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Joe Mays

Joseph Emerson Mays

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 10, 1975 in Flint, MI
High School: Southeast HS (Bradenton, FL)
School: Manatee Community College (Bradenton, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds/Royals 1999-2006
Agents: Steve Hilliard,Joe Urbon [*]
Final Game: July 22, 2006 (Age 30)
Relatives: Cousin of Carl Mays
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Standard Pitching

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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
1999 23 MIN AL 6 11 .353 4.37 49 20 8 2 1 0 171.0 179 92 83 24 67 2 115 2 0 6 746 116 1.439 9.4 1.3 3.5 6.1 1.72
2000 24 MIN AL 7 15 .318 5.56 31 28 1 2 1 0 160.1 193 105 99 20 67 1 102 2 0 11 723 93 1.622 10.8 1.1 3.8 5.7 1.52
2001 25 MIN AL 17 13 .567 3.16 34 34 0 4 2 0 233.2 205 87 82 25 64 2 123 5 0 11 957 143 1.151 7.9 1.0 2.5 4.7 1.92 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 4 8 .333 5.38 17 17 0 1 1 0 95.1 113 60 57 14 25 0 38 2 0 6 418 83 1.448 10.7 1.3 2.4 3.6 1.52
2003 27 MIN AL 8 8 .500 6.30 31 21 4 0 0 0 130.0 159 92 91 21 39 2 50 4 0 3 576 72 1.523 11.0 1.5 2.7 3.5 1.28
2005 29 MIN AL 6 10 .375 5.65 31 26 1 1 1 0 156.0 203 109 98 23 41 1 59 3 0 4 690 79 1.564 11.7 1.3 2.4 3.4 1.44
2006 30 TOT MLB 0 5 .000 8.70 13 10 0 0 0 0 50.2 78 56 49 11 26 2 25 0 0 6 250 55 2.053 13.9 2.0 4.6 4.4 0.96
2006 30 KCR AL 0 4 .000 10.27 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.2 38 33 27 7 14 0 9 0 0 3 120 46 2.197 14.5 2.7 5.3 3.4 0.64
2006 30 CIN NL 0 1 .000 7.33 7 4 0 0 0 0 27.0 40 23 22 4 12 2 16 0 0 3 130 65 1.926 13.3 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.33
7 Yrs 48 70 .407 5.05 206 156 14 10 6 0 997.0 1130 601 559 138 329 10 512 18 0 47 4360 94 1.463 10.2 1.2 3.0 4.6 1.56
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .407 5.05 39 29 3 2 1 0 187 212 113 105 26 62 2 96 3 0 9 819 94 1.463 10.2 1.2 3.0 4.6 1.56
MIN (6 yrs) 48 65 .425 4.85 193 146 14 10 6 0 946.1 1052 545 510 127 303 8 487 18 0 41 4110 97 1.432 10.0 1.2 2.9 4.6 1.61
KCR (1 yr) 0 4 .000 10.27 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.2 38 33 27 7 14 0 9 0 0 3 120 46 2.197 14.5 2.7 5.3 3.4 0.64
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.33 7 4 0 0 0 0 27.0 40 23 22 4 12 2 16 0 0 3 130 65 1.926 13.3 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.33
AL (7 yrs) 48 69 .410 4.98 199 152 14 10 6 0 970.0 1090 578 537 134 317 8 496 18 0 44 4230 95 1.451 10.1 1.2 2.9 4.6 1.56
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.33 7 4 0 0 0 0 27.0 40 23 22 4 12 2 16 0 0 3 130 65 1.926 13.3 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 23 MIN AL 171.0 49 20 92 4.84 5.31 -0.05 0.02 105.4 5.68 16 1.5 .8 -0.2 3.0 37 .530 .509 $200,000
2000 24 MIN AL 160.1 31 28 105 5.89 5.54 -0.30 0.20 105.1 6.35 7 0.7 .5 -0.1 2.2 28 .521 .504 $240,000
2001 25 MIN AL 233.2 34 34 87 3.35 4.90 0.19 0.19 102.6 5.03 41 4.4 -0.1 6.7 70 .629 .527 $260,000 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 95.1 17 17 60 5.66 4.94 0.15 0.18 98.9 4.91 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.1 3 .453 .495 $2,350,000
2003 27 MIN AL 130.0 31 21 92 6.37 4.82 -0.03 0.10 100.7 4.98 -20 -1.8 .5 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .441 .489 $4,150,000
2005 29 MIN AL 156.0 31 26 109 6.29 4.84 0.23 0.14 101.5 4.82 -27 -2.5 .4 -0.1 -0.9 -8 .419 .484 $7,250,000
2006 30 KCR AL 23.2 6 6 33 12.55 5.26 0.21 0.20 103.9 5.45 -19 -1.4 -0.0 -1.2 -16 .263 .491 $1,000,000
2006 30 CIN NL 27.0 7 4 23 7.67 5.09 -0.34 0.05 102.8 5.63 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .421 .497
7 Seasons 997.0 206 156 601 5.43 5.07 0.03 0.14 102.7 5.33 -16 -0.6 .7 -0.6 9.0 104 .497 .500 $15,450,000
MIN (6 yrs) 946.1 193 146 545 5.18 5.07 0.03 0.14 102.7 5.32 9 1.4 .7 -0.6 10.5 123 .507 .501 $14,450,000
KCR (1 yr) 23.2 6 6 33 12.55 5.26 0.21 0.20 103.9 5.45 -19 -1.4 -0.0 -1.2 -16 .263 .491 $1,000,000
CIN (1 yr) 27.0 7 4 23 7.67 5.09 -0.34 0.05 102.8 5.63 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .421 .497

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS W OAK 0 1 .000 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 3.000 22.1 2.5 4.9 2.5 0.50
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS L ANA 1 0 1.000 2.03 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 51 0.900 8.1 2.0 0.0 2.0
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 1 .500 4.76 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 21 10 9 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 73 1.353 11.1 2.1 1.1 2.1 2.00
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 14.73 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 3.000 22.1 2.5 4.9 2.5 0.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 2.03 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 12 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 51 0.900 8.1 2.0 0.0 2.0

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
1999 23 MIN AL 49 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 24 MIN AL 31 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 145 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
2001 25 MIN AL 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 27 MIN AL 31 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 127 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2005 29 MIN AL 31 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 30 TOT MLB 13 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 30 KCR AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 30 CIN NL 7 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 0 1 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 206 31 24 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .250 .333 .333 .667 71 8 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 24 19 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .250 .333 .333 .667 71 6 0 0 3 0 0
MIN (6 yrs) 193 21 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .267 .389 .333 .722 88 5 0 0 3 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 7 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 0 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 199 21 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .267 .389 .333 .722 88 5 0 0 3 0 0
NL (1 yr) 7 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1999 23 MIN AL 49 5 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $200,000 1
2000 24 MIN AL 31 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $240,000 1
2001 25 MIN AL 34 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $260,000 1 AS
2002 26 MIN AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,350,000 1
2003 27 MIN AL 31 5 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $4,150,000 1
2005 29 MIN AL 31 3 -0 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $7,250,000 1
2006 30 KCR AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 /1
2006 30 CIN NL 7 10 -1 -0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
7 Seasons 206 31 -1 -1 0 0 6 4 0.3 1 5 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.2 5 $15,450,000
MIN (6 yrs) 193 21 -0 -1 0 0 4 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.2 4 $14,450,000
KCR (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000
CIN (1 yr) 7 10 -1 -0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 0.0 1

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
2002 26 MIN AL ALDS OAK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 MIN AL ALCS ANA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1999 MIN AL 23 P 49 20 2 171.0 41 17 23 1 2 .976 2.11 0.82 .952 1.69 1.66 12 5 29% 33% 1
2000 MIN AL 24 P 31 28 2 160.1 35 9 24 2 2 .943 1.85 1.06 .956 1.62 1.60 7 3 30% 30% 0
2001 MIN AL 25 P 34 34 4 233.2 46 17 28 1 2 .978 1.73 1.32 .955 1.75 1.74 9 5 36% 29% 0 AS
2002 MIN AL 26 P 17 17 1 95.1 23 8 13 2 4 .913 1.98 1.24 .957 1.69 1.67 2 0 0% 32% 1
2003 MIN AL 27 P 31 21 0 130.0 28 7 20 1 3 .964 1 2 1.87 0.87 .957 1.73 1.71 3 1 25% 30% 0
2005 MIN AL 29 P 31 26 1 156.0 37 19 17 1 2 .973 -3 -4 2.08 1.16 .954 1.70 1.68 2 5 71% 30% 0
2006 TOT MLB 30 P 13 10 0 50.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.42 0.62 .959 1.65 1.63 1 0 0% 28% 0
2006 KCR AL 30 P 6 6 0 23.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -8 0.76 0.33 .960 1.56 1.53 0 0 0
2006 CIN NL 30 P 7 4 0 27.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 0.86 .958 1.73 1.71 1 0 0% 28% 0
7 Seasons P 206 156 10 997.0 218 80 130 8 15 .963 -3 -1 1.90 1.02 .955 1.70 1.67 36 19 35% 31% 2
7 Seasons TOT 206 156 10 997.0 218 80 130 8 15 .963 -3 -9 1.90 1.02 .955 1.70 1.67 36 19 35% 31% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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  • 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2001 AL  6.6 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2001 AL  6.7 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 AL  3.16 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
2001 AL  17 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2001 AL  1.151 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  7.896 (6th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 AL  2.465 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2001 AL  233.7 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
2001 AL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 AL  4 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 AL  1 (6th)
2000 AL  1 (4th)
2001 AL  2 (4th)
2002 AL  1 (9th)
2005 AL  1 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL  15 (2nd)
2001 AL  13 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2000 AL  11 (5th)
2001 AL  11 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 AL  957 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 AL  143 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2001 AL  37 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2001 AL  3.7 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2001 AL  41.54 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2001 AL  3.1 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2001 AL  4.2 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1215), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1738), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (873rd), 9.4 career WAR/10.6 7yr-peak WAR/9.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  4. Jim Gott (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Ray Benge (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Shawn Boskie (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
199923Minnesota Twins$200,0004/6/99 USA Today
200024Minnesota Twins$240,0004/5/00 AP
200125Minnesota Twins$260,0004/6/01 USA Today
200226Minnesota Twins$2,350,0004/3/02 AP
200327Minnesota Twins$4,150,0004/3/03 AP
200428Minnesota Twins$5,750,0004/7/04 AP
200529Minnesota Twins$7,250,000
200630Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,200,000
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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