Eric Gagne vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Eric Gagne
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Mariano Rivera a clear advantage over Eric Gagne across the core pitching metrics. Mariano Rivera led in home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 111), run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 112), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 111). Eric Gagne held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 99). Mariano Rivera was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Eric Gagne and Mariano Rivera

Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
5.62
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.67
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.36
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.93
55.93
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.94
11.94
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
2.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.219
0.219
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
643.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
7.24
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
3.16
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
10.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
8.22
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.467
1.467
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2664
37.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
3.76
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
3.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
1.156
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2366
33.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4720
33.09
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Eric Gagne and Mariano Rivera

Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
5.62
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.67
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1931
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
643.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.89
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
1.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.43
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.03
99.03
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.4
98.4
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.94
11.94
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Gagne and Mariano Rivera

Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
402
2436.36
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
521.21
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.24
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
18.04
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
115.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
78.79
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30.3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
18.18
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
42.42
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
2.85
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
25
151.52
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
3.96
3.96
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
72.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.12
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Gagne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA