Yankees great Don Mattingly getting another shot at Hall of Fame
NY Post
In his long-awaited first trip to the World Series, Don Mattingly came up crushingly short of winning a title on Saturday with the Blue Jays.
But the former Yankees great and current Toronto bench coach will have another shot at a different top honor before this year is over.
Mattingly was announced on Monday as part of the eight-person player ballot to be considered by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The results of the vote — needing 75 percent from the ballots cast by a 16-person group that will be announced later this fall — will be revealed on Dec. 7. Voters can select up to three players.
The seven players joining Mattingly on the ballot are Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela.
Mattingly was also on this committee’s most recent ballot in 2022, but did not receive the requisite votes — he ranked second with eight votes, needing 12 — as Fred McGriff gained induction that year. In his 15 years on the BBWAA ballot, Mattingly peaked at 28.2 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 2001, well short of the 75 percent required.
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