It's Official - MARIANO RIVERA RE-SIGNS WITH YANKEES

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YANKEES NEWS ALERT
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December 14, 2010

MARIANO RIVERA RE-SIGNS WITH YANKEES
The New York Yankees announced today that they have signed
right-handed closer Mariano Rivera, the American League’s all-time
saves leader, to a two-year contract.

Rivera, 41, owns 559 career saves, the most in franchise history and the
second-most all-time behind Trevor Hoffman (601).  His 394 saves
over the last 10 seasons are the most in the Majors, while his
978 career appearances are the most-ever by a Yankees pitcher
and place him in 17th place on Baseball’s all-time list. 
Since earned runs became an official statistic in the National
League in 1912 and the American League in 1913,
Rivera’s 2.23 career ERA is the second-lowest all time
among pitchers with at least 1,000.0 innings pitched,
according to the Elias Sports Bureau, trailing only
Eddie Cicotte’s 2.20 career ERA over the span.

The Panama native was originally signed by the Yankees
as a non-drafted free agent on February 17, 1990,
and is currently the longest-tenured
Yankee (15 yrs, 105 days).