His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
Don mattingly moustache.
Marlins manager don mattingly who once owned one of the finest mustaches in all of major league baseball has implemented a new policy on his team.
Six years of domination followed by six years of frustration and.
But the mustache though simple can be intimidating to a virgin grower.
No facial hair.
Don mattingly from his sabr bio quoting mattingly in good company from the new york times making the hall of fame case for donnie baseball.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
The most striking aspect of don mattingly s career from one point of view is the number of years that he produced mediocre statistics murray chass of the new york times wrote after mattingly retired and the yankees unveiled his plaque in the famous monument park at yankee stadium.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
Okay so maybe chris chambliss has a solid argument but his lasting impact on the franchise doesn t even touch don mattingly s.
This legendary red sox third baseman was the yang to don mattingly s yin the omega to mattingly s alpha.
In 1995 mattingly again ran afoul of the policy when he grew a goatee.
Don mattingly manager of the miami marlins and the former owner of a luxurious mustache instituted a no facial hair policy for marlins players in 2016.
In other words he had an awesome manly man s mustache.
His career was divided in half.
And now a year later he s reversing.
The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance.