Kevin Maas Stats

Kevin Maas was born on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, in Castro Valley, California. Maas was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 29, 1990, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kevin Maas baseball stats page.

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"I always kind of liked to be the second-best player on a team. In some ways, I'd almost rather sit behind another All-Star and do my deal and be an All-Star with him and set records and do whatever, never be the Deion Sanders (Maas' teammate on the New York Yankees during his 1990 rookie campaign). I would have loved to hid behind Deion, been an All-Star and let Deion get all the press. But in New York, it didn't happen that way. I ended up having all the press and while it was okay and it was great, I don't think I really needed it to feel good about things." - Kevin Maas in Where Have All Our Yankees Gone? (Brian Jensen, Taylor Trade Publishing, 03/29/2004, Page 160)

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Kevin Maas Autograph on a 1991 Fleer Baseball Card (#672)

Kevin Maas Autograph on a 1991 Fleer Baseball Card (#672)

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Birth Name:   Kevin Christian Maas
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-20-1965  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Castro Valley, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, CA)
College:   University of California, Berkeley
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   209
First Game:   06-29-1990 (Age 25)
Last Game:   06-20-1995
Draft:   1986 : 22nd Round (572nd)

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Kevin Maas Pitching Stats

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Kevin Maas Hitting Stats

1990 25 Yankees 79 254 42 64 9 0 21 0 41 43 10 76 0 0 3 2 .252 .367 .535
1991 26 Yankees 148 500 69 110 14 1 23 0 63 83 3 128 0 5 4 4 .220 .333 .390
1992 27 Yankees 98 286 35 71 12 0 11 0 35 25 4 63 0 4 0 1 .248 .305 .406
1993 28 Yankees 59 151 20 31 4 0 9 0 25 24 2 32 0 1 1 2 .205 .316 .411
1995 30 Twins 22 57 5 11 4 0 1 0 5 7 2 11 0 0 0 4 .193 .281 .316
5 Years 406 1,248 171 287 43 1 65 0 169 182 21 310 0 10 8 13 .230 .329 .422

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Kevin Maas Fielding Stats

1990 Yankees 1B 57 53 1,440 530 9.3 521 486 35 9 45 n/a n/a n/a .983 9.77
1991 Yankees 1B 36 35 942 346 9.6 340 317 23 6 22 n/a n/a n/a .983 9.75
1992 Yankees 1B 22 15 420 148 6.7 146 142 4 2 11 n/a n/a n/a .986 9.39
1993 Yankees 1B 17 11 285 122 7.2 120 115 5 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .984 11.37
1995 Twins 1B 8 5 141 47 5.9 44 43 1 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .936 8.43
1B Totals 140 119 3,228 1,193 8.5 1,171 1,103 68 22 95 n/a n/a n/a .982 9.79
5 Years 140 119 3,228 1,193 8.5 1,171 1,103 68 22 95 n/a n/a n/a .982 9.79

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Kevin Maas Miscellaneous Stats

1990 Yankees 1 2 .333 8 0 18 12.1 3.3 6.2 - - -
1991 Yankees 5 1 .833 9 0 109 21.7 3.9 7.9 - - -
1992 Yankees 3 1 .750 24 1 62 26.0 4.5 8.2 - - -
1993 Yankees 1 1 .500 14 1 31 16.8 4.7 6.0 - - -
1995 Twins 0 0 .000 7 0 12 57.0 5.2 11.4 - - -
5 Years 10 5 .667 62 2 232 19.2 4.0 7.4 - - -

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Kevin Maas Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1990 New York Yankees 24 $100,000.00 - -
1991 New York Yankees 24 $250,000.00 - -
1992 New York Yankees 24 $255,000.00 - -
1993 New York Yankees 24 $255,000.00 - -
1995 Minnesota Twins 24 $295,000.00 - -

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Kevin Christian Maas was a Major League Baseball player with the New York Yankees (1990-1993) and Minnesota Twins (1995). After getting called-up from the Columbus Clippers in 1990, Kevin hit twenty-one home runs in only seventy-nine games, finishing second in The Sporting News Rookie Player of the Year Award voting to Sandy Alomar, Jr.!

Don Mattingly, the regular (six-time All-Star) first baseman for the Bronx Bombers, was on the injured list, dealing with degenerated disks in his back, prompting the Yanks to give Maas an opportunity in 1990. Kevin hit his ninth and tenth career home run in a game on August 2, 1990, then after a game on August 6th, the New York Times wrote:

Maas, the rookie first baseman who began the day having collected 10 home runs faster than anyone in major league baseball history, hurried his 11th out of the ball park with one out in the seventh inning yesterday to lift the Yankees to a 2-1 triumph over the Cleveland Indians at the Stadium.

'A hanging breaking ball,' Maas said when asked what pitch of Greg Swindell's he hit. 'A slider, a curve, I don't know. It was spinning.'

The ball was nothing short of hurtling an instant later, crunched via a giant arc well into the upper deck in right field. "I'm trying to keep things in perspective," said the 25-year-old Maas, who was called up from the minors and has 11 home runs in 93 times at bat. "A player who hits a home run every nine at-bats is not what I am. But I know what people will begin to expect. All I can do is keep them excited."

Did you know that Kevin Maas was the first player in big league history to hit 20-or-more home runs in a season (1990), where ALL of them were hit after the first of July? Do you know what player next duplicated this feat in 2009? [Answer]