Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Quick Hit: Comparing Dellin to Mariano in Season Two


When Dellin Betances broke into the league and broke into the back end of the New York Yankees bullpen in 2014 many compared him immediately to the Yankees legendary closer Mariano Rivera. When looking at the stats from Mariano's first full season in 1996 and Dellin's 2014 campaign you can see that Dellin met or exceeded many of Rivera's totals including passing his franchise record for strikeouts in a single season. Has Dellin met, exceeded or fallen short of Rivera's second season in the majors in only his second full season in 2015?

Dellin Betances 2015 stats (to date):

Year W L ERA G SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
2015 ★ 6 3 1.36 70 8 79.2 41 15 12 5 39 124 295 2.43 1.004 4.6 0.6 4.4 14.0
Mariano Rivera's 1997 stats: 

Year W L ERA G SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9
1997 ★ 6 4 1.88 66 43 71.2 65 17 15 5 20 68 239 2.96 1.186 8.2 0.6 2.5 8.5
You have to keep in mind that Rivera was the closer for the New York Yankees in 1997 which led to a decrease in innings pitched and subsequently most of his stats in his second season. Rivera was throwing multiple innings in 1996 where he was limited to one, and no more than two, innings in 1997. The stats don't lie either way though and they tell a very interesting story, a story that states that Betances

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