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
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