Bienvenido "Ben" Rivera Santana (born January 11, 1968) is a retired

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Modern professional ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played three seasons in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

from - for the Philadelphia Phillies and

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Braves were founded in Bos ...

. He was a member of the 1993 National League Champion Phillies. He also played two seasons in

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

for the

Hanshin Tigers The Hanshin Tigers (Japanese: 阪神タイガース ''Hanshin Taigāsu'') are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railwa ...

in -, and one season in the

KBO League The KBO League (), officially the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League, is the highest level league of baseball in South Korea. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers ar ...

for the Samsung Lions in .

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1968 births Atlanta Braves players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Japan Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Hanshin Tigers players KBO League pitchers Living people Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Sportspeople from San Pedro de Macorís Philadelphia Phillies players Samsung Lions players Algodoneros de Guasave players Chinatrust Whales players Clearwater Phillies players Diablos Rojos del México players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Durham Bulls players Gulf Coast Braves players Greenville Braves players Macoto Cobras players Ottawa Lynx players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada Rieleros de Aguascalientes players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Sumter Braves players Vaqueros Laguna players {{DominicanRepublic-baseball-pitcher-stub