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Mitch Maier

Mitchell William Maier

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 30, 1982 in Petoskey, MI
High School: Novi HS (Novi, MI)
School: University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 2006 (Age 24)
Team: Royals 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.001, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Eric Sobocinski [*]
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 24 KCR AL 5 15 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .154 .267 .154 .421 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 /79D
2008 26 KCR AL 34 97 91 9 26 1 1 0 9 0 2 2 18 .286 .316 .319 .634 71 29 3 2 2 0 0 8/9
2009 27 KCR AL 127 397 341 42 83 15 3 3 31 9 2 43 76 .243 .333 .331 .665 79 113 6 4 7 2 2 *897/D
2010 28 KCR AL 117 421 373 41 98 15 6 5 39 3 2 41 68 .263 .333 .375 .709 94 140 3 0 4 3 2 *89/73D
2011 29 KCR AL 45 113 95 19 22 4 3 0 7 1 0 16 32 .232 .345 .337 .682 90 32 1 1 0 1 0 79/8D1
2012 30 KCR AL 32 74 64 8 11 1 1 2 7 2 0 8 24 .172 .260 .313 .573 57 20 0 0 1 1 0 8/9D1
6 Yrs 360 1117 977 122 242 36 14 10 93 15 6 112 222 .248 .327 .344 .671 83 336 14 7 14 7 4
162 Game Avg. 162 503 440 55 109 16 6 5 42 7 3 50 100 .248 .327 .344 .671 83 151 6 3 6 3 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 24 KCR AL 5 15 -2 0 -0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 -0.2 0.1 -2 /79D
2008 26 KCR AL 34 97 -4 -2 -0 3 0 -3 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .490 .498 -0.3 0.4 -3 8/9
2009 27 KCR AL 127 397 -10 2 0 0 -1 -10 -0.9 13 3 0.4 .492 .494 0.4 -0.0 3 *897/D
2010 28 KCR AL 117 421 -0 -3 1 -5 -2 -8 -0.7 14 6 0.5 .492 .495 1.1 -0.6 11 *89/73D
2011 29 KCR AL 45 113 -2 1 0 5 -1 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .509 .502 0.3 0.4 2 $459,000 79/8D1
2012 30 KCR AL 32 74 -4 0 0 -6 0 -10 -1.0 2 -7 -0.8 .469 .494 -0.1 -0.7 -1 $865,000 8/9D1
6 Seasons 360 1117 -23 -2 1 -2 -3 -29 -2.6 38 9 0.8 .492 .497 1.2 -0.4 11 $1,324,000

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2011 29 KCR AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 30 KCR AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2011 29 KCR AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.26 0.15 -0.41 108.0 5.08 1 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .562 .500 $459,000
2012 30 KCR AL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 4.88 0.07 -0.36 100.0 4.45 0 0.1 .0 -0.0 0.0 1 .554 .500 $865,000
2 Seasons 2.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.07 0.11 -0.38 104.0 4.77 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.0 1 .558 .500 $1,324,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 KCR AL 24 OF 4 2 2 29.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 1 -25 41 1.23 1.00 .986 2.30 2.28
2006 KCR AL 24 LF 2 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.05
2006 KCR AL 24 RF 2 2 2 21.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1 1 -34 56 1.69 2.00 .984 2.19 2.15
2006 KCR AL 24 DH 1 0
2008 KCR AL 26 OF 34 24 17 231.2 72 71 0 1 0 .986 2 3 13 15 2.76 2.09 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 KCR AL 26 CF 33 23 16 217.2 70 69 0 1 0 .986 2 3 10 17 2.85 2.09 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 KCR AL 26 RF 4 1 1 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 51 0 1.29 0.50 .985 2.12 2.12
2009 KCR AL 27 OF 123 93 76 879.2 261 250 11 0 5 1.000 7 0 9 0 2.67 2.12 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 KCR AL 27 CF 85 65 53 593.0 191 181 10 0 4 1.000 4 -1 9 -2 2.90 2.25 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 KCR AL 27 RF 36 18 13 178.0 47 46 1 0 1 1.000 3 -1 19 -7 2.38 1.31 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 KCR AL 27 LF 17 10 10 108.2 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2 -4 22 1.90 1.35 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 KCR AL 27 DH 1 0
2010 KCR AL 28 OF 114 103 97 926.2 268 259 4 5 1 .981 -3 -5 -3 -6 2.55 2.31 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 KCR AL 28 CF 65 58 56 525.2 177 173 3 1 1 .994 1 -2 3 -5 3.01 2.71 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 KCR AL 28 RF 43 40 36 355.0 86 81 1 4 0 .953 -1 -4 -4 -14 2.08 1.91 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 KCR AL 28 LF 8 5 5 46.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -39 26 0.98 0.63 .984 2.07 2.05
2010 KCR AL 28 1B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 120 0 9.00 2.00 .995 9.45 9.20
2010 KCR AL 28 DH 1 0
2011 KCR AL 29 OF 29 19 17 203.0 66 64 2 0 0 1.000 1 5 4 29 2.93 2.28 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 KCR AL 29 LF 11 8 7 79.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 12 0 2.95 2.36 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 KCR AL 29 RF 10 5 4 53.2 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -0 3 -7 67 2.68 1.60 .986 2.10 2.07
2011 KCR AL 29 CF 9 6 6 70.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 5 34 3.09 2.67 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 KCR AL 29 DH 3 1
2011 KCR AL 29 P 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .950 1.80 1.60 0 0 0
2012 KCR AL 30 OF 22 15 12 154.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 -7 -46 2.22 1.73 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 KCR AL 30 CF 16 13 10 126.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 -3 -38 2.14 1.88 .989 2.58 2.56
2012 KCR AL 30 RF 6 2 2 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -2 -27 -86 2.57 1.33 .984 1.99 1.98
2012 KCR AL 30 DH 5 0
2012 KCR AL 30 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 0 0 0
6 Seasons OF 326 256 221 2424.1 710 686 17 7 6 .990 6 -2 3 0 2.61 2.16 .986 2.30 2.28
5 Seasons CF 208 165 141 1532.1 492 477 13 2 5 .996 7 -2 6 -1 2.88 2.36 .991 2.71 2.69
6 Seasons RF 101 68 58 650.0 164 156 3 5 1 .970 1 -3 1 -5 2.20 1.57 .984 2.11 2.08
4 Seasons LF 38 23 22 242.0 54 53 1 0 0 1.000 -1 3 -5 14 2.01 1.42 .984 2.11 2.08
2 Seasons P 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 0.50 .950 1.80 1.60 0 0 0
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 120 0 9.00 2.00 .995 9.45 9.20
6 Seasons TOT 329 256 221 2428.1 713 688 18 7 6 .990 6 -2 3 0 2.62 2.15 .986 2.31 2.29 0 0 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2010 AL  6 (7th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  10 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  4 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  4 (5th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  11 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  5 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.90 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Center Field (428th), 0.8 career WAR/0.8 7yr-peak WAR/0.8 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 67.1 career WAR/42.5 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Lee Tinsley (975)
  6. Bill Sharp (974)
  7. Albert Hall (974)
  8. Joe Wallis (974)
  9. Bob Zupcic (973)
  10. Max Marshall (972)
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  5. Max Marshall (972)
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  7. Bobby Clark (971)
  8. Jim Lyttle (971)
  9. Albert Hall (971)
  10. Bobby Smith (970)
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  2. Richie Scheinblum (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Elmer Miller (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 2003.
  • October 4, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 7, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200927Kansas City Royals$400,500
201129Kansas City Royals$459,000
201230Kansas City Royals$865,000contracts
2013 Status1st-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,724,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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