Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Chances

In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined.

Don mattingly hall of fame chances.

Sandy koufax don. Mattingly finished his career with an 830 ops not a typical hall of fame threshold for a first baseman. Mattingly retired at 34 and there have been just three players since world war ii to be voted into to cooperstown on the ballot and not through committee under the age of 35. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row.

Mattingly getting second chance for hall of fame on modern baseball era ballot. If not for a debilitating back injury evansville native don mattingly would be a hall of famer. Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction. The average score of a hall of fame first baseman is 54 6 and mattingly is pretty far below at 38 9.

The former new york yankees slugger and current miami marlins manager on sunday was not voted into the baseball. His bbwaa ballot eligibility is used up in 15 ballots he never got more than 28 support. Neither came close to even getting even a third of the vote let alone the 75. So the only way he can get in the hall of fame now is for the modern game era committee formerly known as the veterans committee to elect him.

But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been. Of the 17 first basemen in the hall of fame mattingly s 830 ops would be higher than only three jake beckley high pockets kelly and frank chance all of whom debuted prior to the live ball era since 1920. In 2015 mattingly s eligibility expired after fifteen attempts. Based just on age it s also not great.

Don mattingly and steve garvey are two big names getting a second shot at the hall of fame through the modern baseball era committee ballot. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots.