caption bats birth_place debutyear statvalue team position statlabel debutdate birth_date number image article_title debutteam name throws
rivera 2013 world baseball classic batting for the puerto rico national team in left fajardo , puerto rico 2003 .218 13 24 guerreros de oaxaca first baseman batting average runs hits june 22 10 june 1978 55 carlos rivera on march 17 , 2013.jpg carlos rivera -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 pittsburgh pirates carlos rivera left
carlos rivera -lrb- baseball -rrb-

carlos alberto rivera -lrb- born june 10 , 1978 in fajardo , puerto rico -rrb- is a major league baseball first baseman who is currently with the guerreros de oaxaca in the mexican baseball league .
he played two seasons at the major league level for the pittsburgh pirates .
he was drafted by the pirates in the 10th round of the 1996 major league baseball draft .
rivera played his first professional season with their rookie league gcl pirates in , and last played with an mlb-affiliated team in with the colorado rockies ' triple-a team , the colorado springs sky sox .
in , rivera hit .410 with 16 home runs and 73 rbi in 101 games for the oaxaca warriors in the mexican league and was a midseason all-star .
after not playing during the regular season , he played winter ball in his native puerto rico for the ponce lions and hit .321 with 31 rbi in 36 games .
he also represented puerto rico in the 2009 caribbean series .
after starting the season with the petroleros de minatitlán of the mexican league , rivera signed with the wichita wingnuts of the american association on july 30 .
