Mariano Rivera Shines at Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony The career saves leader was fittingly br the final speaker at the Baseball br Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Rivera was the first player unanimously br voted into the HOF by the Baseball br Writers' Association of America. The 55,000 in attendance was the second-largest br for an induction ceremony. Mariano Rivera, via ESPN Rivera had 652 saves and won five World Series br titles with the New York Yankees. Mariano Rivera, via ESPN Closer Lee Smith, starters Mike Mussina br and Roy Halladay, and designated hitters Edgar Martinez br and Harold Baines were also inducted br Sunday in Cooperstown. Brandy Halladay spoke for her late husband, br who died in a plane crash in 2017.