Among his peers

Joe Mauer certainly appears destined to have his Twins uniform number retired. Here’s how the five former Twins hitters who have had their uniform number retired fared through the season in which they turned 30, and after:

Harmon Killebrew

Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg.

18-30 1270 4397 1158 158 14 337 855 .263

31-39 1165 3750 928 132 10 237 729 .247

Tony Oliva

Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg.

23-30 912 3550 1094 213 36 132 535 .308

31-37 764 2751 823 116 12 88 412 .299

Rod Carew

Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg.

21-30 1328 5055 1658 241 64 55 563 .328

31-39 1141 4260 1395 204 48 37 452 .327

Kirby Puckett

Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg.

24-30 1070 4395 1407 237 41 108 586 .320

31-35 713 2849 897 177 16 99 499 .315

Kent Hrbek

Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Avg.

21-30 1299 4670 1353 250 16 223 803 .290

31-34 448 1522 396 62 2 70 283 .260