[1] He was born on August 28, 1987, while his father played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees.

Pat Knight recruited him to play college basketball at Texas Tech University.

[4] He instead signed a letter of intent to play college baseball for the University of Tennessee.

[7] He had a .290 batting average with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Dodgers after signing.

[10] On September 26, 2010, the Dodgers traded Mattingly to the Cleveland Indians for minor leaguer Roman Pena.