Mariano Rivera

Tuesday, January 03, 1995

Mariano Rivera was born in Panama in 1969 and came to the United States when he was 20 years old after being scouted by the New York Yankees. Rivera played baseball in the minor leagues for five years, before making his Major League baseball debut in 1995. Rivera spent his entire 19-year career with the New York Yankees, earning five World Series championships, five Reliever of the Year awards, 13 All-Star selections, and three Most Valuable Player awards. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019. Rivera is also a philanthropist who alongside his wife Clara Rivera created the Mariano Rivera Foundation in 1998.