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Kirby
Puckett		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 14, 1961 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 MIN AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2 7 6 6
1985 24 MIN AL     6 6 7 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 7
1986 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1987 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1988 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 7
1989 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 7
1990 29 MIN AL $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 23 AAA   137 538 58 162 19 4 4 51 11 2 33 72 .301 .342 .374 .715 67.6  
1985 24 AAA   137 561 52 168 17 0 5 43 7 5 15 77 .299 .318 .357 .674 59.5  
1986 25 MIN AL 52 208 26 63 7 2 4 22 3 0 6 30 .303 .324 .413 .738 25.8 5.9
    AAA   84 330 27 93 15 5 2 33 4 4 13 45 .282 .309 .376 .685 35.5  
1987 26 MIN AL 151 562 55 140 41 1 5 61 2 3 22 84 .249 .278 .352 .630 47.1 3.0
1988 27 MIN AL 115 374 53 98 15 3 9 55 0 1 19 48 .262 .304 .390 .694 41.4 5.6
1989 28 MIN AL 126 436 69 125 26 5 8 66 1 0 20 55 .287 .318 .424 .742 54.8 10.8
1990 29 MIN AL 144 523 69 156 35 8 2 64 4 1 12 57 .298 .315 .407 .722 56.2 8.6
5 Years Sim 588 2103 272 582 124 19 28 268 10 5 79 274 .277 .305 .394 .698 225.3 33.9
3 Years AAA 358 1429 137 423 51 9 11 127 22 11 61 194 .296 .326 .367 .694 162.5  
162 Game Average 579 74 160 34 5 7 73 2 1 21 75 .277 .305 .394 .698 62.1  
Career Highs 151 562 69 156 41 8 9 66 4 3 22 84 .303 .324 .424 .742 56.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1437 183 385 84 12 19 192 8 1 47 189 .268 .293 .383 .676 151.4
vs LH   666 89 197 40 7 9 76 2 4 32 85 .296 .329 .417 .746 84.5
Home 296 1044 146 295 61 12 12 126 5 2 38 150 .283 .310 .398 .709 120.0
Away 292 1059 126 287 63 7 16 142 5 3 41 124 .271 .299 .389 .688 115.9
RISP   531 0 173 31 9 9 223 0 0 29 59 .326 .357 .469 .826 82.1
Pinch Hitting   34 3 7 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 3 .206 .250 .294 .544 2.3
Close/Late   231 19 50 13 2 2 27 0 0 7 35 .216 .239 .316 .556 15.8
Mar/Apr 110 426 59 124 21 6 4 51 2 1 13 49 .291 .312 .397 .709 49.1
May 126 475 58 137 24 2 7 62 8 1 19 70 .288 .320 .392 .712 56.6
June 90 327 44 78 25 3 3 40 0 1 8 51 .239 .261 .361 .622 27.4
July 80 269 37 73 19 3 6 39 0 1 15 32 .271 .309 .431 .740 33.9
August 91 308 34 76 17 2 2 38 0 0 5 38 .247 .261 .334 .596 24.1
Sep/Oct 91 298 40 94 18 3 6 38 0 1 19 34 .315 .355 .456 .812 44.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1986 25 MIN AL CF 38 38 334.0 79 0 1 0 .988 2.13   0.7
    LF 11 11 100.0 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.98    
    1B 2 1 13.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 10.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1987 26 MIN AL CF 93 93 811.7 239 4 1 2 .996 2.69   3.0
    1B 53 51 441.7 509 40 3 41 .995 11.19   1.1
    RF 4 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1988 27 MIN AL LF 57 56 490.3 84 2 1 1 .989 1.58   2.5
    RF 33 26 231.3 52 1 2 1 .964 2.06    
    CF 14 9 93.0 37 1 0 1 1.000 3.68    
    1B 4 2 19.0 23 3 0 3 1.000 12.32   0.1
1989 28 MIN AL CF 109 105 903.0 270 6 1 4 .996 2.75   5.1
    LF 5 5 40.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 7 2 27.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    1B 2 0 7.3 10 3 1 1 .929 15.96   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 11.59   0.0
1990 29 MIN AL CF 127 115 1020.3 277 5 2 2 .993 2.49   4.7
    1B 4 3 28.0 28 0 1 1 .966 9.00   0.0
    LF 3 2 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00    
  CF 381 360 3162.0 902 16 5 9 .995 2.61   13.5
  LF 78 74 658.3 121 3 1 2 .992 1.70   2.5
  1B 65 57 509.0 584 47 5 46 .992 11.16   1.3
  RF 46 30 281.3 60 1 2 1 .968 1.95    
  SS 1 0 2.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 11.59   0.0
Career Totals   571 521 4613.0 1669 68 13 59 .993 3.39   17.3
Career Highs   152 145 1268.3 749 44 4 43 .995 5.63    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1990 29 MIN AL 13 34 4 10 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 5 .294 .294 .412 .706
Career Post-Season Batting 13 34 4 10 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 5 .294 .294 .412 .706
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1987-9-41
 Triples
1990-2-8
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Mel Hall (970)
  2. Glenn Wilson (967)
  3. Hersh Martin (967)
  4. Myril Hoag (962)
  5. Nick Cullop (958)
  6. Mark McLemore (957)
  7. Al Wingo (956)
  8. Jimmy Wasdell (956)
  9. John Kruk (955)
  10. Terry Moore (951)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1984
Injured on 7/23/1984 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/5/1986, off Rob Dressler (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1986, off Rob Dressler (SEM)
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia on 4/15/1990
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/24/1990
 
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