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Joe Mauer is the Major League Baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins.
In 2006, he garnered attention from the national media as he recorded .528 batting average. On that same year, he won Pitcher of the Month and Rookie of the Month. He was selected by the players to his first All-Star Game and appeared on the cover of August 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated. He ended the year winning the Silver Slugger award. Early the following year, The Twins signed him a $33 million contract to keep him playing long enough until 2010. In 2008, he won his first Gold Glove. He was voted fourth behind Dustin Pedroia, Justin Morneau, and Kevin Youkilis. In March 2009, he was diagnosed with inflammation in the sacroiliac joint. This did not stop him from reaching the top. On November 23, 2009, Mauer was named the 2009 American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers of America, with twenty-seven of twenty-eight first place votes. This made Mauer the second catcher in 33 years to win the A.L. MVP.