Donald Arthur Mattingly is an American professional baseball coach, and former first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the bench coach for the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB. Nicknamed "the Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he spent his entire 14-year MLB playing career with the New York Yankees and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years and the Miami Marlins for seven years.
Mattingly at the 2015 MLB Winter Meetings
Mattingly with the Nashville Sounds in 1981
Mattingly with the Yankees
Mattingly playing for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 19, 1988
In baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team. They are assistants to the manager, who determines the starting lineup and batting order, decides how to substitute players during the game, and makes strategy decisions. Beyond the manager, more than a half dozen coaches may assist the manager in running the team. Essentially, baseball coaches are analogous to assistant coaches in other sports, as the baseball manager is to the head coach.
New York Yankees' manager Joe Torre (far right) in July 2007 with coaches (from left to right) Kevin Long, Ron Guidry, and Don Mattingly
Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack with the Philadelphia Athletics (left) wearing a suit instead of a team uniform
Matt Williams (left) serves as a third base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks during a spring training game in February 2011