.1-3
1955 AL-14.3-3
1956 AL-15.0-3
1957 AL-15.8-3
1958 AL-12.6-5

Outs
1953 AL-463-8

Oldest Player
1959 AL-36-8
1960 AL-37-7
1961 AL-38-7

       

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (507) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1020) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 23, 1951: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Seattle (PCL).

November 27, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Joe DeMaestri, Gordon Goldsberry, Dick Littlefield, and Gus Niarhos to the St. Louis Browns for Al Widmar, Sherm Lollar, and Tom Upton.

July 28, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Darrell Johnson to the Chicago White Sox for Jay Porter and Ray Coleman.

June 10, 1961: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 10, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Athletics.

October 12, 1961: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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