I don't know why Mattingly isn't in either. The HOF has inducted players with brief dominance and promise who suffered major injuries before.
Dizzy Dean would be a good example. He had 4 dominating seasons before an injury took his career.
From 1984 to 1987 Donnie Baseball was the premier player in the American League. He averaged 30 homers, 121 rbis and a .336 average over his peak. Had he not gotten hurt, I don't think there's any doubt he was a HOFer.
He should get in for the quality of player that he was. Not because of his career numbers.
Last edited by packs; 12-09-2013 at 12:32 PM.
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