Don Mattingly has had a significant career in baseball, transitioning from a player with the New York Yankees to a successful manager with the Los Angeles Dodgers and an interim role with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Key points
Don Mattingly has a 40-year career in baseball.
He played for the New York Yankees.
Mattingly was a Manager of the Year winner.
He had four postseason appearances with the Dodgers.
He served as interim manager for the Phillies.
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Don Mattingly has remained a faithful servant to the game of baseball for much of the last 40 years.
The baseball luminary has worn a lot of hats since the New York Yankees called him up during the 1982 season.
More often than not, Mattingly has delivered in his various posts. He was a wondrous talent as a player, collecting a treasure trove of awards while manning first base in The House that Ruth Built.
As a manager, Mattingly was similarly effective. He's a Manager of the Year winner who has four postseason appearances to his name, most of which came with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Mattingly has seen it all throughout his years-long dalliance with MLB. But he hasn't seen a World Series trophy. At least not yet.
With that, here's what you need to know about Mattingly's World Series history â or lack thereof.
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Has Don Mattingly won a World Series?
Mattingly has yet to get his hands on the Commissioner's Trophy.
A six-time All-Star and AL MVP winner, Mattingly is remembered fondly as a player. He was the Yankees' highest-profile player throughout his 14-year career, serving as a synapse between Ron Guidry, Graig Nettles, Willie Randolph and Thurman Munson-led sides of the 1970s and the buzzsaw that won four World Series in five years in the late-1990s and early-2000s.
Although his closet is filled with individual honors, New York suffered a dry spell during his prime. The Yankees only qualified for the postseason once during Mattingly's career, struggling to compete with the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox â all of whom either won or made it to the Fall Classic.
Prior to his first playoff berth â in his final MLB season in 1995 â Mattingly ranked No. 29 all-time in regular season games played without making a postseason.
Mattingly has found slightly more team success in the dugout. He spent seven seasons serving as a special instructor to the Yankees' spring training, while in 2004 he was named hitting coach. He served admirably in the position for three seasons, anchoring a Pinstripers attack that launched 242 shots into the great abyss in 2004 â a then-franchise record.
Mattingly set sail for the Dodgers in 2008, joining Joe Torre's staff after not receiving the managerial position with the Yankees. He succeeded to manager when Torre retired after the 2010 season. Wins were aplenty across Mattingly's five seasons in charge; the Dodgers captured three-straight postseason berths from 2013-2015.
After leaving the Dodgers by mutual consent following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Mattingly headed south, landing a contract with the Miami Marlins. He led Miami to a postseason berth in 2020, picking up the NL Manager of the Year award as a result. Nevertheless, his side fell well short of the World Series and in 2022, he left the franchise via mutual consent.
Mattingly found success in his next gig â a three-year stint as a bench coach in Toronto. He also nearly conquered his career-long Leviathan, falling just short of a World Series title as the Blue Jays lost to the Dodgers in seven games in the 2025 Fall Classic.
What is Don Mattingly doing now?
In the wake of the Philadelphia Phillies firing of manager Rob Thomson, Mattingly has taken over as interim manager per The Athletic's Matt Gelb. He initially joined the Phillies as a bench coach in the offseason, leaving the Toronto Blue Jays after they fell to the Dodgers in the World Series, per the New York Post's Jon Heyman.
Mattingly is not retiring any time soon, though. According to Heyman, he is open to pursuing opportunities elsewhere.
Between his time on the field and in the dugout, Mattingly has built a long career in the game of baseball. His coaching career started with the team where he spent his entire playing career.
New York Yankees
After retirement, Mattingly did not stay away from baseball for long, serving as a special instructor during spring training. He kept this position for seven years before becoming the Yankees full-time hitting coach. After three years as the hitting coach, he became the bench coach for just one year before the Dodgers called.
Los Angeles Dodgers
After the 2007 season, then-Yankees manager Joe Torre walked away to join the Dodgers and brought Mattingly with him. After a transition back to hitting coach, Mattingly was briefly moved to major league special assignment coach in January 2008 before returning as hitting coach in July.
Torre retired in 2010 and the Dodgers saw Mattingly as the best candidate to take over the post. He spent five seasons as the Dodgers' manager, guiding them to three playoff appearances and a .551 winning percentage, with each season being above .500.
After the second year in a row where Mattingly lost in the NLDS, he and the Dodgers mutually parted ways, with Mattingly signing on to manage the Marlins next.
Miami Marlins
Mattingly spent seven years at the helm of the Miami Marlins. He was given a team full of young talent like Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna. The team struggled under Mattingly, however, failing to go above .500 with that strong core.
After a series of top players traded away, Mattingly was left to rebuild a Marlins team that finished fifth in the NL East in 2018 and 2019.
In 2020, however, Mattingly caught lightning in a bottle, winning the Manager of the Year award. He guided the Marlins to a 31-29 record in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This team went on to lose to the Braves in the NLDS.
The biggest aspect of this season that contributed to Mattingly's award win was the Marlins' ability to deal with adversity. At one point, the team lost over half its roster to a Covid-19 outbreak. Forced to play the rest of the season with a slew of doubleheaders and without several instrumental players, Mattingly managed to right the ship to secure a playoff spot.
With two fourth-place finishes in 2021 and 2022, however, Mattingly and the Marlins mutually agreed to go their separate ways.
Toronto Blue Jays
After leaving the Marlins, Mattingly joined the Blue Jays as a bench coach, spending three seasons in Toronto. During the 2024 season, Mattingly also served as the team's offensive coordinator.
After 40 years as a player, manager and coach, Mattingly finally reached the World Series for the first time with the 2025 Jays. After a loss to the Dodgers, he stepped down to join the Phillies.
Philadelphia Phillies
Mattingly joined the Phillies as a bench coach ahead of the 2026 season. With Rob Thomson's firing, the front office called on Mattingly to lead the team as interim manager.
Don Mattingly record as Manager
Mattingly posted a 889-950 record during his time in Los Angeles and Miami. Here's a closer look at his numbers over the years: