Will Don Mattingly ever get in the hall, and if so when?

[YanksFan1992]

I predict he will get in 5 years from now, but if he gets a solid managerial career going, there is no way he will be kept out in my opinion

In case anyone was wondering, he was on 15.8 percent of the ballots this year.

[wexy]

Not going to happen. The back took its toll.

[MunsonNY15]

Not going to happen. The back took its toll.

Exactly. Had he not hurt his back, he was a shoo-in. I also think the lack of a WS ring hurts him. IMO, that's what separates him from Kirby, who has VERY similar offensive numbers. Kirby has two rings and Donnie has none.

I love Donnie, but he's not going to get in as a player.
Now Munson in the other hand....

Heidi

[YanksFan1992]

Exactly. Had he not hurt his back, he was a shoo-in. I also think the lack of a WS ring hurts him. IMO, that's what separates him from Kirby, who has VERY similar offensive numbers. Kirby has two rings and Donnie has none.

I love Donnie, but he's not going to get in as a player.
Now Munson in the other hand....

Heidi

Let's hope so

[Mean Linguine]

This issue has been discussed on this board before, and I was in the minority for thinking he should be in.
.300 lifetime batter, best fielder ever at his position, MVP, best first baseman of his era -- that's a Hall of Famer in my eyes. I know his back robbed him of some good years. But I think we get wrapped up in "magic numbers" like 400 home runs, or whatever. I think the criteria should be, was he a dominating player in his era? If the answer is yes, and he played at least a decade, he's a Hall of Famer.

[MunsonNY15]

This issue has been discussed on this board before, and I was in the minority for thinking he should be in.
.300 lifetime batter, best fielder ever at his position, MVP, best first baseman of his era -- that's a Hall of Famer in my eyes. I know his back robbed him of some good years. But I think we get wrapped up in "magic numbers" like 400 home runs, or whatever. I think the criteria should be, was he a dominating player in his era? If the answer is yes, and he played at least a decade, he's a Hall of Famer.

I agree with your points. But the question wasn't "do you think he should be in the HOF?" It was "will he ever get into the HOF?" I'm sorry to say that I don't think he will.

Heidi

[Mean Linguine]

I agree with your points. But the question wasn't "do you think he should be in the HOF?" It was "will he ever get into the HOF?" I'm sorry to say that I don't think he will.

Heidi

Never know. Guys like Donnie Baseball that did it clean are going to be looked at more favorably in years to come. If he were one of today's guys, he could have had a trainer give him HGH so he could have played long enough to get over 300 HRs, etc.
I put in a vote for him getting named by the veterans committee.

[effdamets]

Veterans committee.

[The Q Bomb]

Mattingly does not deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. You need (or should need) more than 4 great seasons to qualify for that honor and unfortunately, Mattingly did not have more.

[BrooklynBotz]

This issue has been discussed on this board before, and I was in the minority for thinking he should be in.
.300 lifetime batter, best fielder ever at his position, MVP, best first baseman of his era -- that's a Hall of Famer in my eyes. I know his back robbed him of some good years. But I think we get wrapped up in "magic numbers" like 400 home runs, or whatever. I think the criteria should be, was he a dominating player in his era? If the answer is yes, and he played at least a decade, he's a Hall of Famer.

I agree with some of your points but I don't think you can really call him the best fielder ever at 1B. I'm not even sure you can call him the best fielding first baseman in New York at the time he played. And while he might be the best first baseman of his era, the problem is that his era was too short.

[Game4Tino]

I agree with some of your points but I don't think you can really call him the best fielder ever at 1B. I'm not even sure you can call him the best fielding first baseman in New York at the time he played. And while he might be the best first baseman of his era, the problem is that his era was too short.

I'm Keith Hernandez!

They were pretty close in the field, but I give Mattingly the edge because he didn't smoke in the dugout or get busted for dealing in narcotics!

Sounds pretty silly huh? Well, this is the kind of thing that the HOF uses when voting so we can too!

[False1]

I voted Vets Committee. As much as I'd like to say he'd get voted in, I just don't think he'll get a pass for the injury. But hands down without debate for an abbreviated stretch Donnie was the guy. That guy. At the plate, and well respected throughout the game. That combined with this steroids versus clean era nonsense and I think the Vets vote him in.

[JDPNYY]

No dice for Donnie No-Rings.

[Pinstripedbass]

Unfortunately Donnie Baseball just misses the cut for the HOF. Not enough great years.

[Mean Linguine]

Re, the lack of a World Series ring. That by itself is not a great argument for keeping him out. If that were such a big deal, Lonnie Smith and Chad Curtis would be in the Hall and Ernie Banks would be out.

[ace]

I could see him being put in by the VC in the distant future.

[surge511]

He's not getting in. I don't think he's got a chance, at least not in the next 10 years, and I highly doubt the Vet Committee will put him in.

[ZYanksRule]

Will he get in? No. Should he get in? I think he has a pretty decent case.

[BRNXBMRS]

If Gil Hodges & Thurman Munson are not in Mattingly is never getting in.

[Game4Tino]

If Gil Hodges & Thurman Munson are not in Mattingly is never getting in.

BINGO

Those guys even have the emotional angle working and they're still not in.

[tdel23]

Unfortunately I don't think he will make the HOF

[BBombers85]

Voted Never.
Just dont see it happening. Doesn't take away from how great a player he was when he played. He just didn't play "long enough."