Jim Maler
James Michael Maler (born August 16, 1958 in New York City) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners from to . He was tall and he weighed 230 pounds. The draft and minor league career Jim Maler was the "Miami Herald Athlete Of The Year" in 1976 while playing baseball, football and basketball at Coral Gables High School. He was the University of Miami "Athlete Of The Year" in 1977 while playing baseball and football at UM. His freshman hitting streak record lasted 30 years until it was broken in 2007. Maler was taken in the first round, fifth overall, in the January Regular Phase draft by the Mariners out of Miami-Dade College (University of Miami). Maler suffered a severe knee injury his first year in the minor leagues with Seattle, which slowed his career. A power hitter in the minors, he hit as high as .310, hit as many as 24 home runs and drove in as many as 100 runs. Maler hit 97 home runs, 170 doubles, 27 triples and over 500 RBIs in his minor league career. Major league career On September 3, , at the age of 22,