Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame 2020

Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m.

Don mattingly hall of fame 2020. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots. The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance. In 2015 mattingly s eligibility expired after fifteen attempts. Miami marlins manager don mattingly and ceo derek jeter are on separate ballots for the 2020 baseball hall of fame for their storied mlb playing careers with the new york yankees.

His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman. To assess their hall worthiness. Mattingly also first became eligible for the hall of fame in the midst of the steroid era. Neither came close to even getting even a third of the vote let alone the 75.

In 2001 the first year of mattingly s eligibility barry bonds hit 73 homers. Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row. Derek jeter don mattingly and thurman munson already have plaques in monument park at yankee stadium to honor their legendary careers.

In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined. Don mattingly and thurman munson have earned places as two of the most beloved yankees of the last 50 years their exploits on the diamond and gritty leadership as team captains winning the hearts of fans and securing rightful places in yankee stadium s monument park. Mattingly and munson are among the 10 finalists to be elected to the baseball hall of fame via. 2020 2 30 pm kershaw ks 13 as dodgers eliminate.

He debuted on the 2002 bbwaa ballot with 28 of the vote not a great total but not a pittance either. 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. Mattingly had a hall of fame peak but he had a longer injury plagued decline. Now the yankees trio could potentially enter cooperstown together in 2020.