Mattingly Officially Out

Thu., Jan. 23, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Don Mattingly, the greatest Yankees player never to reach the World Series, announced his retirement during a news conference at Yankee Stadium.

Mattingly said he intended to play in 1997 until a week after Thanksgiving, when he decided to stop working out.

Mattingly, 35, sat out last season when New York won the championship. He began his career in 1982, the year after the Yankees lost the World Series to Los Angeles.

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