Joe Mays
| Joe Mays | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 10, 1975 Flint, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 7, 1999, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 22, 2006, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–Loss record | 48–70 | ||
| Earned run average | 5.05 | ||
| Strikeouts | 512 | ||
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Joseph Emerson Mays (born December 10, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
Mays is a 1994 graduate of Southeast High School in Bradenton, Florida. He also attended Manatee Community College in Bradenton. He and his wife, Melinda (née Rogers), have two children.
Mays began his major league career with the Twins on April 7, 1999. He began the season in the bullpen before going to the rotation, he finished the season pitching in 49 games with a record of 6-11 for the Twins.
The following season he was implanted into the rotation, pitching poorly throughout the season, finishing with an ERA of 5.56 and a record of 7-15 in 31 games (28 starts).
He had his best season in 2001, going 17-13 with a 3.16 ERA. He led the league in ERA+ (143) and was selected to the All-Star Game. He pitched in a career high 233 innings and 4 complete games.
He missed all of the 2004 season after having Tommy John surgery performed on his pitching arm. Through 2003, he posted a 42-55 record with a 4.70 ERA. Mays successfully bounced back from his surgery to rejoin the Twins' starting rotation at the beginning of the 2005 season, and recorded his first win since the 2003 season on April 27, 2005 against the Kansas City Royals.
Due to his losing record and disappointing ERA, on August 26, 2005, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire demoted Mays to the Twins bullpen and called up Scott Baker from AAA Rochester to replace Mays in the pitching rotation.
Mays failed to live up to his 2001 season, winning 18 games from 2002 to 2005 and having an ERA over 5.20 in each season.
On October 7, 2005, the Twins chose not to renew Mays' contract for 2006, making him a free agent.
He signed with the Kansas City Royals on December 23, 2005. Mays' Royals career was short-lived, as he was released on May 16, 2006 after posting an 0-4 record in 6 starts with a 10.27 ERA.
On May 19, 2006, Mays signed a minor league contract with the Louisville Bats. On June 6, Mays had his contract purchased by the Reds. However, Mays was designated for assignment on July 26, ending his short stint with the Reds.
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