Kirby Puckett

Hall of Fame

Center Field

1984—1995

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
Center Field RANK
#26

Player Detail

Kirby
GIVEN NAME
Puckett
SURNAME
March 14, 1960, in Chicago, IL
BORN
March 6, 2006, in Phoenix, AZ, USA
DIED
1984—1995
Playing Career
Played from 24-35
PLAYING AGE
Minnesota Twins
Teams Played For
Center Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Minnesota Twins
PRIMARY TEAM
1987, 1991
World Series titles
Puck
NICKNAME
34
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-8 / 178
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
May 8, 1984
Major League Debut
September 28, 1995
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Center Fielder —
— Twins ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Kirby Puckett?

Played with passion, hit home run to force Game Seven of 1991 World Series.
Kirby Puckett had his jaw broken in his final career at-bat by a Dennis Martínez fastball on September 28, 1995.
  • Kirby Puckett Scouting Report

70

HITTING

50

POWER

60

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1783
2304
207
1085
.318
10 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
44.3
60.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.837
.734
114.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.318
.360
.477

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Devon White
Gary Pettis
Ellis Burks

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Brian Harper
Kent Hrbek
Chuck Knoblauch
Greg Gagne
Gary Gaetti
Dan Gladden
Alex Cole
Tom Brunansky
Frank Viola
Jack Morris
Tom Kelly

Kirby Puckett Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Puckett
555
177
82
32
4
16
83
34
74
10
265
215
.318
.360
.477
837
AVG CF
538
144
79
25
5
13
49
93
22
217
196
.267
.330
.404
.734

Kirby Puckett Rankings

AT Center Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
26
25
20
23
19
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Center Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
22
23
25
22
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Kirby Puckett PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
51.1
37.5
26.9
20.4
4.64
74.6
45.7
33.5
22.8
5.28
BLUE = Kirby Puckett
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
274.8
185.1
133.6
88.9
24.9
373.6
214.5
156.7
102.8
28.1
BLUE = Kirby Puckett
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME CF