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Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed " Mo " [ 1 ] and " Sandman ", [ 2 ] he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons.
The "Core Four" are former New York Yankees baseball players Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera. Each member of the Core Four was a key contributor to the Yankees' late-1990s and early 2000s dynasty that won four World Series championships in five years, and a fifth in 2009.
Mariano Rivera [2] [3] [4] is the all-time leader in saves with 652. Rivera and Trevor Hoffman [5] are the only pitchers in MLB history to save more than 600 career games. Lee Smith, [6] Kenley Jansen, [7] Craig Kimbrel, [8] Francisco Rodríguez, [9] John Franco, [10] and Billy Wagner [11] are the only other pitchers to save more than 400 games ...
It’s not a very long drive from the bucolic community of Rye in New York’s affluent Westchester County to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx where Panamanian-raised Yankees baseball legend Mariano ...
Mariano Rivera † New York Yankees: 2004 Éric Gagné: 52 Los Angeles Dodgers: 2002 Dennis Eckersley † 51 Oakland Athletics: 1992 Rod Beck: Chicago Cubs: 1998 Jim Johnson: Baltimore Orioles: 2012 Mark Melancon: Pittsburgh Pirates: 2015 Jeurys Familia * New York Mets: 2016 Jim Johnson: 50 Baltimore Orioles: 2013 Craig Kimbrel * Atlanta Braves ...
The New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera was unanimously voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by sportswriters, the first unanimous vote in Major League Baseball history. Ryan Brooks reports.
Emmanuel Clase stats vs. Mariano Rivera. Statistically, Clase has been baseball's best closer since the beginning of the 2021 season, and the argument isn't particularly close.. He leads all ...
Former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, one of the most prominent closers in baseball history, has the most career saves of any MLB pitcher (652).. In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer (abbreviated CL), is a relief pitcher who specializes in getting the final outs in a close game when his team is leading.