Player Report for #8 Kirby Puckett

Player Demographics
	Name:	Kirby Puckett	Height:	5' 8"
	Nickname:		Weight:	207 lbs
	Date of Birth:	March 14, 1942	Bats:	R
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics with the 3^rd pick in the 1^st round of the 1965 draft	Throws:	R
	Current Status:	Retired
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
Most Impactful Player Award	1974	1
Ozzie Award	1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976	5
All-Star	1972, 1974, 1975	3
Silver Slugger	1972, 1974	2
World Series Most Valuable Player	1974	1
Batter of the Month	7/72, 4/77	2
Rookie of the Month	4/68, 5/68, 7/68, 8/68, 9/68	5

Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	wOBA	OPS+
1968 - KCA	26	153	594	146	23	5	14	73	62	12	10	0	4	107	8	7	.246	.271	.372	.643	1.3	.280	94
1969 - KCA	27	153	552	124	18	5	10	60	50	27	17	3	4	119	6	6	.225	.280	.330	.610	2.2	.271	87
1970 - KCA	28	141	556	144	27	6	11	48	54	22	10	0	3	85	6	3	.259	.298	.389	.686	3.4	.301	88
1971 - KCA	29	156	643	193	38	1	16	83	75	20	9	0	6	84	2	3	.300	.327	.437	.764	4.9	.332	111
1972 - KCA (AS)	30	156	657	210	53	4	16	93	80	27	4	1	6	86	3	3	.320	.347	.485	.833	6.5	.358	150
1973 - KCA	31	156	655	179	41	5	9	90	71	32	6	0	6	79	11	3	.273	.310	.392	.703	3.1	.308	102
1974 - HOU (AS)	32	156	646	188	30	5	27	83	87	34	8	0	3	97	12	4	.291	.333	.478	.811	6.0	.350	148
1975 - HOU (AS)	33	150	645	176	33	6	29	77	98	20	7	1	3	86	6	4	.273	.301	.477	.778	5.3	.331	128
1976 - HOU	34	157	618	151	36	2	19	82	63	23	7	0	3	96	4	2	.244	.278	.401	.679	3.2	.294	105
1977 - HOU	35	97	369	107	18	2	15	56	49	14	7	0	1	41	1	0	.290	.327	.471	.799	2.4	.345	134
1978 - HOU	36	74	282	84	16	0	10	39	38	17	3	0	5	34	1	0	.298	.339	.461	.800	1.6	.345	133
1979 - HOU	37	81	269	78	9	1	14	42	33	16	1	0	0	40	2	0	.290	.332	.487	.819	1.5	.353	140
1980 - HOU	38	94	289	85	19	1	12	46	42	15	4	1	1	52	0	1	.294	.337	.491	.828	2.3	.355	144
1981 - MEM	39	100	382	94	17	0	20	55	39	22	1	0	0	64	0	0	.246	.289	.448	.737	1.5	.316	108
1981 - HOU	39	26	81	21	5	0	1	7	6	3	1	0	0	9	0	0	.259	.294	.358	.652	-0.2	.289	95
1981 - Tot	39	126	463	115	22	0	21	62	45	25	2	0	0	73	0	0	.248	.290	.432	.722	1.3	.311	106
1982 - HOU	40	74	157	30	4	0	5	14	15	9	1	0	2	32	1	0	.191	.237	.312	.549	-0.6	.242	58
1982 - KCP	40	50	200	47	15	0	3	30	13	9	3	0	3	28	0	0	.235	.274	.355	.629	0.1	.276	64
1982 - Tot	40	124	357	77	19	0	8	44	28	18	4	0	5	60	1	0	.216	.258	.336	.594	-0.5	.261	61
1983 - KCP	41	42	110	28	5	0	4	9	10	6	2	0	0	19	0	0	.255	.305	.409	.714	-0.1	.313	82
w/ KCA (1xAS)		915	3657	996	200	26	76	447	392	140	56	4	29	560	36	25	.272	.307	.404	.711	21.3	.310	107
w/ HOU (1xBOY, 2xAS)		909	3356	920	170	17	132	446	431	151	39	2	18	487	27	11	.274	.311	.453	.764	21.5	.329	127
w/ MEM		100	382	94	17	0	20	55	39	22	1	0	0	64	0	0	.246	.289	.448	.737	1.5	.316	108
w/ KCP		92	310	75	20	0	7	39	23	15	5	0	3	47	0	0	.242	.285	.374	.659	-0.0	.289	70
Per 162 games		162	619	168	33	3	19	79	71	26	8	0	4	93	5	3	.271	.307	.426	.733	3.6	.318	114
Totals		2016	7705	2085	407	43	235	987	885	328	101	6	50	1158	63	36	.271	.307	.426	.733	44.3	.318	114

Expanded Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	PA	Outs	EBH	TB	IBB	PS	PS/PA	PA/HR	BB/K	GDP	PwrSpd	SB%	RC	RC/27	BBABIP	ISO
1968 - KCA	26	620	459	42	221	0	2009	3.24	44.3	0.11	17	10.2	53.3	54.1	3.2	.277	.126
1969 - KCA	27	603	441	33	182	3	1950	3.23	60.3	0.23	6	7.5	50.0	51.6	3.2	.267	.105
1970 - KCA	28	591	418	44	216	3	1957	3.31	53.7	0.26	10	7.8	66.7	62.9	4.1	.287	.130
1971 - KCA	29	679	459	55	281	2	2165	3.19	42.4	0.24	17	3.6	40.0	87.1	5.1	.322	.137
1972 - KCA (AS)	30	695	457	73	319	0	2293	3.30	43.4	0.31	14	5.1	50.0	107.1	6.3	.346	.166
1973 - KCA	31	700	485	55	257	0	2176	3.11	77.8	0.41	12	9.9	78.6	79.7	4.4	.297	.119
1974 - HOU (AS)	32	691	465	62	309	1	2240	3.24	25.6	0.35	8	16.6	75.0	103.3	6.0	.307	.187
1975 - HOU (AS)	33	676	477	68	308	0	2200	3.25	23.3	0.23	16	9.9	60.0	86.7	4.9	.276	.205
1976 - HOU	34	651	472	57	248	2	2071	3.18	34.3	0.24	21	6.6	66.7	62.8	3.6	.261	.157
1977 - HOU	35	391	263	35	174	2	1236	3.16	26.1	0.34	13	1.9	100.0	52.9	5.4	.293	.182
1978 - HOU	36	307	203	26	130	6	986	3.21	30.7	0.50	6	1.8	100.0	43.7	5.8	.304	.163
1979 - HOU	37	286	191	24	131	5	913	3.19	20.4	0.40	7	3.5	100.0	41.6	5.9	.298	.197
1980 - HOU	38	310	207	32	142	1	1064	3.43	25.8	0.29	8	0.0	0.0	45.3	5.9	.323	.197
1981 - HOU	39	85	60	6	29	1	273	3.21	85.0	0.33	1	0.0	0.0	8.4	3.8	.282	.099
1981 - MEM	39	405	288	37	171	1	1340	3.31	20.2	0.34	12	0.0	0.0	45.8	4.3	.248	.202
1981 - Tot	39	490	348	43	200	2	1613	3.29	23.3	0.34	13	0.0	0.0	54.4	4.2	.255	.184
1982 - HOU	40	169	129	9	49	1	609	3.60	33.8	0.28	6	1.7	100.0	10.6	2.2	.205	.121
1982 - KCP	40	215	156	18	71	0	731	3.40	71.7	0.32	5	0.0	0.0	19.0	3.3	.256	.120
1982 - Tot	40	384	285	27	120	1	1340	3.49	48.0	0.30	11	1.8	100.0	29.5	2.8	.235	.120
1983 - KCP	41	118	82	9	45	0	397	3.36	29.5	0.32	4	0.0	0.0	12.8	4.2	.276	.154
w/ KCA (1xAS)		3888	2719	302	1476	8	12550	3.23	51.2	0.25	76	48.9	59.0	438.2	4.4	.302	.131
w/ HOU (1xBOY, 2xAS)		3566	2467	319	1520	19	11592	3.25	27.0	0.31	86	44.8	71.0	451.4	4.9	.286	.179
w/ MEM		405	288	37	171	1	1340	3.31	20.2	0.34	12	0.0	0.0	45.8	4.3	.248	.202
w/ KCP		333	238	27	116	0	1128	3.39	47.6	0.32	9	0.0	0.0	31.7	3.6	.263	.132
Per 162 games		658	459	55	264	2	2138	3.25	34.9	0.28	15	8.0	63.6	77.7	4.6	.291	.155
Totals		8192	5712	685	3283	28	26610	3.25	34.9	0.28	183	99.4	63.6	966.5	4.6	.291	.155

Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
1972 - KCA	30	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	.405
1974 - HOU	32	12	50	20	5	1	3	11	9	2	2	0	1	6	0	1	.400	.436	.720	1.156	.481
1975 - HOU	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.180
1976 - HOU	34	10	41	12	2	2	1	10	5	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	.293	.302	.512	.815	.339
1977 - HOU	35	10	37	5	1	0	2	9	2	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	.135	.200	.324	.524	.228
1978 - HOU	36	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	.300
1979 - HOU	37	13	50	11	3	0	2	2	9	3	1	0	0	9	0	0	.220	.278	.400	.678	.295
1981 - HOU	39	7	22	10	2	0	3	6	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	.455	.500	.955	1.454	.595
w/ KCA		1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	.405
w/ HOU		54	206	59	13	3	11	38	28	12	3	0	2	35	2	1	.286	.332	.539	.871	.367
Per 162 games		162	616	177	38	9	32	115	85	38	9	0	6	103	6	3	.287	.335	.536	.871	.368
Totals		55	209	60	13	3	11	39	29	13	3	0	2	35	2	1	.287	.335	.536	.871	.368

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1968 - KCA	26	CF	152	152	450	17	8	472	5	.989	1338.0	3.14	3.0
1969 - KCA	27	CF	153	153	472	8	2	486	6	.988	1349.0	3.20	15.3
1970 - KCA	28	CF	141	141	410	21	9	436	5	.989	1242.0	3.12	13.2
1971 - KCA	29	CF	156	156	500	13	4	516	3	.994	1384.3	3.34	17.2
1972 - KCA	30	LF	3	3	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	26.3	3.76	-0.1
1972 - KCA	30	CF	152	152	473	14	5	490	3	.994	1364.0	3.21	7.4
1972 - KCA	30	RF	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.0
1973 - KCA	31	2B	1	1	0	5	1	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	-0.5
1973 - KCA	31	CF	151	151	474	15	7	489	0	1.000	1350.7	3.26	12.1
1973 - KCA	31	RF	4	4	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	35.0	3.09	-0.2
1974 - HOU	32	CF	156	156	479	14	5	498	5	.990	1406.3	3.15	7.3
1975 - HOU	33	CF	150	150	454	10	3	467	3	.994	1333.3	3.13	16.6
1976 - HOU	34	CF	153	153	494	15	6	512	3	.994	1379.0	3.32	13.3
1976 - HOU	34	RF	3	3	12	1	1	14	1	.929	25.0	4.68	-0.9
1977 - HOU	35	RF	97	97	202	5	0	207	0	1.000	861.7	2.16	1.7
1978 - HOU	36	RF	74	74	156	3	1	160	1	.994	650.7	2.20	-0.1
1979 - HOU	37	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
1979 - HOU	37	CF	4	1	8	1	1	10	1	.900	14.7	5.52	-1.6
1979 - HOU	37	RF	73	72	136	5	1	144	3	.979	544.0	2.33	-0.3
1980 - HOU	38	LF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	-0.0
1980 - HOU	38	RF	82	72	166	7	0	175	2	.989	605.3	2.57	2.7
1981 - MEM	39	RF	94	94	214	9	1	227	4	.982	846.3	2.37	2.4
1981 - HOU	39	RF	22	19	51	2	0	54	1	.982	178.7	2.67	-1.2
1981 - RF Tot	39	RF	116	113	265	11	1	281	5	.982	1025.0	2.42	1.1
1982 - HOU	40	LF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
1982 - HOU	40	RF	74	41	107	4	0	114	3	.974	411.7	2.43	-0.6
1982 - KCP	40	RF	50	50	127	9	1	142	6	.958	428.7	2.86	5.3
1982 - RF Tot	40	RF	124	91	234	13	1	256	9	.965	840.3	2.65	4.7
1983 - KCP	41	LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.2
1983 - KCP	41	CF	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	18.0	1.00	-1.3
1983 - KCP	41	RF	13	8	17	1	0	18	0	1.000	77.7	2.09	0.9
Second Base			1	1	0	5	1	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	-0.5
Left Field			11	3	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	38.3	3.52	-0.3
Center Field	5 Awards		1371	1367	4216	128	50	4378	34	.992	12179.3	3.21	102.5
Right Field			587	535	1200	47	5	1268	21	.983	4673.7	2.40	9.6

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1971	156	1
1972	156	3
1973	156	5
1974	156	5

Year	PA	Rank
1971	679	6
1972	695	4
1973	700	4
1974	691	8

Year	AB	Rank
1971	643	2
1972	657	2
1973	655	2
1974	646	4
1975	645	7

Year	H	Rank
1971	193	3
1972	210	1
1973	179	3
1974	188	5

Year	K	Rank
1968	107	8
1974	97	8
1976	96	9

Year	TB	Rank
1971	281	6
1972	319	2
1973	257	8
1974	309	3
1975	308	10

Year	2B	Rank
1971	38	3
1972	53	1
1973	41	7
1974	30	6
1975	33	5
1976	36	10

Year	3B	Rank
1974	5	7
1975	6	7

Year	SB	Rank
1974	12	10

Year	RBI	Rank
1972	93	6
1973	90	10
1974	83	8

Year	R	Rank
1974	87	8

Year	HBP	Rank
1968	10	5
1969	17	3
1970	10	7

Year	SF	Rank
1971	6	7
1972	6	6

Year	EBH	Rank
1971	55	9
1972	73	2
1974	62	6
1975	68	8

Year	AVG	Rank
1971	.300	8
1972	.320	2

Year	OBP	Rank
1972	.347	9

Year	SLG	Rank
1972	.485	6
1975	.477	10

Year	RC	Rank
1972	107.1	4
1974	103.3	7

Year	RC/27	Rank
1972	6.1	5
1974	5.9	10

Year	ISO	Rank
1972	.166	10
1975	.205	10

Year	TAVG	Rank
1972	0.3613	4

Year	OPS	Rank
1972	.833	6

Year	wRC+	Rank
1972	140.5242	3

Year	WAR	Rank
1971	5.28	6
1972	6.80	2
1974	5.98	2

Career Metrics
Black Ink	6
Gray Ink	59
HOF Standards (batting)	24

Similar Batters
Player	Score
3B Bill Madlock	900
3B Adrian Beltre	881
3B Ken McMullen	880
3B Judy Johnson	877
2B Jose Altuve	875
CF Garry Maddox	864
CF Andrew McCutchen	863
2B Walter Cannady	862
SS Alan Trammell	857
CF Curt Flood	851

Trades
Date	Traded By	With	Traded To	For
July 27th, 1981	Memphis Red Sox	-	Houston Eagles	3B Mike Phillips CF Darren Bragg P Bob Reynolds 3rd Round Draft Pick
July 26th, 1982	Houston Eagles	3rd Round Draft Pick	Kansas City Packers	LF Carl Yastrzemski LF Dusty Baker