#60 Roberto Rivera, Catcher, 34 yrs, Detroit Bulldogs

#60 Roberto Rivera, Catcher, 34 yrs, Detroit Bulldogs
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Roberto Rivera

7/23/1976
34
Venezuela
5"10
185

Catcher
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R

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Big League Contract
$ 1,000,000
2012
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
170 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1190 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	58	45	6	59	32
Versus LHP	56	44	6	57	35
Versus RHP	59	46	6	60	31
Talent	60	41	14	65	34

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14
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19
4
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
C : 57 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 80
Infield Arm : 31
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/6	BOS	L 8-17	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	#6
9/7	BOS	L 3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/8	@HOU	L 4-14	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#5
9/13	@CHI	W 6-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
9/15	IND	W 2-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
9/16	IND	L 1-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/17	IND	W 5-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
9/20	CHI	W 4-2	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	#6
9/24	@CLE	L 4-5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
9/26	IND	W 6-5	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	#5

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	86	227	71	11	1	3	28	37	29	42	.313	.391	.410	.801	.759	.097

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	52	259	1	0	0	6	1	1	93	15	0	0	.0	37.5	6.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	69	19	2	0	0	4	10	7	16	0	1	0	.275	.338	.304	.642
vs. RHP	158	52	9	1	3	24	27	22	26	1	0	1	.329	.412	.456	.868
Close/Late	37	13	3	1	3	9	6	3	6	1	1	0	.351	.381	.730	1.111
Scoring Position	61	18	4	0	0	21	0	9	17	1	1	1	.295	.384	.361	.744
Pinch Hitting	22	7	0	0	1	4	2	4	4	1	0	1	.318	.429	.455	.883

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	41	111	33	4	1	3	18	19	14	21	.297	.373	.432	.805
Road	45	116	38	7	0	0	10	18	15	21	.328	.406	.388	.794
March/April	18	59	20	3	0	0	5	8	7	13	.339	.403	.390	.793
May	16	43	13	3	0	1	6	9	4	10	.302	.362	.442	.804
June	13	29	7	1	0	0	1	5	4	7	.241	.324	.276	.599
July	16	24	9	1	0	0	3	5	9	4	.375	.559	.417	.975
August	12	40	14	2	1	0	6	5	5	3	.350	.422	.450	.872
Sept/Oct	11	32	8	1	0	2	7	5	0	5	.250	.250	.469	.719

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2004	142	530	179	32	2	5	66	78	52	3	2	76	0	1	.338	.399	.434	.833	DET,NL
2005	149	517	154	23	1	3	48	59	55	9	0	79	0	0	.298	.375	.364	.739	DET
2006	144	498	165	36	3	5	69	81	76	2	6	80	2	0	.331	.418	.446	.863	DET
2007	148	544	176	24	3	3	86	83	71	3	6	91	0	0	.324	.401	.395	.796	DET
2008	162	601	189	39	0	4	77	96	88	4	3	89	4	0	.314	.404	.399	.803	DET
2009	132	429	115	19	1	3	35	44	46	1	1	76	3	0	.268	.340	.338	.678	DET
2010	86	227	71	11	1	3	28	37	29	1	1	42	0	0	.313	.391	.410	.801	DET
Total	963	3346	1049	184	11	26	409	478	417	23	19	533	9	1	.314	.391	.398	.790

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	11	43	17	2	0	0	8	9	4	10	0	0	.395	.447	.442	.889
2007	4	15	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533
Total	15	58	20	2	0	0	9	10	7	13	0	0	.345	.415	.379	.795

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	36	34	187	23	1	213	3	.986	296.0	6.48	0	65	18	27.7
Centerfield	6	5	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	50.2	2.49
Rightfield	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00

Player History

Played for Venezuela in the 2004 World Cup...
Drafted in 8th round, 123rd overall pick, by Detroit in 2004...
Had first career hit on 4/4/2004, off Alfredo Aguilar (CHI)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/2004, off Vincent Petrie (CAR)...
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 5/16/2004...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...
Won NL Squatter Award in 2004...
Selected to the All-ABL 2nd Team at C in 2004...
Played for Venezuela in the 2006 World Cup...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/2006, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 5 RBI...
2/1/2007: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/19/2007 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2 weeks...
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 8/20/2007...
2/1/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration...
Played for Venezuela in the 2008 World Cup...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Phoenix on 5/6/2008...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration...
9/30/2009: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2004 - .338 - 6th

OBP
2004 - .399 - 3rd
2006 - .418 - 5th
2007 - .401 - 8th
2008 - .404 - 4th

Doubles
2006 - 36 - 5th
2008 - 39 - 3rd

BB
2006 - 76 - 4th
2007 - 71 - 3rd
2008 - 88 - 2nd

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