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Joe Mauer
Joseph Patrick Mauer
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 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
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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,GG,SS
6 Seasons 699 2994 2582 419 844 158 15 72 397 34 7 368 296 .327 .408 .483 .892 136 1248 79 9 3 32 65
162 Game Avg. 162 694 598 97 196 37 3 17 92 8 2 85 69 .327 .408 .483 .892 136 289 18 2 1 7 15

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch 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 2.0 9.3 2 7.77 6.94 .992 7.12 6.19 0 5 11 7 39%
2004 MIN AL 21 DH 1
2005 MIN AL 22 C 116 110 999.2 743 692 46 5 6 .993 7.0 8.4 7 6.64 6.36 .992 6.80 5.96 6 26 31 23 43%
2005 MIN AL 22 DH 13
2006 MIN AL 23 C 120 119 1059.1 914 868 42 4 6 .996 6.0 6.8 6 7.73 7.58 .992 7.09 6.32 5 31 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 11.0 17.0 11 7.33 6.96 .991 7.28 6.41 4 29 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 12 6.61 6.35 .991 7.26 6.47 4 40 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 7.24 6.93 .992 7.48 6.63 9 54 19 26% AS,GG,SS
2009 MIN AL 26 DH 28 0 0 0 AS,GG,SS
6 Seasons C 607 586 5235.2 4159 3925 216 18 21 .996 38.0 8.7 38 7.12 6.82 .992 7.17 6.35 28 131 204 124 38%
6 Seasons DH 81 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT 607 586 5235.2 4159 3925 216 18 21 .996 38.0 8.7 38 7.12 6.82 .987 7.17 6.35 28 131 204 124 38%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2006-AL-6-30%
2008-AL-4-48%
0.78 Career Shares (295th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 AL--.347--1st
2008 AL--.328--1st
2009 AL--.365--1st

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL--.429--3rd
2008 AL--.413--2nd
2009 AL--.444--1st

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

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL--191--6th

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

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

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--155--37th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2006 AL--3.6--6th
2008 AL--3.0--7th
2009 AL--5.2--1st
Active--14.4--37th

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

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
Active--65--36th
Career--65--241st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL--24--6th
2008 AL--21--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 AL--10.7--4th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 62 (304), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Babe Phelps (911)
  3. Hanley Ramirez (909)
  4. Bubbles Hargrave (902)
  5. Brian McCann (896)
  6. Johnny Hodapp (890)
  7. Bill Keister (887)
  8. Marcus Giles (887)
  9. Freddy Sanchez (886)
  10. Victor Martinez (884)
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  2. Robinson Cano (941)
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  4. Bill Dickey (926) *
  5. Jason Kendall (917)
  6. Mickey Cochrane (916) *
  7. Edgardo Alfonzo (911)
  8. Carlos Baerga (902)
  9. Yogi Berra (900) *
  10. Frankie Hayes (900)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Robinson Cano (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Robinson Cano (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Shanty Hogan (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dustin Pedroia (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Lazzeri (944) * 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

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2004Minnesota Twins$300,000
2005Minnesota Twins$325,000
2006Minnesota Twins$400,000
2007Minnesota Twins$3,750,000
2008Minnesota Twins$6,250,000
2009Minnesota Twins$10,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,525,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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