An American baseball player, Don Mattingly was perhaps the best player in the MLB from 1984-1987, before back injuries derailed what looked to be a Hall Of Fame career. Playing his entire career for the
New York Yankees, Mattingly won the AL MVP in 1985 and 9 Gold Gloves at first base.
The man who lost out to Joe Girardi when the Yankees replaced Joe Torre still wants to make the leap from Donnie Baseball to Donnie Manager and guide his own team one day. And Don Mattingly might end up replacing Torre after all when Torre is done managin.
Publ.Date : Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:00 GMT2009 -- Joe Mauer (notes) , Minnesota 2008 -- Dustin Pedroia (notes) , Boston 2007 -- Alex Rodriguez (notes) , New York 2006 -- Justin Morneau (notes) , Minnesota 2005 -- Alex Rodriguez, New York 2004 -- Vladimir Guerrero (notes) , Anaheim 2003 -- Alex Rodriguez, Texas 2002 -- Miguel Tejada (notes) , Oakland 2001 -- Ichiro Suzuki (notes) , Seattle 2000 -- Jason Giambi (notes) , Oakland 1999 ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:11:37 GMTJoe Mauer, who won an unprecedented third batting championship for a catcher and helped propel the Minnesota Twins to the American League Central title, was elected the AL Most Valuable Player for 2009 in balloting by the BBWAA.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:04:53 GMT
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MLB players who would cite Mattingly as their favorite player growing up include Todd Helton, Michael Young and Mark Teixiera.
Don earned the nickname "Donnie Baseball" thanks to his blue collar style of play.
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