Mariano Rivera

Mariano Rivera career Saves

Mariano Rivera, considered by many to be the best closer ever, set the MLB record for career saves. Use this database to explore how he did it and watch as he adds to the record.

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1.0 41
1.1 7
1.2 7
2.0 3
0.2 1

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6 9
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Save	day of week	Month	Date	Year	opposing team	Length of save	H	R	ER	BB	K	IR	IRS	Final out	Note	Stadium	Total pitches	Batters faced
597	Monday	September	5	2011	Baltimore Orioles	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	J.J. Hardy	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	27	6
582	Saturday	July	16	2011	Toronto Blue Jays	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Travis Snider	-	Rogers Centre	28	5
576	Saturday	June	18	2011	Chicago Cubs	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	Jeff Baker	-	Wrigley Field	12	4
575	Sunday	June	5	2011	Los Angeles Angels	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	Torii Hunter	-	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	13	4
558	Monday	September	20	2010	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	Matthew Joyce	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	25	6
551	Saturday	August	21	2010	Seattle Mariners	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	Jose Lopez	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	27	6
534	Friday	May	21	2010	New York Mets	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	David Wright	-	Citi Field	16	5
515	Tuesday	August	11	2009	Toronto Blue Jays	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	Marco Scutaro	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	18	5
494	Thursday	June	4	2009	Texas Rangers	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	David Murphy	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	24	5
485	Friday	April	17	2009	Cleveland Indians	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Mark DeRosa	-	Yankee Stadium (new)	19	5
480	Friday	September	19	2008	Baltimore Orioles	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Brian Roberts	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	18	5
477	Saturday	September	13	2008	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	Justin Ruggiano	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	17	5
466	Saturday	July	5	2008	Boston Red Sox	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	Julio Lugo	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	25	7
464	Sunday	June	22	2008	Cincinnati Reds	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	Norris Hopper	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	30	6
425	Thursday	July	5	2007	Minnesota Twins	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	Michael Cuddyer	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	24	5
416	Thursday	May	3	2007	Texas Rangers	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	Kenny Lofton	-	Rangers Ballpark	14	4
401	Monday	July	17	2006	Seattle Mariners	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Willie Bloomquist	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	17	5
393	Tuesday	June	20	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Ryan Howard	-	Citizens Bank Park	20	8
388	Tuesday	May	23	2006	Boston Red Sox	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	Dustan Mohr	-	Fenway Park	21	7
378	Sunday	September	25	2005	Toronto Blue Jays	1.1	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	Russ Adams	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	36	8
359	Sunday	July	17	2005	Boston Red Sox	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	Johnny Damon	-	Fenway Park	15	5
339	Thursday	April	21	2005	Toronto Blue Jays	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Alex Rios	-	SkyDome	19	5
333	Tuesday	September	21	2004	Toronto Blue Jays	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	Guillermo Quiroz	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	13	5
319	Friday	July	31	2004	Baltimore Orioles	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Jerry Hairston Jr.	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	8	4
306	Sunday	June	6	2004	Texas Rangers	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	Mark Teixeira	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	13	5
302	Tuesday	June	1	2004	Baltimore Orioles	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	3	3	B.J. Surhoff	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	17	5
294	Wednesday	May	5	2004	Oakland A's	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eric Chavez	-	Network Associates Coliseum	14	5
276	Sunday	September	7	2003	Boston Red Sox	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	Todd Walker	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	23	7
273	Saturday	August	30	2003	Boston Red Sox	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	3	3	Jason Varitek	-	Fenway Park	39	8
265	Thursday	August	7	2003	Texas Rangers	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	Michael Young	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	19	5
258	Monday	June	30	2003	Baltimore Orioles	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	Deivi Cruz	-	Camden Yards	16	5
256	Saturday	June	28	2003	New York Mets	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	3	3	Tony Clark	-	Shea Stadium	27	7
255	Thursday	June	26	2003	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	Ben Grieve	-	Tropicana Field	17	5
248	Friday	June	6	2003	Chicago Cubs	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	Hee-Seop Choi	-	Wrigley Field	12	5
225	Thursday	May	9	2002	Tampa Bay Rays	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	Jared Sandberg	-	Tropicana Field	31	7
218	Saturday	April	6	2002	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Toby Hall	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	18	5
207	Friday	August	31	2001	Boston Red Sox	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Troy O'Leary	-	Fenway Park	14	4
204	Thursday	August	23	2001	Texas Rangers	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Randy Velarde	-	The Ballpark at Arlington	17	5
191	Saturday	June	30	2001	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	Ben Grieve	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	18	5
161	Monday	September	4	2000	Kansas City Royals	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	Mike Sweeney	-	Kauffman Stadium	20	6
146	Saturday	June	24	2000	Chicago White Sox	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	3	2	Brook Fordyce	-	Comiskey Park	34	7
143	Sunday	June	4	2000	Atlanta Braves	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	Andres Galarraga	-	Turner Field	27	8
138	Tuesday	May	2	2000	Cleveland Indians	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	Enrique Wilson	-	Jacobs Field	25	6
137	Monday	May	1	2000	Cleveland Indians	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	Alex Ramirez	(Force out)	Jacobs Field	40	8
130	Monday	April	3	2000	Los Angeles Angels	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	Tim Salmon	-	Edison Field	19	6
129	Saturday	October	2	1999	Tampa Bay Rays	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	Terrell Lowery	(Force out)	Tropicana Field	26	6
111	Tuesday	July	27	1999	Chicago White Sox	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	Ray Durham	-	Comiskey Park	26	5
109	Wednesday	July	21	1999	Tampa Bay Rays	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	Terrell Lowery	-	Yankee Stadium (old)	19	5
85	Tuesday	April	6	1999	Oakland A's	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	Eric Chavez	-	Network Associates Coliseum	19	6
84	Sunday	September	20	1998	Baltimore Orioles	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	Rafael Palmeiro	-	Camden Yards	11	5