Jim Rivera
1952–1961 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Browns
1,171G
.256AVG
.328OBP
.402SLG
More career statistics
911H
83HR
422RBI
160SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 70 | 75 |
| Batting · Hits | 911 | 912 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 523 | 524 |
| Batting · RBI | 422 | 421 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,171 | 4,008 | 3,552 | 503 | 911 | 155 | 56 | 83 | 422 | 365 | 523 | 160 | 70 | 23 | 24 | 1,427 | .256 | .328 | .402 | .730 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1955-08-11 to 1955-08-24
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1952-06-20 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1953-05-10 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1953-07-30 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 594 | 2011 | 451 | 39 | 206 | 184 | 264 | .252 | .316 | .395 |
| Away | 577 | 1997 | 461 | 44 | 215 | 181 | 260 | .261 | .321 | .410 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 89 | 297 | 64 | 5 | 34 | 36 | 44 | .252 | .337 | .398 |
| May | 190 | 656 | 153 | 11 | 55 | 68 | 76 | .268 | .337 | .384 |
| June | 233 | 836 | 195 | 23 | 101 | 64 | 116 | .259 | .310 | .435 |
| July | 220 | 778 | 190 | 11 | 75 | 71 | 104 | .275 | .335 | .408 |
| August | 236 | 834 | 188 | 20 | 107 | 71 | 100 | .251 | .311 | .404 |
| September | 202 | 606 | 122 | 13 | 49 | 55 | 84 | .228 | .292 | .369 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 172 | 621 | 137 | 18 | 66 | 73 | 70 | .257 | .338 | .418 |
| new-york-yankees | 169 | 585 | 125 | 12 | 54 | 58 | 95 | .240 | .313 | .369 |
| boston-red-sox | 167 | 554 | 136 | 15 | 68 | 57 | 73 | .282 | .348 | .441 |
| detroit-tigers | 162 | 556 | 133 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 70 | .264 | .304 | .389 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 159 | 530 | 115 | 11 | 47 | 26 | 74 | .238 | .266 | .382 |
| baltimore-orioles | 125 | 394 | 70 | 5 | 45 | 39 | 66 | .202 | .277 | .309 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 87 | 289 | 73 | 3 | 34 | 28 | 24 | .287 | .349 | .453 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 63 | 240 | 66 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 18 | .304 | .362 | .452 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 150 | 537 | 136 | 7 | 48 | 21 | .253 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Chicago White Sox | 156 | 567 | 147 | 11 | 78 | 22 | .259 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 145 | 490 | 140 | 13 | 61 | 18 | .286 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 147 | 454 | 120 | 10 | 52 | 25 | .264 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 491 | 125 | 12 | 66 | 20 | .255 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 402 | 103 | 14 | 51 | 18 | .256 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 116 | 276 | 62 | 9 | 35 | 21 | .225 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 80 | 177 | 40 | 4 | 19 | 5 | .226 | – | – |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 48 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 65 | 141 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 6 | .241 | – | – |