Mariano Rivera

Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American former relief pitcher who spent all 19 of his Major League Baseball seasons with the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Raised in the fishing village of Puerto Caimito, Panama, he became the Yankees closer in 1997 and held the role for 17 seasons, relying mainly on a cut fastball. He was a 13-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, and he is the career leader in saves with 652. In 2019 he became the first player elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America.