Luke and his wife, Paige, have two daughters...Graduated from Covington Catholic (Ky.) High School, where he played golf and basketball in addition to baseball...he was named Kentucky’s Gatorade Player of the Year after his senior season...Attended the University of Kentucky, where he was named to the 2012 All-SEC Second Team as a junior and was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award...His cousin, Michael Mayer, also a graduate of Covington Catholic and a tight end at Notre Dame, was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft...His father, Rich, was a cornerback on the University of Dayton football team before transferring to the University of Kentucky, where he also played football...His grandfather, Dick Maile, was an All-American in basketball at Louisiana State University...In 2023, was inducted into Buddy LaRosa’s High School Sports Hall of Fame, along with Madeira High School 2013 graduate and current Major Leaguer Andrew Benintendi & Mount Notre Dame 2013 graduate and USWNT soccer star Rose Lavelle.
2025
Appeared in 25 games with the Royals in 2025, including 15 starts at catcher...he had two stints with the Royals, as he had his contract selected on May 2 but was designated for assignment on May 19, after which he was outrighted to the Minors...on July 4, he had his contract selected again and spent the remainder of the season with the big league club...Homered in his first game as a Royal on May 4 in Baltimore, becoming the 19th different player to homer in his first game with the franchise and the first since Nelson Velázquez homered in his Royals debut on Aug. 11, 2023...His home run on May 4 came in the eighth inning and it matched a franchise record for home runs in a game (6)...Michael Massey homered in the ninth inning to set a new club record (7)...Pitched a scoreless eighth inning on Sept. 8 in Cleveland, marking his 11th career pitching appearance...he became the first Royals position player to pitch since Garrett Hampson on Aug. 25, 2024 vs. the Phillies...Over 24 games with Triple-A Omaha, he slashed .280/.416/.354 (23-for-82) with 18 walks, three doubles, one home run, 12 RBI and 13 runs scored.
2024
Appeared in 55 games with the Reds in 2024, including 49 games (44 starts) at catcher and three games at pitcher...His seven career pitching appearances with the Reds match Mel D. Queen (1966-69) for the second-most by a Cincinnati primary position player since 1900, trailing only Rube Bressler (13 games from 1917-20), according to Elias...Reached base safely in a season-high 11 straight games from May 8-June 9, a stretch in which he tallied seven hits, three walks and three hit-by-pitches...Was the second-longest on-base streak of his career, trailing only a 16-game run from July 16-Aug. 27, 2022...Both of his home runs in 2024 came at Great American Ball Park and off left-handed pitchers...Of his 21 career home runs, he’s hit 10 against left-handers...On Aug. 20 at Toronto, he became just the third Reds primary position player since 1893 to pitch at least 2.0 perfect innings a game, along with Rube Bressler (3.0 IP) on May 20, 1919 at the New York Giants and Heinie Peitz (2.0 IP) on Aug. 20, 1897 at Philadelphia, according to Elias...Was placed on the injured list from July 5-Aug. 2 with a herniated disc...Completed a two-game rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville.
2023
Would have been a free agent following the World Series but on 10/18 was re-signed to a one-year contract through the 2024 season with a club option for 2025...The Reds went 31-26 in his starts behind the plate and posted a team-best 4.53 ERA while he caught...made one start at DH (5/24 vs StL)…seven times started two consecutive Reds games...did not start three straight Reds games...Caught one of the Reds' six team shutouts (2-0 win, 6/5 vs Mil)…Caught 20 of the 21 games started by rookie Andrew Abbott...missed only Abbott's start on 9/16 at NYM, a 3-2 Reds win, while recovering from a hit by a pitch the night before...Caught 13 of Hunter Greene's 22 starts, including each of Greene's last eight appearances...As the Reds battled for a Postseason berth, in the 11-7 win on 9/26 at Cle became the first Reds catcher to produce in a game a home run, three RBI and a stolen base since Johnny Bench did it on 9/10/78 vs SF at Riverfront Stadium...was Maile's seventh career-high three-hit game...Pitched in the 20-9 loss on 8/1 and again in the next day's 16-6 loss at Wrigley Field (2.1ip, 8h, 7er, 0bb, 0k, 4hr, 51 pitches)...became the first Reds position player to pitch on consecutive days since Al Libke did it in 1945, on 6/10 at Cubs (0.1ip) and 6/11 at StL (1ip)...Maile has seven career Major League pitching appearances, including four this season...he never has walked a batter (7.1ip)…In the 14-3 loss 4/16 vs Phi made his 300th Major League appearance and 243rd career start at catcher...was his 311th career appearance overall.
2022
Was signed by the Guardians during spring training and over 76 appearances and 55 starts caught 513.1 innings, second-most on the team behind Austin Hedges' 839.2 innings (105g, 97gs)... Began the regular season on the 10-day injured list and missed most of April with a left hamstring strain suffered in his third start of spring training, on 3/23... In five Postseason appearances went 1-for-3 with a walk...appeared in one game vs the Rays in the American League Wild Card Series and four games vs the Yankees in the AL Division Series... On 11/18 was not tendered a contract for the 2023 season...10 days later was signed by the Reds to a 1-year contract through the 2023 season.
2021
Signed Major League contract with Milwaukee in the off-season after missing 2020 after a Summer Camp instra-squad game injury cost him the two-month season...Appeared in 15 games with Milwaukee over three stints between AAA Nashville and Milwaukee, making seven starts at catcher...Opened the season at the Alternate Site and was with the Brewers April 27-May 12, Sept. 1-9 and again, Sept. 12-17...Recalled to end the season and was placed on the NLDS roster vs. Atlanta, appearing in two games...Batted .215 with one HR and 13 RBI in 42 games at Triple-A Nashville, spending three weeks on the Injured List (June 24-July 16) with a right hamstring strain...For his career he has thrown out 29% of potential base stealers (38 of 131)...His 20 Defensive Runs Saved from 2016-19 were tied for 12th among all Major League catchers over the span.
2020
Missed the entire 2020 season with Pittsburgh with a fractured right index finger...suffered the injury after being hit by a Geoff Hartlieb pitch during a Summer Camp intrasquad game on 7/16 at PNC Park...Underwent surgery on 7/17, performed by Dr. Ed Birdsong...Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 12/8.
2019
Spent second full season in the Majors with Toronto...Homered on 4/12 vs. Tampa Bay - his first since 6/2/18...Became the 13th position player in team history to pitch when he took the mound on 5/5 at Texas; retired all three batters faced and struck out Shin-soo Choo, joining Steve Tolleson (8/26/14 vs. Boston) as the only Toronto position players to record a strikeout... Snapped an 0-for-22 streak with a single on 5/7 vs. Minnesota...Tossed another scoreless inning on 5/25 vs. San Diego, becoming the fourth position player in Blue Jays history to pitch multiple games in one season (also Bob Bailor - three games in 1980, Jeff Mathis - two games in 2012 and Steve Tolleson - two games in 2014)...Also became the second player in team history to catch and pitch in the same game (Jeff Mathis on 7/25/12 vs. Oakland)...Hit his second home run on 5/20 vs. Boston...Swiped his fourth career base on 6/12 at Baltimore...Recorded his second career triple on 6/30 vs. Kansas City...Was on the injured list with a left oblique strain from 7/24 to 9/13...Threw out seven of the 25 runners (28.0%) attempting to steal against him in 44 games (41 starts) behind the plate.
2018
Set career highs in runs (22), hits (50), doubles (13) and RBI (27) ... Had at least one hit in his first seven games (12-for-25, .480 AVG) for the longest hitting streak of his career, including four doubles and nine RBI (had seven RBI over 46G in 2017) ... Set a club record when he collected a hit in nine consecutive at-bats with a runner in scoring position from Sept. 12, 2017-April 19, 2018 ... Drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 10th inning in Game 2 of a doubleheader on April 17 vs. KC... Was his 1st career walk-off hit...Also collected two RBI in the 7th with a bases-loaded single for his 2nd career 3+ RBI game (Aug. 16, 2016 vs. SD - 4RBI) ... Hit his 1st career triple on May 9 vs. SEA ... Won the game on May 11 vs. BOS with a two-run shot in the 12th for his 1st career walk-off home run and his 1st extra-inning homer... Also tied the game with a 7th-inning blast for his 1st career multi-HR game... Drove in a run in the 2nd with a single, for his 2nd career three-hit effort and 2nd career four-RBI game (matched his personal bests from Aug. 16, 2016 vs. SD) ... On June 2 at DET, doubled to snap a 0-for-20 skid, then hit his 3rd home run for his 3rd career multi-XBH game, all of which were in 2018... Recorded all three of his home runs off left-handed pitchers ... Drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning on June 9 vs. BAL for his 3rd career walk-off plate appearance (all in 2018) ... Placed on Paternity List from Aug. 17-19...He and his wife, Paige, welcomed their first child, Evelyn, on Aug. 17 ... Doubled three times and walked for his 1st career 3-XBH game on Sept. 2 at MIA... Reached base four times for the 2nd time in his career... Became the 5th catcher (6th time) in team history with a three-double game... Marked his 4th career three-hit game (3rd of 2018).
2017
Posted a 3.50 catcher ERA while the Jays went 21-15 in his 36 starts as catcher ... Threw out nine of 26 attempted base stealers (34.6%)…Had nine of the team's 25 CCS (36%) while catching 339.1 of the club's 1465.0 innings (23%) ... Played in a career-high 46 games and matched a personal best with 10 runs scored ... Designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays on April 2…Claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays on April 6 and assigned to Triple-A Buffalo ... Called up to Toronto on April 28 and made his Blue Jays debut that night vs. TB (0-for-3, BB) ... Stole his 1st career base on May 13 vs. SEA...Was part of a double steal which allowed Devon Travis to steal home ... Hit his 1st home run of the season on May 18 at ATL, his first since Sept. 2, 2016 vs. TOR (span of 61 AB)...The HR was followed by another from Marcus Stroman, forming the 1st back-to-back homers by AL batterymates in the post-DH era ... Hit his 2nd home run on May 31 vs. CIN to snap a 0-for-12 hitless streak ... Was placed on the DL with a right-knee injury on July 4 ... Returned from a rehab assignment (5G with Dunedin and 4G with Buffalo) and was reinstated from the DL on Sept. 1 ... Went 7-for-21 (.333) with 3-2B and 2-RBI over his last eight games.
2016
Recalled from Triple-A Durham over the All-Star break…started 35 of the club's 74 games in the second half (34-C, 1-DH)…played 14 innings at 1B off the bench...Caught 7 of 25 attempted base stealers (28.0 pct.), the best rate ever by a Rays rookie backstop (min. 10 SB attempts)...Rays pitchers compiled a 3.14 ERA (301-IP, 105-ER) with Maile behind the plate, compared to a 4.48 ERA with all other catchers...Had a .273 avg. (15-for-55) in 20 games at Tropicana Field, compared to a .188 avg. in 22 games on the road...Had a 10-game stretch from Aug 16-Sep 2 when he hit .429 (12-for-28) with 7 runs, 3 2B, 3 HR and 9 RBI…apart from that, hit .165 (15-for- 91) with 0 HR and 6 RBI in 32 games...Hit the first 3 HR of his career, the first coming on Aug 20 vs. TEX, a solo shot off RH A.J. Griffin...On Aug 30 at BOS, hit a game-tying, 2-run shot in the 7th off LH Drew Pomeranz, becoming the third rookie catcher in the last 60 years to hit a game-tying or go-ahead homer in the 7th inning or later as a visitor at Fenway Park, joining NYM Omir Santos on May 23, 2009 (go-ahead, 9th inning) and MIL Ned Yost on Sep 29, 1982 (go-ahead, 9th inning)...On Sep 2 vs. TOR, his 330-foot homer off LH Francisco Liriano was the shortest at Tropicana Field (Rays or visitors) since StatCast began measuring them in 2015...Had a career-high 3 hits and 4 RBI on Aug 16 vs. SD…his 4 RBI tied the franchise record for a rookie catcher, matching Robinson Chirinos (Aug 3, 2011 vs. TOR) and John Jaso (May 23, 2010 at HOU)…they were the most by a Rays catcher since J.P. Arencibia on Sep 1, 2015 at BAL (6)...On Sep 25 vs. BOS, was charged with an error in the 10th inning when he failed to tag the goahead run in Dustin Pedroia following a David Ortiz double…the call was confirmed after the Rays challenged, resulting in a 3-2 loss...With Durham, hit only .182/.221/.242 (18- for-99) through the end of May but batted .305/.394/.442 (29-for-95) with 2 HR from the start of June until his July 15 call up…threw out 12 of 38 attempted base stealers (31.6 pct.).
2015
Selected from Triple-A Durham on Sep 1...became the 51st player used by the Rays in 2015, one shy of the club record (2000), and 18th rookie, extending the club record…Appeared in 15 games (9 starts) at catcher...of his 9 starts, 5 came with Matt Moore as the starting pitcher...Moore posted a 1.72 ERA (31.1-IP, 6-ER) while paired with Maile…Made his major league debut Sep 1 at BAL as a pinch-hitter, with the Rays leading 11-0...his first start was Sep 5 at NYY...his first career hit and RBI came on Sep 12 vs. BOS, a pinch-hit double off Rick Porcello...became the first Ray to record his first career hit as a pinch-hitter since Tim Beckham on Sep 19, 2013 vs. TEX, and first to have it go for extra bases (as a PH) since Desmond Jennings doubled on Sep 11, 2010 at TOR…Went 2-for-28 (.071) over his first 12 games, through Sep 29...went 4-for-7 (.571) over his last 3 games…Only one runner attempted to steal against him, and Maile threw him out: TOR Ben Revere (31 SB), in the Oct 4 season finale...with Durham, threw out 33.8 pct. (26 of 77) of attempted base stealers-2nd-best rate in the International League…Enters the 2016 season rated the Best Defensive Catcher in the Rays system by Baseball America, for a second straight season.
2013
Spent the full season with Class-A Bowling Green…appeared in 95 games (64-C, 30-DH, 1-1B)…named a midseason and postseason Midwest League All-Star…threw out 36 of 70 attempted base stealers (51.4 percent)…named by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Catcher in the Midwest League…appeared in 4 games with the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League.
