Tuhia tētahi atu kōrero mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te whakapakoko o Rivera i a ia e tipu ana, ko te kaitākaro poitūkohu o Puerto Rico, ko Roberto Clemente, i mate i roto i te tukinga rererangi i a ia e haere ana ki te kawe āwhina ki ngā patunga o te ru o Nikaragua i te tau 1972
He aha? I whakauruhia a Rivera ki te California Athletics Hall of Fame i te tau 1994. I te 5 o Hanuere 2015, i mura te ahi i te whare o Rivera i Charlotte, North Carolina, a i kino noa iho, engari i mawhiti ia me tona whanau kaore i whara. I whakahaerehia e Rivera tetahi hoko whare atawhai i reira i muri i tana whakawhiwhinga hei kaiako matua o Washington i te tau 2020, me nga momo kakahu Panthers me nga taonga hokohoko e hokona ana i piki ake i te 30,000 mo te hapori tangata o Charlotte.