Kirby Puckett

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 178lb (173cm, 80kg)

Born: March 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL us

Died: March 6, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Triton College (River Grove, IL).

High School: Calumet HS (Chicago, IL)

Schools: Triton College (River Grove, IL), Bradley University (Peoria, IL)

Debut: May 8, 1984 (Age 24-055d, 14,891st in major league history)
vs. CAL 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1995 (Age 35-198d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2001. (Voted by BBWAA on 423/515 ballots)
View Kirby Puckett's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Kirby Puckett

Nicknames: Puck

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Hall of Fame
10x All-Star
2x World Series
6x Gold Glove
6x Silver Slugger
Batting Title
ALCS MVP
AS MVP
Clemente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.1

7244

2304

207

.318

1071

RBI

1085

134

OBP

.360

SLG

.477

OPS

.837

OPS+

124

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-8 / in Starts: 16-8
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	3 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1987	ALCS g1	Oct 7	MIN		DET	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	3	1.28	0.277	33.41	4.40%	0.59	CF
2	1987	ALCS g2	Oct 8	MIN		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	3	.55	-0.055	14.48	-0.80%	-0.89	CF
3	1987	ALCS g3	Oct 10	MIN	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	3	1.85	-0.196	38.45	-2.25%	-1.36	CF
4	1987	ALCS g4	Oct 11	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.389	.556	3	.91	0.107	27.56	1.81%	0.54	CF
5	1987	ALCS g5	Oct 12	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.208	.208	.375	.583	3	.71	0.062	12.40	0.72%	0.75	CF
6	1987	WS g1	Oct 17	MIN		STL	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.345	.552	3	.37	-0.053	19.46	-1.73%	-0.52	CF
7	1987	WS g2	Oct 18	MIN		STL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.333	.545	3	.61	0.053	32.52	1.53%	-0.25	CF
8	1987	WS g3	Oct 20	MIN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.243	.389	.632	3	.94	0.046	39.27	1.25%	0.30	CF
9	1987	WS g4	Oct 21	MIN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.262	.375	.637	3	.57	0.021	34.92	0.58%	0.54	CF
10	1987	WS g5	Oct 22	MIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.239	.341	.580	3	1.20	-0.124	99.48	-5.64%	-1.27	CF
11	1987	WS g6	Oct 24	MIN		STL	W,11-5	CG	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.314	.396	.710	3	.93	0.197	84.26	10.17%	2.50	CF
12	1987	WS g7	Oct 25	MIN		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.327	.423	.750	3	1.60	0.016	267.33	2.28%	-0.34	CF
1991 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1991	ALCS g1	Oct 8	MIN		TOR	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.84	-0.044	21.90	-0.65%	-0.82	CF
14	1991	ALCS g2	Oct 9	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	3	1.67	0.021	44.38	0.38%	0.56	CF
15	1991	ALCS g3	Oct 11	MIN	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	3	1.13	0.066	35.59	1.07%	0.39	CF
16	1991	ALCS g4	Oct 12	MIN	@	TOR	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.389	.625	1.014	3	.45	0.133	13.71	2.23%	1.40	CF
17	1991	ALCS g5	Oct 13	MIN	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.435	.762	1.197	3	1.33	0.346	23.38	3.89%	2.20	CF
18	1991	WS g1	Oct 19	MIN		ATL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.370	.640	1.010	3	.64	-0.057	33.33	-1.65%	-1.18	CF
19	1991	WS g2	Oct 20	MIN		ATL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.310	.323	.552	.874	3	.96	-0.159	51.08	-4.66%	-1.79	CF
20	1991	WS g3	Oct 22	MIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG(12)	6	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.351	.606	.957	4	2.41	-0.053	100.48	-1.75%	0.40	CF
21	1991	WS g4	Oct 23	MIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.341	.568	.909	3	1.35	-0.113	82.25	-3.86%	-0.75	CF
22	1991	WS g5	Oct 24	MIN	@	ATL	L,5-14	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.349	.564	.913	3	.89	0.008	73.96	0.21%	0.58	CF
23	1991	WS g6	Oct 26	MIN		ATL	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	4	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.349	.375	.698	1.073	3	1.50	0.593	135.09	29.45%	2.76	CF
24	1991	WS g7	Oct 27	MIN		ATL	W,1-0	CG(10)	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.396	.667	1.063	3	2.36	0.018	394.00	1.64%	0.55	CF
									109	97	16	30	3	2	5	16	8	4	17	1	1	2		1	3	0	.309	.361	.536	.897

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