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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 awards are named after former relievers Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman, who played their entire careers in the respective leagues. [1] First issued in 2014, the awards replaced the Delivery Man of the Year Award, which had been presented since 2005. [2] The Reliever of the Year Awards are based on the votes of a panel of retired ...
A starting pitcher is not credited with a GF for pitching a complete game. Mariano Rivera [1] [2] [3] is the all-time leader in games finished with 952. Rivera is the only pitcher in MLB history to finish more than 900 career games. Trevor Hoffman [4] and Lee Smith [5] are the only other pitchers to finish more than 800 games in their careers.
Rivera became the second player from Panama to be elected to the Hall. As with Rod Carew, a generation of aspiring ballplayers from a country of four million people had a dream, a destination and ...
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.
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 ...
5, shared by Mariano Rivera and Dan Quisenberry The Rolaids Relief Man Award was an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given from 1976 to 2012 to the top relief pitchers of the regular season, one in the American League (AL) and one in the National League (NL).
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 ...