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Joe Mauer

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Joseph Patrick Mauer (born April 19, 1983) is an American former professional baseball catcher and first baseman who spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Minnesota Twins. Regarded as one of the greatest contact hitters at the catcher position in his prime, Mauer 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 (AL). Selected by the Twins with the first overall pick of the 2001 MLB draft, Mauer received six All-Star selections, won three consecutive Gold Glove Awards (2008–2010), five Silver Slugger Awards (including three in a row) and the 2009 AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Mauer has received more than 2,202,364 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Mauer is the 4,202nd most popular athlete (down from 3,040th in 2019), the 17,951st most popular biography from United States (down from 16,098th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joe Mauer ranks 4,202 out of 6,025Before him are Pang Wei, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Michael Jurack, Aleš Valenta, Heather Oakes, and Olga Brusnikina. After him are Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, Annemiek de Haan, Slobodan Nikić, Emmanuel Korir, Lolo Jones, and Andrei Aramnau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Joe Mauer ranks 969Before him are Lilli Schwarzkopf, Randall Brenes, Hamdi Kasraoui, Stig-André Berge, Anikó Kapros, and Juris Šics. After him are Slobodan Nikić, Kiril Terziev, Yang Xiuli, Fredrik Petersen, Linda Bresonik, and Naomi van As.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Mauer ranks 17,951 out of 20,380Before him are Adam Horowitz (1971), Misty May-Treanor (1977), Hari Nef (1992), Nicole Haislett (1972), Yvonne Zima (1989), and Amanda Fuller (1984). After him are Lee Nguyen (1986), A. O. Scott (1966), Sean B. Carroll (1960), Emory Cohen (1990), Ireland Baldwin (1995), and Morgan York (1993).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Joe Mauer ranks 593Before him are Rochelle Stevens (1966), Steven Holcomb (1980), Jessica Springsteen (1991), Greg Nixon (1981), Ron Brown (1961), and Bernard Williams (1978). After him are Lolo Jones (1982), Kelly Clark (1983), Alvin Harrison (1974), Anthony Washington (1966), Amy Fuller (1968), and Michael Norman (1997).