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Originally Posted by the 'stache
I would say that Mattingly had 4 great seasons, 3 very good seasons, and 1 good year. When you consider the Hall requires ten years, Don meets that, and the great majority of the time, that time played is at a high/elite level.
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Mattingly had 5 seasons that I look at as HOF seasons, he had some years when he hit 15-18 HRs, had 75-80 RBIs and .275-.300 BA, like you said, very good years but not great which is what a HOFer should be.