Editing Don Mattingly (section)

==Early life==
Donald Arthur Mattingly was born on April 20, 1961, in [[Evansville, Indiana]]. Mattingly is [[ambidextrous]]. He pitched in [[Little League Baseball]] and was also a [[first baseman]], throwing both right-handed and left-handed, and was a member of the 1973 Great Scot Little League championship team in [[Evansville, Indiana]], under the coaching of Pete Studer and Earl Hobbs. In [[American Legion baseball]] for Funkhouser Post #8, Mattingly played at [[second base]], throwing right-handed.<ref name=trying>{{cite magazine |last=Gammons |first=Peter |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/02/06/the-hit-man-hits-back-after-his-most-trying-year-as-a-yankee-don-mattingly-is-now-back-home-in-indiana-preparing-to-attack-the-upcoming-season |title=The Hit Man Hits Back |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=February 6, 1989 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |location=New York City |publisher=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423044348/https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/02/06/the-hit-man-hits-back-after-his-most-trying-year-as-a-yankee-don-mattingly-is-now-back-home-in-indiana-preparing-to-attack-the-upcoming-season |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Playing for [[Reitz Memorial High School]]'s baseball team, the Tigers, Mattingly led the school to a state record 59 straight victories through the 1978–79 season, losing to the Logansport Berries. The Tigers won the state championship in 1978 and finished as the runner-up in 1979. Mattingly was the L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude recipient in 1979. He was All-City, All-[[Southern Indiana Athletic Conference]] (SIAC), and All-State in 1978 and 1979. During the four years he played in high school, Mattingly [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .463, leading the Tigers to a 94–9–1 [[win–loss record]]. He still holds Reitz Memorial records for [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (152), [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (29), [[triple (baseball)|triples]] (25), [[runs batted in]] (RBIs) (140), and [[run (baseball)|runs scored]] (99). His 25 triples are also an Indiana state record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfhs.org/recordbook/Records.aspx?CategoryId=175|title=High School Sports Record Book |website=[[National Federation of State High School Associations]] |access-date=April 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425034856/https://www.nfhs.org/recordbook/Records.aspx?CategoryId=175 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A multisport athlete (basketball, football and baseball), Mattingly was selected to the SIAC all-conference basketball team in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=715147|title=Evansville players take four places on all-conference|website=[[Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814175537/http://local.evpl.org/views/viewimage.asp?ID=715147 |archive-date=August 14, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following his high school career, Mattingly accepted a scholarship to play baseball for the [[Indiana State Sycamores]].