Bombo Rivera

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bombo Rivera
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1952(1952-08-02)
Age	72
Birthplace	Ponce
Country	Puerto Rico
Horoscope	Leo

Bombo Rivera Biography

Bombo Rivera is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on August 2, 1952 in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Rivera was the subject of a song in the late 1970s by Garrison Keillor named “The Ballad of Bombo Rivera.” There is also a brief mention of Bombo Rivera in W. P. Kinsella’s Shoeless Joe, the basis for the film Field of Dreams. Rivera also received hundreds of write-in votes in the 1979 University of Minnesota election for student council president, ostensibly coming in second place.

Rivera signed with the Montreal Expos in 1970 and during his first season in the Expos farm system, while playing for the Gulf Coast League Expos in Bradenton, Florida, Rivera and some of his teammates took a trip to see the major league club play. The game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Rivera finally got to see his idol Roberto Clemente play in right field.

Bombo Rivera Net Worth

Bombo Rivera is one of the richest Baseball Player from Puerto Rico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bombo Rivera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jesus “Bombo” Rivera Torres (born August 2, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. At the age of seven, his youth baseball manager started calling him “Bombo”, meaning “fly ball,” and the nickname stuck. Aside from baseball, Rivera also excelled in track and field. He ran the 100 meters and threw shot put at Ponce High School. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, who was known for his “bomba and plena” musical skills, and played percussion for Ponce’s local bomba plena bands.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Bombo Rivera Dating?

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Rivera added another Puerto Rican League championship in the 1985–86 season. Also on that team were Bobby Bonilla, Wally Joyner, Tim Belcher, Paul O’Neill, Harold Reynolds, and Randy Ready. It was Rivera’s last season in Mayagüez. He finished his Puerto Rican baseball career with the Arecibo Wolves in 1989.

Facts & Trivia

Bradley Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Puerto Rico. Bombo Rivera celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.

Bombo Rivera played briefly for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Florida Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. Today he lives in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and works for a non-profit organization that offers sports clinics to disadvantaged children free of charge. He also stays close to Puerto Rican youth baseball by umpiring local games.