Don Mattingly Children: Who Are Preston Mattingly, Jordon Mattingly, And Taylor Mattingly?

June 2024 · 2 minute read

Donald Arthur Mattingly is an American former professional baseball first baseman, coach, and current manager for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).

During his playing days, Mattingly was nicknamed “The Hit Man” and “Donnie Baseball.”

Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years.

Mattingly has been married twice, firstly to Kim Sexton (m. 1979–2007) and he is now with his second wife Lori Mattingly (m. 2010).

Mattingly’s marriage with Kim Sexton produced three children; Preston Mattingly, Jordon Mattingly, and Taylor Mattingly.

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Who Are Preston Mattingly, Jordon Mattingly, and Taylor Mattingly?

Taylor Mattingly

Taylor Mattingly, just like his dad played baseball.

Taylor was drafted in the 42nd round (1,262nd overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees, and played in 24 games for the Gulf Coast Yankees in the rookie league before an injury cut short his season.

After sitting out all of 2004 and 2005, Taylor retired from baseball in 2005 after only 58 professional at bats.

Preston Mattingly

Preston also played baseball and he was chosen in the supplemental round (31st overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and was rated as a B− prospect in John Sickels’ 2007 Baseball Prospect Book.

Preston was traded to the Cleveland Indians on September 26, 2010, just nine days after his father was announced as the manager of the Dodgers for the 2011 season and he was subsequently released by the Indians at the end of spring training, and re-signed with the Dodgers.

On January 11, 2012, the Yankees signed Preston to a minor league contract but they released him on March 27.

Preston then attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas and from 2014 to 2015, he was a starting guard for the Lamar Cardinals basketball team, an NCAA Division I program in the Southland Conference.

Jordan Mattingly

Jordan Mattingly was born on July 23, 1991.

In May 2022, Jordan was allegedly 3.5 times over the legal alcohol limit when Evansville police officers conducted a breathalyzer test on him leading to his arrest.

According to the arrest affidavit, EPD dispatch received several calls about a silver Honda erratically driving east on the Lloyd Expressway around 4:45 p.m. on Memorial Day.

Jordan was charged with two counts of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated, one count of public drunkenness and refusal to submit to a chemical test.

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