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Joe Mays

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 7, 1999
  vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Born December 10, 1975 in Flint, MI

Cousin of Carl Mays

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1995. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 23 MIN AL   6  11  49  20   2   1   8  0  171.0  179   92   83  24   67  115   2   6   746   2   0  4.37  5.07  116 1.439
 2000 24 MIN AL   7  15  31  28   2   1   1  0  160.3  193  105   99  20   67  102   2  11   723   1   0  5.56  5.17   93 1.622
 2001 25 MIN AL  17  13  34  34   4   2   0  0  233.7  205   87   82  25   64  123   5  11   957   2   0  3.16  4.57  145 1.151 AS
 2002 26 MIN AL   4   8  17  17   1   1   0  0   95.3  113   60   57  14   25   38   2   6   418   0   0  5.38  4.47   83 1.448
 2003 27 MIN AL   8   8  31  21   0   0   4  0  130.0  159   92   91  21   39   50   4   3   576   2   0  6.30  4.53   72 1.523
 2005 29 MIN AL   6  10  31  26   1   1   1  0  156.0  203  109   98  23   41   59   3   4   690   1   0  5.65  4.45   79 1.564
 2006 30 TOT      0   5  13  10   0   0   0  0   50.7   78   56   49  11   26   25   0   6   250   2   0  8.70  4.69   54 2.053
         KCR AL   0   4   6   6   0   0   0  0   23.7   38   33   27   7   14    9   0   3   120   0   0 10.27  4.70   46 2.197
         CIN NL   0   1   7   4   0   0   0  0   27.0   40   23   22   4   12   16   0   3   130   2   0  7.33  4.67   64 1.926
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .407  48  70 206 156  10   6  14  0  997.0 1130  601  559 138  329  512  18  47  4360  10   0  5.05  4.72   94 1.463
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  13  38  29   1   1   2  0  187.0  212  112  105  25   61   96   3   8   819   1   0  5.05  4.72   94 1.463
 Career High     17  15  49  34   4   2   8  0  233.7  205  109   99  25   67  123   5  11   957   2   0  3.16  5.17  145 1.151

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 23 MIN AL  49    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .000  .400  .000   14    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2000 24 MIN AL  31    5    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .400  .400  .600  145    3   1   0   0   0   0
 2001 25 MIN AL  34    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 2003 27 MIN AL  31    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .333  .500  .333  127    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2005 29 MIN AL  31    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   78    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 30 TOT     13    9    0    2   1  0   0    3   0  0   0      .222  .222  .333   38    3   1   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL   7    9    0    2   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   4  .222  .222  .333   38    3   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      206   24    1    6   2  0   0    3   0  0   3   5  .250  .333  .333   71    8   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         19    1    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .250  .333  .333   71    6   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     49    9    1    2   1  0   0    3   0  0   2   2                           3   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 23 MIN AL    5    3    0   0.0   117| .000  .279| .400  .352| .000  .446| .400  .798|  14  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2000 24 MIN AL    6    4    1   6.7   119| .400  .281| .400  .355| .600  .452|1.000  .807| 145  .586   0.4   0.0   0%
 2001 25 MIN AL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .270| .000  .337| .000  .433| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2003 27 MIN AL    5    3    1   8.9   108| .333  .269| .500  .335| .333  .430| .833  .766| 127  .740   0.2   0.0   0%
 2005 29 MIN AL    3    2    0   0.0   107| .333  .271| .333  .334| .333  .429| .666  .763|  78  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2006 30 TOT      10    8    1   3.4   116| .222  .277| .222  .348| .333  .450| .555  .798|  38  .317  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL   10    8    1   3.4   116| .222  .277| .222  .348| .333  .450| .555  .798|  38  .317  -0.9  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        31   22    3   3.6   114| .250  .276| .333  .346| .333  .444| .666  .790|  71  .343  -1.0  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 23 MIN AL P 49 17 23 1 2 .976 .952 0.82 0.47 2.11 1.69 20 171.0 2000 24 MIN AL P 31 9 24 2 2 .943 .957 1.06 0.46 1.85 1.62 28 160.3 2001 25 MIN AL P 34 17 28 1 2 .978 .955 1.32 0.49 1.73 1.75 34 233.7 AS 2002 26 MIN AL P 17 7 13 2 4 .909 .957 1.18 0.48 1.89 1.69 17 95.3 2003 27 MIN AL P 31 7 20 1 3 .964 .957 0.87 0.49 1.87 1.73 21 130.0 2005 29 MIN AL P 31 19 17 1 2 .973 .955 1.16 0.46 2.08 1.69 26 156.0 2006 30 TOT P 13 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.62 0.42 1.42 1.65 10 50.7 KCR AL P 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.42 0.76 1.56 6 23.7 CIN NL P 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.86 0.43 2.00 1.73 4 27.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1999 23 MIN AL P 49 17 23 1 2 .976 .952 0.82 0.47 2.11 1.69 20 171.0 2000 24 MIN AL P 31 9 24 2 2 .943 .957 1.06 0.46 1.85 1.62 28 160.3 2001 25 MIN AL P 34 17 28 1 2 .978 .955 1.32 0.49 1.73 1.75 34 233.7 2002 26 MIN AL P 17 7 13 2 4 .909 .957 1.18 0.48 1.89 1.69 17 95.3 2003 27 MIN AL P 31 7 20 1 3 .964 .957 0.87 0.49 1.87 1.73 21 130.0 2005 29 MIN AL P 31 19 17 1 2 .973 .955 1.16 0.46 2.08 1.69 26 156.0 2006 30 TOT P 13 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.62 0.42 1.42 1.65 10 50.7 KCR AL P 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.42 0.76 1.56 6 23.7 CIN NL P 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.86 0.43 2.00 1.73 4 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 206 79 130 8 15 .963 .955 1.01 0.47 1.89 1.70 156 997.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 206 79 130 8 15 .963 .955 1.01 0.47 1.89 1.70 156 997
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   1   1  14.73  0  1  0  0   3.2   9   6   2   1 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   2   2   2.02  1  0  0  0  13.1  12   3   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   3   4.76  1  1  0  0  17    21   9   2   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  MIN OAK     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  MIN ANA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2001   MIN AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2001   MIN AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2001 *

ERA
2001 AL-3.16-3

Wins
2001 AL-17-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2001 AL-1.151-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
2001 AL-7.90-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
2001 AL-2.47-10

Innings
2001 AL-233.7-3

Games Started
2001 AL-34-3

Comp. Games
2001 AL-4-5

Shutouts
1999 AL-1-6
2000 AL-1-4
2001 AL-2-4
2002 AL-1-9
2005 AL-1-5

Losses
2000 AL-15-2
2001 AL-13-5

Wild Pitches
2000 AL-11-5
2001 AL-11-4

Batters Faced
2001 AL-957-5

Adjusted ERA+
2001 AL-145-1

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (952) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1995.

October 9, 1997: Sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Minnesota Twins to complete an earlier deal made on August 20, 1997. The Seattle Mariners sent players to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Roberto Kelly. The Seattle Mariners sent Joe Mays (October 9, 1997) and Jeromy Palki (minors) (October 9, 1997) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

May 8, 2006: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

May 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Minnesota Twins$200,000
2000Minnesota Twins$240,000
2001Minnesota Twins$260,000
2002Minnesota Twins$2,350,000
2003Minnesota Twins$4,150,000
2004Minnesota Twins$5,750,000
2005Minnesota Twins$7,250,000
2006Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,200,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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