John Milton "Mickey" Rivers was born on October 30,1948 and is an American former baseball player.
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11 Facts About Mickey Rivers
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Mickey Rivers played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1984 for the California Angels, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers.
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Originally signed by the Atlanta Braves, Mickey Rivers began his big league career in 1970 with the Angels, playing center field.
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Mickey Rivers played part-time in his first few years, until becoming the starter in 1974.
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Mickey Rivers led the American League in triples both years and stole a career-high 70 bases in 1975, tops in the league.
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Mickey Rivers was acquired along with Ed Figueroa by the Yankees from the Angels for Bobby Bonds on December 11,1975, a trade that immediately paid dividends for the Yankees.
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Mickey Rivers placed third in the Most Valuable Player voting behind teammate Thurman Munson and George Brett and was named an outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star team.
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Mickey Rivers set the single-season record for hits by a Ranger with 210 in 1980.
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In 1983, Mickey Rivers got into a fistfight with teammate Mike Richardt on a plane trip home, over what Richardt called a “misunderstanding”.
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Mickey Rivers was honored with many of his teammates from the 1977 World Series champion New York Yankees in the Yankee Old Timers Game in 2007.
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Mickey Rivers was played as the representation of Yankee imperialism by Garrett Morris in the "Bad Red Chinese Ballet" sketch in the November 18,1978 installment of Saturday Night Live.
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