Ruben Rivera Trades and Transactions

The Ruben Rivera trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Ruben Rivera has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Ruben Rivera

Ruben Rivera Autograph on a 1995 Upper Deck

Ruben Rivera Autograph on a 1995 Upper Deck
 

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Birth Name:   Rubén (Moreno) Rivera
Nickname:   None
Born On:   11-14-1973  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chorrera, Panama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   La Chorrea High School (Panama, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   09-03-1995 (Age 21)
Last Game:   05-28-2003
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent
Ruben Rivera

Trades & Transactions

11-21-1990: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees.
04-22-1997: Traded by New York Yankees (with Rafael Medina) to San Diego Padres for Homer Bush and Hideki Irabu.
03-14-2001: Released by San Diego Padres.
03-21-2001: Signed by Cincinnati Reds.
11-16-2001: Claimed on waivers by San Francisco Giants from Cincinnati Reds.
12-21-2001: Granted free agency.
02-14-2002: Signed by New York Yankees.
03-11-2002: Released by New York Yankees.
03-31-2002: Signed by Texas Rangers.
09-30-2002: Released by Texas Rangers.
01-24-2003: Signed by San Francisco Giants.
06-03-2003: Released by San Francisco Giants.
07-03-2003: Signed by Baltimore Orioles.
10-15-2003: Granted free agency.
08-23-2005: Signed by New York Yankees.
10-07-2005: Released by New York Yankees.
03-03-2006: Signed by Chicago White Sox.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Ruben Rivera trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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