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Mickey Rivers

Birthdate:

10/31/1948

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 165 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Miami, FL, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Mickey Rivers was lightning quick in the outfield and on the base-paths. In 1974 & 1975, playing for the California Angels he led the AL in triples and stole a league high 70 bases in 1975, the highest total in the AL since Ty Cobb stole 96 bases in 1915. Rivers was a hard line drive hitting lead-off man and during his career he grounded into only 44 double plays, as a fact - that's only one in every 128 at bats (the third best total in all of baseball history). Traded to the New York Yankees in December of 1975, he was their sparkplug for three straight pennant winning years, 1976-1978. Rivers was traded to the Texas Rangers in late 1979, and he excelled in 1980 batting .333, while scoring 96 times. He missed most of the 1982 season with injuries but came back to hit .300 for the Rangers in 1984, his final year. Mickey Rivers played in 1,468 games, scored 785 runs, stole 267 bases and had a lifetime batting mark of .295. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
16 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1970	CAL (AL)	17	25	6	8	2	0	0	3	3	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	.320	.414	SLG
1971	CAL (AL)	79	268	31	71	12	2	1	12	19	38	13	1	1	1	8	0	.265	.316	SLG
1972	CAL (AL)	58	159	18	34	6	2	0	7	8	26	4	3	1	1	8	0	.214	.256	SLG
1973	CAL (AL)	30	129	26	45	6	4	0	16	8	11	8	3	0	1	3	0	.349	.391	SLG
1974	CAL (AL)	118	466	69	133	19	11	3	31	39	47	30	13	0	1	11	1	.285	.341	SLG
1975	CAL (AL)	155	616	70	175	17	13	1	53	43	42	70	14	5	2	7	4	.284	.331	SLG
1976	NYY (AL)	137	590	95	184	31	8	8	67	13	51	43	7	0	3	2	5	.312	.327	SLG
1977	NYY (AL)	138	565	79	184	18	5	12	69	18	45	22	14	4	4	5	2	.326	.350	SLG
1978	NYY (AL)	141	559	78	148	25	8	11	48	29	51	25	5	3	3	7	6	.265	.302	SLG
1979	NYY (AL)	74	286	37	82	18	5	3	25	13	21	3	7	2	1	2	5	.287	.315	SLG
1979	TEX (AL)	58	247	35	74	9	3	6	25	9	18	7	2	0	1	3	3	.300	.323	SLG
1980	TEX (AL)	147	630	96	210	32	6	7	60	20	34	18	7	1	1	6	4	.333	.353	SLG
1981	TEX (AL)	99	399	62	114	21	2	3	26	24	31	9	5	2	1	3	1	.286	.327	SLG
1982	TEX (AL)	19	68	6	16	1	1	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.232	SLG
1983	TEX (AL)	96	309	37	88	17	0	1	20	11	21	9	4	0	1	5	3	.285	.309	SLG
1984	TEX (AL)	102	313	40	94	13	1	4	33	9	23	5	5	1	0	4	0	.300	.320	SLG
16 years		1468	5629	785	1660	247	71	61	499	266	471	267	90	20	22	75	35	.295	.327	.SLG

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