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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Mariano: 599? No, 641
Mariano Rivera has 641 career saves, not 599. Where did this 599 come from? Well, by ignoring his 42 career saves in the post-season. Saves, a stat created specifically to capture the “clutch” aspect of relieving, ignores the most crucial of all saves, those in the post-season, when trumpeting the career leaderboards.
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Does this make any sense? Well, yes, if you want to create a one-sided political argument. You know the argument: “oh, it’s not fair to include the post-season, because not everyone gets to the post-season”. Of course, somehow it’s fair that Mariano Rivera gets to pitch for the NY Yankees in the regular season. “oh, we can keep two separate leaderboards”. Of course, we can create leaderboards by regular season and by playoffs, but why not both?
North American sports really drop the ball here. For hockey, I’d include NHL, WHA, Canada Cups, World Championships. I’m not sure about the competition level of the other leagues, but if they are anything close to WHA, I’d include those as well.
Follow the lead of soccer.
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