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Mitch Maier

Mitchell William Maier

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 30, 1982 in Petoskey, MI
High School: Novi (Novi, MI)
School: University of Toledo
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
Team: Royals 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$459k (11), 1 yr/$865k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.071, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Eric Sobocinski [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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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
2003	21	KCR-min	Rk	51	226	203	41	71	14	6	2	45	7	3	18	25	.350	.403	.507	.910		103	4	2	0	3	0	RY1 · ARIZ
2004	22	KCR-min	A,A+	133	539	491	66	141	33	5	7	53	43	12	42	80	.287	.344	.418	.761		205	6	2	1	3	4	BUR,WMT · MIDW,CARL
2005	23	KCR-min	AA,A+	130	569	533	97	153	47	6	15	81	16	4	27	90	.287	.322	.482	.804		257	9	3	0	6	2	WCH,HDS · TL,CALL
2006	24	KCR-min	AA	138	603	543	95	166	35	7	14	92	13	12	41	96	.306	.357	.473	.830		257	8	7	3	9	1	WCH · TL
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	/

2008	26	KCR-min	AAA	85	383	345	57	109	24	1	9	41	12	3	29	42	.316	.366	.470	.835		162	3	1	3	5	0	OMA · PCL
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
2009	27	KCR-min	AAA	12	60	51	8	16	3	0	2	10	1	1	8	8	.314	.400	.490	.890		25	1	0	0	1	2	OMA · PCL
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	*
2010	28	KCR	AL	117	421	373	41	98	15	6	5	39	3	2	41	68	.263	.333	.375	.709	95	140	3	0	4	3	2	*/3
2011	29	KCR	AL	44	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
5 Seasons				327	1043	913	114	231	35	13	8	86	13	6	104	198	.253	.332	.346	.678	85	316	14	7	13	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	517	452	56	114	17	6	4	43	6	3	52	98	.253	.332	.346	.678	85	157	7	3	6	3	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2006	24	KCR	AL	15	-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/

2008	26	KCR	AL	97	-4	-1	-1	0	2	0	3	0	0.0	-3	-0.3	0.3	$
2009	27	KCR	AL	397	-10	2	-1	0	7	0	14	12	1.2	5	0.5	0.7	$	*
2010	28	KCR	AL	421	-3	-3	2	1	-2	-1	14	8	0.8	11	1.1	-0.3	$	*/3
2011	29	KCR	AL	113	-1	0	-0	0	1	-1	4	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$459,000	79/8D1
5 Seasons				1043	-20	-2	0	2	7	-2	36	21	2.1	14	1.4	0.7	$459,000

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GF	IP	H	BF	WHIP	H/9
2011	29	KCR	AL	1	1	1.0	1	4	1.000	9.0
1 Season				1	1	1.0	1	4	1.000	9.0
162 Game Avg.				68	68	68	68	272	1.000	9.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2011	29	KCR	AL	1.0	0	0	1	0	.0	1	0.0	$459,000
1 Season				1.0	0	0	1	0	.0	1	0.0	$459,000

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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%	PO	Awards
2006	KCR	AL	24	OF	4				5	4	0	1	0	.800	-1	1				1.00	.986		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
2008	KCR	AL	26	OF	34				72	71	0	1	0	.986	2	5				2.09	.986		2.28
2008	KCR	AL	26	CF	34	24	16	217.2	70	69	0	1	0	.986	2	5	10	28	2.85	2.03	.989	2.71	2.69
2008	KCR	AL	26	RF	4	0	0	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				261	250	11	0	5	1.000	7	0				2.12	.987		2.30
2009	KCR	AL	27	CF	85	65	53	593.0	191	181	10	0	4	1.000	4	-2	9	-4	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	2	19	13	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	0	-4	0	1.90	1.35	.987	2.12	2.09
2010	KCR	AL	28	OF	114				268	259	4	5	1	.981	-3	-5				2.31	.986		2.28
2010	KCR	AL	28	1B	1				2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0				2.00	.995		9.20
2010	KCR	AL	28	CF	65	58	56	525.2	177	173	3	1	1	.994	1	0	3	0	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	DH	1	0
2011	KCR	AL	29	OF	29	19	17	203.0	66	64	2	0	0	1.000	1	9	4	53	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	2	10	30	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	5	-2	112	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	3	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
	5 Seasons			OF	304	19	17	203.0	672	648	17	7	6	.990	7	10	39	5	2.93	2.19	.986	2.28	2.29
	4 Seasons			CF	193	153	131	1406.1	462	447	13	2	5	.996	7	5	6	4	2.94	2.38	.991	2.72	2.70
	5 Seasons			RF	95	65	55	622.0	156	148	3	5	1	.968	1	4	3	7	2.18	1.59	.984	2.11	2.09
	4 Seasons			LF	38	23	22	242.0	54	53	1	0	0	1.000	-1	1	-6	4	2.01	1.42	.984	2.11	2.08
	1 Season			1B	1				2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0				2.00	.995		9.20
	1 Season			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
	5 Seasons			TOT	306	19	17	204.0	675	650	18	7	6	.990	7	20	40	117	2.96	2.18	.986	2.28	2.31	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%	PO	Awards

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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 OF s c a p y 2009 AL 11 (4th)	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

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Gray Ink

Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2011	29	Kansas City Royals	$459,000

2012	30	Kansas City Royals	$865,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$459,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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