Like Rivera and Halladay, Mussina was a longtime AL East foe of the Tampa Bay Rays and Devil Rays. Before I break down how good he was against the Rays, let’s look at how good he was overall.
Mussina was a winner, plain and simple. Over the course of his 18 year career, he won 270 games. Mussina was a 5 time all-star and a 7 time Gold Glove award winner. He never won the Cy Young award but he finished top 6 in voting 9 times and in 1999 he was the runner-up in the American League.