Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame
Don mattingly from his sabr bio quoting mattingly in good company from the new york times making the hall of fame case for donnie baseball.
Don mattingly hall of fame. The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance. The hall of fame case for don mattingly. Mattingly had a hall of fame peak but he had a longer injury plagued decline. In 2001 the first year of mattingly s eligibility barry bonds hit 73 homers.
Mattingly has been honored by two minor league halls of fame. Don mattingly and thurman munson miss the cut for the hall of fame. By craig calcaterra dec 4 2019 11 23 am est. In 2001 mattingly was inducted into the indiana baseball hall of fame.
The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career. Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m. He was inducted in the south atlantic league hall of fame in 1994 and the new york penn league hall of fame in 2015. Don mattingly is once again up for consideration for the national baseball hall of fame as one of 10 finalists vying for induction on the 2020 modern baseball era ballot.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman. Breaking down don mattingly s hall of fame case as we continue with our hall of fame series leading up to the class of 2014 announcement let s have a closer look at don mattingly. But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been. Mattingly also first became eligible for the hall of fame in the midst of the steroid era.
Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m.