Francesco
Rivera
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: June 9, 1950 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1979    1981    1983    1984   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 MON FL   4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1974 24 SEA FL   4 5 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 25 SEA FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 26 SEA FL $ 300,000 5 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
1977 27 SEA FL $ 300,000 6 7 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 28 SEA FL $ 936,429 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 29 SEA FL $ 1,342,857 6 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 30 SEA FL $ 2,085,714 6 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,085,714 6 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 SEA FL $ 5,000,000   16 16 15 9 9 9 8 9 8 10 10 10 19 18 18
1982 32 SEA FL $ 5,000,000   16 16 16 9 9 9 8 9 8 10 10 10 19 18 19
1983 33 SEA FL $ 5,000,000   16 16 16 9 9 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 19 18 19
1984 34 SEA FL $ 1,310,000   16 16 15 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 19 18 18
1985 35 SEA FL $ 1,310,000   15 15 15 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 19 18 18
1986 36 MAN FL $ 1,310,000   15 15 15 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 9 19 18 18
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,310,000   15 15 15 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 19 18 18
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   16 16 16 9 9 9 8 9 8 10 10 10 19 18 19
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 AAA   119 428 47 109 9 4 14 46 4 1 41 92 .255 .320 .393 .712 55.5  
    AA   39 155 16 50 6 1 3 20 1 5 16 27 .323 .386 .432 .818 23.6  
1974 24 AAA   137 536 85 159 24 3 21 93 2 4 46 118 .297 .352 .470 .822 84.7  
    AA   1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1975 25 SEA FL 122 388 45 105 18 2 8 32 0 1 39 105 .271 .346 .389 .735 51.4 10.0
1976 26 SEA FL 109 300 31 73 10 2 3 30 0 1 20 82 .243 .292 .320 .612 27.8 3.6
1977 27 SEA FL 70 202 15 47 4 0 2 15 1 2 10 32 .233 .282 .282 .565 14.6 0.7
    AAA   81 313 36 112 16 3 8 45 5 12 22 38 .358 .400 .505 .905 53.9  
1978 28 SEA FL 146 483 71 145 14 5 8 66 2 7 39 42 .300 .353 .400 .753 66.9 12.0
1979 29 SEA FL 146 514 80 193 26 4 11 75 1 2 29 30 .375 .415 .506 .921 95.9 21.3
1980 30 SEA FL 152 596 107 187 19 10 8 70 1 0 39 33 .314 .364 .419 .784 85.7 18.5
1981 31 SEA FL 153 600 87 185 24 4 9 82 3 1 47 46 .308 .366 .407 .773 87.1 18.2
1982 32 SEA FL 151 544 69 152 23 6 8 76 0 0 33 30 .279 .325 .388 .713 65.9 11.5
1983 33 SEA FL 148 522 82 161 31 5 6 53 2 0 48 33 .308 .375 .421 .796 80.3 15.7
1984 34 SEA FL 143 452 52 124 18 5 3 47 0 1 26 26 .274 .320 .356 .677 50.0 6.3
1985 35 SEA FL 93 217 38 80 15 1 4 40 0 0 12 11 .369 .399 .502 .901 39.7 9.1
1986 36 SEA FL 75 114 17 37 4 1 3 16 0 0 8 9 .325 .376 .456 .832 19.2 3.0
    AAA   10 33 10 16 2 0 3 11 0 3 10 3 .485 .605 .818 1.423 12.1  
    AA   19 66 12 23 2 0 4 13 4 2 14 1 .348 .463 .561 1.023 16.4  
12 Years Sim 1508 4932 694 1489 206 45 73 602 10 15 350 479 .302 .354 .406 .761 684.4 129.9
4 Years AAA 347 1310 178 396 51 10 46 195 11 20 119 251 .302 .367 .462 .829 206.2  
3 Years AA 59 225 28 73 8 1 7 33 5 7 30 30 .324 .413 .462 .875 39.6  
7 Years Minors 406 1535 206 469 59 11 53 228 16 27 149 281 .306 .374 .462 .836 245.8  
162 Game Average 529 74 159 22 4 7 64 1 1 37 51 .302 .354 .406 .761 73.5  
Career Highs 153 600 107 193 31 10 11 82 3 7 48 105 .375 .415 .506 .921 95.9  
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   3810 536 1163 164 28 60 459 9 12 286 413 .305 .361 .410 .771 530.0
vs LH   1122 158 326 42 17 13 143 1 3 64 66 .291 .331 .393 .724 138.2
Home 740 2360 300 708 94 20 42 312 1 7 164 222 .300 .352 .410 .762 320.1
Away 768 2572 394 781 112 25 31 290 9 8 186 257 .304 .356 .403 .759 348.1
RISP   1237 0 393 43 13 20 503 0 0 88 129 .318 .365 .422 .787 180.7
Pinch Hitting   185 28 65 3 5 8 41 0 0 13 17 .351 .403 .551 .954 36.3
Close/Late   592 71 178 23 4 13 85 0 0 44 71 .301 .353 .419 .772 83.7
Mar/Apr 273 868 133 277 24 8 20 123 2 5 51 90 .319 .366 .434 .800 126.3
May 273 918 126 239 27 8 8 94 2 1 61 92 .260 .313 .333 .646 92.9
June 227 745 98 239 40 9 13 101 0 2 56 63 .321 .373 .451 .824 115.2
July 250 762 112 244 36 8 10 96 2 0 63 80 .320 .378 .428 .806 115.7
August 238 803 114 249 47 4 14 94 0 2 56 72 .310 .363 .431 .794 115.4
Sep/Oct 247 836 111 241 32 8 8 94 4 5 63 82 .288 .340 .374 .715 102.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 25 SEA FL LF 112 102 870.0 172 8 0 2 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 26 SEA FL LF 98 87 772.0 172 6 1 3 .994 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 8 0 17.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 0 0 .000 0  
1977 27 SEA FL LF 59 49 464.7 120 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 7 0 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 6.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 2 0.0
1978 28 SEA FL LF 124 120 1031.7 208 5 0 1 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    RF 19 1 51.7 20 0 1 0 .952 3.48 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 3 29.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
1979 29 SEA FL LF 138 131 1123.7 265 9 0 3 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 4 1 12.0 2 1 1 0 .750 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1980 30 SEA FL LF 150 147 1293.0 301 9 1 3 .997 2.16 0 0 .000 0 4.4
1981 31 SEA FL LF 152 150 1293.7 357 8 1 0 .997 2.54 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1982 32 SEA FL LF 146 145 1203.3 309 14 0 3 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1983 33 SEA FL LF 129 128 1093.0 297 12 2 0 .994 2.54 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 6 3 33.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 4 33.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0  
1984 34 SEA FL LF 125 123 1043.7 267 6 1 2 .996 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 4 2 26.0 8 1 1 0 .900 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
1985 35 SEA FL LF 46 44 387.0 92 4 0 1 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 8 4 40.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 36 SEA FL LF 18 17 145.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1297 1243 10720.6 2592 83 6 18 .998 2.25 0 0 .000 0 33.1
  RF 64 11 214.7 65 4 3 0 .958 2.89 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 7 7 62.3 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.03 0 0 .000 0  
  C 2 0 10.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 2 0.0
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1374 1261 11014.6 2687 90 9 19 .997 2.27 0 0 .000 2 33.2
Career Highs   154 150 1298.7 358 14 2 3 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 2  
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
1978 28 SEA FL 3 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357 .400 .357 .757
1979 29 SEA FL 5 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .118 .167 .118 .284
1980 30 SEA FL 11 43 5 13 3 1 1 7 0 0 1 2 .302 .333 .488 .822
1981 31 SEA FL 5 20 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .300 .586
1982 32 SEA FL 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.333 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 97 9 27 4 2 1 15 0 0 4 7 .278 .314 .392 .705
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1979-1-.375
1980-9-.314
CAR-50-.302
On-Base Pct
1979-2-.415
1983-7-.375
Slugging Pct
1979-7-.506
OPS
1979-3-.921
XR
1979-8-95.9
At-Bats
1980-10-596
1981-8-600
Runs
1980-4-107
Hits
1979-5-193
1980-8-187
1981-9-185
Singles
1979-3-152
1980-6-150
1981-6-148
Triples
1980-3-10
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Woodrow Wilhoite (952)
  2. Tucker York (921)
  3. Splinter Donaher (910)
  4. John Minor (909)
  5. Hugh Hamilton (905)
  6. Lyman Bostock (900)
  7. Ruppert Pena (899)
  8. Manny Cosenza (895)
  9. Ricky Everett (894)
  10. Jack Spratt (892)
History
Traded from Montreal to Seattle on 7/1/1974 (Going to SEA: 1B J. Jordan, P J. Varela, RF F. Rivera, P E. Sachs. Going to MON: 1B Z. Johnson, P J. Jones)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1975, off Billy Chapel (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/16/1975, off Skeeter Snipes (CLG)
Injured on 7/7/1978 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1979
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1980, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1981