Don Mattingly Number 46

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Don mattingly number 46. Don mattingly hit a homer in the bottom of the seventh inning jim winn was on the mound in relief bases were empty two outs had been recorded. But then he switched to 23 and that s the number the yanks yanked from circulation. There s been a story making the rounds that michael jordan chose jersey 23 when he was a youngster because his older brother larry wore 46 and his airness picked half of 46. He is commonly cited as the best yankee player to have never played in a world series.
Don goes 4 for 5 on the last day of the season to pull ahead of teammate dave winfield and capture the american league batting title. Show don mattingly s uniform number progression. 222 hr 307 ba 1099 rbi 1b of 1985 al mvp 6xallstar 9xgg yankees 1982 1995 b l t l 3x 2b leader born in in 1961 donnie baseball. Stats notes bio.
Don mattingly s number 23 was retired by the new york yankees in 1997. On player of note that wore number 46 as a rookie was don mattingly. Don mattingly s number was retired by the new york yankees and he wore 46 in 1982 83. Stats notes bio.
Don s 4 hit day raised his average from 339 going in to the game to 343 at the end. Stats notes bio. High number are given to rookies and player that might not be with the team long. Some players keep the number for their career.