Mariano Rivera vs Masahiro Tanaka

Mariano Rivera

5of 7 lines

Masahiro Tanaka

2of 7 lines

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka compared on their MLB careers: Mariano Rivera played 19 seasons, 1995 to 2013, Masahiro Tanaka 7 seasons, 2014 to 2020. Mariano Rivera has 82 wins to Masahiro Tanaka's 78. Mariano Rivera won 5 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mariano Rivera leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Masahiro Tanaka in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka career totals
1,115GP174
82, betterW78
60L46, better
2.2, betterERA3.7
1,283.2IP1,054.1
1,173, betterK991
286BB208, better
1, betterWHIP1.1
652, betterSV0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka postseason
96GP10
8, betterW5
1, betterL4
0.7, betterERA3.3
141IP54
110, betterK44
21BB15, better
0.8, betterWHIP1.0
42, betterSV0

Where each stands all time

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka all-time places
Mariano RiveraAll-time rankMasahiro Tanaka
1st (652), betterSaves—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka titles and awards
5, betterChampionships—
1, betterWorld Series MVP—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Mariano Rivera and Masahiro Tanaka season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st199553, better5.51201413, better52.77, better
2nd199683, better2.09, better201512, better73.51
3rd1997641.88, better201614, better43.07
4th199830, better1.91, better201713, better124.74
5th199943, better1.83, better201812, better63.75
6th200074, better2.85, better201911, better94.45
7th20014, better62.34, better202033, better3.56
8th2002142.74————
9th2003521.66————
10th2004421.94————
11th2005741.38————
12th2006551.80————
13th2007343.15————
14th2008651.40————
15th2009331.76————
16th2010331.80————
17th2011121.91————
18th2012112.16————
19th2013622.11————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA