When Did Don Mattingly Retire

Mattingly had been a yankee his entire career in spite of a spat over his hair cut.

When did don mattingly retire. Mattingly announced in the offseason that he wanted to sit out 1996 but did not formally retire suggesting that he might like to play another year with a team closer to his home in indiana. 23 jersey in a news conference before 120 reporters at the stadium club and announced that no other yankee would ever don it. Mattingly sat out the 1996 season and on january 23rd 1997 mattingly stood alongside steinbrenner at yankee stadium and announced his retirement from baseball. Mattingly hit 222 home runs and had 1 099 rbis in his career.

Donald arthur mattingly nicknames. Yet when both players appeared on the ballot for the first time in 2001 puckett cruised into cooperstown with 82 1 of the vote compared to mattingly s 28 2. More bio uniform draft salary info. Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997.

He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series. Mattingly s number will. Don mattingly says his back wasn t why he retired dodgers manager and yankees legend don mattingly says he could have hung on for a hall of fame bid but retired to spend more time with his family. Mattingly retired at 34 years old after playing 1 785 games due to back issues while puckett called it a career at 35 after 1 783 games due to glaucoma.

He led the al in batting at 343 and was the mvp in 1985 when he hit 324 with 35 homers and league leading totals of 145 rbis and 48. He played with back pain in the latter half of his career and after the yankees fell to the mariners in the 95 playoff said he wanted to sit out a year and see if. 6 0 175lb 183cm 79kg born. Donnie baseball the hit man or cap.

April 20 1961 in evansville in us. Nine gold gloves at first base a 343 average to win a batting title at age 23 the m v p. Mattingly finished his career with 2 153 hits 222 home runs 1 007 runs scored 1 099 rbi and a 307 lifetime average. View player bio from the sabr bioproject.

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