JOE MAUER THE HOMETOWN TWIN
Age: 35. Born April 19, 1983 in St. Paul.
Family: wife Maddie; twin daughters Maren and Emily, 5. The Mauers are expecting in November.
High school: Cretin-Derham Hall. He was the Gatorade national baseball and football (quarterback) player of the year, and was also a two-time all-state basketball player.
Drafted: first overall, 2001. He turned down a football scholarship at Florida State to sign with the Twins.
Major league seasons: 15, six All-Star selections.
Position: played catcher until 2014, when he moved to first base because of concern over concussions.
Batting titles: 3, a major league record for a catcher.
Best season: 2009, American League MVP. Led majors in hitting (.365) with 28 home runs and 96 RBI in only 134 games and won a Gold Glove.