Jake Mauer

Donald Mauer

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.
• School University of St. Thomas
• High School Cretin-Derham High School

• Born December 20, 1978 in St. Paul, MN USA

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Biographical Information

The brother of All-Star Joe Mauer and minor leaguer Bill Mauer and great-nephew of John Mauer Sr. and Ken Mauer, infielder Jake Mauer was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round of the 2001 amateur draft (the same year Joe was taken with the first overall pick).

The older Mauer had hit .391 in college and was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American. He set school records in hits (243) and runs (181).

Mauer played five seasons in the Twins farm system, hitting .265 in 365 games. The Mauer brothers debuted with the same team, the Elizabethton Twins. Jake hit .155/.310/.172, a far cry from Joe's .400/.492/.491 line, while backing up at third base. In 2002, Jake and Joe again were teammates all year, this time with the Quad City River Bandits. Jake batted .226/.334/.262 in 84 games, fielding a crisp .993 at second base, where he was the starter. Had he qualified, he would have led Midwest League second basemen in fielding percentage - Ruben Gotay was the official leader at .973.

The brothers kept pace for part of one more year, 2003, when they played for the Fort Myers Miracle before Joe was promoted. The gap narrowed further, with Joe only having a 56-point edge in average and 43 points in OBP. Jake batted .279/.352/.303 in 109 games, now primarily at shortstop, where he fielded .983. He again would have had the best fielding percentage for his position and league had he qualified.

In 2004, Jake hit .258/.311/.325 in 101 games for the New Britain Rock Cats as the main third baseman for the AA team. He bounced around in an injury plagued final season in 2005 - 2 for 6 for the GCL Twins, .319/.365/.362 in 19 games for Fort Myers and .250/.314/.313 in 25 games for New Britain.

Mauer was a coach for the GCL Twins in 2006-2007. In 2008, he took over as the team's manager, then moved to the Fort Myers Miracle in 2010. In 2013, he was named manager of the Cedar Rapids Kernels in the Midwest League. In 2017, he moved up to the AA Chattanooga Lookouts.

Sources include USA Today article

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2008	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	35-21	2nd	Minnesota Twins	Lost in 1st round
2009	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	34-21	3rd	Minnesota Twins	Lost in 1st round
2010	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	64-74	9th	Minnesota Twins
2011	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	63-76	10th	Minnesota Twins
2012	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	60-75	9th	Minnesota Twins
2013	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	88-50	1st	Minnesota Twins	Lost in 1st round
2014	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	73-67	3rd	Minnesota Twins	Lost in 2nd round
2015	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	77-63	4th	Minnesota Twins	Lost League Finals
2017	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	91-49	1st	Minnesota Twins	League Co-Champs