If not for a bad back, Mattingly almost certainly would be a Hall of Famer.

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March 1, 1969 - Mickey Mantle retires. He ends his career with 2,415 hits and 536 home runs in 18 years with the New York Yankees, numbers that would have certainly been

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If Mets' Keith Hernandez belongs in Cooperstown, then Yankees legend Don Mattingly does, too

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