MLB / Players

Kirby Puckett

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 178 lb

BornMarch 14, 1960 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutMay 8, 1984

Final gameSeptember 28, 1995

Seasons12 (1984–1995)

Minnesota Twins 1984–1995

Percentile snapshot

1995 season — qualified batters

137

66.7

602

73.9

538

80.4

68.1

169

90.6

97.8

68.8

RBI

84.8

53.6

35.5

22.5

66.7

.314

87.7

OBP

.379

70.3

SLG

.515

79.7

OPS

.894

78.3

wRC+

123.6

69.6

OPS+

129.0

74.6

wOBA

.383

69.6

sWAR

2.9

64.5

of 139 qualified 1995 batters (min 446 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

122.9

83.3

OPS+

123.8

84.5

sWAR

48.7

98.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1984	128	583	557	63	165	12	5	0	31	16	69	14	7	.296	.320	.336	.655	77.4	78.7	.299	0.7
1985	161	744	691	80	199	29	13	4	74	41	87	21	12	.288	.330	.385	.715	92.2	91.2	.323	2.1
1986	161	723	680	119	223	37	6	31	96	34	99	20	12	.328	.366	.537	.903	141.5	140.2	.394	6.4
1987	157	668	624	96	207	32	5	28	99	32	91	12	7	.332	.367	.534	.900	131.0	132.5	.385	5.0
1988	158	691	657	109	234	42	5	24	121	23	83	6	7	.356	.375	.545	.920	153.4	152.7	.405	7.2
1989	159	684	635	75	215	45	4	9	85	41	59	11	4	.339	.379	.465	.843	131.8	131.1	.380	5.2
1990	146	615	551	82	164	40	3	12	80	57	73	5	4	.298	.365	.446	.811	120.6	121.0	.365	3.7
1991	152	661	611	92	195	29	6	15	89	31	78	11	5	.319	.352	.460	.812	119.6	120.1	.362	3.9
1992	160	696	639	104	210	38	4	19	110	44	97	17	7	.329	.374	.490	.864	137.1	138.6	.385	5.6
1993	156	682	622	89	184	39	3	22	89	47	93	8	6	.296	.349	.474	.824	117.9	119.2	.366	3.5
1994	108	482	439	79	139	32	3	20	112	28	47	6	3	.317	.362	.540	.902	123.7	127.8	.385	2.4
1995	137	602	538	83	169	39	0	23	99	56	89	3	2	.314	.379	.515	.894	123.6	129.0	.383	2.9

Career totals

1,783

431st-most career G

7,831

317th-most career PA

7,244

259th-most career AB

1,071

294th-most career R

2,304

156th-most career H

414

168th-most career 2B

207

362nd-most career HR

RBI

1,085

232nd-most career RBI

450

965

430th-most career SO

134

.3181

67th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3599

484th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4767

245th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8366

251st-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1987-08-30	MIN @ MIL Gameday	6	4	6	2	0	2	4	14
1993-08-15	MIN @ ATH Gameday	5	2	5	0	0	2	4	11
1986-08-01	ATH @ MIN Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	2	10
1987-08-29	MIN @ MIL Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	2	10
1994-06-09	CWS @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	4	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2001 (BBWAA)

6× Gold Glove6× Silver Slugger1× ALCS MVP1× All-Star Game MVP10× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.