#55 Ruben Rivera, Rightfield, 30 yrs, Cleveland Indians

#55 Ruben Rivera, Rightfield, 30 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Ruben Rivera

11/14/1973
30
PANAMA,,
6"3
205

Rightfield
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,500,000
2005
4 Year(s), 116 Days (804 total Days)
170 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 113 Days (973 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	6	8	8	5
Versus LHP	7	6	8	8	5
Versus RHP	5	6	8	8	5
Talent	5	5	9	8	4

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Fielding Ratings
CF : 6 (Range), .979 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 5 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	@BAL	W 4-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#8
9/25	@BAL	L 0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#4
9/27	DET	L 7-8	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
9/28	@MIN	L 5-11	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	#8
9/29	@MIN	L 4-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/2	@TEX	L 6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/3	CWS	W 9-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/4	@BOS	W 5-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
10/9	TB	L 1-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/11	@TB	L 2-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	87	217	45	9	0	9	36	32	33	53	.207	.311	.373	.684	.669	.166
Projected	87	217	45	9	0	9	36	32	33	53	.207	.311	.373	.684	.669	.166

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	55	255	1	0	0	4	1	3	81	18	4	2	66.7	28.3	4.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	78	19	5	0	4	14	13	9	23	1	0	1	.244	.326	.462	.787
vs. RHP	139	26	4	0	5	22	19	24	30	2	1	0	.187	.303	.324	.627
Close/Late	38	5	0	0	1	7	1	6	10	1	0	0	.132	.244	.211	.455
Scoring Position	67	17	3	0	5	31	0	14	15	3	1	0	.254	.365	.522	.887
Pinch Hitting	18	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	1	0	0	.056	.143	.056	.198

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	40	93	20	2	0	3	14	10	14	18	.215	.313	.333	.646
Road	47	124	25	7	0	6	22	22	19	35	.202	.308	.403	.711
March/April	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
May	26	79	16	2	0	3	11	11	10	20	.203	.293	.342	.635
June	16	54	12	4	0	3	14	7	7	12	.222	.306	.463	.769
July	7	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167
August	15	29	8	1	0	1	4	6	9	6	.276	.447	.414	.861
Sept/Oct	22	39	8	2	0	2	7	7	7	11	.205	.319	.410	.729
Postseason	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	61	200	55	12	0	4	27	23	11	4	0	45	5	2	.275	.326	.395	.721	BOS
2000	8	14	6	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	.429	.467	.643	1.110	BOS
2001	118	391	81	22	3	15	53	57	35	7	3	109	13	3	.207	.282	.394	.676	BOS
2002	26	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	2	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	BOS
2003	50	125	40	7	2	10	30	31	16	3	1	35	6	1	.320	.407	.648	1.055	BOS CLE
2004	87	217	45	9	0	9	36	32	33	1	3	53	4	2	.207	.311	.373	.684	CLE
Total	350	959	227	50	5	39	148	155	99	15	7	245	30	8	.237	.316	.421	.737

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1998, A	110	422	119	28	0	20	63	49	41	71	7	1	.282	.340	.491	.830
1998, AA	27	115	19	2	1	3	8	8	7	23	0	1	.165	.208	.278	.486
1999, AA	15	62	16	3	1	3	7	12	9	11	1	0	.258	.347	.484	.831
1999, AAA	57	227	68	12	1	11	49	26	18	58	3	2	.300	.341	.507	.848
2000, AAA	127	485	142	28	0	49	130	93	72	117	6	3	.293	.377	.654	1.030
2002, AAA	50	193	62	9	0	19	34	39	27	44	3	3	.321	.394	.663	1.057
2003, AAA	30	103	33	7	0	14	44	24	21	28	0	0	.320	.432	.796	1.228

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
Total	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800

Fielding Stats 2004

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	3	3	5	0	0	6	1	.833	26.0	2.08
Centerfield	37	21	55	0	0	58	3	.948	226.1	2.31
Rightfield	37	30	69	1	0	70	0	1.000	276.0	2.28

Player History

Released by Boston on 10/6/2003...
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 10/23/2003 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year...
10/23/2003: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.

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