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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

This renders ESPN's "1-2-3" stat for closers meaningless

  • It would take 2 Joe Nathans to do the job of 1 Mariano Rivera in many cases:
Multi Inning Appearances, Runners on Base-REGULAR SEASON
  • 2007 Joe Nathan 7, 5
  • 2007 Mariano Rivera 13, 16
  • 2006 Joe Nathan 5, 2
  • 2006 Mariano Rivera 17, 11
  • 2005 Joe Nathan 5,4
  • 2005 Mariano Rivera 13, 11
  • 2004 Joe Nathan 5, 7
  • 2004 Mariano Rivera 10, 11
  • 2003 Joe Nathan was not the closer.
  • 2003 Mariano Rivera 15, 19
  • 2002 Mariano Rivera 8, 12
  • 2001 Mariano Rivera 21, 19
  • 2000 Mariano Rivera 19, 14
  • 1999 Mariano Rivera 12, 16
  • 1998 Mariano Rivera 15, 15
  • 1997 Mariano Rivera 13, 10
  • 1996 Mariano Rivera 42, 15 (As Set-up man)
Source: Baseball-Reference, Joe Nathan; Baseball-Reference, Mariano Rivera

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