Joe Mauer won three consecutive Gold Glove Awards, five Silver Slugger Awards and the 2009 AL Most Valuable Player Award.
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58 Facts About Joe Mauer
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Joe Mauer was selected by the Twins as the first overall pick of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft and was a fan-favorite during his career as he was a Minnesota native.
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Joe Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball for St Paul's Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders.
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Joe Mauer attended the same high school as Baseball Hall of Famer and former Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor who later became his major league manager with the Twins.
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Stand-out in baseball, Joe Mauer struck out only once during his four-year high school career, and hit.
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Joe Mauer set a Minnesota high school record and tied the national preps mark by hitting a home run in seven consecutive games.
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Joe Mauer caught for the Team USA Junior National team from 1998 to 2000 and hit.
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In 2001, Joe Mauer was voted the United States District V Player of the Year.
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Joe Mauer averaged more than 20 points a game as a point guard for Cretin-Derham Hall.
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Joe Mauer was named to the All-State team during his final two years on Cretin-Derham's basketball team.
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Joe Mauer finished his two-year career as a starter with 5,528 yards and 73 touchdowns, leading the Raiders to two consecutive Class 5A State Championship Game appearances and winning the title in 1999, the Raiders' first of all time.
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Joe Mauer was named National High School Quarterback of the Year in 2000 by The National Quarterback Club.
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Joe Mauer was selected by the Twins as the first overall pick of the 2001 draft, ahead of college pitcher Mark Prior, who was taken second overall by the Chicago Cubs.
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Joe 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.
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In 2005, Joe Mauer returned to the Twins' lineup for his first full major league season and had 144 hits in 131 games, with 9 home runs and 55 RBI.
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Joe Mauer was the first player since Mike Piazza in 1997 to reach base four or more times for five consecutive games.
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Joe Mauer appeared on the cover of the August 7,2006 issue of Sports Illustrated.
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Joe Mauer was the youngest player to win a batting title since Alex Rodriguez in 1996.
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On February 11,2007, Joe Mauer agreed to a four-year, $34 million contract with the Twins to avoid arbitration.
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The deal ensured that Joe Mauer would remain in Minnesota long enough to play in the Twins' Target Field in 2010.
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On July 6, Joe Mauer was announced as the starting catcher for the American League in the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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Joe Mauer won his first Gold Glove award in 2008, announced on November 6.
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Joe Mauer finished fourth in the balloting for American League Most Valuable Player, behind Dustin Pedroia, Justin Morneau, and Kevin Youkilis.
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Joe Mauer was named the American League's 2009 MVP by a near-unanimous decision.
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Joe Mauer was unable to take part in team workouts during spring training due to the pain in his lower back, which he first began experiencing late in the 2008 season.
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Joe Mauer missed the start of the 2009 regular season and returned on May 1.
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Joe Mauer went 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored in his first game back, hitting a home run on his first swing of the season.
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Joe Mauer hit 11 home runs and drove in 32 RBI, becoming the first-ever Twins player to reach that mark in a single month.
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Joe Mauer was selected to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game as the starting catcher and participated in the Home Run Derby, losing a tiebreaker to Albert Pujols in the first round.
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Joe Mauer became the first catcher to lead the league in all four offensive categories in a single season, and the first catcher to win three batting titles.
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On November 23 Joe Mauer was named the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers' Association of America over Yankees teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter, earning 27 of the 28 first-place votes.
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On March 21,2010, Joe Mauer agreed to an eight-year contract extension with the Twins worth $184 million which took effect in the 2011 and ran through the 2018 season.
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Joe Mauer hit his 1,000th career Major League hit on September 14,2010 against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field.
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Joe Mauer underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after the 2010 season, and missed most of spring training due to a difficult recovery from the operation.
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Joe Mauer returned to play with the Minnesota Twins on June 17,2011 and received a standing ovation from the fans.
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Joe Mauer made his first Major League start at first base on July 7,2011, in Chicago, where he turned the first ball hit to him into an unassisted double play.
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Joe Mauer struggled the entire summer with various ailments, from complications due to surgery at the beginning of the season to a bout of pneumonia at the end of the season, and had undoubtedly the worst season of his career.
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Joe Mauer was the Twins' Opening Day catcher, with Ryan Doumit as his backup, and saw time at first base and designated hitter.
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Joe Mauer was named to his 6th All-Star Game as the starting catcher.
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Joe Mauer never returned to the line-up and his season ended after 113 games.
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Joe Mauer struck out over 100 times for the first time in his career in 2015.
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Joe Mauer set career marks in games played, plate appearances and at bats.
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Joe Mauer started his 13th Opening Day in 2017, tying with Harmon Killebrew for the franchise record.
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Joe Mauer exited to a standing ovation from the crowd and both dugouts.
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On November 9,2018, Joe Mauer officially retired from baseball in an open letter to Twins fans.
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Joe Mauer is the first AL catcher to win a batting title and holds the record for the most batting titles by a catcher in a career.
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Joe Mauer had 5 five-hit games and 23 four-hit games in his MLB career.
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Joe Mauer was selected as a catcher and first baseman for Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
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Joe Mauer's family manufactured and sold a product called Joe Mauer's Quickswing.
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Joe Mauer taped an episode of Homecoming with Rick Reilly for ESPN on January 27,2010, at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, his alma mater, in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Joe Mauer appeared in a TV commercial for Explore Minnesota, the state tourism agency, in March 2011.
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Joe Mauer was the cover athlete for Sony Computer Entertainment's MLB 10: The Show and MLB 11: The Show game for the PlayStation platform.
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Joe Mauer shared a house with former Twins teammate Justin Morneau in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during the 2006 season.
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On December 11,2011, Joe Mauer announced his engagement to Saint Paul nurse Maddie Bisanz, his girlfriend of about 18 months and a fellow graduate of Cretin-Derham Hall High School.
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Jake Joe Mauer ended his playing career after the 2005 season but went on to manage the Gulf Coast League Twins.
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