Juan
Rivera
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 3, 1978 in Venezuela, , GUARENAS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 3 4 5 7 7 3 3 3 9 7 8
2005 27 WSH NL $ 382,857   5 5 6 7 4 5 5 7 7 3 4 4 10 8 8
2006 28 WSH NL $ 382,857   5 5 6 7 3 4 5 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 8
2007 29 NYN NL $ 382,857   5 5 6 7 4 5 5 7 7 4 4 4 10 8 8
2008 30 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 7 4 5 5 7 7 4 4 4 10 8 8
2009 31 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 6 3 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 3 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 9 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 7 4 5 5 7 7 4 4 4 10 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 26 MON NL 116 305 45 77 21 0 9 43 0 0 29 34 .252 .315 .410 .724 39.7 5.4
2005 27 WSH NL 35 49 8 13 0 0 1 8 1 0 1 3 .265 .275 .327 .601 4.3 0.1
    AAA   56 211 26 58 12 0 11 30 0 1 21 28 .275 .341 .488 .829 34.1  
2006 28 WSH NL 36 45 5 13 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 2 .289 .320 .378 .698 6.2 0.8
    AAA   45 165 30 57 11 2 6 27 3 0 26 21 .345 .435 .545 .980 36.7  
2007 29 WSH NL 13 15 3 7 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .933 1.400 4.6 1.5
    AAA   65 258 39 71 12 0 8 26 0 1 28 26 .275 .346 .415 .761 36.9  
2008 30 NYA AL 102 314 43 87 17 1 10 59 0 0 27 29 .277 .330 .433 .764 41.6 5.5
2009 31 NYA AL 81 225 31 56 13 0 9 32 0 0 18 22 .249 .302 .427 .729 29.3 2.7
6 Years Sim 383 953 135 253 56 1 31 156 1 0 78 90 .265 .317 .424 .741 125.8 16.0
3 Years AAA 166 634 95 186 35 2 25 83 3 2 75 75 .293 .365 .473 .838 107.7  
162 Game Average 403 57 107 23 0 13 65 0 0 32 38 .265 .317 .424 .741 53.2  
Career Highs 116 314 45 87 21 1 10 59 1 0 29 34 .467 .467 .933 1.400 41.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   445 58 110 28 1 5 54 0 0 43 64 .247 .309 .348 .657 48.9
vs LH   508 77 143 28 0 26 102 1 0 35 26 .281 .325 .490 .815 79.1
Home 183 453 76 123 32 0 15 70 0 0 33 51 .272 .318 .442 .760 62.2
Away 200 500 59 130 24 1 16 86 1 0 45 39 .260 .316 .408 .724 65.8
RISP   258 0 80 17 0 8 121 0 0 24 21 .310 .354 .469 .823 42.3
Pinch Hitting   105 15 34 6 0 3 23 1 0 8 10 .324 .362 .467 .829 17.2
Close/Late   129 14 39 6 0 6 25 0 0 16 13 .302 .372 .488 .860 23.3
Mar/Apr 58 120 11 34 7 0 2 19 1 0 4 9 .283 .302 .392 .693 13.7
May 70 183 26 48 9 0 5 32 0 0 12 15 .262 .303 .393 .696 21.8
June 66 171 33 48 11 1 10 28 0 0 11 19 .281 .322 .532 .855 28.3
July 54 111 15 28 6 0 5 20 0 0 14 7 .252 .331 .441 .772 16.8
August 68 199 27 48 13 0 4 22 0 0 20 26 .241 .309 .367 .676 22.9
Sep/Oct 67 169 23 47 10 0 5 35 0 0 17 14 .278 .339 .426 .765 24.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 26 MON NL RF 65 59 509.3 93 3 0 0 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 29 5 99.0 15 1 1 0 .941 1.45 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 1 .750 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2005 27 WSH NL RF 6 5 44.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2006 28 WSH NL LF 4 3 32.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 2 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 29 WSH NL RF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 30 NYA AL LF 98 91 774.3 132 4 5 0 .965 1.58 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 5 1 16.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
2009 31 NYA AL LF 69 62 517.0 82 5 5 1 .946 1.51 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 5 4 40.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 4 33.0 6 1 1 0 .875 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 205 162 1439.0 238 10 11 1 .958 1.55 0 0 .000 0 3.4
  RF 87 72 640.3 115 4 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 4 4 33.0 6 1 1 0 .875 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 1 .750 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   302 239 2127.0 364 18 13 3 .967 1.62 0 0 .000 0 4.4
Career Highs   103 92 790.3 137 6 6 2 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 30 NYA AL 13 40 8 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 .225 .304 .325 .629
2009 31 NYA AL 6 19 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .105 .105 .158 .263
Career Post-Season Batting 19 59 8 11 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 .186 .246 .271 .517
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  1. Jose Gutierrez (977)
  2. John Andreasen (973)
  3. Mike Vento (968)
  4. Luis Leon (967)
  5. Dustan Mohr (965)
  6. Pedro Castillo (965)
  7. David Dellucci (962)
  8. Ruben Sierra (961)
  9. Jason Jones (961)
  10. Carl Everett (960)
History
Had first career hit on 4/13/2004, off Ray King (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/2004, off Kirk Rueter (PHI)
Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 6/7/2007 (Going to WSH: 2B Chris Burke. Going to NYN: P Billy Wagner, SS Cesar Izturis, RF Juan Rivera)
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $382,857 through salary arbitration
Released by New York (N) on 1/29/2008
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/14/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/15/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Released by St. Louis on 3/30/2010