Mariano Rivera vs. Jeff Wallace — Career Comparison

Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jeff Wallace
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Mariano Rivera a clear advantage over Jeff Wallace across the core pitching metrics. Mariano Rivera led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 56), run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 105), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 87). Mariano Rivera was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mariano Rivera and Jeff Wallace

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
7.82
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
7.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
7.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.72
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
7.69
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
7.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.137
1.137
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.92
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
41.78
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.51
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
5.06
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.18
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.62
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.99
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.723
1.723
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4720
33.09
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
33.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.78
41.78

Fielding Stats for Mariano Rivera and Jeff Wallace

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
7.82
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
7.82
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.151
0.151
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mariano Rivera and Jeff Wallace

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
119
35700
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
1.04
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jeff Wallace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Wallace
Career
Per 600 PA