Rafael Rivas
Rafael (Avila) Rivas
Born: May 24, 1922
Puerto Padre, CU
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155
Career: 1946-1961
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Rafael (Avila) Rivas compiled a career record of 165 wins and 98 losses and a 2.76 ERA in his 415-game pitching career with the Havana Cubans, Sherman-Denison Twins, Buffalo Bisons, Gladewater Bears, Dallas Eagles, Gainesville Owls, Denver Bears, Brownsville Charros, Harlingen Capitols and Mexico City Diablos Rojos. He began playing during the 1946 season and last took the field during the 1961 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | 27 | 4 | .871 | 2.03 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 235.0 | 210 | 66 | 53 | 87 | 225 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1947 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.55 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 127.0 | 94 | 49 | 36 | 54 | 70 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 1948 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.33 | 24 | 20 | 170.0 | 156 | 69 | 44 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 1948 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1949 | C | ETXL | Gladewater Bears | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.09 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 116.0 | 96 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1949 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.71 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 63.0 | 70 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1950 | AA | TL | Dallas Eagles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Gainesville Owls | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.90 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 186.0 | 203 | 80 | 60 | 59 | 123 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 1951 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.84 | 30 | 165.0 | 164 | 71 | 52 | 4 | 49 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.70 | 38 | 146.0 | 165 | 77 | 60 | 5 | 59 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.35 | 23 | 12 | 93.0 | 108 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 1953 | B | GULF3 | Brownsville Charros | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.17 | 11 | 2 | 54.0 | 51 | 29 | 19 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 1954 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.12 | 36 | 21 | 199.0 | 213 | 108 | 69 | 15 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.07 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 87.0 | 80 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1955 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 14 | 6 | .700 | 0.00 | 35 | 21 | 168.0 | 158 | 53 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.96 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 159.0 | 170 | 87 | 70 | 7 | 49 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1958 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.11 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 140.0 | 165 | 74 | 64 | 14 | 30 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 165 | 98 | .627 | 2.76 | 415 | 159 | 7 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 2121.0 | 2118 | 879 | 651 | 53 | 668 | 0 | 813 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | 38 | 100 | 92 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .239 | .278 | .293 | .572 | 27 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 1947 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | 18 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .304 | .347 | .370 | .717 | 17 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 1948 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | 33 | 53 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .358 | .642 | 19 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | 11 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .333 | .300 | .633 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | C | ETXL | Gladewater Bears | 19 | 46 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .158 | .238 | .184 | .422 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Gainesville Owls | 39 | 77 | 74 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .162 | .184 | .189 | .373 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1951 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 30 | 56 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .321 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1952 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 38 | 52 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .365 | .654 | 19 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 23 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1953 | B | GULF3 | Brownsville Charros | 15 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1954 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | 58 | 97 | 97 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .289 | .526 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | 13 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .067 | .125 | .100 | .225 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 38 | 58 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .362 | .638 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 34 | 55 | 41 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .293 | .408 | .341 | .750 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 25 | 55 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .321 | .333 | .654 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | .625 | .625 | 1.250 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1961 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 442 | 819 | 765 | 44 | 183 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 94 | .239 | .268 | .289 | .557 | 221 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | P | 36 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .889 |
| 1947 | C | FLIN | Havana Cubans | P | 18 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.389 |
| 1948 | AAA | IL | Buffalo Bisons | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| 1948 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| 1949 | C | ETXL | Gladewater Bears | P | 19 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.211 |
| 1949 | B | BSTL | Sherman-Denison Twins | P | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 |
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Gainesville Owls | P | 37 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1951 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| 1952 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| 1953 | B | GULF3 | Brownsville Charros | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| 1954 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| 1955 | B | BSTL | Harlingen Capitols | P | 12 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.250 |
| 1957 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | P | 34 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .441 |
| 1958 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | P | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .440 |
| 1960 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1961 | AA | MEX | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 373 | 16 | 165 | 9 | 5 | .953 | .485 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | C | Florida International League | Havana Cubans | |||
| 1947 | C | Florida International League | Havana Cubans | WS1 | ||
| 1948 | B | Big State League | Sherman-Denison Twins | WS1 | ||
| 1948 | AAA | International League | Buffalo Bisons | DET | ||
| 1949 | C | East Texas League | Gladewater Bears | |||
| 1949 | AA | Texas League | Dallas Eagles | |||
| 1949 | B | Big State League | Sherman-Denison Twins | |||
| 1950 | B | Big State League | Gainesville Owls | |||
| 1950 | AA | Texas League | Dallas Eagles | |||
| 1951 | A | Western League | Denver Bears | BSN | ||
| 1952 | A | Western League | Denver Bears | PIT | ||
| 1953 | B | Gulf Coast League | Brownsville Charros | |||
| 1953 | A | Western League | Denver Bears | PIT | ||
| 1954 | B | Big State League | Harlingen Capitols | |||
| 1955 | B | Big State League | Harlingen Capitols | |||
| 1955 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1956 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1957 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1958 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1959 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1960 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos | |||
| 1961 | AA | Mexican League | Mexico City Diablos Rojos |
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