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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 (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 2004-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 4 yrs/$33M (07-10), 8 yrs/$184M (11-18) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 6.000, Free Agent: 2019 [?], Agents: Ron Shapiro [?]
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All-Star Player

Standard Batting

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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
2004 21 MIN AL 35 122 107 18 33 8 1 6 17 1 0 11 14 .308 .369 .570 .939 137 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 1.031 170 307 13 2 0 5 14 *2D AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2010 27 MIN AL 118 511 444 77 145 41 1 8 69 1 2 59 48 .327 .403 .477 .881 139 212 19 2 0 6 13 *2D AS
7 Seasons 817 3505 3026 496 989 199 16 80 466 35 9 427 344 .327 .407 .482 .890 136 1460 98 11 3 38 78
162 Game Avg. 162 695 600 98 196 39 3 16 92 7 2 85 68 .327 .407 .482 .890 136 289 19 2 1 8 15

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 21 MIN AL 122 5 1 1 0 2 2 4 15 1.5 $300,000 2/D
2005 22 MIN AL 554 5 0 -3 1 7 6 18 34 3.4 $325,000 *2D
2006 23 MIN AL 608 38 2 0 -1 6 6 20 71 7.0 $400,000 *2D AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 24 MIN AL 471 12 3 0 1 11 4 15 46 4.6 $3,750,000 2D
2008 25 MIN AL 633 45 2 -1 0 12 9 21 88 8.7 $6,250,000 *2/D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
2009 26 MIN AL 606 57 -2 -3 1 3 4 19 79 7.9 $10,500,000 *2D AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2010 27 MIN AL 472 28 -1 0 0 4 4 17 53 5.3 $12,500,000 *2D AS
7 Seasons 3466 190 5 -6 2 46 35 114 386 38.4 $34,025,000

Postseason Batting

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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
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 26 23 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .304 .385 .348 .732 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 6 26 23 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .304 .385 .348 .732 8 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2004 MIN AL 21 C 32 29 257.0 224 212 10 2 0 .991 2 1 9 5 7.77 6.94 .992 7.12 7.07 0 11 7 39%
2004 MIN AL 21 DH 1
2005 MIN AL 22 C 116 110 999.2 742 693 44 5 6 .993 7 -1 8 -1 6.64 6.35 .992 6.79 6.72 6 31 23 43%
2005 MIN AL 22 DH 13
2006 MIN AL 23 C 120 119 1059.1 914 866 44 4 7 .996 6 -2 7 -2 7.73 7.58 .992 7.26 6.99 5 36 22 38% AS,MVP-6,SS
2006 MIN AL 23 DH 17 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 MIN AL 24 C 91 88 777.2 634 598 35 1 5 .998 11 8 17 12 7.33 6.96 .991 7.28 7.20 4 21 24 53%
2007 MIN AL 24 DH 18
2008 MIN AL 25 C 139 135 1203.0 886 831 52 3 1 .997 12 0 12 0 6.61 6.35 .991 7.26 7.19 4 51 29 36% AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
2008 MIN AL 25 DH 4 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
2009 MIN AL 26 C 109 105 939.0 758 724 31 3 3 .996 3 3 4 4 7.24 6.93 .992 7.48 7.39 9 54 19 26% AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2009 MIN AL 26 DH 28 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2010 MIN AL 27 C 97 93 826.2 641 607 31 3 2 .995 4 0 7 0 6.95 6.58 .991 7.41 7.33 4 24 40 18 31% AS
2010 MIN AL 27 DH 19 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 AS
7 Seasons C 704 679 6062.1 4799 4531 247 21 24 .996 46 9 9 1 7.09 6.79 .992 7.23 7.12 32 24 244 142 37%
7 Seasons TOT 704 679 6062.1 4799 4531 247 21 24 .996 46 9 9 1 7.09 6.79 .992 7.23 7.12 32 24 244 142 37%

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%)
1 MVP
1.77 Career Shares (114th)

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

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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2006 AL  7.0 (2nd)
2008 AL  8.7 (1st)
2009 AL  7.9 (2nd)
2010 AL  5.3 (7th)
Active  38.4 (37th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2006 AL  7.0 (2nd)
2008 AL  8.7 (1st)
2009 AL  7.9 (1st)
2010 AL  5.3 (7th)
Active  38.4 (27th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 AL  .347 (1st)
2008 AL  .328 (1st)
2009 AL  .365 (1st)
2010 AL  .327 (3rd)
Active  .327 (3rd)
Career  .327 (38th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL  .429 (3rd)
2008 AL  .413 (2nd)
2009 AL  .444 (1st)
2010 AL  .403 (4th)
Active  .407 (5th)
Career  .407 (41st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2009 AL  .587 (1st)
Active  .482 (48th)
Career  .482 (170th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2006 AL  .936 (7th)
2009 AL  1.031 (1st)
Active  .890 (25th)
Career  .890 (75th)

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  41 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  84 (7th)

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  139 (10th)
Active  136 (17th)
Career  136 (100th)

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)
2010 AL  28 (10th)
Active  183 (27th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  3.6 (6th)
2008 AL  3.0 (7th)
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
2010 AL  2.7 (10th)
Active  17.0 (28th)

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

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2006 AL  .682 (8th)
2009 AL  .791 (1st)
2010 AL  .661 (10th)
Active  .672 (23rd)
Career  .672 (133rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (1st)
2010 AL  6 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  12 (4th)
2006 AL  21 (3rd)
2009 AL  14 (2nd)
2010 AL  13 (2nd)
Active  78 (21st)
Career  78 (180th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL  24 (6th)
2008 AL  21 (9th)
2010 AL  19 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 AL  10.7 (4th)
2010 AL  9.3 (9th)
Active  8.8 (12th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  39.43 (9th)
2008 AL  42.42 (3rd)
2009 AL  55.94 (1st)
Active  195.28 (31st)
Career  195.28 (197th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  4.7 (1st)
2009 AL  3.7 (6th)
Active  14.9 (37th)
Career  14.9 (237th)

Situational Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.3 (6th)
2009 AL  5.0 (1st)
Active  14.7 (41st)
Career  14.7 (250th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  3.6 (9th)
2008 AL  4.0 (3rd)
2009 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  18.3 (30th)
Career  18.3 (200th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2008 AL  139 (2nd)
2010 AL  97 (5th)
Active  704 (19th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2006 AL  866 (3rd)
2008 AL  831 (5th)
2010 AL  607 (4th)
Active  4531 (21st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  9 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 AL  29 (3rd)
Active  142 (24th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2005 AL  42.6 (3rd)
2007 AL  53.3 (1st)
Active  36.8 (9th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2005 AL  7 (2nd)
2006 AL  6 (2nd)
2007 AL  11 (2nd)
2008 AL  12 (1st)
2010 AL  5 (2nd)
Active  46 (5th)
Career  46 (23rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2006 AL  7.73 (2nd)
2007 AL  7.33 (4th)
Career  7.09 (54th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2005 AL  6.35 (5th)
2006 AL  7.58 (1st)
2007 AL  6.96 (4th)
Active  6.79 (13th)
Career  6.79 (23rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2006 AL  .996 (4th)
2007 AL  .998 (1st)
2008 AL  .997 (1st)
2009 AL  .996 (3rd)
2010 AL  .995 (4th)
Active  .996 (3rd)
Career  .996 (3rd)

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 1950-1973, 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 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 26 (864), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 78 (231), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (330), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Babe Phelps (883)
  2. Bubbles Hargrave (874)
  3. Victor Martinez (870)
  4. Brian McCann (868)
  5. Hanley Ramirez (866)
  6. Robinson Cano (861)
  7. Harry Danning (854)
  8. Jocko Milligan (851)
  9. Ed Taubensee (847)
  10. Earl Smith (845)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Bill Dickey (897) *
  2. Yogi Berra (895) *
  3. Jason Kendall (889)
  4. Mickey Cochrane (887) *
  5. Derek Jeter (885)
  6. Frankie Hayes (872)
  7. Shanty Hogan (865)
  8. Tony Lazzeri (863) *
  9. Robinson Cano (861)
  10. Joe Torre (860)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Benito Santiago (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Shanty Hogan (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Shanty Hogan (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Shanty Hogan (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Dickey (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 17, 2001.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200421Minnesota Twins$300,0004/7/04 AP
200522Minnesota Twins$325,000
200623Minnesota Twins$400,000
200724Minnesota Twins$3,750,000
200825Minnesota Twins$6,250,000
200926Minnesota Twins$10,500,000
201027Minnesota Twins$12,500,000
201128Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201229Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201330Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201431Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201532Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201633Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201734Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
201835Minnesota Twins$23,000,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2019
Career to date (may be incomplete)$34,025,000Does not include future salaries
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