On June 15, 2019, the Minnesota Twins retired Joe Mauer’s No. 7. Mauer played for the Minnesota Twins between 2004-18.
Through 15 seasons for the Twins, Mauer played in a total of 1858 games and had a career batting average of .306.
Mauer was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (first overall) of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft.
Mauer was a multi-sport athlete who grew up in St. Paul, Minn. Mauer played football, basketball, and baseball in high school. He graduated from Cretin-Derham Hall High School.
Mauer joins Harmon Killebrew (No.3), Tony Oliva (6), Tom Kelly (10), Kent Hrbek (14), Bert Blyleven (28), Rod Carew (29) and Kirby Puckett (34) all to have their numbers retired by the Minnesota Twins.
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