The Baseball Hall of Fame added six new members Sunday in Cooperstown, New York, as Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, Harold Baines, Edgar Martinez and Lee Smith took their respective places among baseball legends.
Appropriately, Rivera was the last inductee to take the podium. Rivera is the greatest closer in MLB history, retiring with the most saves ever (652), 13 All-Star appearances and five World Series titles. The New York Yankees right-hander finished with an absurd 0.70 ERA in 141 postseason innings.
For more than just his performance, Rivera is an outlier in that he spent his entire 19-year career with one team.