ku dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Rivera wuxuu ku koray ciyaaryahanka baseballka Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente, kaasoo ku dhintay shil diyaaradeed isagoo ku socday si uu gargaar ugu gaarsiiyo dhibbanayaasha
Dhulgariirkii ka dhacay Nicaragua 1972 Rivera waxaa la galiyay California Athletics Hall of Fame sanadkii 1994. Bishii Janaayo 5, 2015, Rivera gurigiisa oo ku yaal Charlotte, North Carolina ayaa dab qabsaday oo qayb ahaan burburay, laakiin isaga iyo qoyskiisu way ka baxsadeen iyagoo aan wax dhaawac ah soo gaarin. Rivera wuxuu halkaas ku qabtay iibinta barxadda samafalka ka dib markii loo shaqaaleysiiyay inuu noqdo tababaraha madaxa ee Washington sannadka 2020, iyadoo dharka Panthers kala duwan iyo alaabada la iibinayo oo kor u qaaday in ka badan 30,000 oo loogu talagalay bulshada bini'aadamnimada ee Charlotte.