Bobby Murcer vs. Don Mattingly

The M&M boys who were the Yankee stars between the Yankee Championship runs. I love Mattingly (and his baseball cards) and still get a tingle when I think about those 3 fantastic years he had between 1984 and 1986. However, I also love Bobby Murcer and feel he is a very underrated player who played at a time when hitting 32 Home Runs would lead the league.

In comparing both players triple crown categories I found that Murcer finshed in the top ten in HR (3 times), BAT (3 times) and RBI (5 times).  While Donnie Baseball finished in the top ten in HR (2 times), BAT (5 times) and RBI (5 times).   Donnie finished at (222-1099-.307) while Murcer finished with (252-1043-.277) numbers. These guys were very similar, with Mattingly having the higher average in a little more offensive era..