Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Chances

Based just on age it s also not great.

Don mattingly hall of fame chances.

The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career. His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman. Mattingly getting second chance for hall of fame on modern baseball era ballot. 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.

The former new york yankees slugger and current miami marlins manager on sunday was not voted into the baseball. 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. The problem is that their cases remain just as weak as.

Sandy koufax don. 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. If not for a debilitating back injury evansville native don mattingly would be a hall of famer. But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been.

His bbwaa ballot eligibility is used up in 15 ballots he never got more than 28 support. The average score of a hall of fame first baseman is 54 6 and mattingly is pretty far below at 38 9. Don mattingly s latest chance to earn hall of fame status was once again denied. In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined.

In 2015 mattingly s eligibility expired after fifteen attempts. Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction. 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.

Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row.