In June 1995, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera sat in a booth at a New Jersey Bennigan’s, unrecognized by patrons, as they consoled each other after a very bad day.

Mariano Rivera looks back on his final day as a Yankee player in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, revealing how teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte made the moment so "magical" on the mound.

Both Jeter and Rivera made their major league debuts in 1995, and both soon became important members of an excellent run of Yankees teams. The two won five World Series rings together, including ...

Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Joe Torre could be the only ones from that New York Yankees era to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves of the same era have six.

He was six when Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter made their major-league debuts with the Yankees in 1995. Saturday morning, during an introductory press conference for the clubs’ two-game weekend ...

Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter now own the largest voting percentage in the history of the Hall of Fame. Rivera received 100 percent of the vote last year and Jeter fell one short of being unanimou… ...

They both made their major league debuts 19 years ago this May — Mariano Rivera on May 23 and Derek Jeter six days later — before they were demoted June 11, 1995, an event that Jeter has said ...

Mariano Rivera did not save this date. There will be no Core Four reunion at Derek Jeter’s upcoming wedding to Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl Hannah Davis, as Rivera told the Daily Ne… ...

Former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about his new book and of course make fun of Stewart for being a huge Mets fan. In between the jabs about t… ...

Mariano Rivera cried after longtime teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came out to get him following his last appearance at Yankee Stadium.

Mariano Rivera hung up his Yankee jersey over a decade ago, but he remembers his last day in pinstripes like it was yesterday. The professional baseball pitcher reminisced with PEOPLE exclusively ...

Per manager Joe Girardi's request, Rivera was greeted at the mound by teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte to take the ball from him in a tear-jerking surprise that had 48,675 fans cheering ...