Joe Mays
[edit] Biography
Born on December 10, 1975 in Flint, Michigan, Joe Mays (Joseph Emerson Mays) played for the Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 7 year career. Mays broke into the bigs on April 7, 1999 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.37 ERA in 171 innings pitched in 1999, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Mays's best season was 2001, when he posted a 3.16 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 123 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 49
| 20
| 6
| 11
| 4.37
| 115
| 92
| 83
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 171
| 179
| 24
| 67
| 2
| 6
| 2
|
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 28
| 7
| 15
| 5.56
| 102
| 105
| 99
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 160.1
| 193
| 20
| 67
| 1
| 11
| 2
|
| 2001
| MIN
| A
| 34
| 34
| 17
| 13
| 3.16
| 123
| 87
| 82
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 233.2
| 205
| 25
| 64
| 2
| 11
| 5
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| 17
| 17
| 4
| 8
| 5.38
| 38
| 60
| 57
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 95.1
| 113
| 14
| 25
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 2003
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 21
| 8
| 8
| 6.30
| 50
| 92
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 130
| 159
| 21
| 39
| 2
| 3
| 4
|
| 2005
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 26
| 6
| 10
| 5.65
| 59
| 109
| 98
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 156
| 203
| 23
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 3
|
| 2006
| KC
| A
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 1.27
| 9
| 33
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 38
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 2006
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 7.33
| 16
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 40
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 8.70
| 25
| 56
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.2
| 78
| 11
| 26
| 2
| 6
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 7.33
| 16
| 23
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 40
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 199
| 152
| 48
| 69
| 4.98
| 496
| 578
| 537
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 970
| 1090
| 134
| 317
| 8
| 44
| 18
|
| Total
|
|
| 206
| 156
| 48
| 70
| 5.05
| 512
| 601
| 559
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 997
| 1130
| 138
| 329
| 10
| 47
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| P
| 49
| 20
| 171
| 17
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 5
| 0
| .976
|
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| P
| 31
| 28
| 160.1
| 9
| 24
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 3
| 0
| .943
|
| 2001
| MIN
| A
| P
| 34
| 34
| 233.2
| 17
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 5
| 0
| .978
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| P
| 17
| 17
| 95.1
| 7
| 13
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .909
|
| 2003
| MIN
| A
| P
| 31
| 21
| 130
| 7
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| .964
|
| 2005
| MIN
| A
| P
| 31
| 26
| 156
| 19
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| .973
|
| 2006
| KC
| A
| P
| 6
| 6
| 23.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| CIN
| N
| P
| 7
| 4
| 27
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| P
| 13
| 10
| 50.2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 206
| 156
| 997
| 79
| 130
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 36
| 19
| 1
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1999
| MIN
| A
| 49
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .400
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| .600
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| MIN
| A
| 34
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| MIN
| A
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .500
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| MIN
| A
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| KC
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .222
| .222
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| 13
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .222
| .222
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .222
| .222
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 199
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .267
| .389
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 206
| 24
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .250
| .333
| .333
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed May 24, 1995).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners with Jeromy Palki to Minnesota Twins (October 9, 1997) completing trade in which Minnesota Twins traded Roberto Kelly to Seattle Mariners in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 20, 1997).
- Granted free agency (October 3, 2005).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 3, 2006).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (May 8, 2006).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 19, 2006).
- Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
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