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Terry
Puhl		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 8, 1956 in Can, SK, MELVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1979    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 20 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1978 21 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 9
1979 22 PHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1980 23 PHN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1981 24 MON NL $ 1,440,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
1982 25 MON NL $ 1,440,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1983 26 MON NL $ 2,985,714   7 7 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1984 27 MON NL $ 2,985,714   7 7 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7
1985 28 MON NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1986 29 MON NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 6 5 6 7 7
1987 30 MON NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1988 31 MON NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1989 32 COL NL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1990 33 COL NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 9
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
1977 20 PHN NL 54 188 24 42 7 2 1 20 8 0 21 16 .223 .300 .298 .598 18.4 2.0
    AAA   102 373 61 116 22 8 9 47 13 3 60 19 .311 .406 .485 .892 72.7  
1978 21 PHN NL 103 387 47 106 19 3 4 50 14 4 43 23 .274 .347 .370 .717 51.0 10.6
    AAA   53 195 19 47 7 1 3 19 4 3 25 17 .241 .327 .333 .661 22.5  
1979 22 PHN NL 145 523 51 119 26 7 4 53 13 14 47 49 .228 .290 .327 .617 47.0 3.9
1980 23 PHN NL 99 314 50 85 16 4 3 26 18 2 30 39 .271 .336 .376 .712 40.3 9.2
1981 24 PHN NL 9 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 0.2 0.0
    AAA   80 248 30 81 13 2 5 40 5 5 31 22 .327 .401 .456 .857 42.9  
1982 25 MON NL 156 576 64 163 39 7 5 81 21 11 53 63 .283 .345 .401 .746 76.8 17.9
1983 26 MON NL 155 567 56 138 38 5 4 53 11 11 48 70 .243 .305 .349 .654 53.6 5.6
1984 27 MON NL 143 484 50 128 24 7 6 52 9 13 44 65 .264 .330 .380 .710 56.2 11.6
1985 28 MON NL 151 546 77 149 32 5 2 73 19 13 55 52 .273 .339 .361 .700 66.0 15.1
1986 29 MON NL 143 483 73 139 25 1 4 56 23 9 44 57 .288 .349 .369 .718 61.7 12.8
1987 30 MON NL 130 473 63 138 26 3 2 52 19 10 45 60 .292 .355 .372 .727 60.2 11.9
1988 31 MON NL 123 398 56 117 18 4 7 59 16 6 27 60 .294 .340 .412 .752 51.9 10.8
1989 32 COL NL 132 466 67 135 32 6 4 62 3 3 44 69 .290 .351 .410 .761 62.7 12.9
1990 33 COL NL 122 465 69 133 31 6 4 62 0 0 39 89 .286 .340 .404 .744 61.5 12.1
14 Years Sim 1665 5881 748 1594 333 60 50 699 174 97 541 713 .271 .333 .374 .707 707.6 136.5
3 Years AAA 235 816 110 244 42 11 17 106 22 11 116 58 .299 .387 .440 .827 138.1  
162 Game Average 572 72 155 32 5 4 68 16 9 52 69 .271 .333 .374 .707 68.8  
Career Highs 156 576 77 163 39 7 7 81 23 14 55 89 .294 .355 .412 .761 76.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4675 613 1319 281 49 40 577 148 74 459 533 .282 .347 .389 .736 622.2
vs LH   1206 135 275 52 11 10 122 26 23 82 180 .228 .278 .314 .592 100.1
Home 834 2911 369 768 162 33 24 363 82 49 271 362 .264 .327 .367 .694 345.5
Away 831 2970 379 826 171 27 26 336 92 48 270 351 .278 .339 .380 .719 376.8
RISP   1520 0 436 91 16 11 598 0 0 170 190 .287 .356 .389 .746 210.7
Pinch Hitting   97 16 29 4 1 3 25 2 0 6 14 .299 .343 .454 .796 14.6
Close/Late   722 89 200 33 5 8 98 0 0 75 81 .277 .343 .370 .713 92.9
Mar/Apr 253 883 119 247 51 17 5 102 32 19 84 106 .280 .344 .393 .737 115.8
May 286 1026 137 291 62 7 12 125 30 15 92 125 .284 .344 .393 .736 135.5
June 279 975 129 248 72 11 5 116 22 15 86 116 .254 .316 .366 .682 109.1
July 241 855 111 234 43 8 7 105 26 15 75 96 .274 .334 .367 .702 103.1
August 325 1150 146 343 66 10 15 149 37 20 105 133 .298 .357 .412 .769 164.0
Sep/Oct 281 992 106 231 39 7 6 102 27 13 99 137 .233 .303 .304 .607 94.8
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
1977 20 PHN NL CF 53 53 456.3 115 8 1 1 .992 2.43   1.5
1978 21 PHN NL CF 96 95 851.0 244 7 2 2 .992 2.65   2.4
    LF 7 5 53.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 22 PHN NL CF 139 137 1219.7 362 13 1 4 .997 2.77   5.4
    RF 2 1 10.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.20    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 23 PHN NL CF 62 56 503.7 138 4 0 2 1.000 2.54   2.5
    LF 14 11 108.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.07    
    RF 8 6 61.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.54    
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 24 PHN NL LF 4 2 24.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1982 25 MON NL CF 145 143 1290.0 346 12 1 3 .997 2.50   4.7
    LF 9 2 37.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1983 26 MON NL CF 150 146 1300.3 383 8 1 2 .997 2.71   5.1
    LF 3 0 15.3 6 1 0 1 1.000 4.11    
    RF 2 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1984 27 MON NL CF 139 137 1176.7 308 10 1 4 .997 2.43   1.8
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1985 28 MON NL CF 145 144 1243.7 333 11 1 5 .997 2.49   5.3
    RF 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1986 29 MON NL CF 119 116 1022.7 273 6 1 1 .996 2.46   3.6
    RF 11 4 50.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.34    
    LF 12 2 40.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.89    
1987 30 MON NL CF 112 108 938.0 262 4 0 1 1.000 2.55   2.3
    RF 9 5 58.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    LF 5 3 30.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1988 31 MON NL CF 103 103 847.3 201 8 1 3 .995 2.22   2.4
    RF 5 3 35.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    LF 9 1 17.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1989 32 COL NL LF 115 103 929.0 193 5 0 0 1.000 1.92   3.0
    RF 12 3 39.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    CF 3 2 19.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.37    
1990 33 COL NL LF 121 113 1007.7 212 9 0 3 1.000 1.97   2.8
  CF 1266 1240 10868.3 2969 92 10 28 .997 2.53   37.0
  LF 304 243 2279.3 471 17 0 4 1.000 1.93   5.9
  RF 59 22 279.7 88 1 0 1 1.000 2.86    
  SS 3 0 7.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1633 1505 13435.3 3528 113 10 34 .997 2.44   43.0
Career Highs   155 146 1329.7 391 13 2 5 1.000 2.80    
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
1985 28 MON NL 5 20 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .300 .300 .400 .700
1986 29 MON NL 11 37 5 11 2 1 0 4 2 1 2 10 .297 .325 .405 .730
1988 31 MON NL 4 14 4 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .643 1.071
1989 32 COL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 22 73 10 23 7 1 0 9 2 2 2 11 .315 .329 .438 .767
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.
Games
1982-3-156
1983-9-155
 Doubles
1982-8-39
1983-10-38
 Triples
1982-6-7
1984-6-7
1990-7-6
 Caught Stealing
1979-7-14
1982-10-11
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1977
Injured on 5/15/1977 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 8/2/1977, off Fernando Arroyo (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1977, off Steve Stone (NYG)
Injured on 7/5/1979 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1979
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,440,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia to Montreal on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: P Charlie Leibrandt, CF Lloyd Moseby, P Pete Ladd, P Gary Serum, CF Terry Puhl. Going to PHN: DH Bobby Bonds)
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,440,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1982, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,985,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,985,714 through salary arbitration
10/13/1984: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 8/4/1988
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Colorado on 2/2/1989 (Going to MON: C Junior Ortiz. Going to COL: CF Terry Puhl)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1990, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Miami on 7/24/1990
 
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