Luis Cabrera vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Luis Cabrera
Greatest GenerationP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanIndianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Luis Cabrera built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.21 and WHIP 1.032 compared to 4.09 and 1.515 for Luis Cabrera. By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Luis Cabrera and Mariano Rivera

Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.64
10.64
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.45
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
35.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Luis Cabrera and Mariano Rivera

Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.4
98.4
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Luis Cabrera and Mariano Rivera

Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
5
187.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
487.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.656
0.656
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
51.52
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
150
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.81
67.96
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Luis Cabrera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Cabrera
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA