Three Strikes: Mauer power edition

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | Print Entry

STRIKE ONE -- MAUER POWER DEPT.

Joe Mauer woke up Wednesday with a .383 batting average. And you don't often see a number like that on the old leader board this late in a season.

Mauer

Mauer

Since George Brett found himself hitting .404, with a .460 OBP and .676 SLG, through Aug. 18 during his run at .400 in 1980, only one other hitter has had a batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage as high as Mauer's (.383/.448/.653) on this date. That was Todd Helton (.399/.487/.724), with an assist from altitudinous Coors Field, back in 2000.

 
 

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  • Jayson Stark Jayson Stark

    Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.

    Stark also makes regular television appearances on "SportsCenter," "The Hot List" and "Baseball Tonight." He is a regular ESPN Radio guest of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" (Wednesdays), "GameNight" (Thursdays) and the "Sports Bash" (Tuesdays), as well as numerous other shows on the network.

    Before arriving at ESPN, Stark worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years. He was twice named Pennsylvania's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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