How Ruben Rivera's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ruben Rivera posted a career Batting Average of .216, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1996, posting .284, near the league average of .266 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at .000, well below the league average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .255 in 2001 to .209 in 2002 and .180 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .284 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Ruben Rivera Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Ruben Rivera Batting Average Per Season

Ruben Rivera's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, Central America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ruben Rivera Batting Average per season line chart

Ruben Rivera Batting Average by Team

Ruben Rivera's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ruben Rivera career Batting Average by team bar chart

Ruben Rivera Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ruben Rivera's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ruben Rivera Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ruben Rivera Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ruben Rivera's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ruben Rivera Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ruben Rivera Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ruben Rivera's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ruben Rivera Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table