Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Voting

The hall of fame case for don mattingly.

Don mattingly hall of fame voting. The results of that voting will be announced jan. 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. Don mattingly and thurman munson miss the cut for the hall of fame.

The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career. 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. To be enshrined a player must be named on at least 75 of the voters ballots.

The 2015 hall of fame ballot will mark the end of the road for don mattingly but the former yankees star could bolster his cooperstown case for the veterans committee as a manager. Despite a strong playing career don mattingly has missed out once again on reaching the baseball hall of fame. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row. Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m.

Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction. On sunday night the miami marlins manager and former new york yankees star came up. But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been. The idea that new york players get some unfair bump in the hall of fame voting.

21 on the mlb network. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots. 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.