According to baseball-reference, Mauer has 889 starts at C & 809 @ 1B/DH/OF. He hasn't been behind the plate since 2013. Not logged 100+ starts @ C since 2010. Looking at his numbers exclusively thru the prism of a catcher distorts the reality of his legitimacy as a HOF.
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