Don Mattingly
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| First baseman / manager | |
| Born: April 20, 1961 Evansville , United States 
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| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| September 8, 1982 with the New York Yankees | |
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| October 1, 1995 with the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 307 |
| Home runs | 222 |
| Runs Batted In | 1,099 |
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Donald Arthur "Don" Mattingly (born April 20, 1961 in Evansville , Indiana ) is a retired American baseball player in Major League Baseball . He has been the manager of the Miami Marlins since 2016 , after five years in the same position with the Los Angeles Dodgers . His nickname is Donnie Baseball .
biography
Don Mattingly became a regular for the New York Yankees in the position of first baseman from the 1984 season . Even as a high school player, he was considered one of the greatest talents in the United States. Since most major league teams thought he was going to college, the Yankees were able to sign him in the 19th round of the 1979 amateur draft . By convincing performance in the minor leagues , he came on September 8, 1982 for his first use in the big leagues . In 1983 he played alternately 1st base or in the outfield. He then showed outstanding performance in 1984. He won the title for the best batting average with .343 and left his teammate Dave Winfield behind. Mattingly was the Yankees' first left-handed batsman to hit better than .340 since Lou Gehrig .
In 1985 he won the MVP title of the American League . In 1987 he set a new record with six Grand Slam home runs in one season. Oddly enough, these were the only six in Mattingly's career. With home runs in eight consecutive games, he set Dale Long's record from 1956. He also won the Gold Glove Award five times from 1985 to 1989 .
From the 1990 season Mattingly struggled with back problems that somewhat minimized his performance. Only in 1994, when the players' strike ended the season prematurely, did it hit over 30% again. In his last year as a player, 1995 was the only playoff participation with the Yankees for him. The Yankees lost 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners , despite having won the first two games and Mattingly had a batting average of over 41%. So Mattingly is one of the few great Yankee players who can't boast a title.
Mattingly officially resigned in 1997, but did not play a game in 1996, the year the Yankees won their first World Series since 1978. On August 31, 1997, the Yankees erected a plaque for Don Mattingly in Monument Park and have not awarded his number 23 since then. From 2003 to 2007 Mattingly worked as a hitting coach for the Yankees. In 2008 he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers with manager Joe Torre , where he also worked as a hitting coach. With the 2011 season, Mattingly took over the position of manager with the Dodgers, which he held until the end of the 2015 season.
Since 2016 he has been the manager of the Miami Marlins.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Biography of Don Mattingly (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Billy Witz: Mattingly to Replace Torre as Dodger Manager. New York Times, September 17, 2010, accessed July 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Ken Gurnick: Mattingly, Dodgers opt to part ways. MLB.com, October 22, 2015, accessed July 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Joe Frisaro: Mattingly to be next manager of Marlins. Former Dodgers skipper agrees to 4-year deal. MLB.com, October 30, 2015, accessed July 31, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Mattingly, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mattingly, Donald Arthur (full name); Donnie Baseball (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evansville , Indiana , United States |