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“I had no idea,’’ Mattingly said Thursday at the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation dinner.
He said he hadn’t given much thought to the Hall of Fame toward the end of his 15-year run on the writers’ ballot, which ended in 2015. In his first year on the ballot in 2001, Mattingly got 28.2 percent of the vote, well short of the 75 percent needed. In his final year, Mattingly received just 9.2 percent.
In 2017, Mattingly was on the Modern Era ballot, but didn’t get the dozen votes necessary. Now he has another chance, along with Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro and Curt Schilling.Frazier in syndication The 28-year-old appeared in just 19 big league games for the Cubs, compiling a .297 slugging percentage, and had a miserable stint with Triple-A Iowa, hitting .190 with 92 strikeouts in 66 games.
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