Mariano Rivera

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: November 29, 1969 in Panama, Panama pa

High School: La Chorrera (La Chorrera, Panama)

Last Game: September 26, 2013 (Age 43-301d)
vs. TBR 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2019. (Voted by BBWAA on 425/425 ballots)
View Mariano Rivera's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: SFX Fernando Cuza • Previously: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner, Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Mariano Rivera

Nicknames: Mo, Super Mariano, The Sandman or The Hammer of God

Pronunciation: \rih-VAIR-uh\

Twitter: @MarianoRivera

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Relatives: Cousin of Rubén Rivera

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.3

ERA

2.21

1115

652

1283.2

1173

WHIP

1.000

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1990	20	0.3	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	5	1	.833	0.17	0.52	22	1	12	1	1	1	52.0	17	3	1	0	7	0	58	2	0	2		0.462	2.9	0.0	1.2	10.0	8.29
1991	21	-0.5	Greensboro	SALL	A	NYY	4	9	.308	2.75	3.77	29	15	6	1	0	0	114.2	103	48	35	2	36	0	123	3	0	3	479	1.212	8.1	0.2	2.8	9.7	3.42
1992	22	-0.5	Fort Lauderdale	FLOR	A+	NYY	5	3	.625	2.28	2.58	10	10	0	3	1	0	59.1	40	17	15	5	5	0	42	0	0	0	217	0.758	6.1	0.8	0.8	6.4	8.40
1993	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	NYY	1	1	.500	2.08	2.70	12	12	0	0	0	0	43.1	33	13	10	0	16	0	38	0	0	3	176	1.131	6.9	0.0	3.3	7.9	2.38
1993	23	1.4	Greensboro	SALL	A	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.06	2.75	10	10	0	0	0	0	39.1	31	12	9	0	15	0	32	0	0	2	161	1.169	7.1	0.0	3.4	7.3	2.13
1993	23	3.7	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	1	.000	2.25	2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	15	0.750	4.5	0.0	2.3	13.5	6.00
1994	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	NYY	10	2	.833	3.09	3.71	22	22	0	1	0	0	131.0	126	54	45	12	30	0	89	2	2	1	537	1.191	8.7	0.8	2.1	6.1	2.97
1994	24	-1.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	4	2	.667	5.81	6.39	6	6	0	1	0	0	31.0	34	22	20	5	10	0	23	0	1	0	137	1.419	9.9	1.5	2.9	6.7	2.30
1994	24	0.1	Albany-Colonie	EL	AA	NYY	3	0	1.000	2.27	2.84	9	9	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	20	16	5	8	0	39	0	1	1	252	1.042	8.2	0.7	1.1	5.5	4.88
1994	24	1.5	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	3	0	1.000	2.21	2.95	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	34	12	9	2	12	0	27	2	0	0	148	1.255	8.3	0.5	2.9	6.6	2.25
1995	25	-1.5	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	2	2	.500	2.10	3.00	7	7	0	1	1	0	30.0	25	10	7	2	3	0	30	0	0	0	114	0.933	7.5	0.6	0.9	9.0	10.00
1995	25	-3.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	3	.625	5.51	5.78	19	10	2	0	0	0	67.0	71	43	41	11	30	0	51	2	1	0	301	1.507	9.5	1.5	4.0	6.9	1.70
1996	26	-2.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	3	.727	2.09	2.09	61	0	14	0	0	5	107.2	73	25	25	1	34	3	130	2	0	1	425	0.994	6.1	0.1	2.8	10.9	3.82
1997	27	-1.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	4	.600	1.88	2.13	66	0	56	0	0	43	71.2	65	17	15	5	20	6	68	0	0	2	301	1.186	8.2	0.6	2.5	8.5	3.40
1998	28	-1.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	0	1.000	1.91	1.91	54	0	49	0	0	36	61.1	48	13	13	3	17	1	36	1	0	0	246	1.060	7.0	0.4	2.5	5.3	2.12
1999	29	-0.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	3	.571	1.83	1.96	66	0	63	0	0	45	69.0	43	15	14	2	18	3	52	3	1	2	268	0.884	5.6	0.3	2.3	6.8	2.89
2000	30	1.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	4	.636	2.85	3.09	66	0	61	0	0	36	75.2	58	26	24	4	25	3	58	0	0	2	311	1.097	6.9	0.5	3.0	6.9	2.32
2001	31	2.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	6	.400	2.34	2.68	71	0	66	0	0	50	80.2	61	24	21	5	12	2	83	1	0	1	310	0.905	6.8	0.6	1.3	9.3	6.92
2002	32	12.2	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2002	32	3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	4	.200	2.74	3.13	45	0	37	0	0	28	46.0	35	16	14	3	11	2	41	2	1	1	187	1.000	6.8	0.6	2.2	8.0	3.73
2003	33	4.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	2	.714	1.66	1.91	64	0	57	0	0	40	70.2	61	15	13	3	10	1	63	4	0	0	277	1.005	7.8	0.4	1.3	8.0	6.30
2004	34	5.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	2	.667	1.94	1.94	74	0	69	0	0	53	78.2	65	17	17	3	20	3	66	5	0	0	316	1.081	7.4	0.3	2.3	7.6	3.30
2005	35	5.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	4	.636	1.38	2.07	71	0	67	0	0	43	78.1	50	18	12	2	18	0	80	4	0	0	306	0.868	5.7	0.2	2.1	9.2	4.44
2006	36	7.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	5	.500	1.80	1.92	63	0	59	0	0	34	75.0	61	16	15	3	11	4	55	5	0	0	293	0.960	7.3	0.4	1.3	6.6	5.00
2007	37	8.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	4	.429	3.15	3.15	67	0	59	0	0	30	71.1	68	25	25	4	12	2	74	6	0	1	295	1.121	8.6	0.5	1.5	9.3	6.17
2008	38	9.7	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	5	.545	1.40	1.40	64	0	60	0	0	39	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	0	77	2	0	1	259	0.665	5.2	0.5	0.8	9.8	12.83
2009	39	10.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	3	.500	1.76	1.90	66	0	55	0	0	44	66.1	48	14	13	7	12	1	72	1	0	1	257	0.905	6.5	0.9	1.6	9.8	6.00
2010	40	12.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	3	3	.500	1.80	2.10	61	0	55	0	0	33	60.0	39	14	12	2	11	3	45	5	0	0	230	0.833	5.9	0.3	1.7	6.8	4.09
2011	41	12.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	1.91	1.91	64	0	54	0	0	44	61.1	47	13	13	3	8	2	60	2	0	1	233	0.897	6.9	0.4	1.2	8.8	7.50
2012	42	13.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	2.16	2.16	9	0	9	0	0	5	8.1	6	2	2	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	32	0.960	6.5	0.0	2.2	8.6	4.00
2013	43	14.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	2	.750	2.11	2.25	64	0	60	0	0	44	64.0	58	16	15	6	9	3	54	1	0	0	256	1.047	8.2	0.8	1.3	7.6	6.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		82	60	.577	2.21	2.38	1115	10	952	0	0	652	1283.2	998	340	315	71	286	41	1173	46	3	13	5103	1.000	7.0	0.5	2.0	8.2	4.10
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		27	18	.600	2.35	3.02	103	68	18	7	3	1	432.1	346	145	113	21	98	0	382	7	2	9	1531	1.027	7.2	0.4	2.0	8.0	3.90
All Levels (24 Seasons)							109	78	.583	2.24	2.54	1218	78	970	7	3	653	1716.0	1344	485	428	92	384	41	1555	53	5	22	6634	1.007	7.0	0.5	2.0	8.2	4.05

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.98	4.72	13	13	0	2	1	0	61.0	59	32	27	7	13	0	53	0	1	0	251	1.180	8.7	1.0	1.9	7.8	4.08
AA (1 season)					Minors		3	0	1.000	2.27	2.84	9	9	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	20	16	5	8	0	39	0	1	1	252	1.042	8.2	0.7	1.1	5.5	4.88
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		8	3	.727	2.25	2.72	17	17	0	3	1	0	96.0	74	29	24	7	17	0	69	2	0	0	365	0.948	6.9	0.7	1.6	6.5	4.06
A (2 seasons)					Minors		5	9	.357	2.57	3.51	39	25	6	1	0	0	154.0	134	60	44	2	51	0	155	3	0	5	640	1.201	7.8	0.1	3.0	9.1	3.04
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		5	2	.714	0.31	0.62	25	4	12	1	1	1	58.0	21	4	2	0	9	0	66	2	0	3	23	0.517	3.3	0.0	1.4	10.2	7.33