Germán Rivera Díaz (born July 6, 1960) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball third baseman. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and

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of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 1980s.

Career

Rivera was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 20, 1977. He played in the minors for the Lethbridge Dodgers (1978),

Clinton Dodgers Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a give ...

(1978–1979),

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(1979, 1981),

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(1980), San Antonio Dodgers (1982) and Albuquerque Dukes (1982–1985). He was selected by the

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in the rule 5 draft in 1983, but returned to the Dodgers at the end of spring training when he failed to make the Athletics roster. Rivera made his major league debut as a defensive replacement on September 2, 1983 against the Montreal Expos and made his first start the next day. He was the Dodgers opening day starter at third base in 1984, playing in 94 games that season and finishing with a .260 batting average. On July 15, 1985 he was traded to the

(with

Rafael Montalvo Rafael Edgardo Montalvo Torres (born March 31, 1964, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher whose time in the big leagues consisted of only 1 inning in 1 game at the age of 22. He holds the record with several other ...

) in exchange for Enos Cabell. Spent most of the season with the Astros AAA team, the Tucson Toros and only appeared in 13 games for the Astros. Rivera bounced around the minors for a few years after that, playing with the

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& Toledo Mud Hens (

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organization -1986–1987),

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(

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organization -1988),

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( Atlanta Braves organization -1989),

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( Montreal Expos organization-1990). After that he played in Japan ( Kintetsu Buffaloes) for a year.

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