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Joe Mauer
Joseph Patrick Mauer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 220 lb.

Debut April 5, 2004

Born April 19, 1983 in St. Paul, MN

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

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 21 MIN AL  35  107   18   33   8  1   6   17   1  0  11  14  .308  .369  .570  137   61   0   3   0   1   1
 2005 22 MIN AL 131  489   61  144  26  2   9   55  13  1  61  64  .294  .372  .411  107  201   0   3  12   1   9
 2006 23 MIN AL 140  521   86  181  36  4  13   84   8  3  79  54  .347  .429  .507  144  264   0   7  21   1  24 SS,MVP-6,AS
 2007 24 MIN AL 109  406   62  119  27  3   7   60   7  1  57  51  .293  .382  .426  117  173   2   3  10   3  11
 2008 25 MIN AL 146  536   98  176  31  4   9   85   1  1  84  50  .328  .413  .451  134  242   1  11   8   1  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      561 2059  325  653 128 14  44  301  30  6 292 233  .317  .399  .457  127  941   3  27  51   7  66
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        595   94  189  37  4  13   87   9  2  84  67  .317  .399  .457  127  272   1   8  15   2  19
 Career High    146  536   98  181  36  4  13   85  13  3  84  64  .347  .429  .507  144  264   2  11  21   3  24
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 21 MIN AL  122   78   24   8.2   112| .308  .274| .369  .342| .570  .440| .939  .782| 137  .700   6.2   0.6 100%
 2005 22 MIN AL  554  358   79   5.9   107| .294  .271| .372  .333| .411  .429| .783  .762| 107  .583   7.0   0.7  92%
 2006 23 MIN AL  608  374  111   7.9   109| .347  .273| .429  .337| .507  .434| .936  .771| 144  .682  39.2   3.6  72%
 2007 24 MIN AL  471  304   68   6.0   103| .293  .266| .382  .333| .426  .416| .808  .749| 117  .576  12.8   1.2  87%
 2008 25 MIN AL  633  394  101   6.9   102| .328  .263| .413  .331| .451  .414| .864  .744| 134  .644  32.2   3.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2388 1508  383   6.8   106| .317  .269| .399  .334| .457  .424| .856  .758| 127  .632  97.3   9.1  83%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 21 MIN AL C 32 212 10 2 0 .991 .992 6.94 6.19 7.77 7.12 29 257.0 0 5 11 7 DH 1 2005 22 MIN AL C 116 692 46 5 6 .993 .992 6.36 5.96 6.64 6.80 110 999.7 6 26 31 23 DH 13 2006 23 MIN AL C 120 868 42 4 6 .996 .992 7.58 6.32 7.73 7.09 119 1059.3 5 31 36 22 AS DH 17 AS 2007 24 MIN AL C 91 598 35 1 5 .998 .991 6.96 6.41 7.33 7.28 88 777.7 4 29 21 24 DH 18 2008 25 MIN AL C 139 831 52 3 1 .997 .991 6.35 6.47 6.61 7.26 135 1203.0 4 40 51 29 DH 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 21 MIN AL C 32 212 10 2 0 .991 .992 6.94 6.19 7.77 7.12 29 257.0 0 5 11 7 2005 22 MIN AL C 116 692 46 5 6 .993 .992 6.36 5.96 6.64 6.80 110 999.7 6 26 31 23 2006 23 MIN AL C 120 868 42 4 6 .996 .992 7.58 6.32 7.73 7.09 119 1059.3 5 31 36 22 2007 24 MIN AL C 91 598 35 1 5 .998 .991 6.96 6.41 7.33 7.28 88 777.7 4 29 21 24 2008 25 MIN AL C 139 831 52 3 1 .997 .991 6.35 6.47 6.61 7.26 135 1203.0 4 40 51 29 2004 21 MIN AL DH 1 2005 22 MIN AL DH 13 2006 23 MIN AL DH 17 2007 24 MIN AL DH 18 2008 25 MIN AL DH 4
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 498 3201 185 15 18 .996 .992 6.80 6.29 7.09 7.11 481 4296.7 19 131 150 105 DH 53 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 498 3201 185 15 18 .996 .992 6.80 6.29 7.09 7.11 481 4297
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   ALDS  MIN OAK     L   3  11   0   2  0  0  0   0   1   0  .182  .250  .182   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2006   MIN AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2006 *

Silver Sluggers
2006-AL--C

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-AL-6-0.30
Car-580-0.30 shares

Batting Average
2006 AL-.347-1
2008 AL-.328-1

On-base %
2006 AL-.429-3
2008 AL-.413-2

OPS
2006 AL-.936-7

Bases on Balls
2008 AL-84-7

Singles
2008 AL-132-7

Adjusted OPS+
2006 AL-144-7
2008 AL-134-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
2006 AL-39-6
2008 AL-32-8

Batting Wins
2006 AL-3.6-6
2008 AL-3.0-8

Times on Base
2006 AL-261-9
2008 AL-261-7

Offensive Win%
2006 AL-.682-8

Sac. Flies
2008 AL-11-1

Intentional Walks
2005 AL-12-4
2006 AL-21-3

Grounded into Double Plays
2006 AL-24-6
2008 AL-21-9

At Bats per Strikeout
2008 AL-10.7-4

Youngest Player
2004 AL-21-8

Black Ink: Batting - 8 (272) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.0 (337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 39.0 (462) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Minnesota Twins$300,000
2005Minnesota Twins$325,000
2006Minnesota Twins$400,000
2007Minnesota Twins$3,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,775,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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