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John Milton Rivers

First name: Mickey

Last name: Rivers

Birthdate: 1948-10-30

Bats: L Throws: L

RetroID: rivem001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1970	CAL	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.7	-0.3	2
1971	CAL	3.8	0.8	4.6	1.2	2.6	2.0	8
1972	CAL	2.3	0.4	2.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	4
1973	CAL	1.8	0.4	2.2	1.0	1.7	0.5	5
1974	CAL	6.7	1.3	8.0	2.6	4.9	3.1	15
1975	CAL	8.5	1.7	10.2	2.7	5.7	4.5	17
1976	NYA	7.6	1.6	9.2	6.9	9.6	-0.4	29
1977	NYA	7.4	1.5	8.9	5.0	7.7	1.3	23
1978	NYA	7.6	1.5	9.2	2.9	5.6	3.6	17
1979	NYA	3.9	0.8	4.7	-0.5	0.8	3.8	3
1979	TEX	3.3	0.6	4.0	1.3	2.5	1.5	7
1980	TEX	8.2	1.6	9.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	16
1981	TEX	5.5	1.2	6.6	1.6	3.5	3.1	11
1982	TEX	0.9	0.0	0.9	-0.6	-0.4	1.2	-1
1983	TEX	4.2	0.2	4.4	0.5	1.8	2.6	5
1984	TEX	4.2	0.2	4.4	0.7	2.0	2.4	6
Career		76.3	13.8	90.3	28.9	55.4	34.8	167

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1970	CAL	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	8.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1
1971	CAL	296	-5	-3	1	4	1	0	0	-1	0	3	7.8	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.3	6
1972	CAL	176	-8	-7	1	2	1	0	3	-1	0	0	7.5	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	6
1973	CAL	141	6	7	2	0	0	0	-4	0	0	5	8.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	-1
1974	CAL	518	7	10	-2	4	1	0	-4	-1	0	9	8.7	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0.9	6
1975	CAL	672	-4	1	2	9	3	1	-8	-2	0	8	9.2	0.9	-0.2	-0.1	0.6	4
1976	NYA	612	14	15	2	11	3	0	16	-1	0	47	9.0	5.2	-0.1	-0.1	5.0	28
1977	NYA	594	10	11	5	1	3	1	12	-1	0	33	9.7	3.4	-0.1	-0.1	3.2	23
1978	NYA	604	-4	-2	-1	4	2	0	8	-1	0	11	8.9	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	1.0	19
1979	NYA	307	-2	-1	1	-4	1	-1	-9	-1	0	-13	9.5	-1.4	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-3
1979	TEX	263	1	2	-4	0	1	0	7	-1	0	6	9.6	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.5	12
1980	TEX	661	13	15	-1	4	3	2	-18	-1	0	5	9.8	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.5	-6
1981	TEX	428	1	3	-5	6	2	1	-5	-1	0	2	8.9	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	4
1982	TEX	69	-5	-5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-6	9.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0
1983	TEX	329	-7	-6	-3	4	2	1	3	-1	-4	1	8.6	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.4	4
1984	TEX	326	-2	-3	1	1	0	2	1	-1	-3	2	9.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.2	2
Career		6,026	16	38	-1	47	23	7	3	-14	-8	117	-	12.7	-2.2	-0.2	10.3	105

Defense

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1970	CAL	CF	29	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	CAL	RF	64	8	1.0	1	1	-2	2	0	1
1971	CAL	LF	15	3	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	1
1971	CAL	CF	1479	178	1.0	0	0	-13	67	-2	-2
1971	CAL	RF	201	31	1.0	1	1	0	7	0	1
1972	CAL	LF	79	9	1.0	1	1	2	4	0	1
1972	CAL	CF	865	121	3.0	2	2	6	49	0	2
1972	CAL	RF	62	12	0.0	0	0	-1	8	0	0
1973	CAL	CF	822	93	-3.0	-4	-3	-15	51	-1	-4
1974	CAL	CF	3028	426	0.0	-2	-2	3	180	-2	-4
1975	CAL	LF	716	80	-1.0	-2	-2	0	51	0	-2
1975	CAL	CF	3316	453	-1.0	-3	-3	0	198	-3	-6
1975	CAL	RF	8	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	NYA	CF	3742	531	18.0	17	15	19	171	1	16
1977	NYA	CF	3577	523	16.0	14	12	49	172	0	12
1978	NYA	CF	3476	509	14.0	13	11	36	145	-3	8
1979	NYA	CF	1802	222	-10.0	-10	-9	-23	75	0	-9
1979	TEX	CF	1519	209	6.0	7	6	6	77	1	7
1980	TEX	CF	3831	509	-15.0	-13	-11	-25	206	-7	-18
1981	TEX	CF	2605	319	-3.0	0	0	-24	115	-5	-5
1983	TEX	LF	354	47	2.0	2	2	6	20	0	2
1983	TEX	RF	129	21	1.0	1	1	0	7	0	1
1984	TEX	LF	609	67	0.0	1	1	-3	11	0	1
1984	TEX	CF	41	5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1984	TEX	RF	8	0	0.0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
		LF	1773	206	3.0	3	3	7	86	0	3
		CF	30132	4102	26.0	21	18	19	1507	-21	-3
		RF	472	73	3.0	3	3	-4	24	0	3

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1976	NYA	0.6	0.1	0.6	-0.2	-0.1	0.7	0
1977	NYA	0.6	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.1	2
1978	NYA	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.2	1
Career		1.6	0.3	1.9	0.4	0.8	1.0	3

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM	DVoDH
1976	NYA	43	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	-4	9.3	-0.4	-0.4	1
1977	NYA	50	0	0	0	1	2	3	9.5	0.3	0.3	3
1978	NYA	31	1	1	-1	0	0	0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		124	-1	-1	-2	0	2	-1	-	-0.1	-0.1	4

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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