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Mariano Rivera throws a pitch against the Minnesota Twins FABULOUS FIREBALLERS On September 19 2011 the New York Yankees were playing the Minnesota Twins Mariano Rivera stepped onto the pitching mound The count was no balls and two strikes Rivera wound up for the pitch He unleashed his famous cut fastball It swept across the corner of the plate for a called strike three The batter was out and the game was over Rivera became the all-time leader in saves in Major League Baseball MLB 4
WITH 511 FACTS AT A GLANCE CY YOUNG HOLDS THE MLB RECORD FOR CAREER WINS NOLAN RYAN OFTEN THREW THE BALL MORE THAN 100 SATCHEL PAIGE THREW AS MANY AS 50 no hitters IN RANDY JOHNSON HOLDS THE RECORD FOR CAREER STRIKEOUTS BY A left handed PITCHER WITH 4,875 MILES 161 KM PER HOUR HIS CAREER MLB started in 1903 The game has changed in many ways since then One of the biggest changes came in 1947 That year Jackie Robinson right of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first Black player to take the field in the league Before then no Black players were allowed to play Black players played in the Negro Leagues before Robinson made history Many of the greatest Black players didn’t have the opportunity to play in MLB 5
