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Luis Rivas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 16, 2000

Born August 30, 1979 in LaGuaira, Venezuela

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 20 MIN AL  16   58    8   18   4  1   0    6   2  0   2   4  .310  .323  .414   82   24   2   2   0   0   2
 2001 21 MIN AL 153  563   70  150  21  6   7   47  31 11  40  99  .266  .319  .362   79  204   5   5   0   6  15
 2002 22 MIN AL  93  316   46   81  23  4   4   35   9  4  19  51  .256  .305  .392   84  124   8   0   2   3  12
 2003 23 MIN AL 135  475   69  123  16  9   8   43  17  7  30  65  .259  .308  .381   80  181   8   3   0   5  20
 2004 24 MIN AL 109  336   44   86  19  5  10   34  15  1  13  53  .256  .283  .432   81  145   5   3   0   1   8
 2005 25 MIN AL  59  136   21   35   3  1   1   12   4  0   9  17  .257  .311  .316   67   43   0   1   0   2   2
 2007 27 CLE AL   4   11    3    3   0  1   1    4   0  0   0   0  .273  .273  .727  149    8   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 28 PIT NL  79  206   25   45   6  2   3   20   3  2  13  27  .218  .267  .311   53   64   2   1   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      648 2101  286  541  92 29  34  201  81 25 126 316  .257  .303  .377   77  793  30  15   2  18  66
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        525   72  135  23  7   9   50  20  6  32  79  .257  .303  .377   77  198   8   4   1   5  17
 Career High    153  563   70  150  23  9  10   47  31 11  40  99  .266  .319  .432   84  204   8   5   2   6  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 20 MIN AL   64   46    8   4.6   119| .310  .281| .323  .355| .414  .452| .737  .807|  82  .421  -1.5  -0.1 100%
 2001 21 MIN AL  619  449   65   3.9   109| .266  .270| .319  .337| .362  .433| .681  .770|  79  .380 -18.6  -1.8  73%
 2002 22 MIN AL  346  259   35   3.6   105| .256  .264| .305  .332| .392  .425| .697  .757|  84  .360  -7.8  -0.7  69%
 2003 23 MIN AL  521  390   51   3.5   108| .259  .269| .308  .335| .381  .430| .689  .766|  80  .340 -15.3  -1.5  70%
 2004 24 MIN AL  358  267   41   4.1   112| .256  .274| .283  .342| .432  .440| .715  .782|  81  .396 -11.3  -1.1  93%
 2005 25 MIN AL  148  104   14   3.6   107| .257  .270| .311  .333| .316  .429| .627  .762|  67  .361  -6.7  -0.6 100%
 2007 27 CLE AL   11    8    2   6.7   110| .273  .275| .273  .343| .727  .429|1.000  .772| 149  .625   0.5   0.0   0%
 2008 28 PIT NL  223  173   16   2.5   106| .218  .265| .267  .336| .311  .423| .578  .759|  53  .223 -14.9  -1.4  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2290 1696  232   3.7   108| .257  .269| .303  .337| .377  .432| .680  .768|  77  .358 -75.6  -7.2  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2000 20 MIN AL 2B 14 30 28 1 8 .983 .980 4.14 4.32 4.44 5.03 13 117.7 SS 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 4.15 4.50 4.73 0 4.0 2001 21 MIN AL 2B 150 231 335 15 66 .974 .981 3.77 4.44 3.91 4.87 148 1304.3 2002 22 MIN AL 2B 93 147 205 5 51 .986 .979 3.78 4.36 3.90 4.90 91 811.3 2003 23 MIN AL 2B 134 218 325 10 64 .982 .982 4.05 4.37 4.27 4.94 131 1144.0 2004 24 MIN AL 2B 109 176 317 3 75 .994 .982 4.52 4.35 5.16 4.95 95 860.3 2005 25 MIN AL 2B 53 77 112 1 26 .995 .983 3.57 4.48 4.72 4.96 40 360.0 SS 6 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 1.33 4.17 3.27 4.58 2 22.0 2007 27 CLE AL 2B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.55 4.20 4.98 2 15.0 SS 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .976 4.00 4.00 5.14 4.50 0 7.0 2008 28 PIT NL SS 31 37 70 6 24 .947 .976 3.45 3.95 4.32 4.43 22 223.0 2B 29 51 68 1 22 .992 .982 4.10 4.04 5.59 4.83 19 191.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 20 MIN AL 2B 14 30 28 1 8 .983 .980 4.14 4.32 4.44 5.03 13 117.7 2001 21 MIN AL 2B 150 231 335 15 66 .974 .981 3.77 4.44 3.91 4.87 148 1304.3 2002 22 MIN AL 2B 93 147 205 5 51 .986 .979 3.78 4.36 3.90 4.90 91 811.3 2003 23 MIN AL 2B 134 218 325 10 64 .982 .982 4.05 4.37 4.27 4.94 131 1144.0 2004 24 MIN AL 2B 109 176 317 3 75 .994 .982 4.52 4.35 5.16 4.95 95 860.3 2005 25 MIN AL 2B 53 77 112 1 26 .995 .983 3.57 4.48 4.72 4.96 40 360.0 2007 27 CLE AL 2B 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 4.55 4.20 4.98 2 15.0 2008 28 PIT NL 2B 29 51 68 1 22 .992 .982 4.10 4.04 5.59 4.83 19 191.7 2008 28 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2000 20 MIN AL SS 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 4.15 4.50 4.73 0 4.0 2005 25 MIN AL SS 6 3 5 1 1 .889 .976 1.33 4.17 3.27 4.58 2 22.0 2007 27 CLE AL SS 1 0 4 1 0 .800 .976 4.00 4.00 5.14 4.50 0 7.0 2008 28 PIT NL SS 31 37 70 6 24 .947 .976 3.45 3.95 4.32 4.43 22 223.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 584 933 1394 36 312 .985 .981 3.98 4.38 4.36 4.92 539 4804.3 SS* 40 41 80 8 26 .938 .976 3.02 3.99 4.25 4.45 24 256.0 3B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 625 974 1474 44 338 .982 .981 3.92 4.35 4.35 4.89 563 5061
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   4  12   2   3  1  0  0   0   1   2  .250  .308  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   5  12   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   3  .250  .308  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   4  13   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   1   0 
 2004   ALDS  MIN NYY     L   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  11  26   2   3  1  0  0   1   1   6  .115  .143  .154   0  0   2   1   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  16  38   3   6  1  0  0   1   2   9  .158  .195  .184   0  0   2   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
2003 AL-9-4

Stolen Bases
2001 AL-31-8

Sac. Hits
2002 AL-8-6
2003 AL-8-9

Grounded into Double Plays
2003 AL-20-6

Caught Stealing
2001 AL-11-6

Youngest Player
2000 AL-20-2
2001 AL-21-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 9, 1995: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

October 12, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 18, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 2, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2001Minnesota Twins$200,000
2002Minnesota Twins$240,000
2003Minnesota Twins$340,000
2004Minnesota Twins$1,500,000
2005Minnesota Twins$1,625,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,905,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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