Editing Don Mattingly

{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1961)}}
{{For|the Canadian football player|Don Mattingly (Canadian football)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Don Mattingly
|image=2015 -WinterMeetings- Don Mattingly (23344128150) crop.jpg
|caption=Mattingly at the 2015 MLB Winter Meetings
|team= Toronto Blue Jays
|number= 46
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] / [[Coach (baseball)|Coach]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1961|4|20}}
|birth_place=[[Evansville, Indiana]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 8
|debutyear=1982
|debutteam=New York Yankees
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear=1995
|finalteam=New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.307
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,153
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=222
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,099
|stat5label=Managerial record
|stat5value=889–950
|stat6label=Winning %
|stat6value={{Winning percentage|889|950}}
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1995}})
'''As manager'''
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2015}})
* [[Miami Marlins]] ({{mlby|2016}}–{{mlby|2022}})
'''As coach'''
*[[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|2004}}–{{mlby|2007}})
*[[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|2008}}–{{mlby|2010}})
*[[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|2023}}–present)
|highlights=
* 6× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1984]]–[[1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1989]])
* [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL MVP]] (1985)
* 9× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1985–1989, 1991–1994)
* 3× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1985–1987)
* [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|AL batting champion]] (1984)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1985)
* [[NL Manager of the Year]] (2020)
* [[New York Yankees#Retired numbers|New York Yankees No. 23]] retired
* [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]] honoree
}}
'''Donald Arthur Mattingly''' (born April 20, 1961)<ref name="age">{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29043681/cracking-birthday-mystery-don-mattingly-1987-topps-baseball-card |work=[[ESPN]] |date=April 29, 2020 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |last=Miller |first=Sam |title=Happy 59th! Or Is It 58th? Cracking the Mystery of Don Mattingly's Birthday}}</ref> is an American professional [[baseball]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]], and former [[first baseman]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He is the [[bench coach]] for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of MLB. Nicknamed "'''the Hit Man'''" and "'''Donnie Baseball'''", he spent his entire 14-year MLB playing career with the [[New York Yankees]] and later managed the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for five years and the [[Miami Marlins]] for seven years.

Mattingly graduated from [[Reitz Memorial High School]] in [[Evansville, Indiana]], and was selected by the Yankees in the [[1979 Major League Baseball draft|1979 amateur draft]]. Debuting with the Yankees in 1982 after four seasons in [[Minor League Baseball]], he emerged as the Yankees' starting first baseman after a successful rookie season in 1983. Mattingly was named to the [[American League]] (AL) [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team six times. He won nine [[Gold Glove Award]]s (an AL record for a first baseman), three [[Silver Slugger Award]]s, the 1984 AL batting title, and was the 1985 [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL Most Valuable Player]]. He served as [[captain (sports)|captain]] of the Yankees from 1991 through 1995, when he retired as a player. The Yankees later retired Mattingly's uniform number (23), making him the only Yankee to have his number retired without having won a [[World Series]] with the team.

Returning to the Yankees as a coach in 2004 for manager [[Joe Torre]], he followed Torre to the Dodgers in 2008, and succeeded him as the Dodgers' manager in 2011. The Dodgers and Mattingly mutually parted ways after the 2015 season, and he became manager of the Miami Marlins in 2016. He remained with the Marlins until after the 2022 season.

==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]].

==Professional career==
===Draft and minor Leagues===
[[File:1981 Nashville Don Mattingly.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Mattingly with the [[Nashville Sounds]] in 1981]]
Mattingly lasted in the [[1979 Major League Baseball draft]] until the 19th round, when he was selected by the [[New York Yankees]]. His father, Bill, informed [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) teams that his son intended to honor his college commitment and would not sign a professional contract. Don Mattingly was not interested in attending college, so he chose to sign with the Yankees, receiving a $23,000 [[signing bonus]].<ref name=trying/><ref name=jaws>{{cite magazine|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |url=http://mlb.si.com/2012/12/19/jaws-and-the-2013-hall-of-fame-ballot-don-mattingly/ |title=JAWS and the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot: Don Mattingly |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223023228/http://mlb.si.com/2012/12/19/jaws-and-the-2013-hall-of-fame-ballot-don-mattingly/ |archive-date=December 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mattingly began his professional career in [[Minor League Baseball]] with the [[Oneonta Yankees]] of the [[Class A-Short Season]] [[New York–Penn League]] in 1979.<ref name=BRM>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mattin001don |title=Don Mattingly Career Stats Leagues Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> He hoped to bat .500 for Oneonta and was disappointed with his .349 batting average, which never went lower than .340.<ref name=trying/> He batted a league-leading .358 in 1980 for the [[Greensboro Hornets]] of the [[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] [[South Atlantic League]] in addition to recording a league-best 177&nbsp;hits.<ref name=BRM/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=ffd4f7f8|title=1980 South Atlantic League Batting Leaders|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> He won the league MVP award and was named to the postseason All-Star team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56838631/hornets-pace-sal-voting/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Hornets Pace SAL Voting|work=The News and Observer|location=Raleigh|date=August 31, 1980|page=33}}</ref> With the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Nashville Sounds]] in 1981, he hit .316 and led the [[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]] with 35&nbsp;doubles.<ref name=BRM/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=85470506|title=1981 Southern League Batting Leaders|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref> He was selected to play in the [[Southern League All-Star Game]] and named to its postseason All-Star team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires|first=Tom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30878914/allstars_fix_the_chicks_103/|via=Newspapers.com|title=All-Stars Fix the Chicks, 10–3|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=July 7, 1981|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270976|title=Postseason All-Star Teams|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>

Despite Mattingly's hitting ability, concerns existed about his lack of speed and [[power hitting|power]]. [[Bob Schaefer]], his [[manager (baseball)|manager]] at Greensboro, said that the organization considered moving him to second base, from which he would throw right-handed.<ref name=trying/> Mattingly was batting .325 for the [[Columbus Clippers]] of the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[International League]] when he made it to the majors late in the 1982 season.<ref name=BRM/> He was named to the league's postseason All-Star team and finished third in the voting for the [[International League MVP Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56838119/clips-tucker-most-valuable/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Clips' Tucker Most Valuable|work=The Newark Advocate|location=Newark|date=September 1, 1982|page=13}}</ref>

===New York Yankees (1982–1995)===
Mattingly made his Major League debut on September 8, 1982, as a late-inning defensive replacement against the [[Baltimore Orioles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198209080.shtml |title=September 8, 1982 Yankees vs. Orioles box score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 8, 1982 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> He recorded his first at-bat on September 11 against the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], popping out to third base in the seventh inning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198209110.shtml |title=September 11, 1982 Yankees vs. Brewers box score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=September 11, 1982 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> His first career major-league hit occurred in the bottom of the 11th inning against the [[Boston Red Sox]] on October 1, a single to right field off [[Steve Crawford (baseball)|Steve Crawford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA198210010.shtml |title=October 1, 1982 Yankees vs. Red Sox box score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=October 1, 1982 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> He only had two hits in 12 at-bats that season.

Mattingly spent his rookie season of 1983 as a part-time first baseman and outfielder. He hit .283 in 279 at-bats. He hit his first home run on June 24 against [[John Tudor (baseball)|John Tudor]] of the Red Sox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS198306240.shtml |title=June 24, 1983 Yankees vs. Red Sox box score |website=Baseball-Reference.com |date=June 24, 1983 |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

Mattingly became the Yankees' full-time [[first baseman]] in 1984.<ref name=sabr>{{Cite web|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/2242d2ed|title=Don Mattingly|first=James Lincoln|last=Ray|date=16 November 2015|access-date=19 February 2017|work=[[Society of American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> With a batting average of .339, he was selected as a reserve for the 1984 [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]].<ref name=sabr/> Heading into the final game of the season, Mattingly and teammate [[Dave Winfield]] were competing for the [[American League]] [[batting title]], with Mattingly trailing Winfield by .002. On the final day of the season, Mattingly went 4-for-5, while Winfield batted 1-for-4. Mattingly won the batting title with a .343 average, while Winfield finished second with a .340 average.<ref name=trying/> Mattingly also led the league with 207 hits. He hit a league-leading 44 doubles to go with 23 home runs. He was second in the league in slugging percentage (.537) and at-bats per strikeout (18.3), fourth in total bases (324), fifth in RBIs (110), sixth in sacrifice flies (9), and 10th in on-base percentage (.381).<ref name="bbr1">{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mattido01.shtml |title= Don Mattingly |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref>

[[Image:Don Mattingly Strikes Out.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Mattingly with the Yankees]]
Mattingly followed up his breakout season with a spectacular 1985, winning the [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|MVP]] award in the [[American League]]. He batted .324 (third in the league) with 35 [[home run]]s (fourth), 48 doubles (first), and 145 RBIs (first), then the most RBIs in a season by a left-handed major league batter since [[Ted Williams]] drove in 159 in 1949.<ref name="banger">{{Cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/04/14/the-banger-in-the-bronx |title=The Banger in the Bronx |last=Swift |first=E.M. |magazine=Sports Illustrated |location=New York City |publisher=Time |access-date=September 16, 2024 |date=April 14, 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208131639/https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/04/14/the-banger-in-the-bronx |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> His 21 RBI margin over second place in that category was the largest in the American League since [[Al Rosen]]'s 30 RBIs in 1953. He led the league in sacrifice flies (15), total bases (370), and extra-base hits (86), and was second in the AL in hits (211) and slugging percentage (.567), third in intentional walks (13) and at bats per strikeout (13.9), sixth in runs (107), and ninth in at-bats per home run (18.6). He batted .354 with two out and runners in scoring position.

Mattingly was also recognized in 1985 for his defense, winning his first of nine [[Gold Glove Award]]s.<ref name="bbr1"/> He was considered such an asset defensively that Yankees management assigned him to play games at [[second base]] and [[third base]] early in his career, though he was a left-handed thrower. Mattingly appeared as a left-handed throwing second baseman for one-third of one inning, during the resumption of the [[George Brett]] "[[Pine Tar Incident]]" game in 1983. He also played three games at third base during a five-game series against the [[Seattle Mariners]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|author=Justin Kubatko / Original design by Justin Kubatko |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/10835 |title=Left-handers playing third base |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref>

Mattingly had a better year in 1986, leading the league with 238 hits and 53 doubles, and breaking the single-season franchise records set by [[Earle Combs]] (231 hits) and [[Lou Gehrig]] (52 doubles); both records had been set in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/leaders_bat.shtml |title=New York Yankees Top 10 Batting Leaders |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> He also recorded 388 total bases and a .573 slugging percentage. He batted .352 (second in the league), hit 31 home runs (sixth) and drove in 113 runs (third). He was beaten in the American League MVP voting, though, by pitcher [[Roger Clemens]], who also won the [[Cy Young Award]] that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1986.shtml#ALmvp |title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1986 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> Mattingly also became the last left-handed player to field a ball at third base during an MLB game.<ref>{{cite web|last=Preston|first=JG|title=Left-handed throwing second basemen, shortstops and third basemen|url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/left-handed-throwing-second-basemen-shortstops-and-third-basemen/|website=prestonjg.wordpress.com|date=September 6, 2009|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref>

In 1987, Mattingly tied [[Dale Long]]'s major-league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games, from 8–18 July (the All-Star game occurred in the middle of the streak; Mattingly, starting at first base, was 0 for 3).<ref name="eight">{{Cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/07/27/a-murderers-row-of-one |magazine=Sports Illustrated |location=New York City |publisher=Time |last=Neff |first=Craig |title=A Murderers' Row of One |date=July 27, 1987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127014824/https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/07/27/a-murderers-row-of-one |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |access-date=September 16, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> This record was later tied again by [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], of Seattle in 1993. Mattingly also set a record by recording an extra-base hit in 10 consecutive games. Mattingly had a record 10 home runs during this streak (Long and Griffey had eight during their streaks). Also that season, Mattingly set a major-league record by hitting six [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slams]] in a season (two during his July home-run streak), a record matched by [[Travis Hafner]] during the 2006 season. Mattingly's grand slams in 1987 were also the only grand slams of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=2551746&columnist=kurkjian_tim|title=The grand slam – unusual, yet fun|last=Kurkjian|first=Tim|date=17 August 2006|work=ESPN|access-date=19 February 2017}}</ref>

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!style="background:#1c2841; color:white" colspan=6|MLB-record six Grand Slams in one season [http://www.donniebaseball.com/mattingly/grandslams.html 1]
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!#
!Date
!Against
!Pitcher
!Venue
!Score
|-
|1
|May 14
|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
|[[Mike Mason (baseball)|Mike Mason]]
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|9–1 W
|-
|2
|Jun 29
|[[Toronto Blue Jays]]
|[[John Cerutti]]
|[[Exhibition Stadium]]
|15–14 W
|-
|3
|Jul 10
|[[Chicago White Sox]]
|[[Joel McKeon]]
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|9–5 W
|-
|4
|Jul 16
|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
|[[Charlie Hough]]
|[[Arlington Stadium]]
|12–3 W
|-
|5
|Sep 25
|[[Baltimore Orioles]]
|[[José Mesa]]
|[[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
|8–4 W
|-
|6
|Sep 29
|[[Boston Red Sox]]
|[[Bruce Hurst]]
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|6–0 W
|}

In June 1987, Mattingly reportedly injured his back during some clubhouse horseplay with pitcher [[Bob Shirley]], though both denied this.<ref name="roughhouse">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/09/sports/doctor-s-orders-rest-for-mattingly.html?pagewanted=1|title=Doctor's Orders: Rest for Mattingly|first=Murray|last=Chass|date=June 9, 1987|work=The New York Times|page=A29|access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref> Nevertheless, he finished with a .327 batting average, 30 home runs, and 115 RBIs, his fourth straight year with at least 110 RBIs. Between 1985 and 1987, Mattingly hit 96 home runs with just 114 strikeouts.<ref name="bbr1"/>

[[File:Don Mattingly playing for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 19, 1988.jpg|Mattingly playing for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 19, 1988|thumb|left|upright=0.75]]
Mattingly hit 18 home runs and recorded 88 RBIs in 1988, but still was in the top 10 in the league in batting average at a .311 average.<ref name=trying/> He rebounded in 1989 to 113 RBIs, but his average dipped to .303. Mattingly's five runs scored on April 30, 1988, marked the 12th time it has been done by a Yankee.

Mattingly's back problems flared up anew in 1990; after struggling with the bat, he had to go on the disabled list in July, only returning late in the season for an ineffective finish. His statistics line—a .256 average, five home runs, and 42 RBIs in almost 400 at-bats—came as a shock. Mattingly underwent extensive therapy in the offseason, but his hitting ability was never quite the same. Though he averaged .290 over his final five seasons, he became more of a slap hitter, hitting just 53 home runs over that time. He did see a brief resurgence in power in 1993, hitting 17 home runs and driving in 86 runs in 134 games, as the Yankees finished second in the division behind Toronto. In the strike-shortened 1994 season, he posted a .304 average, the first time since 1989 that he hit over .300. Mattingly's defense remained stellar, but he was not always physically able to play.

Mattingly made his major-league debut in 1982, the year after the Yankees lost the [[1981 World Series|World Series]]. The team did not reach the postseason in any of Mattingly's first 13 years, although they arguably would have made the playoffs in 1994, when the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] ended the season prematurely with the Yankees having the best record in the American League.

In 1995, Mattingly finally reached the playoffs when the Yankees won the AL wild card on the next-to-last day of the season. In the only [[1995 American League Division Series|postseason series]] of his career, facing the [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]], Mattingly batted .417 with six RBIs and a memorable go-ahead home run in game two, his final game at Yankee Stadium. In the final game of the series (and of his career), Mattingly again broke a tie with a two-run double. The New York bullpen faltered and Seattle won in the 11th inning of the decisive game five.

The Yankees acquired [[Tino Martinez]] to succeed Mattingly after the 1995 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/08/sports/baseball-yanks-get-martinez-for-davis-hitchcock.html|title=Baseball; Yanks Get Martinez For Davis, Hitchcock|first=Jack|last=Curry|work=The New York Times|date=December 8, 1995|page=B19|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> Unsigned for the 1996 season, Mattingly decided to sit out for the year, and rebuffed an inquiry by the [[Baltimore Orioles]], which tried to sign him at midseason. Mattingly officially announced his retirement in January 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/23/sports/mattingly-says-farewell-and-so-does-his-number.html|title=Mattingly Says Farewell, and So Does His Number|first=Jack|last=Curry|work=The New York Times|date=January 23, 1997|page=B13|access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

For his career, Mattingly never appeared in the World Series, and his tenure with the Yankees marks the team's largest drought without a World Series appearance. The Yankees made the series in both {{wsy|1981}} (the year prior to Mattingly's rookie year) and their {{wsy|1996}} championship season (the year after his last with the club).

==Coaching career==
[[Image:Don Mattingly.JPG|thumb|200px|Mattingly as hitting coach with the [[New York Yankees]]]]
===New York Yankees (2004–2007)===
After retiring as a player, Mattingly spent seven seasons as a special instructor during Yankees' spring training in Tampa, Florida, from 1997 through 2003. Following the 2003 season, the Yankees named Mattingly the hitting coach. He spent three seasons in that role, receiving much praise from the Yankees organization and his players. Under Mattingly, the Yankees set an all-time franchise record with 242 home runs in 2004. After the 2006 season, Mattingly shifted to bench coach, replacing [[Lee Mazzilli]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2640046|title=Report: Mattingly to replace Mazzilli on Yankees' bench|date=October 26, 2006|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

After the 2007 season, when [[Joe Torre]] declined a one-year contract extension, Mattingly was a finalist for the Yankees' manager position, along with [[Joe Girardi]] and [[Tony Peña]]. The Yankees offered the managerial position to Girardi, who accepted.<ref name=yankeeman>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/sports/baseball/30yankees.html?pagewanted=print|title=Girardi, Pinstripe Champion, Is Yankees' Choice as Manager|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Tyler|last=Kepner|date=October 30, 2007|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref>

===Los Angeles Dodgers (2008–2010)===
After not being offered the position of manager for the Yankees, Mattingly joined Torre with the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] as the team's hitting coach. On January 22, 2008, Mattingly was replaced as hitting coach, citing family reasons, instead serving as major-league special-assignment coach for the Dodgers in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/don-mattingly-leaves-joe-torre-side-family-matters-article-1.345086 |title=Don Mattingly leaves Joe Torre's side because of family matters|author=Anthony Mccarron|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)]] |date = January 22, 2008}}</ref> Mattingly succeeded [[Mike Easler]] as Dodgers' hitting coach that July.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080709&content_id=3098269&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Report: Dodgers promote Mattingly Special hitting instructor would assume full-time role on staff|access-date=October 20, 2008|work=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> The Dodgers were the National League runners-up in 2008 and 2009 (losing to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in both National League championship series), largely behind the bat of midseason acquisition [[Manny Ramirez]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2008.shtml |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 Los Angeles Dodgers Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/2009.shtml |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[Image:Don Mattingly Dodgers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mattingly with the Dodgers]]
In the 2009–10 offseason, Mattingly was a finalist for the managerial position with the [[Cleveland Indians]], for which [[Manny Acta]] was eventually hired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/09/17/joe.torre.retires/|title=Legendary Manager Joe Torre to Retire at End of Baseball Season|work=CNN|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>

===Toronto Blue Jays (2023–present)===
On November 30, 2022, the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] announced that Mattingly would join the team as its bench coach.<ref name=BlueJays>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/don-mattingly-hired-as-blue-jays-bench-coach|title=Mattingly 'here to support' as Blue Jays' bench coach |work=MLB.com|last=Matheson|first=Keegan|date=November 30, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref> Ahead of the 2024 season, Mattingly was given the additional title of offensive coordinator, overseeing the team's hitting coaches and video coordinator.<ref name="wilner">{{cite news |last=Wilner |first=Mike |title=How Don Mattingly's new role in the Blue Jays dugout came to be |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue-jays/how-don-mattingly-s-new-role-in-the-blue-jays-dugout-came-to-be/article_059d4bdb-04f2-5295-b1a6-202898a9b240.html |website=Toronto Star |access-date=March 14, 2024 |language=en |date=November 20, 2023}}</ref> Following the 2024 season, Mattingly's role was reverted to that of a traditional bench coach.<ref name="shifting role">{{cite web |title=Mark Shapiro confirms Schneider, Atkins will return in 2025; Don Mattingly shifting roles |url=https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/mark-shapiro-confirms-schneider-atkins-will-return-in-2025-don-mattingly-shifting-roles-1.2182522 |website=TSN |access-date=October 3, 2024 |language=en-CA |date=October 2, 2024}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Los Angeles Dodgers (2010–2015)===
When Torre decided to retire at the end of the 2010 season, Mattingly was announced as his replacement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5586087|title=Mattingly deal already in place|date=September 18, 2010|first=Tony|last=Jackson|work=ESPNLosAngeles.com}}</ref> To acquire some managerial experience, Mattingly managed the [[Phoenix Desert Dogs]] of the [[Arizona Fall League]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=5679375&type=story|title=Don Mattingly managing in Fall League|date=October 12, 2010|first=Tony|last=Jackson|work=ESPNLosAngeles.com}}</ref>

Mattingly made his managerial debut on March 31, 2011, by defeating [[Dodgers–Giants rivalry|in-state rival]] and [[2010 World Series|defending champion]] [[San Francisco Giants]] 2–1 at [[Dodger Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_06_chamlb_detmlb_1&mode=gameday#gid=2011_03_31_sfnmlb_lanmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=la|access-date=May 6, 2012|title=Kershaw sparkles in outdueling Giants' ace|first=Ken|last=Gurnick|work=MLB.com|date=April 1, 2011}}</ref> Despite the background of a bitter divorce battle between Dodgers' owner [[Frank McCourt (executive)|Frank McCourt]] and his wife that put the fiscal health of the Dodgers into jeopardy, Mattingly managed to take the Dodgers to a winning record that season due to his mentorship of many young players such as MVP candidate [[Matt Kemp]] and [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Clayton Kershaw]]:

<blockquote>"He's so positive", Kershaw said. "All he asks of us is just go out there and play the way we're supposed to. Do things the right way on the field, and he's happy with you. When it's simple like that, it's easy to play for, and it's fun to play for."<ref name="Kepner">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/sports/baseball/don-mattingly-raised-a-yankee-and-happy-to-be-a-dodger.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=Raised a Yankee, Mattingly Is Happy to Be a Dodger|date=May 7, 2012|first=Tyler|last=Kepner|newspaper=The New York Times|page=D1}}</ref> </blockquote>

In 2013, Mattingly and the Dodgers got off to a rough start due to various injuries, and were in last place in May, leading to much media speculation that he would soon be fired.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/los-angeles-manager-don-mattingly-could-be-fired-soon-after-team-swept-by-atlanta-braves-051913|title=Ax to fall soon for LA's Mattingly|first=Ken|last=Rosenthal|work=FOX Sports|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607203154/http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/los-angeles-manager-don-mattingly-could-be-fired-soon-after-team-swept-by-atlanta-braves-051913 |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Once players got healthy, though, the team went on a tear and managed to win the NL West and beat the [[Atlanta Braves]] in the [[2013 National League Division Series]] (NLDS) in four games. They then lost to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the [[2013 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] in six games. After the season, Mattingly called out Dodger management for its perceived lack of support of him during the season and said that he wanted a multiyear contract in place to return in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-don-mattingly-20131021,0,760028.story#axzz2iY301ru7|title=Don Mattingly says Dodgers' contract 'doesn't mean I'll be back' |first=Steve|last=Dilbeck|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Mattingly finished second in the voting for [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|National League Manager of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/don-mattingly-runner-up-in-national-league-manager-of-year-vote?ymd=20131112&content_id=63872748&vkey=news_la|title=Mattingly runner-up in NL Manager of Year vote|first=AJ|last=Cassavell|website=MLB.com|date=November 12, 2013|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>

Mattingly stated that one of his managerial idols was [[Tony La Russa]]. Mattingly admired La Russa from his playing days with the Yankees in the late 1980s. LaRussa had managed the dominant [[Oakland Athletics]] teams of the era. Mattingly recalled that despite the A's superiority to the Yankees, they still played intensely.<ref name="Kepner"/>

On January 7, 2014, Mattingly and the Dodgers agreed on a three-year contract extension for him to remain as manager of the Dodgers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/manager-don-mattingly-dodgers-agree-on-contract-extension?ymd=20140106&content_id=66345480&vkey=news_la|title=Snowed-in Mattingly gets three-year extension |date=January 8, 2014 |first=Ken |last=Gurnick |work=MLB.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110112100/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/la/manager-don-mattingly-los-angeles-dodgers-agree-on-contract-extension?ymd=20140106&content_id=66345480&vkey=news_la |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the subsequent two seasons, the Dodgers won the NL West but lost the NLDS both years; in four games to the Cardinals in 2014, and in five games to the [[New York Mets]] in 2015.

On October 22, 2015, the Dodgers and Mattingly mutually agreed to part ways, and he stepped down from his position with one year left on his contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reports: Miami Marlins hire Don Mattingly as manager|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/13999854/miami-marlins-hire-don-mattingly-manager|website=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=October 29, 2015|access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> He had a 446–363 record<ref name="managerial record">{{cite web|title=Don Mattingly|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/mattido01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 18, 2015}}</ref> with the Dodgers, with a winning percentage of .551,<ref name="managerial record"/> which was second-best in Los Angeles Dodgers history.<ref name="Don Mattingly out as Dodgers manager">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dn-dodgers-don-mattingly-20151022-story.html |title=Don Mattingly out as Dodgers manager |work=Los Angeles Times |first1=Dylan |last1=Hernández |first2=Bill |last2=Shaikin |date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> He finished with a postseason record of eight wins and 11 losses<ref name="managerial record"/> and was the first manager in franchise history to guide the team to three straight postseason appearances.<ref name="Don Mattingly out as Dodgers manager"/>

===Miami Marlins (2016–2022)===
[[File:Don Mattingly, Baltimore Orioles 7, Miami Marlins 5, LoanDepot Park, Home of the Miami Marlins, Miami, Florida (51129720130) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Mattingly with the Marlins in 2021]]
In fall of 2015, Mattingly signed a four-year contract to manage the [[Miami Marlins]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Don Mattingly hired as manager of the Miami Marlins|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/marlins/2015/10/29/don-mattingly-miami-marlins-manager/74791064/|access-date=October 29, 2015|work=USA Today|date=October 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Frisaro|first=Joe|title=Mattingly to be next manager of Marlins|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-signs-deal-to-manage-marlins-c155891462|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=October 29, 2015|access-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref> Mattingly led the Marlins to 79 wins in his first year (the most wins for the team since winning 80 in 2010), which had him place fifth in the final voting for [[NL Manager of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2015.shtml |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, Mattingly led the Marlins to the [[NL Wild Card]], leading them to the playoffs for the first time since 2003. He also won the [[NL Manager of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-roberts-nl-manager-of-year-20161115-story.html|title=Dodgers' Dave Roberts is National League manager of the year|first=Bill|last=Shaikin|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> On July 8, 2021, Mattingly's mutual option for the 2022 season was picked up by both the Marlins and him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=De Nicola |first1=Christina |title=Mattingly's '22 return part of pivotal week |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-marlins-contract-picked-up-for-2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |work=MLB.com |date=July 8, 2021}}</ref> On September 25, 2022, Mattingly stated that the Marlins and he mutually agreed that he would finish the season as manager, and not return to the role in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Don Mattingly won't be back as Miami Marlins manager next season |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34662813/reports-don-mattingly-back-miami-marlins-manager-next-season |access-date=September 25, 2022 |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN |date=September 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=De Nicola |first1=Christina |title=Mattingly won't return to manage Marlins in '23 |url=https://www.mlb.com/marlins/news/don-mattingly-marlins-manager-tenure-ends |access-date=September 26, 2022 |work=MLB.com |date=September 25, 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
Mattingly managed the MLB All-Star Team at the [[2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/nichibei2018/player/ | title=Roster 出場選手 | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=August 20, 2018 | access-date=August 30, 2018 }}</ref>

==Managerial record==
 {{updated|games played on October 5, 2022}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[2011 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]||[[2011 MLB season|2011]]
||161||82||79||{{Winning percentage|82|79}}|| 3rd in NL West || – || – || – ||
|-
![[2012 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]||[[2012 MLB season|2012]]
||162||86||76||{{Winning percentage|86|76}}|| 2nd in NL West || – || – || – ||
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]||[[2013 MLB season|2013]]
||162||92||70||{{Winning percentage|92|70}}|| '''1st in NL West''' || 5 || 5 || {{Winning percentage|5|5}} || Lost [[2013 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] ([[2013 St. Louis Cardinals season|STL]])
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]||[[2014 MLB season|2014]]
||162||94||68||{{Winning percentage|94|68}}|| '''1st in NL West''' || 1 || 3 || {{Winning percentage|1|3}} || Lost [[2014 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|STL]])
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]||[[2015 MLB season|2015]]
||162||92||70||{{Winning percentage|92|70}}|| '''1st in NL West''' || 2 || 3 || {{Winning percentage|2|3}} || Lost [[2015 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2015 New York Mets season|NYM]])
|-
! colspan="2"|LAD total || 809 || 446 || 363 || {{winpct|446|363}} || || 8 || 11 || {{Winning percentage|8|11}} || 
|-
![[2016 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2016 MLB season|2016]]
||161||79||82||{{Winning percentage|79|82}}|| 3rd in NL East || – || – || – ||
|-
![[2017 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2017 MLB season|2017]]
||162||77||85||{{Winning percentage|77|85}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – ||
|-
![[2018 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2018 Major League Baseball season|2018]]
||161||63||98||{{Winning percentage|63|98}}|| 5th in NL East || – || – || – ||
|-
![[2019 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2019 Major League Baseball season|2019]]
||162||57||105||{{Winning percentage|57|105}}|| 5th in NL East || – || – || – ||
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2020 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020]]
||60||31||29||{{Winning percentage|31|29}}|| 2nd in NL East || 2 || 3 || {{Winning percentage|2|3}} || Lost [[2020 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2020 Atlanta Braves season|ATL]])
|-
![[2021 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2021 Major League Baseball season|2021]]
||162||67||95||{{Winning percentage|67|95}}|| 4th in NL East || – || – || – || 
|-
|-
![[2022 Miami Marlins season|MIA]]||[[2022 Major League Baseball season|2022]]
||162||69||93||{{Winning percentage|69|93}}|| 4th in NL East || – || – || – || 
|-
! colspan="2"|MIA total || 1,030 || 443 || 587 || {{winpct|443|587}} || || 2 || 3 || {{Winning percentage|2|3}} ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total <ref name="managerial record"/> || 1,839 || 889 || 950 || {{winpct|889|950}} || || 10 || 14 || {{winpct|10|14}} || 
|}

==Legacy==
{{MLBBioRet
|Image=DonMattingly23.jpg
|Name=Don Mattingly
|Number=23
|Team=New York Yankees
|Year=1997
|}}

Mattingly finished his career with 2,153 hits, 222 home runs, 1,007 runs scored, 1,099 RBIs, and a .307 lifetime batting average. He is commonly cited as the best Yankee player to have never played in a World Series. His career had bad timing, as the Yankees lost the World Series the year before he broke into the big leagues and they ended up winning the World Series in the first year of Mattingly's retirement, not to mention the Yankees had the best record in the American League in 1994 before the strike. This World Series drought (1982–1995) was the longest in Yankees history since the start of the Babe Ruth era, and it was worsened by the strike, which ended a promising chance for a World Series title.

[[Buck Showalter]], Mattingly's last manager during his playing days and a former teammate in the minor leagues, attributed Mattingly's calmness to the controversies he was subjected to as manager of the Dodgers to Mattingly's regularly having to deal with even more craziness during his time with the Yankees.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeff|last=Bradley |url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2012/05/bradley_former_yankee_don_matt.html |title=Bradley: Former Yankee Don Mattingly is leading Los Angeles Dodgers' turnaround |work=[[NJ.com]] |publisher=The Star-Ledger |date=May 13, 2012 |access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>

The Yankees retired Mattingly's number 23 and dedicated his plaque for [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] on August 31, 1997. The plaque calls him, "A humble man of grace and dignity, a captain who led by example, proud of the pinstripe tradition and dedicated to the pursuit of excellence, a Yankee forever."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donniebaseball.com/mattingly/plaque.html |last=Riccitelli |first=Joseph |title=Yankee Stadium Plaques |website=Donniebaseball.com |date=October 8, 1997 |access-date=August 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516092249/http://www.donniebaseball.com/mattingly/plaque.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additionally, his uniform number with the Double-A Nashville Sounds (18) was retired by the team in a ceremony at [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] attended by Mattingly on August 12, 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Keenan |first=J. Patrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30966840/don_mattingly_honored_at_greer_stadium/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Don Mattingly Honored at Greer Stadium |page=4C |work=The Daily News Journal |location=Murfreesboro |date=August 13, 1999}}</ref>

===National Hall of Fame consideration===
[[File:mattinglymonument.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Mattingly's retired number in [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]]]

Mattingly was on the Hall of Fame ballot from 2001 to 2015, never getting enough votes for induction. In his first year, he received 145 votes (28.2%), but this steadily declined; by 2009, only 12% of voters still put him on their ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/mattido01.php |title=Don Mattingly |website=TheBaseballPage.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008021914/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/mattido01.php |archive-date=October 8, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, Mattingly's eligibility expired after fifteen attempts. He had been grandfathered onto the ballot after the committee restricted eligibility to ten years. Mattingly is now eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame via the [[Veterans Committee#2022 revisions|Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee]]. He was shortlisted for the 2018, 2020, and 2022 ballots, but did not receive enough votes for induction.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Axisa|title=Jack Morris and Alan Trammell voted into Hall of Fame by Modern Era Committee|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/jack-morris-and-alan-trammell-voted-into-hall-of-fame-by-modern-era-committee/|website=CBS Sports|date=December 10, 2017|accessdate=December 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/news/miller-simmons-elected-to-hall-of-fame |title=Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons Elected to Hall Of Fame |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] |date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=MLB.com|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/fred-mcgriff-elected-to-hall-of-fame-2023-class|date=December 4, 2022|access-date=December 4, 2022|title=McGriff Elected Unanimously to Hall on Contemporary Era Ballot|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince}}</ref>

Mattingly has been honored by two minor-league halls of fame. He was inducted in the [[South Atlantic League Hall of Fame]] in 1994 and the [[New York–Penn League Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-352571 |title=Hall of Fame - 1994 |website=South Atlantic League |publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013313/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=l116&ymd=20080228&content_id=352571&vkey=league3 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/hall-of-fame |title= League Hall of Fame |website=New York–Penn League |publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006161618/https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/hall-of-fame |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2001, Mattingly was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indbaseballhalloffame.org/inductees/inductee-don-mattingly/|title=Inductees |website=Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=September 16, 2024 }}</ref> his plaque displays his phenomenal high school and professional careers. In 1987, he was named the American Legion Graduate of the Year, for his success in the major leagues following his [[American Legion baseball]] career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legion.org/baseball/alumni/M|title=American Legion Baseball Alumni: M |website=[[American Legion]] |access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[Image:Preston Mattingly 2007.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Preston Mattingly]] with the Class-A [[Great Lakes Loons]]]]
Mattingly married Kim Sexton on September 8, 1979; they divorced after his playing career ended, amid reports of Kim's issues with alcoholism.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/leading-yanks-glory-don-mattingly-forced-face-troubled-home-article-1.307248 | title=Instead of leading Yanks to glory, Don Mattingly forced to face troubled home | website=[[New York Daily News]] | date=February 24, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://the-cauldron.com/the-tragedy-of-donnie-baseball-3f3b18a5b0ca | title=The Lasting Sadness of Donnie Baseball |last=Wood |first=Matt |publisher=The Cauldron |website=Medium.com |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=September 16, 2024 }}</ref> Mattingly and Kim share three sons: Taylor, [[Preston Mattingly|Preston]], and Jordon. Taylor was drafted in the 42nd round (1,262nd overall) of the [[2003 Major League Baseball draft]] by the [[New York Yankees]], and played in 24 games for the Gulf Coast Yankees in the rookie league before an injury cut short his season. After sitting out all of 2004 and 2005, Taylor retired from baseball in 2005 after only 58 professional at-bats.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Now the Real Fun Starts|date=April 2, 2005|last=King|first=George|work=New York Post|url=http://pqarchiver.nypost.com/nypost/access/816821571.html?dids=816821571:816821571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+2%2C+2005&author=GEORGE+KING&pub=New+York+Post&edition=&startpage=086&desc=NOW+THE+REAL+FUN+STARTS|access-date=May 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220955/http://pqarchiver.nypost.com/nypost/access/816821571.html?dids=816821571:816821571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+2,+2005&author=GEORGE+KING&pub=New+York+Post&edition=&startpage=086&desc=NOW+THE+REAL+FUN+STARTS|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Preston is the [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38849959/phillies-promote-preston-mattingly-assistant-gm-role |title=Phillies promote Preston Mattingly to assistant GM role | date=November 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN |access-date=September 16, 2024 }}</ref>

Mattingly remarried on December 10, 2010, in his hometown of Evansville, Indiana. The wedding, and his managing the [[Phoenix Desert Dogs]] of the [[Arizona Fall League]], prevented him from attending the 2010 winter meetings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=5895331&type=story|title=Joe Torre puts off decision on future|date=December 7, 2010|first=Tony|last=Jackson|work=ESPNLosAngeles.com}}</ref> In 2014, he had another son, Louis.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Dodgers manager Don Mattingly becomes a dad again |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/12/02/ap-bbn-dodgers-mattingly-baby |magazine=Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press |location=Los Angeles |date=December 2, 2014 |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

Mattingly's older brother, [[Randy Mattingly]], played quarterback at the [[University of Evansville]] and was drafted by the [[Cleveland Browns]] in the fourth round of the [[1973 NFL draft]] before playing in the [[Canadian Football League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/don-mattinglys-saskatchewan-connection|title=Don Mattingly's Saskatchewan connection|work=[[Regina Leader Post]]|date=March 25, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2020}}</ref>

==Business ventures==
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Don Mattingly was the owner of a restaurant in Evansville, Indiana, called "Mattingly's 23", after the uniform number he wore for most of his career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/ae522b3330eccd146f0c5fbb0b0fe95e |title=Former Yankee Closes Namesake Restaurant |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 18, 1996 |access-date=August 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204053922/https://apnews.com/ae522b3330eccd146f0c5fbb0b0fe95e |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2005, Mattingly launched Mattingly Sports, a baseball and softball equipment company, based primarily around the patented V-Grip baseball and softball bats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/aboutus.html |title=About Us|website=Mattinglybaseball.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302133343/http://www.mattinglybaseball.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Mattingly is the founder of Mattingly Charities, a nonprofit organization that serves underprivileged youth by supporting programs that promote baseball and softball participation in conjunction with other developmentally related activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mattinglycharities.org/|title=Mattingly Charities|website=Mattingly Charities |access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Mattingly appeared in a baseball-themed episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Homer at the Bat]]", which originally aired on February 20, 1992. In the episode, team manager [[Mr. Burns]] repeatedly demands that Mattingly trim his [[sideburns]], leading Mattingly to protest that he had no sideburns, and to eventually shave much of his head. Burns, irate, cuts him from the team for defying his orders. As he departs, the exasperated Mattingly says to himself, "I still like him better than Steinbrenner."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deadspin.com/5886723/the-making-of-homer-at-the-bat-the-episode-that-conquered-prime-time-20-years-ago-tonight |title=The Making of 'Homer at the Bat', The Episode That Conquered Prime Time 20 Years Ago Tonight |date=February 20, 2012 |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |website=[[Deadspin]] |access-date=August 27, 2013}}</ref> In 1991, before the episode aired, but after it was produced, then-Yankees manager [[Stump Merrill]] told him that until he cut his hair, he would not play. This was in accord with Yankee owner [[George Steinbrenner]]'s [[New York Yankees appearance policy|appearance policy]] requiring his players to maintain well-kept head and facial hair. Mattingly was sporting a longish or [[mullet (hairstyle)|mullet]]-like hair style, and when he refused to cut it, he was benched.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/17/sports/baseball-no-more-split-ends-as-mattingly-rejoins-yanks.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=Baseball; No More Split Ends as Mattingly Rejoins Yanks|date=August 17, 1991|first=Jack|last=Curry|newspaper=The New York Times|author-link=Jack Curry|at=sec. 1 p. 27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/16/sports/baseball-mattingly-flap-hair-today-gone-tomorrow.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=Baseball; Mattingly Flap: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 16, 1991|author-link=Murray Chass|first=Murray|last=Chass|page=B9}}</ref>

Mattingly has also appeared in public-service announcements airing on the [[Spike TV]] network advocating fathers spending time with their children as part of the "True Dads" campaign to encourage men to take an active role in their children's lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spike.ifilm.com/spike/truedads/doc/true_dads_pr.pdf |title=Spike TV Celebrates Fatherhood With True Dads National Outreach Campaign |website=Spike.ifilm.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926014120/http://spike.ifilm.com/spike/truedads/doc/true_dads_pr.pdf |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |access-date=August 22, 2007 }}</ref>

Mattingly is referred to by name in several episodes of ''[[Seinfeld]]''. In one episode, his uniform pants split because they were made of 100% cotton at the behest of [[George Costanza]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Katcher|first=Paul|title=Best 'Seinfeld' Sports Moments|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=katcher/sports_seinfeld|work=ESPN|access-date=October 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804114432/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=katcher%2Fsports_seinfeld|archive-date=August 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Mattingly appeared as a guest artist on Christian recording artist [[Matt Felts']] album, ''Based on a True Story''. Mattingly lends his voice on a song entitled "The First Baseball Game".

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball|Indiana}}
*[[List of Major League Baseball individual streaks]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball doubles records]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball batting champions]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise]]

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