B/T: L/R
HT/WT: 6-4 220
Born: April 19, 1983 in St. Paul, MN
Resides: Ft. Myers, FL
How Obtained: 1st round (first overall), June 2001 free agent draft

2005:

Twins: Tied career-high 9-game hit-streak, tying season-high, going 14-34 (.412), with 2 rbi, 9/9-20...Had 9-game hit-streak, going 10-37 (.270) with 2 doubles and 4 rbi, 5/11-24...Fourth career 4-hit game, 9/12 at Detroit...First career 2-homer game, 6/30/04 vs. Chicago.

2005: Hit safely in 8 of 9 games, going 11-36 (.306), April 4-16 . . . hit safely in 5 consecutive games with an at-bat, going 7-18 (.389), April 18-25 . . .had 6-game hit-streak, going 13-25 (.520), April 29-May 8 . . . second career 4-hit game, May 6 at Tampa Bay . . . homered in consecutive games, May 6-8 . . . had 9-game hit-streak, going 10-37 (.270), May 11-24 . . . hit safely in 6 of 7 games, going 10-28 (.357), June 8-16 . . . was 19-46 (.413) in 11 games, July 2-19 . . . third career 4-hit game, August 10 at Seattle . . . had 8-game hit-streak, going 13-31 (.419), August 13-21 . . . was 9-21 (.429) in 5 games, August 27-31 . . . fourth career 4-hit game, September 12 at Detroit . . . tied career-high 9-game hit-streak, going 14-34 (.412), September 9-20 . . . threw out 17 of 48 (22%) runners attempting to steal to up career totals to 22 of 64 (34%) . . . had .993 (6 E, 742 TC) .elding percentage . . . led club in batting and walks, tied for lead in intentional walks, was second in hits and multi-hit games (41), tied for second in stolen bases and was third in doubles . . . was tied for fourth in league in intentional walks (12) and sixth in batting vs. righthanders (.323).

2003: Named by Baseball America as the Twins' organization top prospect for 2004... began season at Ft. Myers . . . was 12-26 (.462) in 7 games, April 18-24 . . . hit safely in 9 of 11 games, going 18-46 (.391), May 3-14 . . . tied season-high 4 hits, May 14 at St. Lucie . . . season-high 19-game hit-streak, going 30-73 (.411), May 18-June 6 . . . Twins’ Minor League Player of the Week, May 24-30 . . . played in Florida State League All-Star Game, June 14 at Ft. Myers . . . batted .392 (31-79) with runners in scoring position . . . was 4-10 (.400) with the bases loaded . . . promoted to New Britain, June 16 . . . had 11-game hit-streak, going 16-40 (.400), June 22-July 5 . . . was 33-77 (.429) in 17 games, July 8-27 . . . played for United States Team in Futures Game, July 13 at Chicago . . . Twins’ Minor League Player of the Month for July . . . named Topps’ Eastern League Player of the Month for July . . . hit safely in 8 of 9 games, going 13-33 (.394), August 1-9 . . . tied season-high 5 rbi, August 3 at Bowie . . . had 9-game hit-streak, going 14-30 (.467), August 16-22 . . . was 3-8 (.375) with the bases loaded . . . threw out 36 of 69 (52%) runners attempting to steal on season . . . led both Florida State League and Eastern League in throwing out runners attempting to steal . . . led Twins’ minor leaguers in hits, was second in rbi and fourth in walks . . . was fifth among all minor leaguers in hits and was 11th in batting (.338) . . . led all minor league catchers in batting . . . selected to Florida State League Post-Season All-Star Team . . . ranked Best Hitting prospect and Best Defensive Catcher in Florida State League by Baseball America . . . named to Baseball America’s Minor League All-Star Team and All-Defensive Team . . . ranked Best Prospect in Eastern League and Florida State League. . . named Teenager of the Year by Sportsticker . . . named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America and Sportsticker . . . won Sherry Robertson Award as Twins’ Minor League Player of the Year . . . played for Team USA in Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Panama.

2002: Hit safely in 9 of 10 games, 14-37 (.378), April 13-24 … homered in consecutive games, April 14-15 … was 12-26 (.462) in 6 games, April 30-May 5 … season-high 9-game hit-streak, going 12-28 (.429), May 10-19 … season-high 4 rbi, May 19 vs. Burlington … was 13-21 (.619) in 6 games, June 5-10 … hit safely in 11 of 12 games, June 15-July 3 … was selected to Midwest League All-Star team, June 18 at Lansing … hit safely in 9 of 10 games, going 15-37 (.405), July 11-23 … tied season-high 3 hits, August 24 at Clinton … disabled for remainder of season after surgery to repair hernia, August 30 … led club in walks, was second in batting, hits and rbi, tied for second in doubles and fourth in at-bats and runs … threw out 45 of 108 (42%) runners attempting to steal … selected to Sportsticker's Midwest League All-Teen Team and league Post-Season All-Star team … rated top Minor League catching prospect, second best arm strength, third best receiving skills and best defensive catcher in Midwest League and selected to Low Class A All-Star team by Baseball America.

2001: Hit safely in 7 of 8 games, going 13-29 (.448), July 23-August 4 … was 11-13 (.846) in 3 games, August 22-23 … tied season-high 4 hits, August 23 at Martinsville … Twins' Minor League Player of the Week, going 14-29 (.483), August 26-September 1 … Twins' Minor League Player of the Month for August, going 44-107 (.411) … hit safely in 22 of 32 games … threw out 10 of 31 (32%) runners attempting to steal on season … rated top prospect in Appalachian League and top Minor League catching prospect by Baseball America.

PROFESSIONAL:
Signed by scout Mark Wilson.

PERSONAL:
Joseph Patrick Mauer … 2001 graduate of Cretin-Derham Hall (MN) High School where he played baseball, basketball and football … led football team to two straight appearances in the Minnesota Class 5A Championship Game, winning the state title in 2000 … named Gatorade's National Player of the Year, Parade and USA Today Player of the Year and Reebok/ESPN High School All-American in football … signed a letter of intent to play football at Florida State University … was All-State in basketball in junior and senior seasons … tied a national high school record by homering in seven consecutive games … was District V Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year in 2001 … was a member of the Team USA Junior National Team, 1998-2000 … voted Best Hitter at the world tournament in Panama in 2000 … became the seventh Minnesotan to be selected in the first round and the first to be selected first overall.

2005 STATISTICS

CLUB	AVG.	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Twins	.294	131	489	61	144	26	2	9	55	61	64	13
Major League Totals	.297	166	596	79	177	34	3	15	72	72	78	14
Minor League Totals	.332	284	1055	146	350	62	5	9	165	132	107	7