Don Mattingly is an American former professional baseball first baseman and coach.
He is the current manager for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.
Mattingly graduated from Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, Indiana, and was selected by the Yankees in the 1979 amateur draft.
Debuting with the Yankees in 1982 following four seasons in Minor League Baseball, he became the Yankees’ starting first baseman after a successful rookie season in 1983.
Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees and subsequently managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years.
In 2001, Mattingly was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mattingly launched Mattingly Sports, a baseball and softball equipment company, based primarily on the patented V-Grip baseball and softball bats in 2005.
Don Mattingly Son: Who Is Baseball Player Preston Mattingly?
Preston Mattingly is an American former baseball player. He played as second Baseman and Shortstop.
He was born on August 28, 1987, in Evansville, Indiana, United States.
Preston Mattingly is the second son of Don Mattingly and his ex-wife, Kim Sexton.
In the 2006 MLB draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers chose Preston in the supplemental round (31st overall). He was later traded to the Cleveland Indians on September 26, 2010.
At the end of spring training, the Indians released him, and he re-signed with the Dodgers. The Yankees signed Preston on January 11, 2012, to a minor league contract, but he was eventually released three months later.
Preston went to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas to study. From 2014 to 2015, he was a starting guard for the Lamar Cardinals basketball team, an NCAA Division I program in the Southland Conference.
Preston Mattingly is currently the new director of player development at the Phillies.
Before joining Phillies, he served as the San Diego Padres’ coordinator of major league advance scouting and game planning. Previously, he had been the club’s manager of scouting.