Mariano Rivera vs. Dizzy Royal — Career Comparison

Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Dizzy Royal
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mariano Rivera and Dizzy Royal are fairly close on the surface numbers. Dizzy Royal posted stronger numbers in ERA (0 vs 2.21) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.5). Mariano Rivera had the advantage in WHIP (1.032 vs 2.250). By the career numbers, Dizzy Royal had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mariano Rivera and Dizzy Royal

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
7.82
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
2.21
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.211
0.211
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
998
7
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
8.22
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
952
6.67
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
2.38
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.62
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
33.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Mariano Rivera and Dizzy Royal

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
7.82
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mariano Rivera and Dizzy Royal

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
1.04
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-33.76
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA