Don Mattingly, who should have made the Hall of Fame yesterday, is about to join the Phillies as bench coach. Phillies president Dave Dombrowski told writers here.
Mattingly spent his entire fourteen-year career with the New York Yankees, joining the team four seasons after their final World Series and retiring just one season before the Yankees won it all in 1996. Overall, it was a strong career for Mattingly despite lacking a World Series ring as a player, as he slashed .307/.358/.471 with 222 home runs in 7,721 plate appearances for a 124 wRC+ and 40.7 fWAR.
That said, it makes the Blue Jays’ World Series loss that much more heartbreaking because there’s a chance he might get a ring at some point. That said, the Phillies are no slouch either, as they recently hired Preston Mattingly as their general manager, yes, Don’s son.
Mattingly brings a wealth of baseball experience to the Phillies. In addition to serving as the Blue Jays’ bench coach from 2023 through the end of the 2025 season, he also coached the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mattingly also managed the Dodgers from 2010 to 2015 and the Miami Marlins from 2016 to 2022.
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