Mariano Rivera played 19 seasons for the New York Yankees from 1995 to 2013. Mariano was brought up as a starter but transitioned to the bullpen over the years.
Mariano Rivera is baseball’s all-time saves leader with 652 and ERA leader with an earned run average of 2.21.
In 1996, Mariano Rivera was moved to be the set-up man who goes out to pitch the 8th That year, he went 8-3 with 5 saves while striking out 130 batters in 107.2 innings of work. He helped lead the Yankees to a World Series championship.
In Mariano Rivera’s career, he went 82-60, had a 2.21 ERA, had 652 saves, and struck out 1173 batters in 1283.2 innings pitched.
In the postseason, Mariano Rivera went 8-1 with 42 saves and 110 strikeouts in 141 innings pitched.