Mariano Rivera is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons for the New York Yankees. He was inducted into the Little League Hall of Excellence in 2015 and has been awarded five American League Rolaids Relief Man Awards. Mariano has funded multiple church start-ups including Refugio de Esperanza, a church plant in New Rochelle, New York, where his wife Clara serves as senior pastor. Mariano and his wife have three children and live in Rye, New York.