Mariano Rivera.
Panamanian Hall of Fame baseball player, relief pitcher
Mariano Rivera Seriously Injured During Yankees Alumni Game
For the first time in six years, Yankee Stadium brought back a tradition many fans thought they might never see again. On Saturday afternoon, before the Yankees faced the Houston Astros, the team hosted its Old Timers’…
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About Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A 13-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves (652) and games finished (952). Rivera won five American League (AL) Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times. In 2019, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, and is to date the only player ever to be elected unanimously by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).
Everything about Mariano Rivera →- Occupation
- baseball player
- Citizenship
- Panama, United States
- Born
- November 29, 1969