MLB debut
September 3, 1995 for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
May 28, 2003 for the San Francisco Giants
The other incident for which Rivera is known happened on the field, and involved multiple errors by both Rivera and the Arizona Diamondbacks defense on May 27, 2003.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth in a 2–2 game, Rivera was a pinch runner on first base for Andrés Galarraga, who had reached on a Tony Womack error. Marquis Grissom then hit a fly ball to deep right-center field, which David Dellucci misjudged; by this time, Rivera, who had gone past second base, was on his way back to first base after retouching second, believing that Dellucci would catch the ball. When he saw that Dellucci did not make the catch, Rivera decided to try for third base, but failed once again to touch second and had to retrace his steps before continuing. He would have been out easily except that Junior Spivey's relay throw bounced off the glove of Alex Cintrón, covering third base. Having reached third base, Rivera chose to go for home, but the ball bounced to Womack, and Womack threw him out by a full step at home, preventing the would-be winning run.
After Rivera was thrown out, Giants broadcaster Jon Miller commented, "That was the worst baserunning in the history of the game!"
― omar little, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago)
haha so did he really get blackballed from the league because of that play???
― no hongro (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 21:02 (fifteen years ago)
lolz, don't remember ever seeing that
― Your Favorite Saturday Night Thing (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 October 2009 00:57 (fifteen years ago)
my favorite part is when he cuts across the diamond and then realizes he can't skip second base
― omar little, Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:38 (fifteen years ago)