Mariano Rivera, the legendary closer for the Yankees, was welcomed into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21, 2019. Rivera, who announced his retirement on March 9, 2013, is expected to enter ...

With the most career saves (652) by a fairly wide margin and a 2.21 ERA over an unparalleled 19-year career all spent with the same team, Rivera would have been dubbed the best closer in history ...

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera earned his 602nd career save, today, making him the top closer in baseball history. In a drama-free, 1-2-3 inning, Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman as the new record ...

Mariano Rivera and his family walked into the pavilion behind the third-base stands at Steinbrenner Field followed by his New York Yankees’ teammates. It was the start of the long goodbye for ...

TAMPA – Vivid childhood images and memories still dance in the mind of the 40-year-old man, as if they had unfolded yesterday. Seated in a chair by his locker in the home clubhouse at George … ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — It never changed for Mariano Rivera — from his childhood in the fishing village of Puerto Caimito in Panama to the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium. "I always wanted ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closer Mariano Rivera, the American League's all-time saves leader, has signed a two-year contract to remain with the New York Yankees, the club announced on Tuesday.

Rivera was so dominant in that role that he was third in the American League Cy Young voting in 1996 as a setup man.Exit John Wetland as closer and enter Mariano Rivera for the 1997 season.

He became Rivera’s set-up man, displaying some of the closer’s knack for handling pressure. It would serve him well. After Rivera’s retirement, Robertson saved 39 games for the Yankees in 2014.