Still, this guy was an absolute beast out of the pen and may well have been the GOAT closer until Mariano Rivera came along. 1982 Topps Nolan Ryan Highlights ...

2009 — Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the Mets 4-2 for a Subway Series sweep.

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1910 — Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs became the first major leaguer to steal home twice in the same game, an 11-1 win over Cincinnati. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This ...

Rivera, who was mostly a one-inning closer because that’s what the role had evolved into, was nonetheless used for more than one inning on many occasions and had no problem with it.

Chapman is a seven-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and a Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award winner. He has a 1.29 ERA with 15 saves this year.

He is a seven-time All-Star, two-time World Series champion and a Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award winner. Follow The Sporting News On WhatsApp ...

One of those home runs came on Aug. 16, 2005, for Tampa Bay against the Yankees, when Pérez went deep off both Johnson and Mariano Rivera.

Mariano, 78, would turn 80 years old just before Election Day 2026. The Boston Globe first reported on the statement Friday, saying it had come “in response to a Globe inquiry about potential ...

Closers: Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner, Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel and Aroldis Chapman No. 42 walks out of the bullpen before the game on Mariano Rivera Day in 2013, his final season.

The 600-save club. The names on MLB’s reliever of the year awards: Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman. You’ve been paying attention," wrote The Athletic's Jayson Stark and Tyler Kepner.