Mariano Rivera Highlights: Mariano Rivera broke Goose Gossage's strikeout record in 1996

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Mariano Rivera broke Goose Gossage's strikeout record in 1996

From Joel Sherman: "Rivera went 8-3 with a 2.09 ERA (regular season), held opponents to a .193 batting average,

and broke Goose Gossage's Yankee relief record of 122 strikeouts by fanning 130 in 107.2 innings.

Most amazingly, of the record 4,962 homers spanked in 1996, Rivera allowed just one,

to Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro on June 28."

Page 208 from Joel Sherman's book, "Birth of a Dynasty," about the 1996 Yankees, published in 2006 by Rodale.

(Funny, Gossage has never mentioned this in his countless media appearances bashing Mariano). sm

# posted by susan @ 8:40 PM

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