BASEBALL PLAYER

Mariano Rivera

1969 - Today

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Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) 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 thirteen-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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mariano Rivera is the 29th most popular baseball player (up from 36th in 2024), the 32nd most popular biography from Panama (up from 35th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Mariano Rivera ranks 29 out of 91. Before him are Reggie Jackson, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson, Satchel Paige, Rogers Hornsby, and Roger Clemens. After him are Tom Seaver, Mark McGwire, Derek Jeter, Cal Ripken Jr., Greg Maddux, and Hideo Nomo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Mariano Rivera ranks 348. Before him are David Bernhardt, Noah Baumbach, Paul Tergat, Cory Booker, David Adeang, and Michael Tarnat. After him are Saša Obradović, Midori Ito, Gianluigi Lentini, Stephen Moyer, Andrei Okounkov, and David A. Sinclair.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Mariano Rivera ranks 32 out of 71. Before him are Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino (1938), Jorge Illueca (1918), Pablo Arosemena (1836), Harmodio Arias Madrid (1886), Aristides Royo (1940), and Julio Dely Valdés (1967). After him are Clara González (1898), Alfredo Anderson (1978), Rosa María Britton (1936), Ricardo J. Alfaro (1882), Felipe Baloy (1981), and Linda Martín Alcoff (1955).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In Panama

Among baseball players born in Panama, Mariano Rivera ranks 1. 

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