Carlos Rivera (baseball)
| Carlos Rivera | |||||||||||||||
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 Rivera batting for the Puerto Rico national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic | |||||||||||||||
| First baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 10, 1978 Fajardo, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2003, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| May 6, 2004, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .218 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
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Carlos Alberto Rivera (born June 10, 1978) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Career
He was drafted by the Pirates in the 10th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Rivera played his first professional season with their Rookie league GCL Pirates in 1996, and last played with an MLB-affiliated team in 2006 with the Colorado Rockies' Triple-A team, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
In 2007, Rivera hit .410 with 16 home runs and 73 RBI in 101 games for the Oaxaca Warriors in the Mexican League and was a midseason All-Star. After not playing during the 2008 regular season, he played winter ball in his native Puerto Rico for the Ponce Lions and hit .321 with 31 RBI in 36 games. He also represented Puerto Rico in the 2009 Caribbean Series.
After starting the season with the Petroleros de Minatitlán of the Mexican League, Rivera signed with the Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association on July 30.
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Altoona Curve players
- Augusta GreenJackets players
- Broncos de Reynosa players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Criollos de Caguas players
- Guerreros de Oaxaca players
- Gulf Coast Pirates players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Leones de Ponce players
- Lynchburg Hillcats players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
- Mexican League baseball first basemen
- Nashville Sounds players
- Olmecas de Tabasco players
- People from Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Petroleros de Minatitlán players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Rockland Boulders players
- Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players
- Round Rock Express players
- Saraperos de Saltillo players
- Wichita Wingnuts players
- Yaquis de Obregón players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Baseball first baseman stubs