리베라에 대해 알아야 할 42가지

이번 Five facts의 주인공인 리베라를 보다보니 십수년간 양키스의 뒷문을 든든히 지켜주던 그의 생각이 많이 나더라고요. 불과 작년말까지만 해도 현역이었는데 되게 아련한 옛 기억처럼 느껴지기도 하고, 1년 넘게 지난 일인데도 그 때의 기억은 어제처럼 생생하기도 한 복잡미묘한 감정입니다.

관련기록을 찾아보다가 눈에 띈 2013년 스포츠 일러스트레이티드에 실렸던 글입니다. 원문은 이 곳에서 보실 수 있습니다.



양키스가 플레이오프에 진출하지 못한다면, 마리아노 리베라가 마지막으로 메이저리그 유니폼을 입는 날은 다음주 일요일이 될 것이다. 명예의 전당 입성이 확실시되는 가장 위대한 마무리투수의 커리어를 기념하기 위해, 리베라에 대해 알아야 할 42가지를 준비했다.

1. 그는 1969년 11월 29일 파나마의 파나마시티에서 태어났다. 리베라는 메이저리그에서 가장 나이가 많은 선수이고 1960년대생중에 마지막까지 현역생활을 한 선수이다.

Five Facts: Mariano Rivera

I have posted five facts about Ellsbury and Betances and about Tanaka. Now it's Mariano Rivera's turn.



The age Mariano Rivera began pitching: 19
That is pretty late, considering many players who played since little league or even before that.

His first pitching coach was Hoyt Wilhelm: Wilhelm is the first-ever relief pitcher in the Hall of Fame.
Hoyt Wilhelm was inducted in 1985 with 227 saves. I am not exactly sure what defines a relief pitcher. If we look at GS/G for example, Satchel Paige started 26 out of 179 games, and was inducted in 1971. If we look at the number of saves, Wilhelm is the first one with 200+ saves. The others with 200+ saves: Rollie Fingers (inducted in 1992, 341 saves,) Dennis Eckersley (2004, 390,) Bruce Sutter (2006, 300,) and Rich "Goose" Gossage (2008, 310.) Rivera has 652 and Trevor Hoffman has 601 saves.

Only pitcher to make more All-Star Game: Warren Spahn
Spahn pitched in 17 All-Star Games. Next few include Rivera (13) Tom Seaver (12) Roger Clemens (11) Steve Carlton, Whitey Ford, Tom Glavine, Randy Johnson, Juan Marichal (10.) The most game started is 5, by Don Drysdale, Lefty Gomez, and Robin Roberts. Rivera owns the most saves with 4 followed by Dennis Eckersley with 3.

He saved 72 of Andy Pettitte's wins: That's a record for any starter & closer combination
I knew about this stat. Here is a complete list of the winning pitchers of Rivera's saves:

72    Andy Pettitte
49    Mike Mussina
35    Roger Clemens
32    Orlando Hernandez
26    CC Sabathia
25    David Wells
24    Chien-Ming Wang
23    Ramiro Mendoza
20    David Cone
17    Mike Stanton
15    A.J. Burnett, Javier Vazquez
13    Phil Hughes, Randy Johnson
12    David Robertson
11    Joba Chamberlain, Jeff Nelson, Ivan Nova
10    Tom Gordon
9    Kevin Brown
8    Dwight Gooden, Hiroki Kuroda, Boone Logan, Jaret Wright
7    Tanyon Sturtze
6    Alfredo Aceves, Brian Bruney, Scott Proctor, Paul Quantrill
5    Jose Contreras, Freddy Garcia, Jason Grimsley, Hideki Irabu, Jon Lieber, Ted Lilly, Carl Pavano
4    Phil Coke, Kyle Farnsworth, Aaron Small, Cory Wade
3    Shawn Chacon, Bartolo Colon, Sterling Hitchcock, Steve Karsay, Shawn Kelley, Denny Neagle, Kenny Rogers, Rafael Soriano, Luis Vizcaino, Allen Watson, Jeff Weaver
2    Willie Banks, Randy Choate, Tyler Clippard, David Huff, Aaron Laffey, Al Leiter, Damaso Marte, Sergio Mitre, Mike Myers, Donovan Osborne, David Phelps, Sidney Ponson, Edwar Ramirez, Darrell Rasner, Jose Veras, Adam Warren, Gabe White, Jay Witasick
1    Jonathan Albaladejo, Jason Anderson, Luis Ayala, T.J. Beam, Armando Benitez, Brian Boehringer, Ryan Bradley, Brandon Claussen, Chad Gaudin, Dan Giese, Kei Igawa, Randy Keisler, Ian Kennedy, Graeme Lloyd, Esteban Loaiza, Dan Naulty, C.J. Nitkowski, Ross Ohlendorf, Antonio Osuna, Chan Ho Park, Bret Prinz, Clay Rapada, Ron Villone, Bob Wickman, Todd Williams, Kerry Wood

Before choosing "Enter Sandman"...: He tried "Welcome to the Jungle" "Paradaise City" by Guns N' Roses
I am glad he chose Enter Sandman. What a great song for the greatest closer ever.