[Mase]

I wonder what Don Mattingly did to be excluded from the HOF.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I wonder what Don Mattingly did to be excluded from the HOF."

Mattingly had a relatively short, injury-riddled career, so he never accumulated big career stats - about 225 homers and 1,100 RBI's, well below the normal HOF standard for first basemen.

But he had an impressive .307 lifetime batting average, struck out very little for a modern-era slugger, was an excellent fielder, and played in New York, so he may get in the HOF some day via the old-timer's committee.

A comparable guy would be Bob Horner, the Atlanta slugger who had a few great seasons, but retired early after frequent injuries.