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{{short description|American baseball player and manager (born 1961)}}
{{For|the Canadian football player|Don Mattingly (Canadian football)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Don Mattingly
|image=Don Mattingly 1984.jpg
|caption=Mattingly with the New York Yankees in 1984
|team=  
|number=  
|position=[[First baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] 
|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}}–{{mlby|2025}})
|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> nicknamed "'''Donnie Baseball'''" and "'''the Hit Man'''", is an American former [[first baseman]], [[manager (baseball)|manager]] and [[coach (baseball)|coach]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) who spent his entire playing career with the [[New York Yankees]] from 1982 to 1995. A 6-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], he led the [[American League]] (AL) in [[double (baseball)|doubles]] three consecutive years, and in [[hit (baseball)|hits]] and [[total bases]] twice each. After winning the AL [[batting average (baseball)|batting]] title with a .343 mark in his first full season in 1984, he was named the league's [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) in 1985 after hitting .324 with 145 [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (RBI), the highest total in the league in over 30 years. The following year, he was runner-up for the MVP award after batting .352, leading the AL in hits, doubles, [[slugging percentage]] and total bases; his 53 doubles and 388 total bases were the highest totals by any major league player in the 1980s, and his totals of doubles and 238 hits remain Yankees franchise records. In 1987 he tied a major league record by hitting [[home run]]s in eight consecutive games, and later that year set another record by hitting six [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slams]] in one season.

Congenital back problems, which forced him to miss part of the 1990 season, also contributed to a decline in Mattingly's power hitting, but after being named the team's [[captain (sports)|captain]] in 1991, he enjoyed a resurgence in productivity, leading the Yankees in RBI, hits, doubles, [[run (baseball)|runs scored]] and batting average in 1992. Long frustrated by the team's failure to reach the postseason despite having the best record of any major league team during the 1980s, he helped lead the team to first place in 1994, batting .304, only to have the playoffs cancelled due to a [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|work stoppage]]. He finally reached the postseason in his final season in 1995, but New York lost the [[1995 American League Division Series|Division Series]] in five games although Mattingly batted .417 with a home run and four doubles, driving in go-ahead runs in three games. His veteran leadership and influence on a core of young players has been credited for helping propel the club to four [[World Series]] titles in the next five years.

Regarded as one of the greatest defensive first basemen in history, Mattingly won a league-record nine [[Gold Glove Award]]s, leading the AL in [[fielding percentage]] seven times, also a league record; he retired with the highest career fielding percentage (.996) in league history, since broken by [[Mark Teixeira]]. His 1,634 games at first base then ranked tenth in AL history, his 1,104 [[assist (baseball)|assists]] ranked ninth, and his 1,500 [[double play]]s were tied for fifth; his 14,148 [[putout]]s were the fifth most in the AL since 1940. After batting over .300 seven times, Mattingly retired with a career average of .307, then the sixth highest among major league players with at least 5,000 [[at bat]]s since 1960. The Yankees [[List of Major League Baseball retired numbers|retired his uniform number]] (23) in 1997, 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 under manager [[Joe Torre]], Mattingly followed Torre to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in 2008, and later succeeded him for five seasons, winning three division titles. He then became manager of the [[Miami Marlins]] for seven years, and was named the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] in 2020 after guiding the team to its first playoff appearance in 17 years; he joined [[Frank Robinson]] and Torre to become the third person to win an MVP Award, a Gold Glove and Manager of the Year. He served as bench coach for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] from 2023 to 2025.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mattingly not expected to return as Blue Jays' bench coach | website=[[MLB.com]] | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-leaving-blue-jays-coaching-staff?msockid=0c57dd54f4fb64de0b45cb35f586650a }}</ref>

==Early life==
Donald Arthur Mattingly was born on April 20, 1961, in [[Evansville, Indiana]]. Although naturally left-handed, he displayed [[ambidextrous]] ability. He [[pitcher|pitched]] in [[Little League Baseball]] as well as playing first base, throwing both right-handed and left-handed, and was a member of the 1973 Great Scot Little League championship team in Evansville, under the coaching of Pete Studer and Earl Hobbs. In [[American Legion Baseball]] for Funkhouser Post #8, Mattingly played at [[second baseman|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 High School|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 batted .463, leading the Tigers to a 94–9–1 [[win–loss record]]. He still holds Reitz Memorial records for hits (152), doubles (29), [[triple (baseball)|triples]] (25), RBI (140), and runs (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>

After graduating from high school, Mattingly accepted a [[athletic scholarship|scholarship]] to play baseball for the [[Indiana State Sycamores baseball|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 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|Low-A]] [[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)|Single-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 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 as a [[Major League Baseball rosters#September call-ups|September call-up]] in late 1982.<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 [[1982 Baltimore Orioles season|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]], [[Batted ball#Pop-up|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> He made his first career major league hit in the bottom of the 11th inning of a 3–2, 12-inning loss to 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. After four games in April, he was sent back to Columbus for two months before returning, and hit .283 in 279 at-bats. He hit his first home run on June 24 against [[John Tudor (baseball)|John Tudor]] in a 5–4 road loss to 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 RBI (110), sixth in [[sacrifice fly|sacrifice flies]] (9), and tenth 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 AL [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|MVP Award]]. He batted .324 (third in the league) with 35 home runs (fourth), 48 doubles (first), and 145 RBI (first), then the most RBI 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 lead of 30 RBI in 1953. He led the league in sacrifice flies (15), total bases (370), and [[extra base hit]]s (86), and was second in the AL in hits (211) and slugging percentage (.567), third in [[intentional walk]]s (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 baseman|second base]] and [[third baseman|third base]] early in his career, though he was a left-handed thrower. Mattingly appeared as a left-handed throwing second baseman during the resumption of the [[George Brett]] "[[Pine Tar Incident]]" game on August 18, 1983, shifting from first base in the ninth inning for one batter, who [[strikeout|struck out]]. He also played three games at third base during a five-game road series against the [[Seattle Mariners]] in late August 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> including one complete game, and recorded 11 assists with one [[error (baseball)|error]] while throwing left-handed.

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 on the [[1927 New York Yankees season|legendary 1927 team]].<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, and had the league's longest [[hitting streak]] of the season, making hits in 24 consecutive games, from a 3–0 win over the [[Seattle Mariners]] in the second game of a doubleheader on August 30 through a 3–2 loss to the [[Detroit Tigers]] on September 26. 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 a major league 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 the Mariners 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), including a 12–3 road win over the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] on July 16 in which he had two home runs including a grand slam and a career-high seven RBI. That year, Mattingly set a major league record by hitting six 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 ironically 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 RBI, 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 RBI in 1988, but still was in the top 10 in the league in batting average with a .311 mark,<ref name=trying/> and scored a career-high five runs in a 15–3 win over the [[1988 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] on April 30. He rebounded in 1989 to 113 RBI, but his average dipped to .303. Mattingly's five runs in the win over Texas 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 RBI 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. His defense remained stellar, but he was not always physically able to play, especially on defense, and from 1989 to 1992 was sometimes used as a [[designated hitter]]. 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 the [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]]. On July 22, 1993, he hit his 200th home run, a 3-run blast in the seventh inning of a 12–1 win over the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. In the strike-shortened 1994 season, he posted a .304 average, the first time since 1989 that he hit over .300. On April 7, 1994, he passed 1,000 RBI, driving in two runs in an 18–6 mauling of the Rangers, and on July 23 he made his 2,000th career hit, a seventh-inning single in a 7–2 road win over the Angels.

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 had the best record in the American League in 1994 when the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]] ended the season prematurely.

In 1995, Mattingly finally reached the playoffs when the Yankees clinched the AL [[Major League Baseball Wild Card|wild card]] on the last day of the season with a 6–1 road win over Toronto, including his last regular-season home run in the fifth inning. Facing the [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] in the [[1995 American League Division Series|AL Division Series]], the only postseason series of his career, Mattingly batted .417 with six RBI and a memorable go-ahead home run in Game 2, his final game at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]. In the final game of the series (and of his career), Mattingly again broke a tie with a two-run double, but the New York bullpen faltered, and Seattle won in the 11th inning of the decisive Game 5.

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 longest drought (14 years), later tied (2010–2023) without a World Series appearance. The Yankees made the series in both {{wsy|1981}} (the year prior to Mattingly's debut) 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 the 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 (2023–2025)===
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> Mattingly was on the coaching roster when the Blue Jays made an unexpected run in the postseason, defeating his former team, the Yankees, in four games in the [[2025 American League Division Series]], and then winning the [[2025 American League Championship Series]] over the Mariners in seven games to reach the World Series, which was Mattingly's first World Series appearance after over 40 years of playing/managing/coaching. In the [[2025 World Series]], Mattingly's team lost in seven games to the Dodgers who were managed by [[Dave Roberts (baseball manager)|Dave Roberts]], whom the Dodgers hired after parting ways with Mattingly in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-first-world-series |title=After decades of 'watching somebody else eat a hot fudge sundae,' Mattingly gets a taste at last |work=MLB.com |last=Murti |first=Sweeny |date=October 21, 2025 |access-date=October 30, 2025}}</ref> The Dodgers' [[Clayton Kershaw]] was one of the few players remaining from when Mattingly managed that team.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thosar |first=Deesha |date=October 24, 2025 |title=Finally in a World Series, the Blue Jays Can't Let Donnie Baseball Down |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/don-mattingly-blue-jays-dodgers-world-series |access-date=5 November 2025 |work=Fox Sports}}</ref>

After the World Series loss, Mattingly stepped down from his role with the Blue Jays on November 6, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deeds |first=Nick |date=2025-11-06 |title=Don Mattingly Will Not Return As Blue Jays' Bench Coach In 2026 |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/don-mattingly-will-not-return-as-blue-jays-bench-coach-in-2026.html |access-date=2025-11-06 |website=MLB Trade Rumors |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Los Angeles Dodgers (2010–2015)===
[[File:Don Mattingly (2011).jpg|thumb|Mattingly with the Dodgers in 2011]]
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=ESPN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130053623/https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5586087 |archive-date=November 30, 2020}}</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=ESPN}}</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> Some have suggested that the Dodgers were not willing to give Mattingly a long-term contract, while Mattingly has since said that his decision was based on family considerations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hernández: Don Mattingly reveals why his Dodgers managerial career ended a decade ago |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/article/hern-ndez-don-mattingly-reveals-100000794.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIzfA_Au1VBexfp5iv8DIGD2-9_GyddPADrODRuxBxoOCLZJz1qKFczLIeL63m9-N5U0cus4dt9ir_qOE-SLX7J3N3c9WT7o9cqWP-ToHekgbTVDyIW7hNV9YzpNQz3Ss1jV4zBC5JjbKqVXrGJDs2qifsTngx4yPW5TR8EOS7Y2 |publisher=Yahoo Sports |access-date=7 November 2025}}</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 the 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, with three [[Silver Slugger Award]]s. His .307 lifetime batting average then placed him behind only [[Tony Gwynn]] (then at .336), [[Wade Boggs]] (then at .334), [[Rod Carew]] (.328), [[Kirby Puckett]] (.318) and [[Roberto Clemente]] (.317) among players with 5,000 at bats since the major league expansion era began in 1961. 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 in 1920, 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 experience as a player having to deal with controversies 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 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>

===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 became eligible for election to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[2001 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2001]], receiving 28.2% of the vote (election requires 75%); he dropped to 20% the following year, and generally received between 10% and 14% of the vote over the next decade,<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> receiving only 9% in [[2015 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2015]], his final year of eligibility (he had been grandfathered onto the ballot after the Hall of Fame restricted eligibility to ten years in 2014). Since Mattingly's first year on the ballot, there has been controversy over the election that year of [[Kirby Puckett]], who was also newly eligible and had likewise played his first full season in 1984, as their career statistics are very similar:

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 | 1785 || 7003 || 1007 || 2153 || 442 || 20 || 222 || 1099 || 588 || .307 || 358 || .471
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 | 1783 || 7244 || 1071 || 2304 || 414 || 57 || 207 || 1085 || 450 || .318 || 360 || .477
|}

Puckett's election has generally been attributed to the view that while Mattingly's strongest years were early in his career, Puckett's production was more consistent, and there was considerable sympathy over his career ending abruptly due to an eye injury.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |title=Mattingly gets another crack at Hall of Fame |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-gets-another-crack-at-hall-of-fame/c-26035184 |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |date=January 2012 |access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref> And yet there are other similarities other than career totals, as both players won one batting title and led the AL in RBI once and total bases twice; for each, their lowest batting average in a full season was .288, and both topped the .350 mark once. Mattingly finished in the top seven in MVP voting four times, and in the top twenty in three other years; Puckett finished in the top seven in seven years, but otherwise was never in the top twenty. Mattingly won more Gold Gloves (nine to six), and had more seasons with 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 40 doubles or 300 total bases, though Puckett was on more All-Star teams (ten to six). Another Hall of Famer with striking similarities to Mattingly is [[Bill Terry]]; both players were left-handed first basemen who spent their entire careers with New York teams on opposite sides of the [[Harlem River]]. Both played in all or part of 14 seasons (Terry played 10 full seasons, Mattingly 11), and each won one batting title:

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 | 1785 || 7003 || 1007 || 2153 || 442 || 20 || 222 || 1099 || 588 || .307 || 358 || .471
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 | 1721 || 6428 || 1120 || 2193 || 373 || 112 || 154 || 1078 || 537 || .341 || 393 || .506
|}

Terry's higher averages can be primarily attributed to the remarkably elevated averages in the National League in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which highly favored hitters; when he won the batting title in 1930, the league average was .303 (Mattingly won his title when the league average was .264), and the league average over Terry's career was .283, compared to .263 during Mattingly's career. Mattingly is the most [[similarity score|statistically similar]] player to both Puckett and Terry. One more Hall of Famer who is something of a mirror image to Mattingly is [[George Kell]], whose defensive skills were largely identical to Mattingly's – but the right-handed Kell was able to play as a third baseman, while the left-handed Mattingly was essentially limited to playing on the opposite side of the diamond:

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 | 1785 || 7003 || 1007 || 2153 || 442 || 20 || 222 || 1099 || 588 || .307 || 358 || .471
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 ! scope=row | George Kell
 | 1795 || 6702 || 880 || 2054 || 385 || 50 || 78 || 870 || 621 || .306 || 367 || .414
|}

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 included on the 2018, 2020, 2023 and 2026 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> coming closest with 50% of the vote in 2023. He is eligible to be considered again for the 2029 class of inductees.<ref>{{cite web |last=Justice |first=Richard |title=Contemporary Baseball Era Hall of Fame ballot for 2025 announced |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/contemporary-baseball-era-hall-of-fame-ballot-for-2025 |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=November 5, 2025}}</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 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 Single-A [[Great Lakes Loons]]]]
Mattingly married Kim Sexton on September 8, 1979; they divorced after his playing career ended.<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> Mattingly and Kim share three sons: Taylor, [[Preston Mattingly|Preston]], and Jordon. Taylor was selected in the 42nd round (1,262nd overall) of the [[2003 Major League Baseball draft]] by the Yankees, and played in 24 games for the [[Florida Complex League Yankees|Gulf Coast League 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 web | title=Phillies promote Preston Mattingly to GM role | date=November 8, 2024 | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42272100/preston-mattingly-son-don-mattingly-named-phillies-gm }}</ref>

Mattingly married his second wife, Lori, 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 and Lori had a 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 chosen 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, [[Mr. Burns]], the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and the manager of its softball team, 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>

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

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