Joe Mauer

Joe Mauer
Mauer with the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins – No. 7
First baseman / Designated hitter
Born: (1983-04-19) April 19, 1983 (age 33) St. Paul, Minnesota
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 5, 2004, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.308
Hits	1,826
Home runs	130
Runs batted in	804
On-base percentage	.391
Career highlights and awards
AL MVP (2009) 6× All-Star (2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2013) 3× AL batting champion (2006, 2008–2009) 3× Gold Glove Award (2008–2010) 5× Silver Slugger Award (2006, 2008–2010, 2013) MLB records Highest career average as a catcher (.328) Highest season average as a catcher (.365) Highest on-base percentage among catchers (.444) Most batting titles won by a catcher (3)

Joseph "Joe" Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is an American professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins. He has played as a catcher, designated hitter, and first baseman for the 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.

Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball for St. Paul's Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders, the high school of Hall of Fame member Paul Molitor, In his senior year he became the only athlete ever to be selected as the USA Today High School Player of the Year in two sports (football in 2000 as a quarterback and baseball in 2001 as a catcher).

In December 2009, Sports Illustrated magazine included Mauer in its article on ten "signature" moments in U.S. high-school sports in the 2000–2009 decade, referring to his selection by the Minnesota Twins as the first pick in the 2001 amateur draft.