Will Yankees' Don Mattingly get elected in Baseball Hall of Fame vote?

NEW YORK – Don Mattingly arrived at his first World Series this year, fulfilling one lifetime baseball wish as the AL champion Toronto Blue Jays’ bench coach.

And right now, he’s back at Cooperstown’s doorstep.

On Sunday night, the 16-member Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will meet and reveal its balloting for Hall of Fame induction at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida.

The iconic former Yankees captain has been here before, falling four votes shy of election in 2022, when one player – Fred McGriff – made it to Cooperstown.

"At this point − I guess the best way to say it is that I've played all my cards,'' Mattingly once said, referencing his accomplishments as one of the game’s top lefty-hitting first basemen.

Mattingly, 64, spent 15 years on the writers’ ballot. He exited in 2015 and never exceeded the 28.2 percent he received on his first try.

A chronic back issue ended Mattingly’s playing career after his age 34 season, his only (and brief) postseason year in 14 pinstriped seasons.

Don Mattingly's stats, Hall of Fame credentials

A fresh review of Mattingly’s career – including a .307 lifetime batting average, 2,153 career hits, nine Gold Glove awards, three Silver Slugger awards and an AL MVP Award – by a committee of Hall of Famers, executives and historians could carry him to Cooperstown this time.

Mattingly is one of eight former players on the ballot, along with Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela.

The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee, charged with considering players whose greatest contributions came since 1980, includes Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Juan Marichal, Tony Perez, Ozzie Smith, Alan Trammell and Robin Yount.

When is the Baseball Hall of Fame vote?

Voting results will be broadcast on MLB Network during its 7:30 p.m. telecast Sunday, and any Hall of Fame electees will be inducted with the Cooperstown Class of 2026 on July 26.

Shortly after the Blue Jays’ heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Mattingly resigned his post, admitting that was the plan entering 2025.

“Just felt like it was the right time,’’ said Mattingly, who’d like to remain in baseball in some capacity next season – though he might need a certain weekend in July off.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Yankees' icon Don Mattingly at Cooperstown's door again