Don Mattingly Hall Of Fame Voting

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.

Don mattingly hall of fame voting.

By craig calcaterra dec 4 2019 11 23 am est. The hall of fame case for don mattingly. Bbwaa hall of fame voters judged yankees greats don mattingly and thurman munson the same way for 15 years in a row. The idea that new york players get some unfair bump in the hall of fame voting.

21 on the mlb network. In his first year he received 145 votes 28 2 but this steadily declined. Don mattingly and thurman munson miss the cut for the hall of fame. Neither came close to even getting even a third of the vote let alone the 75.

But when looking back at it it s hard not to think about what could have been. The fact that we re still debating whether don mattingly belongs in the hall of fame means he had a great career. By 2009 only 12 of voters still put him on their ballots. To be enshrined a player must be named on at least 75 of the voters ballots.

The results of that voting will be announced jan. 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. Each voting cycle qualified members of the bbwaa name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of hall of fame honors.

Mattingly will learn his fate on sunday when the results will be announced on mlb network at 8 p m. 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. Mattingly was on the hall of fame ballot from 2001 to 2015 never getting enough votes for induction.