His career was divided in half.
Don mattingly 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.
This legendary red sox third baseman was the yang to don mattingly s yin the omega to mattingly s alpha.
Like munson mattingly s mustache exemplified toughness.
In 1984 at just 23 years old mattingly was the american.
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.
His career counting stats 222 hr 1 099 rbi 2 153 hits do not measure up especially for a first baseman.
Steinbrenner publicly criticized him for it and mattingly eventually trimmed it to a mustache.
And now a year later he s reversing.
But the mustache though simple can be intimidating to a virgin grower.
Mattingly is now clean shaven as a coach with the los angeles dodgers although the dodgers do not have.
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.
The indiana native debuted in 1982 and left his mark in less than three years.
Six years of domination followed by six years of frustration and.
Unlike beards a natural.
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.
Some mustaches are as legendary as the men who wore them.
The hall of fame case for don mattingly is all about peak performance.