News: WAR Comparison Chart - Baseball-Reference.com »post

 

Joe Mauer

Joseph Patrick Mauer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 19, 1983 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Cretin-Derham Hall HS (St. Paul, MN)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 17, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2004
Team: Twins 2004-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 8 yrs/$184M (11-18) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.000, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
    About biographical information

7
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2004 21 MIN AL 35 122 107 18 33 8 1 6 17 1 0 11 14 .308 .369 .570 .939 138 61 1 1 0 3 0 2/D
2005 22 MIN AL 131 554 489 61 144 26 2 9 55 13 1 61 64 .294 .372 .411 .783 107 201 9 1 0 3 12 *2D
2006 23 MIN AL 140 608 521 86 181 36 4 13 84 8 3 79 54 .347 .429 .507 .936 144 264 24 1 0 7 21 *2D AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 24 MIN AL 109 471 406 62 119 27 3 7 60 7 1 57 51 .293 .382 .426 .808 118 173 11 3 2 3 10 2D
2008 25 MIN AL 146 633 536 98 176 31 4 9 85 1 1 84 50 .328 .413 .451 .864 134 242 21 1 1 11 8 *2/D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
2009 26 MIN AL 138 606 523 94 191 30 1 28 96 4 1 76 63 .365 .444 .587 1.031 171 307 13 2 0 5 14 *2D AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2010 27 MIN AL 137 584 510 88 167 43 1 9 75 1 4 65 53 .327 .402 .469 .871 140 239 19 3 0 6 14 *2D AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2011 28 MIN AL 82 333 296 38 85 15 0 3 30 0 0 32 38 .287 .360 .368 .729 103 109 9 3 0 2 7 23D/9
2012 29 MIN AL 48 209 178 27 53 12 1 2 21 3 1 30 21 .298 .402 .410 .812 128 73 12 1 0 0 4 2D3
9 Yrs 966 4120 3566 572 1149 228 17 86 523 38 12 495 408 .322 .403 .468 .871 134 1669 119 16 3 40 90
162 Game Avg. 162 691 598 96 193 38 3 14 88 6 2 83 68 .322 .403 .468 .871 134 280 20 3 1 7 15

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
2004 21 MIN AL 35 122 6 1 0 1 2 10 1.0 4 14 1.4 .527 .506 1.2 0.3 13 $300,000 2/D
2005 22 MIN AL 131 554 2 1 1 -3 6 7 0.8 19 26 2.5 .506 .504 2.8 0.4 29 $325,000 *2D
2006 23 MIN AL 140 608 34 2 -1 -4 6 37 3.7 21 58 5.6 .525 .522 5.9 0.2 62 $400,000 *2D AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 24 MIN AL 109 471 11 3 1 3 4 21 2.2 16 37 3.6 .519 .513 3.3 0.7 34 $3,750,000 2D
2008 25 MIN AL 146 633 28 2 0 -7 8 31 3.4 22 53 5.3 .521 .519 5.9 0.2 60 $6,250,000 *2/D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
2009 26 MIN AL 138 606 53 -2 1 2 4 58 5.8 20 78 7.6 .540 .534 7.4 0.7 76 $10,500,000 *2D AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2010 27 MIN AL 137 584 26 1 -0 3 4 34 3.7 20 54 5.5 .526 .522 5.2 0.9 51 $12,500,000 *2D AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2011 28 MIN AL 82 333 3 0 -1 1 0 3 0.4 11 14 1.4 .504 .502 1.4 0.2 13 $23,000,000 23D/9
2012 29 MIN AL 48 209 7 -0 -2 -2 -0 3 0.3 7 10 0.9 .506 .502 1.2 -0.3 12 $ 2D3
9 Seasons 966 4120 170 9 -1 -6 32 205 21.3 140 345 33.8 .521 .514 34.3 3.4 350 $57,025,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 21 MIN AL 122 78 24 8.2 111 .300 .308 .273 .369 .341 .570 .438 .939 .779 138 .700 6.3 0.6 .987 .374 .262 1.7
2005 22 MIN AL 554 358 79 5.9 107 .322 .294 .271 .372 .334 .411 .429 .783 .762 107 .583 7.0 0.7 .775 .266 .117 10.6
2006 23 MIN AL 608 374 111 7.9 109 .364 .347 .273 .429 .337 .507 .434 .936 .771 144 .682 39.2 3.6 .951 .321 .159 9.9
2007 24 MIN AL 471 304 68 6.0 103 .319 .293 .265 .382 .332 .426 .414 .808 .746 118 .576 13.4 1.2 .799 .288 .133 7.0
2008 25 MIN AL 633 394 101 6.9 102 .342 .328 .263 .413 .331 .451 .414 .864 .744 134 .644 32.2 3.0 .856 .280 .123 1.8
2009 26 MIN AL 606 351 138 10.5 106 .373 .365 .265 .444 .334 .587 .425 1.031 .759 171 .791 57.8 5.3 1.121 .373 .222 7.0
2010 27 MIN AL 584 372 93 6.7 98 .348 .327 .258 .402 .325 .469 .404 .871 .730 140 .658 32.2 3.1 .831 .263 .141 1.8
2011 28 MIN AL 333 222 39 4.7 97 .319 .287 .256 .360 .321 .368 .405 .729 .726 103 .509 2.7 0.3 .655 .189 .081 .0
2012 29 MIN AL 209 138 28 5.5 96 .329 .298 .250 .402 .317 .410 .405 .812 .722 128 .579 8.5 0.8 .768 .292 .112 2.4
9 Yrs 4120 2591 681 7.0 103 .342 .322 .264 .403 .331 .468 .419 .871 .749 134 .656 199.2 18.6 .866 .292 .146 52.7
162 Game Avg. 691 435 114 7.0 103 .342 .322 .264 .403 .331 .468 .419 .871 .749 134 .656 33 3 .866 .292 .146 9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 3 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 14 12 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .417 .500 .500 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 9 39 35 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .286 .359 .314 .673 11 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 9 39 35 1 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .286 .359 .314 .673 11 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 MIN AL 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 25 as C 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 MIN AL 26 as C 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 MIN AL 27 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 21 MIN AL 122 4.9% 11.5% 9.0% 12.3% 46% 1.27 7.6 17.8 6.3 0.88 1.10 74% 17% 12.2% 4%
2005 22 MIN AL 554 1.6% 11.6% 11.0% 6.7% 26% 1.05 7.6 54.3 8.9 1.13 1.62 76% 20% 4.7% 3%
2006 23 MIN AL 608 2.1% 8.9% 13.0% 8.7% 29% 0.68 9.6 40.1 6.2 1.00 1.64 76% 23% 5.7% 2%
2007 24 MIN AL 471 1.5% 10.8% 12.1% 7.9% 31% 0.89 8.0 58.0 6.8 1.21 1.63 75% 17% 4.5% 3%
2008 25 MIN AL 633 1.4% 7.9% 13.3% 7.0% 25% 0.60 10.7 59.6 6.3 0.99 1.49 77% 19% 3.8% 4%
2009 26 MIN AL 606 4.6% 10.4% 12.5% 9.7% 31% 0.83 8.3 18.7 5.4 0.95 1.48 72% 21% 12.1% 3%
2010 27 MIN AL 584 1.5% 9.1% 11.1% 9.1% 32% 0.82 9.6 56.7 6.8 0.88 1.30 78% 25% 3.8% 3%
2011 28 MIN AL 333 0.9% 11.4% 9.6% 5.4% 21% 1.19 7.8 98.7 9.9 1.28 1.89 77% 21% 2.7% 1%
2012 29 MIN AL 209 1.0% 10.1% 14.4% 7.2% 28% 0.70 8.5 89.0 8.5 1.45 2.45 74% 16% 3.3% 6%
9 Yrs 4120 2.1% 9.9% 12.0% 8.0% 29% 0.82 8.7 41.5 6.8 1.05 1.56 76% 20% 5.7% 3%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 21 MIN AL 6.2 0.6 126 0.5 2.3 -1.8 1.02 0.5 -0.0 8.4 0.8 0.87 7.5 2.00 4
2005 22 MIN AL 7.0 0.7 576 0.4 10.3 -9.9 1.14 0.1 0.2 12.6 1.2 0.92 5.4 2.26 4
2006 23 MIN AL 39.2 3.6 629 2.4 11.4 -8.9 .95 2.9 -0.4 39.4 3.6 0.94 38.7 1.88 4
2007 24 MIN AL 13.4 1.2 481 0.7 8.3 -7.6 1.01 1.0 -0.3 21.4 2.0 0.93 13.3 3.96 2
2008 25 MIN AL 32.2 3.0 655 4.7 13.9 -9.2 1.01 3.3 1.4 42.4 4.0 0.94 40.1 2.94 6
2009 26 MIN AL 57.0 5.2 616 3.7 12.1 -8.3 .93 5.0 -1.0 55.9 5.2 0.92 64.5 0.73 5
2010 27 MIN AL 32.2 3.1 600 3.1 11.4 -8.3 .93 2.6 0.7 25.4 2.5 0.95 30.1 2.07 7
2011 28 MIN AL 2.7 0.3 336 1.0 5.7 -4.6 .89 0.4 0.8 3.4 0.3 0.95 2.7 1.99 4
2012 29 MIN AL 8.5 0.8 217 0.5 4.0 -3.5 1.01 0.3 0.2 7.4 0.7 0.92 4.5 1.02 1
9 Yrs 198.3 18.5 4236 17.2 79.3 -62.2 .99 16.1 1.3 216.3 20.4 0.93 207.0 2.09 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 21 MIN AL 2 0 31% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 44% 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
2005 22 MIN AL 2 0 26% 224 13 1 93% 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 44% 30 20 9 7 3 4 15 4 10
2006 23 MIN AL 6 0 29% 290 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 22 42% 43 30 12 13 8 5 27 8 18
2007 24 MIN AL 4 0 32% 178 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 41% 25 15 10 9 7 2 17 8 9
2008 25 MIN AL 5 0 35% 314 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 29 47% 47 30 17 21 8 13 26 12 14
2009 26 MIN AL 2 0 27% 319 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 15 38% 34 26 7 10 7 3 17 2 13
2010 27 MIN AL 4 0 35% 288 1 4 20% 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 21 48% 37 27 10 10 4 6 20 4 16
2011 28 MIN AL 5 0 30% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 52% 15 9 6 5 3 2 11 3 8
2012 29 MIN AL 2 0 31% 95 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 47% 5 4 1 5 5 0 7 0 7
9 Yrs 32 0 31% 1895 38 12 76% 36 8 2 3 0 1 11 5 28 131 44% 241 164 74 81 46 35 143 42 97

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 21 MIN AL 122 69% 33 2 0 4 0 0 0 2.00 6 0 3 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 22 1 5% 7 6 86% 63 11 17% 4 4 100% 4 4 100% 0
2005 22 MIN AL 554 72% 144 14 5 4 0 0 0 2.26 9 0 10 9 0 4 5 0 1 0 0% 97 9 9% 48 19 40% 327 46 14% 37 13 35% 24 14 58% 0
2006 23 MIN AL 608 66% 181 18 6 4 2 0 0 1.88 13 0 13 11 2 3 10 0 5 0 0% 136 24 18% 54 22 41% 397 73 18% 43 23 53% 31 21 68% 0
2007 24 MIN AL 471 66% 119 9 3 2 1 0 1 3.96 7 1 8 7 0 2 5 1 3 2 67% 96 11 11% 41 23 56% 307 55 18% 34 18 53% 26 16 62% 0
2008 25 MIN AL 633 68% 176 18 4 6 0 0 1 2.94 9 0 13 2 7 7 2 0 3 1 33% 137 21 15% 59 32 54% 407 77 19% 49 26 53% 34 26 76% 0
2009 26 MIN AL 606 63% 191 8 1 5 3 1 2 0.73 28 1 9 21 7 16 12 0 0 0 125 13 10% 43 19 44% 355 70 20% 33 22 67% 22 16 73% 0
2010 27 MIN AL 584 60% 167 12 0 7 0 0 0 2.07 9 0 12 7 2 1 8 0 1 0 0% 129 19 15% 58 20 34% 377 69 18% 43 23 53% 27 14 52% 0
2011 28 MIN AL 333 62% 85 6 0 4 1 0 1 1.99 3 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 56 9 16% 23 12 52% 192 29 15% 20 12 60% 10 8 80% 0
2012 29 MIN AL 209 71% 53 11 0 1 0 0 0 1.02 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 48 12 25% 15 4 27% 131 20 15% 14 6 43% 7 7 100% 0
9 Yrs 4120 66% 1149 98 19 37 7 1 5 2.09 86 2 79 68 18 38 48 1 13 3 23% 846 119 14% 348 157 45% 2556 450 18% 277 147 53% 185 126 68% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 21 MIN AL 122 510 4.18 320 63% 37% 9% 24% 30% 63% 0% 40% 86% 10% 6% 7 0 15% 18 2 14% 17 9 14% 0 0 0
2005 22 MIN AL 556 2145 3.86 1293 60% 34% 9% 24% 33% 66% 5% 40% 86% 13% 8% 44 3 18% 99 32 10% 58 29 28% -2 0 0
2006 23 MIN AL 612 2374 3.88 1382 58% 37% 8% 21% 34% 63% 8% 37% 88% 14% 11% 65 3 24% 146 37 13% 79 35 28% -4 0 0
2007 24 MIN AL 472 1885 3.99 1092 58% 38% 7% 21% 33% 62% 5% 36% 88% 14% 9% 42 1 19% 91 25 14% 64 32 31% -1 0 0
2008 25 MIN AL 634 2575 4.06 1480 57% 38% 6% 22% 34% 62% 2% 35% 90% 10% 11% 67 3 22% 140 34 15% 92 51 18% -1 0 0
2009 26 MIN AL 610 2540 4.16 1450 57% 37% 8% 23% 32% 63% 5% 36% 87% 7% 9% 57 2 24% 149 45 16% 95 56 16% -4 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL 584 2262 3.87 1365 60% 36% 7% 23% 34% 64% 6% 38% 89% 9% 9% 53 0 19% 110 33 12% 69 41 17% 0 0 0
2011 28 MIN AL 335 1361 4.06 819 60% 41% 8% 19% 32% 59% 5% 35% 86% 6% 7% 22 0 19% 63 11 10% 35 23 21% -2 0 0
2012 29 MIN AL 209 919 4.40 544 59% 39% 8% 25% 29% 61% 4% 36% 87% 7% 11% 23 0 23% 48 11 14% 29 17 14% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 4134 16571 4.01 9745 59% 37% 8% 22% 33% 63% 5% 37% 88% 10% 9% 380 12 21% 864 230 13% 538 293 22% -14 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 21 35 122 107 18 33 8 1 6 17 1 0 11 14 .308 .369 .570 .939 138 61 1 1 0 3 0
2005 22 166 676 596 79 177 34 3 15 72 14 1 72 78 .297 .371 .440 .811 113 262 10 2 0 6 12
2006 23 306 1284 1117 165 358 70 7 28 156 22 4 151 132 .321 .399 .471 .870 128 526 34 3 0 13 33
2007 24 415 1755 1523 227 477 97 10 35 216 29 5 208 183 .313 .394 .459 .853 125 699 45 6 2 16 43
2008 25 561 2388 2059 325 653 128 14 44 301 30 6 292 233 .317 .399 .457 .856 127 941 66 7 3 27 51
2009 26 699 2994 2582 419 844 158 15 72 397 34 7 368 296 .327 .408 .483 .892 136 1248 79 9 3 32 65
2010 27 836 3578 3092 507 1011 201 16 81 472 35 11 433 349 .327 .407 .481 .888 137 1487 98 12 3 38 79
2011 28 918 3911 3388 545 1096 216 16 84 502 35 11 465 387 .323 .403 .471 .874 134 1596 107 15 3 40 86
2012 29 966 4120 3566 572 1149 228 17 86 523 38 12 495 408 .322 .403 .468 .871 134 1669 119 16 3 40 90

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 21 35 119 105 17 31 8 1 6 16 1 10 14 .295 .353 .562 .915 21 35
2005 22 131 551 487 59 142 26 2 9 54 13 60 64 .292 .368 .409 .777 73 131
2006 23 140 604 518 83 178 35 4 13 82 8 78 54 .344 .425 .502 .927 111 140
2007 24 109 472 407 63 120 27 3 7 61 7 57 51 .295 .383 .428 .810 67 109
2008 25 146 637 539 100 179 32 4 9 87 1 85 50 .332 .417 .456 .873 104 146
2009 26 138 606 523 94 191 30 1 28 96 4 76 63 .365 .444 .587 1.031 137 138
2010 27 137 595 518 95 175 45 1 9 81 1 68 53 .338 .413 .481 .894 104 137
2011 28 82 339 300 41 89 16 0 3 32 0 34 38 .297 .372 .380 .752 42 82
2012 29 48 212 180 29 55 12 1 2 22 3 31 21 .306 .410 .417 .827 31 48
9 Yrs 966 4135 3577 581 1160 231 17 86 531 38 499 408 .324 .405 .471 .876 690 966
162 Game Avg. 162 693 600 97 195 39 3 14 89 6 84 68 .324 .405 .471 .876 116 966

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2008 (C)
2009 (C)
2010 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
2009 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (6, 30%)
2008 AL (4, 48%)
2009 AL (1, 99%)
2010 AL (8, 25%)
1 MVP
2.02 Career Shares (87th)

Gold Gloves
2008 AL (C)
2009 AL (C)
2010 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2006 AL (C)
2008 AL (C)
2009 AL (C)
2010 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.6 (6th)
2009 AL  7.6 (3rd)
Active  33.8 (39th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.6 (4th)
2008 AL  5.3 (7th)
2009 AL  7.6 (2nd)
2010 AL  5.5 (10th)
Active  33.8 (30th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 AL  5.9 (3rd)
2008 AL  5.9 (3rd)
2009 AL  7.4 (1st)
2010 AL  5.2 (9th)
Active  34.3 (25th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 AL  .347 (1st)
2008 AL  .328 (1st)
2009 AL  .365 (1st)
2010 AL  .327 (3rd)
Active  .322 (3rd)
Career  .322 (49th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL  .429 (3rd)
2008 AL  .413 (2nd)
2009 AL  .444 (1st)
2010 AL  .402 (3rd)
2012 AL  .402 (5th)
Active  .403 (6th)
Career  .403 (49th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2009 AL  .587 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 AL  .936 (7th)
2009 AL  1.031 (1st)
Active  .871 (25th)
Career  .871 (112th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  191 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  307 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2010 AL  43 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  84 (7th)
2012 AL  30 (4th)
Active  495 (48th)

Singles s c a p y
2008 AL  132 (7th)
2009 AL  132 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2006 AL  144 (7th)
2008 AL  134 (8th)
2009 AL  170 (1st)
2010 AL  140 (10th)
Active  134 (19th)
Career  134 (124th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL  138 (1st)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2006 AL  39 (6th)
2008 AL  32 (7th)
2009 AL  57 (1st)
Active  199 (25th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  3.6 (6th)
2008 AL  3.0 (7th)
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  18.6 (27th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2006 AL  261 (9th)
2008 AL  261 (7th)
2009 AL  269 (6th)
2012 AL  84 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 AL  .682 (8th)
2009 AL  .791 (1st)
Active  .656 (24th)
Career  .656 (182nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  12 (4th)
2006 AL  21 (3rd)
2009 AL  14 (2nd)
2010 AL  14 (2nd)
2012 AL  4 (4th)
Active  90 (17th)
Career  90 (146th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL  24 (6th)
2008 AL  21 (9th)
2012 AL  12 (1st)
Active  119 (46th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 AL  10.7 (4th)
2010 AL  9.6 (6th)
2012 AL  8.5 (6th)
Active  8.7 (13th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  39.43 (9th)
2008 AL  42.42 (6th)
2009 AL  55.90 (1st)
Active  216.34 (26th)
Career  216.34 (189th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (1st)
2009 AL  3.7 (3rd)
Active  17.2 (29th)
Career  17.2 (214th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.3 (6th)
2009 AL  5.0 (1st)
Active  16.1 (33rd)
Career  16.1 (237th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.6 (9th)
2008 AL  4.0 (4th)
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  20.4 (26th)
Career  20.4 (197th)

Salary s c a p y
2011 AL  $23,000,000 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2004 AL  born 1983-04-19 (8th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 80 (234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (371), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Paul Lo Duca (892)
  2. Hanley Ramirez (862)
  3. Victor Martinez (842)
  4. Brian McCann (840)
  5. Jocko Milligan (839)
  6. Michael Barrett (838)
  7. Brian Harper (833)
  8. Glenn Wright (832)
  9. Dustin Pedroia (831)
  10. Spud Davis (830)
Similar Batters through 28 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Mickey Cochrane (913) *
  2. Bill Dickey (886) *
  3. Jason Kendall (876)
  4. Yogi Berra (861) *
  5. Victor Martinez (855)
  6. Jose Vidro (854)
  7. Gary Carter (852) *
  8. Derek Jeter (844)
  9. Charlie Gehringer (842) *
  10. Nomar Garciaparra (842)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Benito Santiago (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Shanty Hogan (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Shanty Hogan (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Shanty Hogan (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Dickey (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mickey Cochrane (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Cochrane (913) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     CNN/SI     ESPN     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Joe Mauer    

Viewed 361,577 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Joseph Joe jose joseph Patrick Mauer

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.