312 with 35 doubles and 17 homers in 129 games. He spent all of 2005 with Round Rock of the PCL while with the Astros, where he hit. Rivera was released by the Pirates after the 2004 season, then signed a minor league deal with the Houston Astros. 292 with 19 doubles and 17 homers in 93 games for Nashville of the Pacific Coast League that season. He went 3-for-15 with one RBI for the 2004 Pirates. Rivera played seven games for the Pirates before being sent back down, which ended up being his last Major League action. In 2004, he was back in Nashville, getting a brief recall to the majors in late April. 221 with 12 runs, five doubles, three homers and ten RBIs. He would be used mostly off the bench by Pittsburgh, getting into 78 games over the rest of the season, with only 107 plate appearances. 263 with 18 doubles and nine homers in 72 games, before getting his first call to the majors in late-June. Rivera began 2003 in Triple-A with Nashville of the Pacific Coast League, where he hit. 302 with 67 runs, 28 doubles, 22 homers, 84 RBIs and an. In 2002, he put himself back on the prospect map, batting. 234 with 63 runs, 30 doubles, ten homers and 86 RBIs, but he drew just 13 walks in 111 games, giving him a. Playing for Altoona of the Double-A Eastern League in 2001, Rivera hit. He had 17 doubles, five homers and 47 RBIs during that stint in High-A that year. 270/.284/.408 in 64 games with Lynchburg, while also playing six rehab games in the GCL. He missed half of the 2000 season, batting. The walk rate was still very low, but he put together an. 322 with 63 runs, 30 doubles, 13 homers and 86 RBIs in 119 games for Hickory of the South Atlantic League. Rivera spent parts/all of three seasons in Low-A, breaking out in 1999, when he hit. 270 with 49 runs, 21 doubles, nine homers and 69 RBIs in 116 games, while drawing just 11 walks all season. He split the 1998 season between Augusta and High-A Lynchburg of the Carolina League, with much better results at the lower level. A low walk total/rate kept his OPS down at a. 272 with 52 runs, 30 extra-base hits and 65 RBIs in 120 games for Low-A Augusta of the South Atlantic League that season. He hit well enough that first year in rookie ball to move to full season ball in 1997, still just 18 years old at the start of the season. 284 with 24 runs, eight doubles, three homers and 26 RBIs in 48 games for the Gulf Coast League Pirates in 1996. He was selected by the Pirates in the tenth round of the 1996 draft out of high school in Texas (though he was born in Puerto Rico), taken six days before he turned 18 years old. The Pirates took the victory in the value department here, as Kline was worth -0.4 WAR over the rest of his career, while Gibbon had 1.5 WAR for the 1969 Pirates (-0.5 WAR in 1970).Ĭarlos Rivera, first baseman for the 2003-04 Pirates. He played two more years in the majors, split between the Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros, before retiring. He pitched 41 games in 1970, although his ERA was 4.83 in 41 innings. Gibbon was a solid member of the Pittsburgh bullpen in 1969, going 5-1, 1.93 in 51.1 innings with nine saves. He pitched a total of 28 games and 34.1 innings in the majors after leaving the Pirates, finishing his big league career with the 1970 Atlanta Braves. They were trading similar pitchers (age/results), but Kline was a right-handed pitcher, while Gibbon threw lefty.Īfter the deal, Kline pitched just seven games for the Giants before they sold him to the Boston Red Sox. Gibbon was 34 years old at the time of this deal, with a 1-3, 3.60 record in 20 innings over 16 relief appearances. Gibbon also began his career with six seasons in Pittsburgh, leaving the team for the Giants in the Matty Alou trade that was made after the 1965 season. In 1969, he was 37 years old and two years into his second stint with the Pirates, with a 1-3, 5.81 record in 31 innings over 20 relief appearances. Kline began his career with the Pirates, playing six seasons in Pittsburgh before he was dealt to the St Louis Cardinals in 1959. On this date in 1969, the Pirates traded pitcher Ron Kline to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for pitcher Joe Gibbon, who had pitched previously for Pittsburgh. 543 winning percentage.īaseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easilyįound on the Internet.Six former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date, plus a trade of note. They played their home games at Three Rivers Stadium (Park Factors: 96/95) where 1,110,552 fans witnessed their 1974 Pirates finish the season with a. The 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates played 162 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 74 games, and finished in first position.
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