Kirby Puckett
MLB debut May 8, 1984 for the Minnesota Twins Last MLB appearance September 28, 1995 for the Minnesota Twins Career statistics Batting average .318 Hits 2,304 Home runs 207 Runs batted in 1,085 Teams Minnesota Twins (1984–1995) Career highlights and awards 10× All-Star (1986–1995) 2× World Series champion (1987, 1991) ALCS MVP (1991) 6× Gold Glove Award (1986–1989, 1991, 1992) 6× Silver Slugger Award (1986–1989, 1992, 1994) MLB All-Star Game MVP (1993) Roberto Clemente Award (1996) AL batting champion (1989) AL RBI champion (1994) Minnesota Twins #34 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 2001 Vote 82.14% (first ballot) Anthony Kirby Puckett (March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006) was a professional Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent his entire 12-year career playing for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995). He is the Twins' all-time leader in career hits, runs, doubles, 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 at age 35 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.