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Mar 14, 1960 Chicago, Illinois, United States Died on 06 Mar 2006 (aged 45)
American professional baseball player, outfielder
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About Kirby Puckett
- Kirby Puckett (March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006) was an American professional baseball player.
- He played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a center fielder for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995).
- Puckett is the Twins' all-time leader in career hits, runs, and total bases.
- At the time of his retirement, his .318 career batting average was the highest by any right-handed American League batter since Joe DiMaggio. Puckett was the fourth baseball player during the 20th century to record 1,000 hits in his first five full calendar years in Major League Baseball, and was the second to record 2,000 hits during his first ten full calendar years.
- After being forced to retire in 1996 at age 36 due to loss of vision in one eye from a central retinal vein occlusion, Puckett was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, his first year of eligibility.
