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Mickey Rivers
John Milton Rivers (Mick the Quick)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
School Miami-Dade CC

MLB Debut August 4, 1970
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born October 31, 1948 in Miami, FL (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 NYA AL  110  283   52   88  15   0   1   24  16   2   20   46  .311  .357  .375  .732   106   106   7   1   1   1   1  
 1972 23 NYA AL   18   45    2    6   2   0   0    1   2   1    2    3  .133  .170  .178  .348    51     8   3   0   0   0   0  
         ATN NL   33   94   12   20   5   2   0    4   5   3    4   12  .213  .245  .309  .553    79    29   0   0   0   0   1  
         TOT      51  139   14   26   7   2   0    5   7   4    6   15  .187  .221  .266  .487          37   3   0   0   0   1 
 1973 24 ATN NL   42  130   29   48  13   3   0   18  10   2   17   11  .369  .442  .515  .958   134    67   3   0   3   0   1  
 1974 25 ATN NL  146  509   84  152  15  13   7   42  37  23   45   45  .299  .354  .420  .775   108   214   6   2   2   0   6  
 1975 26 ATN NL  121  515   74  151  13   8   1   30  58  25   25   30  .293  .331  .355  .686    94   183   4   0   1   4   4  
         NYA AL   23   81   18   25   3   4   0    8  12   4   10    5  .309  .380  .444  .825   121    36   2   1   0   0   1  
         TOT     144  596   92  176  16  12   1   38  70  29   35   35  .295  .338  .367  .705         219   6   1   1   4   5 
 1976 27 NYA AL  153  641   98  207  34   5  11   68  36  12   17   48  .323  .341  .443  .784   117   284  12   4   2   3   2  MVP-13
 1977 28 NYA AL  139  608   98  196  15   4  18   65   4   5   17   51  .322  .343  .449  .792   106   273   5   1   2   3   6  
 1978 29 NYA AL    6   23    5    8   1   0   3    3   1   0    1    2  .348  .375  .783 1.158   163    18   0   0   0   0   0  
         TEA AL  145  585   77  138  22  10  11   47  24  10   31   44  .236  .279  .364  .643    88   213   6   2   2   5   4  
         TOT     151  608   82  146  23  10  14   50  25  10   32   46  .240  .283  .380  .663         231   6   2   2   5   4 
 1979 30 TEA AL  118  492   67  145  21  10  12   62   2   0   18   31  .295  .320  .451  .772   106   222  10   3   1   2   7  
 1980 31 TEA AL  157  661   97  205  22   8   6   43  15   6   21   35  .310  .330  .395  .725   101   261   6   2   2   0   9  
 1981 32 TEA AL  150  635   77  179  24   5   6   51  29   9   33   37  .282  .317  .364  .681    96   231   8   5   2   2   5  
 1982 33 TEA AL   31   75    4    8   0   1   0    2   0   0    0   10  .107  .107  .133  .240    32    10   0   0   0   0   2  
 1983 34 TEA AL  103  317   39   93  22   0   0   27   4   2   15   25  .293  .327  .363  .690    92   115   2   0   0   1   2  
 1984 35 TEA AL   41  149   15   37   6   0   0   13   0   1    2    6  .248  .257  .289  .545    73    43   0   1   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1536 5843  848 1706 233  73  76  508 255 105  278  441  .292  .325  .396  .721        2313  74  22  18  21  53
 Per 600 PA           562   82  164  22   7   7   49  25  10   27   42                                 222   7   2   2   2   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA      745 2914  376  805 117  34  35  245  74  28  120  188  .276  .306  .376  .682        1095  32  13   7  10  31
   With NYA      449 1681  273  530  70  13  33  169  71  24   67  155  .315  .343  .431  .774         725  29   7   5   7  10
   With ATN      342 1248  199  371  46  26   8   94 110  53   91   98  .297  .346  .395  .742         493  13   2   6   4  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1468 5629  785 1660 247  71  61  499 267  90  266  471  .295  .327  .397  .724        2232  75  35  20  22  44
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 22 NYA AL  21   42   5.5  25  11   0  .440   1   25   18  .720    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e9     80   
 1972 23 NYA AL  28    1   1.0   2   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(+4)e7  -185   
         ATN NL  29    6   2.3   5   0   0  .000   0    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(+4)e7    21   
         TOT                     7   0   0  .000   0    9    5  .556    0    0  .000
 1973 24 ATN NL  19   31   9.8   7   1   0  .143   6   13    7  .538    0    0  .000  OF   3(+4)e23  109   
 1974 25 ATN NL  41   74   5.1  19   5   0  .263   1   69   47  .681    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e3    41   
 1975 26 ATN NL  32   61   4.2   1   0   0  .000   9   66   47  .712    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e10   -3   
         NYA AL  32   14   6.2   0   0   0  .000   0   11    8  .727    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e10  135   
         TOT                     1   0   0  .000   9   77   55  .714    0    0  .000
 1976 27 NYA AL  33   99   5.8   5   0   0  .000   7   63   43  .683    0    0  .000  OF   3(+3)e7    25   
 1977 28 NYA AL  31   91   5.8   2   0   0  .000   6   70   44  .629    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e9     4   
 1978 29 NYA AL  21    7  12.7   0   0   0  .000   0    7    5  .714    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  459   
         TEA AL  38   60   3.5   0   0   0  .000  11   83   66  .795    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  -55   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  11   90   71  .789    0    0  .000
 1979 30 TEA AL  34   70   5.2   4   2   0  .500   5   41   30  .732    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e10   29   
 1980 31 TEA AL  36   84   4.8   3   0   0  .000   3   60   46  .767    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e10  -64   
 1981 32 TEA AL  32   76   4.3   1   0   0  .000   3   72   61  .847    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e2   -17   
 1982 33 TEA AL  41    0    .3   7   1   0  .143   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH            -315   
 1983 34 TEA AL   5   38   4.5  26   4   0  .154   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              32   
 1984 35 TEA AL   5   10   2.4   6   1   0  .167   0   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e3  -161   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          772   4.8 113  25   0  .221  52  603  435  .721    0    0  .000                  -2   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 22 NYA AL  RF    87   114     4    1    1   .992    60   593.1   1.79
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1972 23 NYA AL  RF    11     7     0    0    0  1.000     8    72.0   0.88
                 LF     4     6     0    0    0  1.000     4    36.0   1.50
         ATN NL  RF    13    16     0    0    0  1.000    12   106.0   1.36
                 CF    15    30     3    0    0  1.000    11   104.0   2.86
 1973 24 ATN NL  CF    24    47     1    3    0   .941    19   173.0   2.50
                 RF     8    25     0    2    0   .926     8    67.2   3.33
                 LF     3     7     0    1    0   .875     3    27.0   2.33
 1974 25 ATN NL  CF   125   297     9    1    1   .997   118  1051.0   2.62
                 RF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    28.0   1.29
 1975 26 ATN NL  CF   118   264    11    9    1   .968   117  1023.2   2.42
                 LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    11.2   0.77
         NYA AL  LF    13    21     0    0    0  1.000    13   110.0   1.72
                 CF     9    17     2    0    1  1.000     7    65.0   2.63
 1976 27 NYA AL  CF   148   386    10    7    1   .983   145  1296.2   2.75
 1977 28 NYA AL  CF   138   370    11    6    0   .984   135  1203.2   2.85
 1978 29 TOT     CF   151   300    13   11    0   .966   150  1341.1   2.10
 1979 30 TEA AL  CF   114   232    10    5    3   .980   111   987.2   2.21
                 RF     2     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   4.24
 1980 31 TEA AL  CF   112   265     9    3    1   .989   110   962.2   2.56
 1981 32 TEA AL  CF   148   389    17    3    2   .993   148  1319.0   2.77
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1982 33 TEA AL  1B     3    12     2    0    1  1.000     1    11.0  11.45
 1983 34 TEA AL  RF     6     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    15.0   1.20
                 LF     2     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
 1984 35 TEA AL  LF    19    34     1    0    0  1.000    16   148.1   2.12
                 CF     7    15     1    0    0  1.000     7    67.1   2.14
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1110  2612    97   48   10   .983  1078  9596.0   2.54
                 RF   130   176     4    3    1   .984    93   899.0   1.80
                 LF    46    70     2    1    0   .986    37   340.0   1.91
                 1B     3    12     2    0    1  1.000     1    11.0  11.45
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  NYA   90-72   Chris Kohlwes
 1972  NYA   95-67   Chris Kohlwes
 1972  ATN   75-87   Rich McCoy, Tom Austad
 1973  ATN   59-103  Tom Austad
 1974  ATN   54-108  Tom Austad
 1975  ATN   62-100  Tom Austad
 1975  NYA   89-73   Chris Kohlwes
 1976  NYA   91-71   Robert Rescigno
 1977  NYA  103-59   Robert Rescigno
 1978  NYA   87-75   Robert Rescigno
 1978  TEA   75-87   Jim Sheehan
 1979  TEA   60-102  Jim Sheehan
 1980  TEA   67-95   Jim Sheehan
 1981  TEA   82-80   Jim Sheehan
 1982  TEA   63-99   Steve Milke, John Storer
 1983  TEA   88-74   John Storer
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer

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