Joe Mauer Baseball player

Joseph "Joe" Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is an American professional baseball player. He has played as a catcher and first baseman for the Minnesota Twins in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the only catcher in MLB history to win three batting titles, and the only catcher to ever win a batting title in the American League. He also won three consecutive Gold Glove awards (2008–2010), and the 2009 American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award.

Personal facts

Joe Mauer
Alias (AKA)Joey
Birth dateApril 19, 1983
Birth place
Minnesota

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Baseball player

Career startApril 05, 2004
Awards
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Rawlings Gold Glove Award
American League
2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Silver Slugger Award
2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
World Baseball Classic
2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
batting sideLeft
former teams
Minnesota Twins
position
Catcher
First baseman
teams
Minnesota Twins
throwing sideRight

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External resources

  1. http://espn.go.com/mlb/features/mauer_gallery/mauer_gallery_index.html?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos2
  2. http://insider.espn.go.com/proxy/proxy.dll/insider/magazine/story?id=1737332&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fproxy%2fproxy.dll%2finsider%2fmagazine%2fstory%3fid%3d1737332
  3. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/baseball/archive/2007/04/did_mauer_make.shtml
  4. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/baseball/archive/2007/04/joe_mauer_too_g.shtml
  5. http://twinscards.com/viewplayerscareer.php?PlayerID=17444