Don Mattingly S First At Bat
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Don mattingly s first at bat. Left 6 0 175lb 183cm 79kg born. First baseman and outfielder bats. Drafted by the new york yankees in the 19th round of the 1979 mlb june amateur draft from reitz memorial hs evansville in. Playing career amateur career.
Don mattingly batted 307 with 2 153 hits including 442 doubles and 222 home runs scored 1 007 runs and drove in 1 099 rbi. Reitz memorial hs evansville in. Three days later mattingly had his first major league at bat against reliever jim slaton of the milwaukee brewers and popped out to third base on the first pitch. It wasn t until almost three weeks later that he managed his first major league hit an 11th inning single off boston s steve crawford on october 1 in yankee stadium.
April 20 1961 in evansville in us.