In his highly anticipated first trip to the World Series, Don Mattingly fell crushingly short of winning his first title on Saturday with the Blue Jays.
But the former Yankees great will get another shot at another top honor before this year is over.
Mattingly was announced Monday as part of the vote for eight players to be considered by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The results of the vote – which requires 75 percent of votes cast by a group to be announced later this fall – will be revealed on December 7.
The seven players joining Mattingly in the voting are Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela.
Mattingly was also present for the 2022 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee voting, but did not receive the required votes – coming in second with eight votes, needing 12 – as Fred McGriff was accepted to the roster that year. In his fifteen years on the BBWAA ballot, Mattingly peaked at 28.2 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 2001, well below the required 75 percent.
During his 14-year career with the Yankees, Mattingly hit .307 with an .830 OPS and 222 home runs. He won the 1985 AL MVP, the 1984 AL batting title (hitting .343), nine Gold Gloves at first base and was a six-time All-Star and three-time Silver Slugger.
His career was late derailed by a chronic back injury, forcing him to retire after the 1995 campaign, just before the Yankees re-emerged as a dynasty.
Mattingly, who later became manager of the Dodgers and Marlins, finally got his first trip to the World Series as bench coach of the Blue Jays last month, though they blew a 3-2 series lead and fell to the Dodgers in a heartbreaking Game 7 on Saturday night.
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