Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Voting

By craig calcaterra dec 4 2019 11 23 am est.

Don mattingly hall of fame voting.

But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been. The hall of fame case for don mattingly. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row.

Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction. 21 on the mlb network. To be enshrined a player must be named on at least 75 of the voters ballots. On sunday night the miami marlins manager and former new york yankees star came up.

Each voting cycle qualified members of the bbwaa name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of hall of fame honors. In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined. The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career. Dwight evans steve garvey tommy john don mattingly marvin miller thurman munson dale murphy dave parker ted simmons and lou whitaker are the candidates the modern baseball era committee will consider for hall of fame election for the class of 2020.

In 2015 mattingly s eligibility expired after fifteen attempts. Despite a strong playing career don mattingly has missed out once again on reaching the baseball hall of fame. Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m. Don mattingly and thurman munson miss the cut for the hall of fame.

The idea that new york players get some unfair bump in the hall of fame voting. Currently players are removed from the ballot if they are named on fewer than 5 of ballots or have been on the ballot 15 times without election. Don mattingly is once again up for consideration for the national baseball hall of fame as one of 10 finalists vying for induction on the 2020 modern baseball era ballot.