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Joe Mays
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 10, 1975 in Flint, MI
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
Final Game: July 22, 2006
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 11 957 145 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 54 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 64 1.926 13.3 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.33
7 Seasons 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 64 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 64 1.926 13.3 1.3 4.0 5.3 1.33

Postseason Pitching

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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 2.02 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 Season (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 2.02 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

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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 3 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 3 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 1 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
2003 27 MIN AL 2 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 1 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 7 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 0 1 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 Seasons 17 31 24 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .250 .333 .333 .667 71 8 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 295 229 10 57 19 0 0 29 0 0 29 48 .250 .333 .333 .667 71 76 0 0 38 0 0
MIN (6 yrs) 10 21 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .267 .389 .333 .722 88 5 0 0 3 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) 10 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 MIN AL 23 P 49 20 171.0 41 17 23 1 2 .976 2.11 0.82 .951 1.69 0.47
2000 MIN AL 24 P 31 28 160.1 35 9 24 2 2 .943 1.85 1.06 .957 1.62 0.46
2001 MIN AL 25 P 34 34 233.2 46 17 28 1 2 .978 1.73 1.32 .954 1.75 0.49 AS
2002 MIN AL 26 P 17 17 95.1 22 7 13 2 4 .909 1.89 1.18 .959 1.69 0.48
2003 MIN AL 27 P 31 21 130.0 28 7 20 1 3 .964 1.87 0.87 .957 1.73 0.49
2005 MIN AL 29 P 31 26 156.0 37 19 17 1 2 .973 2.08 1.16 .954 1.69 0.46
2006 TOT MLB 30 P 13 10 50.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.62 .950 1.65 0.42
2006 KCR AL 30 P 6 6 23.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.33 .950 1.56 0.42
2006 CIN NL 30 P 7 4 27.0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 0.86 .950 1.73 0.43
7 Seasons P 206 156 997.0 217 79 130 8 15 .963 1.89 1.01 .955 1.70 0.47
7 Seasons TOT 206 156 997.0 217 79 130 8 15 .963 1.89 1.01 .918 1.70 0.47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 AL--3.158--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--145--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (976), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1995.

October 9, 1997: Sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 20, 1997. The Seattle Mariners sent players to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for players to be named later and Roberto Kelly. The Seattle Mariners sent Joe Mays (October 9, 1997) and Jeromy Palki (minors) (October 9, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

May 8, 2006: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

May 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 15, 2007: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999Minnesota Twins$200,000
2000Minnesota Twins$240,000
2001Minnesota Twins$260,000
2002Minnesota Twins$2,350,000
2003Minnesota Twins$4,150,000
2004Minnesota Twins$5,750,000
2005Minnesota Twins$7,250,000
2006Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,200,000
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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