Biography
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Baseball catcher, Joe Mauer, was born on April 19, 1983 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Joe Mauer currently plays for the Minnesota Twins.
Joe Mauer is considered by many scouts to be the best young catcher in the sport and has been said by some, including Hall of Famer, Cal Ripken Jr., to have the best swing in baseball. In his breakout 2006 season, Mauer became the first catcher in major league history to lead both leagues in batting average and the first American League catcher to win the batting title, finishing with an average of .347. He is also the first American League catcher to win a batting title twice.
Joe Mauer was selected by the Twins as the first overall pick of the 2001 draft, ahead of prospect Mark Prior, who was taken second overall by the Chicago Cubs.
Mauer was part of the United States' roster at the 2003 All-Star Futures Game at US Cellular Field before being promoted to the Twins' roster in 2004 after his predecessor, A.J. Pierzynski, was traded to the San Francisco Giants, in the 2003 off-season. Mauer went 2 for 3 in his Major League debut, hitting a single off Rafael Betancourt of the Cleveland Indians for his first major-league hit.
A knee injury to his left medial meniscus on April 7, 2004, required surgery and sidelined Mauer for over a month. After a rehabilitation stint with the Twins' AAA affiliate Rochester Red Wings, Mauer returned to the Twins' lineup in June. In July, pain and swelling in his knee forced an early end to Mauer's 2004 season.
Following his injury-shortened 2004, Mauer signed a contract for $5.7 million with the Twins on January 24, 2005. In 2005, Mauer returned to the Twins' lineup for his first full major league season and had 144 hits in 131 games, and ended the year with an average of .294.
Joe Mauer on the August 7, 2006 was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. In 2006, Mauer's performance during the months of May and June garnered attention from the national media. He recorded a .528 average over the first ten days of June and hit .452 over the course of the month. He was also the first player since Mike Piazza in 1997 to reach base four or more times for five consecutive games. On June 12, Mauer was named the American League Player of the Week by Major League Baseball for his performance the week of June 4-11, during which he hit .625 (15-for-24) with 5 doubles, 4 RBI and 2 stolen bases.
Mauer recorded his first five-RBI game June 26, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[8] Mauer followed that up with his first career five-hit game June 27, also against the Los Angeles Dodgers.[8]He was also named Player of the Month for June after batting .452 with a .624 slugging percentage and .528 on base percentage, 11 doubles, 14 RBI and 18 runs. Along with Johan Santana (Pitcher of the Month) and Francisco Liriano (Rookie of the Month), Mauer was part of the first-ever single-team sweep of MLB's three monthly awards.[11] On July 2, Mauer was selected by the players to his first All-Star Game.[12] Mauer appeared on the cover of the August 7, 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated[13] (Mauer was appropriately voted "Most Likely to Be on the Cover of Sports Illustrated" in his high school senior yearbook poll).
Mauer finished the 2006 regular season with a .347 batting average, edging the Yankees' Derek Jeter and Robinson Canó to win the American League batting title and become the first-ever American League catcher to win the crown and the first catcher to claim the title since Ernie Lombardi in 1942 with the Boston Braves. His .347 average was the highest in the Major Leagues, a feat not achieved by the previous three catchers to win NL batting titles.] He was the youngest to win a batting title since Alex Rodriguez in 1996.
Mauer won his first Silver Slugger award in 2006, announced on November 10, 2006, along with teammate Justin Morneau, who also won a Silver Slugger award that year.
On July 21, 2007, Mauer hit his first career inside-the-park home run against Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Scot Shields. It was his fifth home run of the season, and there were two players on base when he hit the homer. It was the first inside-the-park home run by a catcher since Kelly Stinnett did it for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005.
On July 6, 2008, Mauer was announced as the starting catcher for the American League in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
At the end of 2008 season, Mauer won the AL batting title (.328), his second in three years.
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