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Manuel Joseph Rivera

First name: Jim

Last name: Rivera

Birthdate: 1921-07-22

Bats: L Throws: L

RetroID: rivej101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1952	CHA	2.8	0.6	3.4	0.7	1.7	1.7	5
1952	SLA	4.6	1.0	5.6	0.5	2.1	3.5	6
1953	CHA	8.0	1.8	9.9	1.5	4.4	5.4	13
1954	CHA	6.9	1.1	8.0	1.3	3.6	4.4	11
1955	CHA	6.6	1.1	7.7	2.9	5.2	2.6	16
1956	CHA	6.8	1.0	7.8	1.6	3.9	3.9	12
1957	CHA	5.6	0.8	6.4	0.7	2.6	3.8	8
1958	CHA	3.9	0.6	4.5	0.2	1.6	3.0	5
1959	CHA	2.4	0.4	2.8	-0.8	0.0	2.8	0
1960	CHA	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	1
1961	KC1	2.1	0.3	2.4	-0.6	0.1	2.3	0
Career		49.9	8.8	58.8	8.3	25.6	33.4	77

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1952	CHA	224	-4	-4	-1	1	1	-1	6	-1	2	8.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	11
1952	SLA	371	-5	-7	0	0	1	-1	2	-1	-5	9.3	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	9
1953	CHA	639	-1	-1	1	3	0	-2	-2	-2	-1	9.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5	12
1954	CHA	552	8	8	-2	-3	1	-1	0	-5	3	8.8	0.3	-0.5	-0.2	-0.4	8
1955	CHA	530	2	2	-4	-1	1	-2	21	-4	17	9.1	1.9	-0.4	-0.2	1.3	29
1956	CHA	555	-8	-7	-1	3	1	1	10	-5	7	9.8	0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	17
1957	CHA	451	3	3	-1	1	0	-1	-1	-5	1	9.0	0.1	-0.5	-0.2	-0.6	5
1958	CHA	309	-8	-7	0	2	0	-1	3	-3	-3	8.9	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-0.7	7
1959	CHA	192	-6	-6	1	-4	1	0	-2	-2	-10	8.9	-1.1	-0.2	-0.1	-1.4	1
1960	CHA	20	1	1	0	2	0	0	-1	0	2	9.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	-1
1961	KC1	165	-2	-3	-2	1	0	0	-5	-1	-9	10.0	-0.9	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-3
Career		4,008	-20	-21	-9	5	6	-8	31	-29	4	-	0.5	-2.9	-1.5	-3.9	95

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1957	CHA	1B	741	58	-3.0	-3	-2	-8	-5	-0.2	0.0	0	-2
		1B	741	58	-3.0	-3	-2	-8	-5	-0.2	0.0	0	-2

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1952	SLA	LF	183	26	0.0	0	0	4	11	-1	-1
1952	CHA	CF	1481	208	5.0	5	4	10	64	2	6
1952	SLA	CF	2044	300	4.0	3	3	17	99	0	3
1953	CHA	CF	4291	545	-4.0	-3	-3	-31	273	2	-1
1953	CHA	RF	59	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	3	0	-1
1954	CHA	LF	30	5	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1954	CHA	CF	542	69	0.0	0	0	-3	34	-2	-2
1954	CHA	RF	2109	306	-2.0	-2	-2	-11	115	4	2
1955	CHA	LF	7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	CHA	CF	1070	159	4.0	5	4	18	63	4	8
1955	CHA	RF	1596	257	7.0	7	6	15	100	7	13
1956	CHA	CF	385	60	3.0	3	3	8	19	0	3
1956	CHA	RF	2051	321	6.0	6	5	-2	124	2	7
1957	CHA	LF	12	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CHA	CF	92	11	-2.0	-2	-2	-1	6	0	-2
1957	CHA	RF	1461	204	2.0	2	2	-6	66	1	3
1958	CHA	LF	1285	151	7.0	7	6	14	58	-1	5
1958	CHA	CF	34	2	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	1	0	-1
1958	CHA	RF	524	68	-1.0	-1	-1	-12	36	0	-1
1959	CHA	LF	395	42	1.0	1	1	1	21	0	1
1959	CHA	RF	658	77	-5.0	-5	-4	-19	37	1	-3
1960	CHA	LF	68	6	0.0	0	0	-2	3	0	0
1960	CHA	CF	2	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1960	CHA	RF	83	15	-1.0	-1	-1	1	6	0	-1
1961	KC1	CF	170	22	0.0	0	0	-4	5	0	0
1961	KC1	RF	524	69	-4.0	-3	-3	-17	34	-2	-5
		LF	1980	231	8.0	8	7	18	94	-2	5
		CF	10111	1377	9.0	10	8	13	564	6	14
		RF	9065	1322	1.0	2	1	-55	521	13	14

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1959	CHA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0
Career		0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1959	CHA	14	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-1	8.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	1
Career		14	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-1	-	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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