It’s obviously hard to measure the greatness of a reliever against the greatness of a starter, mostly because starters go lots of innings and relievers throw only one. We remind you that Jay Witasick once ambled out of the Yankees' bullpen during the 2001 World Series and allowed eight earned runs in a span of 14 hitters. The closers for all the other AL teams in that time have saved 21 games like that combined. Could it have become wet and slippery in the three bounces it took to get to Rivera? He strikes out the first two batters but lasts only 3 1/3 innings, allowing five runs and eight hits -- including a three-run homer to Jim Edmonds -- in a 10-0 loss. In his whole career. It is Rivera's only loss in 96 postseason appearances.Oct. Really, you have to watch this game, start to finish. 19 ONE AND DONE: Think how incredible it is to save 652 games, all of them for one team. 2 THAT'LL TEACH SANDY ALOMAR JR.: While finding his way into 32 postseason series over 16 different Octobers, the Great Mariano had the opportunity to pitch to 527 hitters. Rivera's season is over, though a day later, he vows to return in 2013 for what will be his final big league campaign.July 16, 2013: Playing in his 13th and final All-Star Game, Rivera earns an extended ovation after being summoned in the eighth inning to help preserve the AL's 3-0 victory at Citi Field. Heck, Billy Wagner -- one of the greatest left-handed closers of his time -- did that five times. “It's not only tough to throw strikes right now. And the Great Mariano did that zero times. There was no save to record, not even a lead to protect. But it didn't mean this: It didn't mean the greatest closer who ever lived was about to burst through the bullpen gates and work his magic. For nearly two decades, Life With Mariano has been one of the great constants in sports. That's tied for the most ever (with Goose Gossage and John Franco, also at six). 17, 2011: Rivera equals Hoffman for the all-time saves record with his 601st save, protecting a 7-6 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto.Sept. Rivera certainly took his lumps in his first year, giving up a total of 11 homers. View a sample email. I did this research. Never once, in any of them, did he allow as many as three runs. 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Pettitte got the win; they'd go on to combine for 72 win/saves, a big league record. June 1997: Rivera experiences what he would later call "a gift from God," seeing his fastball dart violently during a game of catch with reliever Ramiro Mendoza. Since 1920, there have been about 20,000 pitcher seasons that have covered 50 innings or more. Rivera is named the World Series MVP, working 4 2/3 scoreless innings over three appearances.Oct. It took 1,115 appearances, 652 of which resulted in saves, plus all of those great moments in the postseason. Thank you! In other words, his next shattered bat will be his 800th. I hope they stop the game when he breaks it -- and build a bonfire. Francisco Rodriguez allowed five of them. And that guy (Rob Murphy) threw 50 1/3. And the verdict is in. The next best was later, in 2003. 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To be fair, that was a rhetorical flourish, and Mo had two of those in a row, or >140. That leaves one pitcher, out of 20,000, who threw 50 innings in a season while allowing less than one run per nine innings. That left him with a career postseason ERA of 0.70, the lowest of all time by 0.13, despite his having pitched more than 100 more innings than the … Thanks Sam. Over these last 19 seasons, the Yankees have handed Rivera a lead in 914 different regular-season games. It’s the game everybody remembers as the Aaron Boone game, but at the same time Boone entered the game Rivera did. Not four outs or longer; six outs or longer. Sign Up For Free. So now think of Mariano Rivera’s postseason career as two seasons. Bryan Hoch has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007. This is one of the best games of the 1990s for all sorts of reasons. That’s ERA, of course; ERA record holder Fernando Rodney allowed four unearned runs, which pushes him over 1 run per nine. But his numbers showed potential. During his 16 postseasons with the Yankees, Rivera played in 96 games, secured a record 42 saves, and pitched 141 innings while allowing a mere 11 earned runs. Jose Valverde served up four. But it’s hard to accept. May 17, 1996: Now working exclusively out of the bullpen, Rivera pitches a scoreless ninth inning in an 8-5 victory over the Angels, recording his first Major League save. "He was a long time in front of his locker after the game was lost.
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