Joe Mauer
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| Minnesota Twins - No. 7 | |
| Catcher / First Baseman / Outfielder | |
| Born: April 19, 1983 St. Paul , United States 
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| Strikes: Left | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 5, 2004 with the Minnesota Twins | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| September 30, 2018 for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics (until September 30, 2018) |
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| Batting average | , 306 |
| Hits | 2.123 |
| Home runs | 143 |
| Runs Batted In | 923 |
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Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a retired American baseball player who played as a catcher for the Minnesota Twins in Major League Baseball .
Since the beginning of his professional career in the MLB, he played for the Twins, of whom he was first drafted in 2001 .
Mauer is the first catcher in 63 years to top the MLB (2006) in the AVG batting average. He had 181 hits at 521 At Bats - that's an average of 0.347. In 2009 he was named the MVP of the American League.
He ended his career in November 2018.
Web links
Commons : Joe Mauer - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dear Twins Territory. In: mlb.com. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Mauer, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mauer, Joseph Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Paul , Minnesota |