Was Don Mattingly Left Handed

Don mattingly was an eight time all star for the yankees a nine time gold glove winner as a left handed first baseman.

Was don mattingly left handed.

A natural left hander he played third base in american legion ball when he was 15 years old and claims that he was good. He has to completely reset his feet to make the throw. Don mattingly mustache and all is the last player to start a game at third. April 20 1961 in evansville in us.

Mattingly is ambidextrous he pitched in little league baseball and was a first baseman also throwing both right handed and left handed and was a member of the 1973 great scott little league championship team in evansville indiana under the coaching of pete studer and earl hobbs in american legion baseball for funkhouser post 8 mattingly played at second. But he also can play or at least field right handed. But the giants had backed off trading the two left handed pitchers when they learned. Playing career amateur career.

Drafted by the new york yankees in the 19th round of the 1979 mlb june amateur draft from reitz memorial hs evansville in. Smith mattingly discuss 7 1 win over nats. As long as we re at it left handed catchers. Yankee captain don mattingly sets a major league record when he hits his sixth grand slam of the season off red.

Reitz memorial hs evansville in. Rk player date tm opp rslt pa ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so wpa. Both left hand dominant played pro baseball left handed when don mattingly was playing youth baseball he could throw with either arm. In fact at times this season mattingly has manned first base during batting infield practice with a glove on his left hand see photo above from april.

Left 6 0 175lb 183cm 79kg born. A member of the miami marlins staff and manager don mattingly right lead starling marte 6 away after marte was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning of game 1 of a national league wild card baseball series against the chicago cubs in chicago wednesday sept. Mattingly became an all star first baseman for the new york yankees. Marte left the game with an unknown injury.

How can a left handed ss or 2b make a play going to his right. Though he now shares it with travis hafner another left handed first. Hal chase a well traveled first baseman and known jerk who played from 1905 1919 is the only left handed thrower to spend time at all four infield positions since the turn of the 20th century. First baseman and outfielder bats.