Sunday, July 20, 2014

Dellin Betances, Mariano Rivera, and Comparisons


The Yankees manager Joe Girardi had an interview with ESPN's Andrew Marchand recently and all but compared Mariano Rivera's 1996 season to Dellin Betances' 2014 season. That sounds really familiar, probably because I wrote the same exact thing SEEN HERE on June 3. Just for fun, since we were on the subject, I decided to take a look at the stats through 95 games in their first full season with New York and the stats may surprise some. For simplicity sake I wen't through June to be posted here or this would be a nine mile long post, you get the gist though.

Mariano Rivera 1996:

Rk Date Inngs Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA BF Pit Str StL AB Entered
1 Apr 6 6-7 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 6 23 17 5 6 6b --- 0 out d2
2 Apr 11 6-7 1.0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 7 36 19 7 4 6t --- 0 out a4
3 Apr 13 6-7 1.2 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.93 8 39 23 3 6 6t 1-3 1 out d1
4 Apr 16 8-GF(8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.59 3 15 11 3 3 8b --- 0 out d4
5 Apr 17 6-7 2.0 3 2 2 2 3 0 0 3.52 10 52 35 9 8 6b --- 0 out d5
6 Apr 19 4-6 3.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 2.53 13 63 42 8 12 4b 12- 0 out d3
7 Apr 22 6-8 H(1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.98 9 9 6b --- 0 out a3
8 Apr 26 6-8 W(1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.62 10 9 6t 12- 0 out d4
9 Apr 28 6-8 W(2-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1.37 10 55 38 3 9 6t --- 0 out d1
10 Apr 30 7-8 H(2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.25 6 6 7b 1-3 0 out a3
May Inngs Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA BF Pit Str StL AB Entered
11 May 3 7-8 W(3-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.14 8 7 7t --- 0 out tie
12 May 5 7-8 H(3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.05 6 36 20 5 6 7t --- 0 out a2
13 May 12 6-8 H(4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.96 8 8 6b 1-- 2 out a1
14 May 15 6-7 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.92 4 16 13 1 4 6t -2- 2 out d4
15 May 17 9-GF S(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.89 3 8 7 3 3 9t --- 0 out a3
16 May 18 9-GF S(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.88 1 4 3 0 1 9t 12- 2 out a4
17 May 21 8-GF 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.83 7 19 14 3 7 8t --- 0 out a4
18 May 25 7-8 H(5) 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.04 9 45 29 4 7 7b --- 0 out a2
19 May 31 7-8 H(6) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.98 7 6 7b --- 0 out a1
June Inngs Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA BF Pit Str StL AB Entered
20 Jun 2 7-8 H(7) 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 1.42 7 6 7b -2- 1 out a2
21 Jun 4 7-8 H(8) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.35 9 39 31 4 7 7t -2- 0 out a1
22 Jun 7 7-8 BS(1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.50 8 30 21 2 8 7b 1-- 0 out a2
23 Jun 10 7-8 H(9) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.43 8 8 7b --- 0 out a2
24 Jun 16 6-8 H(10) 2.2 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.54 12 59 39 8 11 6t --- 0 out a2
25 Jun 21(2) 6-8 3.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 1.63 12 47 35 5 12 6b --- 0 out a5
26 Jun 25(2) 6-8 H(11) 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1.54 11 50 33 7 10 6b 12- 0 out a4
27 Jun 28 7-9 L(3-1) 2.1 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 1.96 12 47 32 6 10 7t --- 0 out tie
30 Jul 4 8-8 H(14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.86 3 16 9 3 3 8t --- 0 out a2
107.2 73 25 25 34 130 1 2 2.09 425
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/19/2014.

Dellin Betances 2014:
Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2014 ★ 26 4 0 1.000 1.42 41 5 1 57.0 23 9 9 1 16 87 281 1.31 0.684 3.6 0.2 2.5 13.7
It is also worth mentioning, and has been mentioned here on the blog a few times, that John Wetteland was 30 years old when the Yankees let him go after the 1996 season. David Robertson is currently 30 years old and a free agent after the 2014 season. Obviously that was a different time and the Yankees had many more financial restrictions back then but as long as both seasons end in a World Series victory I'll take it.

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