2009 AL SILVER SLUGGER AWARDS

The Silver Slugger Awards are given to the players deemed to be the best offensive performers at their positions, voted on by Major League managers and coaches.

POS
PLAYER
HR
RBI
AVG

1B
M. Teixeira, Yankees
39
122
.292

2B
Aaron …

“Obviously, I’ve had time to reflect on stuff like [the contract], but mostly it’s been on the year in general,” Mauer said. “I’m starting to appreciate what happened the last year. The run we made …

Mauer, 26, received his second Gold Glove Award on Tuesday and today, he will win his third Silver Slugger Award as the best-hitting player at his position. Mauer has one more year remaining on the …

As the Minnesota Twins’ top executive under the Pohlad family ownership, Jerry Bell has helped negotiate and approve the team’s biggest player contracts in history. The Twins and representatives for catcher Joe Mauer, who can …

Twins catcher’s fielding percentage third in AL at position

MINNEAPOLIS — There is no question about the impact Joe Mauer’s bat had on the Minnesota lineup in 2009, but the club was reminded just how critical …

Twins catcher up for several awards, including top honor
MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Mauer has already been named the American League’s Player of the Year for 2009 by his fellow players and by the Negro Leagues Baseball …

I am slowly adding HQ pictures (to make the off season go a little faster !) to the gallery.
These are from June 22, 2006.
Please visit the gallery for the larger HQ versions!
Enjoy!

You can vote for Joe in the 2009 This Week in Baseball Awards!
He is nominated for the follow categories:

Play of the Year
Hitter of the Year

You can visit the site for the 2009 TWIB Awards here

This is an original song that our band The Badinovs wrote called “Midway Joe” for the special “Spotlight on Joe Mauer”. The CD of the song is available thru CDBaby.com

By JOE CHRISTENSEN
After the painstaking offseason Joe Mauer had last year, Twins General Manager Bill Smith seemed thrilled to report Tuesday that Mauer is expecting some normalcy this winter.
Mauer went to Baltimore last week for …

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A great unofficial fan site for Jason that has lots of great media, news, and information
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MINNEAPOLIS — The award season is just getting under way, but it looks to be a very busy one for Twins catcher Joe Mauer.
Mauer was selected as the American League Outstanding Player in 2009 by …