The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career.
Don mattingly hall of fame chances.
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.
Don mattingly s latest chance to earn hall of fame status was once again denied.
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.
Based just on age it s also not great.
Mattingly getting second chance for hall of fame on modern baseball era ballot.
The problem is that their cases remain just as weak as.
Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row.
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.
By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots.
If not for a debilitating back injury evansville native don mattingly would be a hall of famer.
In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined.
Neither came close to even getting even a third of the vote let alone the 75.
Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction.
In 2015 mattingly s eligibility expired after fifteen attempts.
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The average score of a hall of fame first baseman is 54 6 and mattingly is pretty far below at 38 9.
But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been.