Posted By:
Thomas
Personally I think Don Mattingly should be in the hall. I know I am in the minority here, but I stand by my statement above.
I believe him to be the best first first baseman in the AL of his time and arguably the best 1b man in the majors at that time as well. Plus I think he is one of the greatest fielders of all time.
His batting numbers aren't too shabby either. Granted the power numbers suffered after the back injury. I think what hurts his chances is that he didn't stick around to pad the numbers, he retired while still batting respectably and still at the top of his game fielding wise. I'm certain he could've hung around and got 3000 hits(or very close).
Well that's just my little opinion,
Thomas