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KIRBY PUCKETT #34

  1. Height: 5'9"
  2. Weight: 225
  3. Bats/Thorws: Right
  4. Position: Outfield
  5. Born: March 14th, 1960 - Chicago, IL
  6. Death: March 6th, 2006 - Pheonix, AZ
  7. Career:
  8. Obtained: Twins' 1st-round draft pick - 1982
  9. 1982 - Elizabethton
  10. 1983 - Visalia
  11. 1984 - Toledo
  12. 1984 - 1995 - Minnesota
  13. Retired: July 12th, 1996
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KIRBY PUCKETT

MINNESOTA, A.L., 1984-1995

A PROVEN TEAM LEADER WITH AN EVER-PRESENT SMILE AND INFECTIOUS EXUBERANCE WHO LED THE TWINS TO WORLD SERIES TITLES IN 1987 AND 1991. OVER 12 SEASONS HIT FOR POWER AD AVERAGE, BATTING .318 WITH 414 DOUBLES AND 207 HOME RUNS. ALSO A PROLIFIC RUN PRODUCER, SCORED 1,071 RUNS AND DROVE IN 1,085 IN 1,783 GAMES. A SIX-TIME GOLD GLOVE WINNER WHO PATROLLED CENTER FIELD WITH ELEGANCE AND STYLE. ROUTINELY SCALING OUTFIELD WALLS TO TAKE AWAY HOME RUNS. THE 10-TIME ALL-STAR'S CAREER ENDED ABRUPTLY DUE TO IRREVERSIBLE REINAL DAMAGE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.