Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Voting

Each voting cycle qualified members of the bbwaa name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of hall of fame honors.

Don mattingly hall of fame voting.

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. To be enshrined a player must be named on at least 75 of the voters ballots. Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction.

The results of that voting will be announced jan. 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. The idea that new york players get some unfair bump in the hall of fame voting.

By craig calcaterra dec 4 2019 11 23 am est. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots. Despite a strong playing career don mattingly has missed out once again on reaching the baseball hall of fame. Neither came close to even getting even a third of the vote let alone the 75.

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. 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. Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m.

On sunday night the miami marlins manager and former new york yankees star came up. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row. 21 on the mlb network.