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Jon Papelbon Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969 in Panama City, Panama) is a relief pitcher for Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. He has the 4th most regular season career saves in Major League history, is the American League career leader, and has won 4 World Series titles with the Yankees. He is the all-time Major League postseason leader in saves and ERA. Nicknamed "Mo", Rivera is frequently referred to as the greatest postseason relief pitcher of all time, and is often considered to be the greatest closer in Baseball history. Rivera is well-known for his signature pitch, a sharp-breaking cut fastball.

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"According to the Hall of Fame website, it was Dennis Eckersley, Oakland A's 1987 season"

However that same season the Mn Twins signed Jeff Reardon who already had established himself as a great closer. From 1982 to 1987, he had season save totals of 26, 21, 23, 41, 35, 31. By 1987, Reardon had 177 saves over his previous 7 seasons. He went on from 1988 to 1992 to post save totals of 42, 31, 21, 40, 30. There are a number of other closers prior to Eckersley, he was just the first guy to be used primarily for only one inning and usually he started that inning. Lee Smith, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage and Rollie Fingers were all closers before Eckersley, but they often came in the game in the 8th inning even the 7th once in a great while. But they finished the game out from whenever point they went in. They earned their saves the hard way. They were called "closers" as well.

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Mariano Rivera (NYY): 15M/yr

Brad Lidge (PHI): 12.5M/yr

Francisco Rodriguez (NYM): 12.3M/yr

Joe Nathan (MIN): 11.75M/yr

Francisco Cordero (CIN): 11.5M/yr

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Mariano Rivera of the Yankees.

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