Highlights
- First catcher in major league history to lead both leagues in batting average, 2006
- First American League catcher to win the batting title (.347 avg.), 2006, 2008-09.
- 3X Silver Slugger Award, 2006, 08-09
- 3X All-Star, 2006, 2008, 2009
- AL MVP, 2009
- Gold Glove, 2008, 2009
While Joe Mauer's career is still young, it has certainly been distinguished. Joe reflects the SKLZ ethos of hard work and dedicated training to reach your goals. This started early on, when Joe's dad created the original QuickSwing gravity-drop baseball swing trainer from coffee cans to help his sons develop fast hands and great reaction time.