Mickey Rivers
1970–1984 · bats L / throws L · ALS, California Angels, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
1,468G
.295AVG
.327OBP
.397SLG
More career statistics
1,660H
61HR
499RBI
267SB
11Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 471 | 472 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,468 | 6,026 | 5,629 | 785 | 1,660 | 247 | 71 | 61 | 499 | 265 | 471 | 267 | 90 | 22 | 35 | 2,232 | .295 | .327 | .397 | .724 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1980-08-14 to 1980-09-09
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1977-08-23 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1972-05-22 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1974-07-21 | 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 | 725 | 2871 | 762 | 34 | 233 | 119 | 223 | .284 | .307 | .388 |
| Away | 743 | 3155 | 898 | 27 | 266 | 146 | 249 | .305 | .331 | .404 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 178 | 781 | 220 | 3 | 71 | 38 | 54 | .303 | .330 | .379 |
| May | 238 | 982 | 248 | 13 | 82 | 44 | 88 | .273 | .297 | .370 |
| June | 243 | 1040 | 276 | 5 | 74 | 45 | 79 | .286 | .309 | .379 |
| July | 240 | 972 | 257 | 12 | 71 | 40 | 80 | .281 | .306 | .386 |
| August | 268 | 1090 | 315 | 18 | 112 | 43 | 80 | .307 | .328 | .432 |
| September | 289 | 1130 | 333 | 10 | 88 | 52 | 90 | .314 | .341 | .416 |
| October | 12 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .393 | .452 | .571 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 141 | 561 | 171 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 43 | .323 | .344 | .443 |
| athletics | 137 | 552 | 146 | 7 | 56 | 29 | 43 | .287 | .317 | .371 |
| chicago-white-sox | 123 | 510 | 138 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 57 | .287 | .314 | .376 |
| cleveland-guardians | 120 | 486 | 120 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 33 | .265 | .282 | .353 |
| kansas-city-royals | 119 | 512 | 143 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 38 | .298 | .322 | .392 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 118 | 491 | 122 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 34 | .265 | .287 | .370 |
| detroit-tigers | 118 | 476 | 134 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 37 | .300 | .321 | .407 |
| boston-red-sox | 116 | 473 | 146 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 35 | .332 | .364 | .430 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  California Angels | 17 | 25 | 8 | – | 3 | 1 | .320 | – | – |
| 1971 | California Angels | 79 | 268 | 71 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .265 | – | – |
| 1972 | California Angels | 58 | 159 | 34 | – | 7 | 4 | .214 | – | – |
| 1973 | California Angels | 30 | 129 | 45 | – | 16 | 8 | .349 | – | – |
| 1974 | California Angels | 118 | 466 | 133 | 3 | 31 | 30 | .285 | – | – |
| 1975 | California Angels | 155 | 616 | 175 | 1 | 53 | 70 | .284 | – | – |
| 1976 |  New York Yankees | 137 | 590 | 184 | 8 | 67 | 43 | .312 | – | – |
| 1977 | New York Yankees | 138 | 565 | 184 | 12 | 69 | 22 | .326 | – | – |
| 1978 | New York Yankees | 141 | 559 | 148 | 11 | 48 | 25 | .265 | – | – |
| 1979 | New York Yankees, Texas Rangers | 132 | 533 | 156 | 9 | 50 | 10 | .293 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Texas Rangers | 147 | 630 | 210 | 7 | 60 | 18 | .333 | – | – |
| 1981 | Texas Rangers | 99 | 399 | 114 | 3 | 26 | 9 | .286 | – | – |
| 1982 | Texas Rangers | 19 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 4 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1983 | Texas Rangers | 96 | 309 | 88 | 1 | 20 | 9 | .285 | – | – |
| 1984 | Texas Rangers | 102 | 313 | 94 | 4 | 33 | 5 | .300 | – | – |