Don Mattingly 10 Greatest Home Run Moments

[@waltonwarrior7428]

Mattingly was pure class. No hotdogging, no bat flipping, no standing and staring after hitting a home run. Act like you’ve been there before. No question one of the all-time great Yankees.

[@timswauger8381]

My all time favorite ballplayer!!! Donnie Baseball.

[@BH02377]

Same!

[@stevejohnson1577]

Im a Blue Jay fan since inception and i cant think of another player that i feared most than Don Mattingly. Perhaps George Brett but Mattingly was just a killer during the 80s. Hall of famer in my books

[@jimilemanski2059]

No matter how many times I watch the homer vs Seattle in the playoffs, I still get goosebumps

[@athleticchipnyc]

You and I both “HANG ON TO THE ROOF”

[@jamespgray6928]

Donnie will ALWAYS be my favorite Yankee!

[@hq9344]

Amen! To Yankee fans in the 80s- he was everything to us.

[@j.idavis3244]

Donnie Baseball, #1 by miles according to my list. Go Bombers!

[@shanemahler6830]

He was mine too

[@jvelez1998]

When the greatest franchise in sports history was lost in the abyss, Mattingly was the lone beacon that gave us all hope… as a kid, to me he was Superman and a hero

[@mig50cc]

Same here. I love Jeter and Judge but Mattingly will always be slightly above them simply because he was that iconic sports hero for me as a kid.

[@Nick-NY]

When I think of my favorite childhood memories, I think of Don Mattingly.

[@BH02377]

For young Yankee fans like us, he was the man! So good before his back got F’d.

[@willslowik7264]

2000 hits, 1000 runs, 1000 RBIs, career .300, MVP, GGs galore, 8 game homer streak, 6 slams in a season, not trimming his ‘sideburns’, splitting his pants on a Seinfeld episode…Mattingly will end up in the Hall similar to how Ron Santo is in the HOF.

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Just hearing the scooter, and Bill White brings me back to my absolute happy place as a kid, I’m going to the games with my dad, and hearing that siren has these guys around the bases, hearing the announcers on TV. Don Mattingly will always be my favorite.

[@robertpaciullo1540]

Anyone who watched MATTINGLY knows he's a hall of famer MVP RBI AND BATTING TITLES .NINE TIME GOLD GLOVE WINNER.MOST PUTOUTS IN AGAME BY AFIRST BASEMAN. EIGHT CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH HOME RUNS.SIX GRAND SLAMS IN A SEASON BOTH MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS.

[@mattinglygermack3543]

dude meant so much to so many yankees fans… including my dad, who named me after him lmao. shame he’s not in the hall

[@ohger1]

Well, he could have named you Matt!! Donnie's back injury shortened his HOF career. One of the best players who won't make the Hall, and the best player in baseball for 5 years.

[@drewskij2175]

Not just to Yanks fans, we were Phillies fans from South Jersey and half the kids I played ball with learned to bat left just to emulate Donnie Baseball.

[@BH02377]

@@ohger1 I completely agree except it was 6! Lol

[@bloodlegion4874]

Mattingly had such a sweet swing

[@ohger1]

The Scooter, Bill White, and watching Donnie Baseball on the field. Brings back so many good memories. EDIT: that last one is heartbreaking. Donnie's only shot in the post season and he rocked it even with a bad back. After they were eliminated in Seattle, Don had to stand up on the flight back to NY because his back was so bad.

[@Mr._Moderate]

Oh wow 😯 I never knew that about his back But those were the good old days on WPIX 👌 Scooter with his Cannolis 😅

[@perfectgame23]

A Yankee forever.

[@koko-pu5vn]

Thank you Donnie Baseball for all the sweet memories!! Watching you was like watching an artist in the field!! You definitely belong in the Hall of Fame!! Wake up electors!!!!!

[@brucechristiansen0]

He made us soooo proud ! He will be forever in the hearts and minds of his fans. Donnie Baseball !

[@Richard-du7yj]

Never forget Donnie baseball

[@hq9344]

Thank you! Nobody meant more to Yankee fans in the 80s

[@samdavis7134]

Loved watching D.Mattingly & R.Henderson hitting

[@Tbird1549]

The Hitman was awesome! Most of these HR’s were off of lefty’s! Great to hear Scooter and Bobby Murcer’s voices! Thanks for another awesome video!

[@bobpenney9973]

My childhood hero. Donnie Baseball. Loved watching him. I wish the yankees would have signed him for the 96 season. He would have gotten his ring.

[@USCFlash]

I loved him too, but if we had signed him for 96, there is no guarantee he would have gotten his ring...he was turning 35 and because we signed Tino Martinez to replace him, and as much as i loved Donny, Tino was integral to that team that year.... .292 25 homers 117 rbis.....compared to donny in 95, who was .288 7 homers and 49 rbis and a constantly bad back that destroyed his career.

[@gman5-035]

I was in the stadium for his ALDS game one bomb! What a moment. Was watching on TV live in rapt attention when he took ex Yankee Ron Davis yard for the w/o in ‘85. Was listening on the radio when he hit his 8th HR in 8 consecutive games. And of course all die hard Yankee fans were tuned in when mattingly went yard versus Toronto in the WC clinching game. What memories. What a special Yankee

[@timothygray7650]

I met Don Mattingly at his St Mary's Hospital off of Bellmead Ave. 47714 zip Evansville, Indiana.

[@brianconnelly1238]

Donald Arthur Mattingly, he was one heck of a baseball player

[@joegti10]

that playoff bomb gives me the chills every time

[@salamisumo2]

Hold onto the roof!

[@7curto]

Classic call

[@thecro780]

@@7curto orioles announcer legend Garry thourne

[@johndiaz4663]

Wow what a hit and Donny baseball was awesome. The stadium was going to collapse from how crazy it was

[@joegti10]

@@johndiaz4663 first home run i ever saw in person was off the bat of donnie. 4/20/87 my dad took me to a night game at YS with his friends on my 9th birthday. jack morris was the pitcher and i still remember the morris chants.

[@mikegyro]

Donnie Baseball! I remember so many of these moments watching as a kid. 😊

[@donaldleider7382]

I’m a Met fan, not a Yankee fan but always a Don Mattingly fan!

[@CacophonyOfDestruction]

People today don’t understand how Don Mattingly during the 80s and early 90s might have been the most famous and loved player of all time. To this day I’ve never seen a player get that kind of devotion from fans even when his numbers declined from the back injury Yankee fans didn’t care and cheered him on. Try to imagine a Yankee nowadays who goes into a bad slump and fans don’t boo them. I think because the Yankees sucked so bad during Mattingly’s time there he became the only reason to really watch the games. I’ve never seen another player since even get close to his popularity back then except for maybe Jeter. The only other player I can’t think of that was that popular and would never get boo’d if they went into a long slump or the team played absolutely terrible for a long stretch was Mickey Mantle in the 1950s. I can’t explain the why but Mantle and Mattingly were on another popularity wise. Jeter got very close along with Ken Griffey Jr. Both were classy players and beloved by all along with Tony Gwynn but they weren’t loved like Donnie was the 80s/90s. It was just one of those weird things you can’t explain why but if you were a Yankee fan back then you know Donnie was loved on a whole other level than most MLB stars and even Legends who are now in the hall of fame. It’s a shame Mattingly’s back injury ended his peak numbers early. If not for that injury and later his wife’s problems he had to leave baseball to attend too... Mattingly would have been in the Hall Of Fame and gotten a few rings. Such a shame because Donnie deserved it. Many Yankee fans celebrating the 1996 World Series win like me actually got depressed a bit in that moment that the second Mattingly left the Yanks won a championship

[@jefffinney4233]

man i sure loved watching him play. he was the best

[@carp68]

Thank you for this video. I love how it is presented: no music other than what occurred in-game, you added the dates of the clips with the pitcher's name, and you included the original broadcast audio. THIS is how sports clips should be presented. And Mattingly? There are no words. He is my all-time favorite baseball player. There will never be another Don Mattingly.

[@7curto]

Appreciate this

[@Tony.1974]

Growing up watching him he’s god to me always be my favorite Yankee

[@Joseph-lz5er]

Wish Mattingly played another season and won the ring. I remember Boggs platooning with Charlie Hays at 3rd base that season. He could have done the same with Tino and playing DH that season. Sad that he is the only Yankee legend not win one.

[@wmg5852]

I was at the Minnesota game (#2). It was unreal, like something out of a movie! Best game I ever went to.

[@willyphallicus9958]

Hearing Scooter again brings back so many memories.

[@raypratt3611]

Its a shame DON MATTINGLY was unquestionably THE best player in the 2nd half of the 80's and when they had RICKEY and WINFIELD that was a dangerous trio but couldnt put it together and even worse he left NY after 95 season and they won their first of many,many titles in 96,Sad af!!oh BTW I'm a SOX fan 4 decades strong,but as a youngster he was the guy in MLB even tho my fav player was JIM RICE,but one of my best friends Dad was a major yanks fan and used to watch many gms with them as a 10 yr old and get ridiculed for being a,SOX fan but damn does this bring back some great childhood memories and doesnt matter who he played for,he was the BEST at one time!!

[@camillelombardo2980]

Love Don Mattingly I even named my son Mattingly 30 years ago in June ❤

[@brentcline2109]

Mattingly was one of the premier players in the AL from 84-89. I am surprised he never got more than 29% of the vote on his highest HOF ballet. AL MVP, batting title, 9x gold glove winner, .307 career BA. Obviously injuries cut his power numbers down and shortened his career, but his overall numbers are very close to players that have been voted in recently. And no PED allegations!

[@legodarthvader2491]

2:23 holy cow that was crushed

[@greggieballz2894]

Yeah, Donnie Baseball was a frequent visitor to the upper tank in RF of Yankee Stadium. Great video!

[@dukedematteo1995]

Dude owned the 80s.

[@susanmenegus5242]

One of the best first baseman of all time. 👍 one more year if he played I think he would have got a ring with us against Atlanta. 🤔

[@timothygray7650]

Used to have everyone of his rookie cards. And was proud to meet him in person over by the old St MARY'S INDIANA his home town. Evansville, Indiana.

[@thewho2482]

That homerun in the playoffs against Seattle still gives me chills

[@jm7578]

Don Mattingly needs to be in The Hall of Fame.

[@timothygray7650]

How ever I was a 1st baseman when I played Baseball before getting hit by a car.

[@mlbolts72]

Lovin me some Donnie baseball ❤😊⚾️

[@dzanier]

From 84-89 he was the best player in baseball, with Rickey Henderson at number 2.

[@vndttaproductions799]

Gary Thorne is one of the best!! Love the last call

[@MrVin720]

He’s a great hockey play by play guy too. Miss him with the Devils!

[@DUNEATV]

My childhood hero!

[@harrycrux7757]

Thank you for the awesome post!

[@vladiator8120]

You can argue that Don Mattingly groomed the generation that went on to win 4 out 5 World Series titles in the years to follow after he retired. He taught those guys how to get the job done before he retired. I still think Donny should have played 1 more year, at least as a DH, he deserved that ring in 96.

[@flipjupiter1]

My man! Donnie Baseball ⚾

[@donwilcox728]

Don Mattingly was to good a player for mere world series rings and hall of fame inductions. Anyone who watched his entire career knows that Mattingly was one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

[@RaviMeibalane]

These are great, though I’m wondering why no one seems to have video of Mattingly’s game-tying home run off Jeff Montgomery on Sunday Night Baseball in 1990. It was the last home run he hit before his back problems resurfaced and zapped his power.

[@7curto]

Honestly was super frustrating not being able to find any video for a bunch of his big homers. Sad truth is most stuff pre 1990’s is a total crap shoot as far as finding video. It’s all recorded but unless you got access to mlb vaults you ain’t seeing any of it 🤕

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Wow, I remember watching that on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

[@davidlucas3684]

I seem to remember a game against Baltimore when they had a guy named Ausee or something like that, the closer for Baltimore, hard throwing right hander, 100 mph fastball and the announcer was saying how Donnie may have trouble catching up with the heat, the guy throwed a fastball up in the zone and Donnie looked like he jumped out of his crouch and crushed for homer. The announcer said, well we know that you cant throw a fastball by Mattingly...lol

[@nelsonrivera5580]

Donnie baseball on of the alltime Yankees great clutch hitter excellent defensive firstbasemen gold glover of the eighties Yankees teams

[@TheRichieBen]

Still my Favorite Yankee.

[@BH02377]

Understand this. In the entire unbelievable history of the Yankee franchise there has only been one player nicknamed the “hit man”!!!

[@tamerlanenj]

Sorry but this list is woefully incomplete without Mattingly vs. The Angels pinch hit ninth inning three run homer off Joe Grahe, July 1994

[@JB-nj6de]

Appreciate the video, Donnie was my hero but these are all just gathered off what was already on YT. Nothing new here, just a very random order.

[@7curto]

Read the full description

[@DB-rp4im]

THANK YOU!

[@athleticchipnyc]

Home run #8 off of Ben Macdonald you could feel the pain in his back with that swing..still he stuck it out for as long as he could

[@Jayshoot2]

Wow over 380 to the opposite field is impressive

[@JohnSmith-4U]

Legend!!!!!!

[@TruthHurts58]

Greatest player of the 80’s. Screw the HOF!

[@jayceeo673]

#9 i turned 12 that day, Mattingly gave me a gift that day, and went 4 for 5

[@freedomdeadincanada5216]

How is he not in the Hall of Fame? Absolute disgrace on the writers and the MLB

[@dukedematteo1995]

The picture quality between 1990 and 1995 is day and night. Or maybe it's a matter of ESPN/ABC having higher quality video than WPIX or MSG.

[@josecolon2201]

Donnie baseball

[@cambonious23]

This bud is for you

[@Italian-Meatball448]

Always the captain

[@glennstevens47]

He was amazing, so fun to watch. It's a massive stain on baseball that Donnie is not in the HoF…Captain in high-pressure Steinbrenner NY, Juice era, Gold glover, record breaker, clutch, and just an all-around shining example of what baseball should be. Why not HoF, it's a disgrace.

[@tmcmullen70]

Mattingly get rid of those sideburns

[@BH02377]

Lol

[@leefoulds2569]

Ashame they could've get him a ring!! They need him as a manager to get him a ring!!!😊😊😊

[@19trebor53]

A pity he had a bad back; the possibilities are endless.

[@stephenfricke9298]

The GOAT of Yankee baseball to have NEVER won a world series

[@hydro.pl.27]

The Hall of Fame as of late has loosened big time allowing some of these players to get elected in even if they didn’t get any of the key numbers to get in. Don does fall into such a category but I doubt they’ll ever let him in. It is a fact though, he was the best baseball player for at least 5 years and if it wasn’t for his back injury he would’ve easily made it into the Hall of Fame.

[@dougbrowne9890]

Judge may have hit 62 HR in 2022, but he still can't carry Mattingly's jock strap. I would take Don in his prime over anyone playing today. Mattingly never struck out more than 43 times in any season. Only 444 career. Judge has now played half as many seasons as Mattingly did yet has struck out more than double (908). No contest.

[@7curto]

Cmon man, can’t hate on a .311 average and 62 homers. Judge just had arguably the best season ever when everything is taken into context.

[@Bobby-Dingers]

Put Don in the HOF!!! I mean like wtf??

[@millypoo7713]

"Hang on to the roof"

[@AKA53-rv3gc]

Power and hit for high Avg

[@christopherrosado6053]

No HOF today for him// Committee vote...today ?? Harold Baines, in easily in past ?? Mattingly not today ?? I know it's political, but what a shame ?? Shame on baseball !! He has to wait two more years Shame on baseball and its politics

[@mcgurkryans]

What’s so good about all these. Looks like random HRs

[@BillHassel]

My son's middle name is Mattingly

[@imilliemedina666]

The REAL YANKEE STADIUM. Not that monstrosity of a shopping center pretending to be Yankee Stadium

[@PH-qr7fx]

notice the complete lack of gaudy corporate advertising for major league baseball for most of these clips. The only reason pro athletes are paid ungodly and un-deserving amounts of money is because of advertising. NOT stadium attendance, NOT true worth to society. It's all advertising, which is a hidden tax on everyone who buys products. Don Mattingly played before the days of bullshit contracts that ruined the appearance of stadiums with ads everywhere.

[@Ebosully456]

It’s a shame Donnie isn’t a manager or coach on the yanks. Hal is a train reck ruining the greatest franchise

[@lotsaringwear2937]

Shame he couldn't hang on for one more year to get a well-deserved ring.

[@andrewwheelerguitar]

Wow. He didn’t do a special dance? Gesticulate and then point to the sky? Kiss his fingers, make some kinda symbols, then wiggle his butt? Oh! No. That’s the self-congratulatory behavior of today’s players. Nope. Donnie Baseball had grace.

[@moboutmen]

HOHHHLEEEE COWW ! The old Stadium could really bring the noise of the fans home. The new one, meh.

[@millypoo7713]

The celebrations were more subdued back then. Nowadays these players act ridiculous.

[@eddiez1247]

Rickey get half credit. The bases are clogged because of Rickey.

[@7curto]

Rickey the GOAT

[@georgehardie2016]

Where is the game winning homer off joe grahe

[@7curto]

See description

[@georgehardie2016]

You don’t think a pinch hit game winning homer off joe grahe in the 9 th when they were behind with 2 outs is not better than half these homers. Ok

[@7curto]

There is no video of it lol. I’ll update the list when you send me footage of that homer.

[@georgehardie2016]

Yeah seems like it but I am partial to this homer cause I had huge bet on the Yankees that game I was stuck and he got me out with that so I always look for

[@7curto]

I actually had this video made like 2 years ago but never uploaded it because I knew I was missing too many homers. I found the Plesac walk off homer not long ago and decided to just put it up. Might take it down tho tbh cuz you and anyone else who complains are right, there are like 4-5 massive homers that I just couldn’t get video for

[@Jean-by3wt]

ρ尺ｏΜ𝐎ᔕᗰ 😠

[@charlesking6584]

HOF

[@EmperorStarscream]

I love Donnie, and taking nothing away from him, but the average pitch speed of these homers had to be about 70mph 😆 different game back then,

[@ujohnlynch2341]

No, they were throwing in the 90's back then.

[@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340]

old ys was WILD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dd212NYC]

Derek Jeter sighting @ 3:53?? I didn’t know he played with Mattingly. I thought his rookie year was 1996.

[@7curto]

Jeets played a few games in 1995 as a late call up. He also was in the Yankee dugout for the 1995 ALDS, you can see him briefly celebrating Dons homer at the #1 spot on this list.

[@superbrownbrown]

*Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada were with the team for all 5 games in the 1995 ALDS, but they weren't on the playoff roster. The organization wanted them to have the experience. It's pretty safe to say that it was a really good decision by them.*

[@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340]

ranger fans are good people