US EditionYankees Legend Don Mattingly Has Waited Long Enough for Cooperstown
Don Mattingly, a six-time All-Star and 1985 MVP, seeks induction by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee after receiving strong support despite career-shortening injuries.
- Don Mattingly, speaking at the 17th annual Holiday Benefit Luncheon, DoubleTree Hotel, said Friday he was hopeful about the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee's Sunday vote on Cooperstown enshrinement.
- The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will consider eight candidates, including Don Mattingly, whose previous votes never exceeded 522 and fell four votes short in 2022.
- Between 1984 and 1989, Don Mattingly hit 160 homers, batted.327 with a.902 OPS, won the 1985 American League MVP, five Gold Gloves and three Silver Sluggers.
- Supporters say Mattingly's chances look better Sunday after he resigned from the Toronto Blue Jays last month and reached the World Series this year as Blue Jays bench coach.
- The Hall's rules require at least 75 percent of a 16-member committee for selection, and observers say Don Mattingly's career brevity and congenital back problems have delayed his election.
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Hartford Courant
NY Daily NewsDon Mattingly to learn Hall of Fame fate on Sunday, as will Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others
Don Mattingly is set to learn his Hall of Fame fate on Sunday night. That’s when the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will unveil its class of 2026 from a ballot of eight former players who are no longer eligible for the more traditional pathway of being voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Mattingly is joined on the ballot by Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, Dale Murphy, Jeff Kent, Fernando Valenzuela …
Daily Local News
Former Yankees great Don Mattingly hopeful about latest Hall of Fame vote
Don Mattingly sounded hopeful but not worried Friday about what might happen Sunday when a Baseball Hall of Fame committee decides whether he’s enshrined in Cooperstown. “Nothing’s really, truly going to change about me, who I am or what I do with or without (being elected),” Mattingly said. “I’m hopeful like anybody else would be.” Mattingly, the longtime New York Yankees first baseman, was the guest speaker at the 17th annual Holiday Benefit L…
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