Coaching career
• Will enter his third season as the Dodger skipper in 2013 and has compiled a two-year record of 168-155
(.520)...led the Dodgers to a 39-22 (.639) start through June 10 last season...that start came on the heels of
a 45-28 (.616) mark to end 2011
• In 2011, the Dodgers won 10 of their last 11 series and finished 25-10, which tied Arizona for the best record in the NL from Aug. 22 through the end of the season
• Won his Major League managerial debut with a 2-1 victory over the Giants on March 31, 2011
• Named the 27th manager in Dodger franchise history on Sept. 17, 2010, replacing future Hall of Famer Joe Torre, who he coached under from 2004-10
• Became the ninth skipper in Los Angeles Dodger history, following Hall of Famers Walter Alston (1954-76) and Tommy Lasorda (1977-96), Bill Russell (1996-98), Glenn Hoffmann (1998), Davey Johnson (1999-2000), Jim Tracy (2001-05), Grady Little (2006-07) and Torre (2008-10)
• Was the first Dodger skipper to make his Major League managerial debut since Jim Tracy in 2001
• Joined the Dodger staff as the club's hitting coach immediately following the 2008 All-Star break
• As a coach, reached the playoffs in six of his seven seasons
• In 2009, the Dodgers hit .270, which tied them with the New York Mets for tops in the National League...the Dodgers also led the National League with 1,511 hits and a .346 on-base percentage that season
• After coming on board in July 2008, the Dodgers responded by hitting .279 (2nd, NL) in the second half while also posting a .350 on-base percentage (T-2nd, NL) and a .434 slugging pct. (4th, NL)
• Prior to the 2008 season, served as the Yankees' bench coach in 2007 and as their hitting coach from 2004- 06
• In 2006, the Yankees led the Major Leagues with 930 runs scored, a .363 on-base percentage and 902 RBI
• In his first year as the hitting coach in 2004, New York set an all-time franchise record of 242 home runs
• Was a member of the American League coaching staff at the 2004 All-Star Game in Houston
• Spent seven seasons as a special instructor during Yankees' Spring Training in Tampa, FL from 1997-2003.
• Skippered the Phoenix Desert Dogs in the 2010 Arizona Fall League
Playing career
• Played his entire 14-year Major League career
from 1982-95 with the New York Yankees
• Amassed 2,153 hits, 222 home runs, 1,099 RBI and a .307 lifetime average in 1,785 games
• Was a six-time American League All-Star and was voted as the starting first baseman on the American League squad in the 1987 Midsummer Classic in Oakland
Was a nine-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner at first base, including runs of five straight awards (1985-89) and four consecutive honors (1991-94)
• Won the 1984 batting title with a .343 average
• Named the American League Most Valuable Player in 1985, when he hit .324 with 48 doubles, a career-high 35 homers and career-best 145 RBI
• In 1986, led the AL with 238 hits and 53 doubles...finished second in the MVP vote that season
• In 1987, tied Dale Long's Major League record by hitting at least one home run in eight consecutive games (record later tied again by Ken Griffey Jr. of Seattle in 1993)
• In '87, set a Major League record by hitting six grand slam home runs in a season, a record matched by Travis Hafner during the 2006 season...his grand slams in 1987 were the only six of his career
• His No. 23 was retired by the Yankees on Aug. 31, 1997...also had a plaque dedicated to him in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium that reads in part: "A humble man of grace and dignity, a captain who led by example, proud of the Pinstripe tradition and dedicated to the pursuit of excellence"
Personal
Donald Arthur Mattingly...married his wife, Lori, in December 2010 in Indiana...nickname is "Donnie Baseball"...
was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, where he was one of the nation's top prospects as a high school
player at Reitz Memorial High School in 1979...was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the
1979 draft... appeared in a baseball-themed episode of The Simpsons, entitled "Homer at the Bat," which
originally aired in February 1992...attended the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Dodger Caravans in Los Angeles...took part
in the 2011 and 2012 Dodgers Dream Foundation's Bowling Extravaganzas...played the part of Mother Ginger in
a local Evansville ballet company's production of the Nutcracker the past two offseasons...in 2009, attended
the groundbreaking ceremony of a brand new "Dodgers Dreamfield" in Los Angeles...donated equipment for
the LA Boys and Girls Club from his company, Mattingly Sports...created and runs Mattingly Charities, which
is designed to serve underprivileged youth by supporting programs and donating equipment which promote
baseball and softball participation in conjunction with other developmentally related activities...this past
January, hosted "A Night of Entertainment with Don Mattingly," featuring George Lopez as well as many
current Dodger players and Dodger legends...the event raised more than $70,000 for Mattingly Charities...was
honored with the Tommy Lasorda Award at the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation's 10th annual "In the
Spirit of the Game" dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Jan. 12...has three sons: Taylor, Preston and
Jordan as well as two stepsons, Isaac and Reynolds...Taylor was selected by the Yankees in the 42nd round of
the 2003 draft...Preston was selected by the Dodgers as a sandwich pick (31st overall) in the 2006 draft.
