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Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 210 lb.
School Bradley University

Debut May 8, 1984
  vs. CAL 5 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game September 28, 1995
Born March 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL
Died March 6, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        A magnificant ballplayer and a joy to watch. He always would bust it outta the box, down the line, routine grounders to short would be close at 1st. Never once saw the guy loaf. An exemplar as to how the game should be played.

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 24 MIN AL 128  557   63  165  12  5   0   31  14  7  16  69  .296  .320  .336   79  187   4   2   1   4  11 RoY-3
 1985 25 MIN AL 161  691   80  199  29 13   4   74  21 12  41  87  .288  .330  .385   92  266   5   3   0   4   9 MVP-21
 1986 26 MIN AL 161  680  119  223  37  6  31   96  20 12  34  99  .328  .366  .537  141  365   2   0   4   7  14 SS,MVP-6,AS
 1987 27 MIN AL 157  624   96  207  32  5  28   99  12  7  32  91  .332  .367  .534  132  333   0   6   7   6  16 SS,MVP-3,AS
 1988 28 MIN AL 158  657  109  234  42  5  24  121   6  7  23  83  .356  .375  .545  152  358   0   9   4   2  17 SS,MVP-3,AS
 1989 29 MIN AL 159  635   75  215  45  4   9   85  11  4  41  59  .339  .379  .465  131  295   0   5   9   3  21 SS,MVP-7,AS
 1990 30 MIN AL 146  551   82  164  40  3  12   80   5  4  57  73  .298  .365  .446  120  246   1   3  11   3  15 AS
 1991 31 MIN AL 152  611   92  195  29  6  15   89  11  5  31  78  .319  .352  .460  119  281   8   7   4   4  27 MVP-7,AS
 1992 32 MIN AL 160  639  104  210  38  4  19  110  17  7  44  97  .329  .374  .490  138  313   1   6  13   6  17 SS,MVP-2,AS
 1993 33 MIN AL 156  622   89  184  39  3  22   89   8  6  47  93  .296  .349  .474  120  295   1   5   7   7  15 AS
 1994 34 MIN AL 108  439   79  139  32  3  20  112   6  3  28  47  .317  .362  .540  129  237   1   7   7   7  11 SS,MVP-7,AS
 1995 35 MIN AL 137  538   83  169  39  0  23   99   3  2  56  89  .314  .379  .515  130  277   0   5  18   3  15 MVP-21,AS
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         7244      2304     57     1085     76     965  .318  .360  .477  124       23  58  85  56 188
               1783      1071      414    207      134    450                            3453
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        658   97  209  38  5  19   99  12  7  41  88  .318  .360  .477  124  314   2   5   8   5  17
 Career High    161  691  119  234  45 13  31  121  21 12  57  99  .356  .379  .545  152  365   8   9  18   7  27
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 24 MIN AL  583  416   58   3.7   100| .296  .268| .320  .331| .336  .405| .656  .736|  79  .414 -17.9  -1.8  66%
 1985 25 MIN AL  744  521   88   4.5   103| .288  .267| .330  .334| .385  .414| .715  .748|  92  .493  -9.9  -1.0  63%
 1986 26 MIN AL  723  485  127   7.0   102| .328  .264| .366  .332| .537  .412| .903  .744| 141  .677  35.4   3.4  62%
 1987 27 MIN AL  668  446  116   7.0   108| .332  .268| .367  .337| .534  .431| .901  .768| 132  .648  27.7   2.6  63%
 1988 28 MIN AL  691  456  126   7.4    97| .356  .263| .375  .328| .545  .396| .920  .724| 152  .721  43.5   4.3  46%
 1989 29 MIN AL  684  450  107   6.4    99| .339  .269| .379  .335| .465  .395| .844  .730| 131  .668  26.3   2.6  73%
 1990 30 MIN AL  615  410   88   5.7   100| .298  .267| .365  .336| .446  .399| .811  .736| 120  .620  16.0   1.6  55%
 1991 31 MIN AL  661  463   91   5.3   101| .319  .266| .352  .335| .460  .403| .812  .739| 119  .569  14.0   1.4  68%
 1992 32 MIN AL  696  460  114   6.7    97| .329  .263| .374  .332| .490  .390| .864  .722| 138  .681  31.7   3.2  70%
 1993 33 MIN AL  682  465  100   5.8   103| .296  .267| .349  .337| .474  .408| .823  .745| 120  .580  16.4   1.6  57%
 1994 34 MIN AL  482  322   84   7.0   111| .317  .273| .362  .345| .540  .434| .902  .779| 129  .619  18.8   1.7  66%
 1995 35 MIN AL  602  391  102   7.0   110| .314  .272| .379  .346| .515  .429| .894  .774| 130  .629  24.3   2.2  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     7831 5285 1201   6.1   102| .318  .267| .360  .335| .477  .409| .837  .744| 124  .618 226.3  21.8  63%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 24 MIN AL CF 128 443 16 3 4 .994 .986 3.59 2.62 3.67 3.01 128 1125.7 1985 25 MIN AL CF 161 466 19 8 5 .984 .988 3.01 2.56 3.11 2.91 160 1404.3 1986 26 MIN AL CF 160 427 7 6 3 .986 .986 2.71 2.47 2.82 2.83 157 1385.0 GG,AS 1987 27 MIN AL CF 147 342 9 5 2 .986 .986 2.39 2.34 2.48 2.70 147 1273.3 GG,AS DH 8 AS 1988 28 MIN AL CF 158 453 9 3 4 .994 .985 2.92 2.52 3.08 2.91 157 1349.7 GG,AS 1989 29 MIN AL CF 157 438 13 4 3 .991 .984 2.87 2.46 3.06 2.78 154 1328.3 GG,AS DH 2 AS 1990 30 MIN AL OF 141 354 9 4 3 .989 .981 2.57 2.04 2.74 2.39 140 1194.3 AS CF 125 317 6 3 0 .991 .985 2.58 2.42 2.79 2.74 122 1041.3 AS LF 9 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 2.22 1.74 2.34 2.19 9 77.0 AS RF 9 17 4 0 3 1.000 .977 2.33 1.81 2.49 2.23 9 76.0 AS DH 4 AS 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 AS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 AS 1991 31 MIN AL OF 152 373 13 6 5 .985 .983 2.54 2.03 2.66 2.37 152 1306.0 GG,AS CF 144 345 13 5 5 .986 .989 2.49 2.40 2.65 2.76 143 1216.7 GG,AS RF 19 27 0 1 0 .964 .978 1.42 1.76 2.72 2.19 9 89.3 GG,AS 1992 32 MIN AL CF 149 395 9 3 3 .993 .986 2.71 2.60 2.85 2.90 147 1274.7 GG,AS DH 9 AS 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 AS 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.74 0 2.3 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 AS 1993 33 MIN AL OF 139 312 13 2 2 .994 .983 2.34 2.09 2.39 2.41 139 1222.3 AS CF 95 216 8 2 1 .991 .986 2.36 2.45 2.50 2.76 94 807.0 AS RF 47 97 4 0 1 1.000 .978 2.15 1.85 2.23 2.23 44 408.3 AS DH 17 AS LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.29 2.19 1 7.0 AS 1994 34 MIN AL OF 95 204 13 3 2 .986 .982 2.28 2.09 2.37 2.37 95 823.7 AS RF 95 204 12 3 2 .986 .980 2.27 1.88 2.37 2.20 95 818.7 AS DH 13 AS CF 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.43 3.60 2.70 0 5.0 AS 1995 35 MIN AL OF 109 194 9 4 1 .981 .983 1.86 1.99 1.96 2.33 108 930.3 AS RF 106 183 9 4 1 .980 .979 1.81 1.63 1.93 2.05 104 896.3 AS DH 28 AS CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.38 2.65 2.73 4 34.0 AS 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 AS 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 AS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 AS
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 30 MIN AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1992 32 MIN AL 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 5.14 0 0.7 1995 35 MIN AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.30 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1990 30 MIN AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1992 32 MIN AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.74 0 2.3 1995 35 MIN AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1984 24 MIN AL CF 128 443 16 3 4 .994 .986 3.59 2.62 3.67 3.01 128 1125.7 1985 25 MIN AL CF 161 466 19 8 5 .984 .988 3.01 2.56 3.11 2.91 160 1404.3 1986 26 MIN AL CF 160 427 7 6 3 .986 .986 2.71 2.47 2.82 2.83 157 1385.0 1987 27 MIN AL CF 147 342 9 5 2 .986 .986 2.39 2.34 2.48 2.70 147 1273.3 1988 28 MIN AL CF 158 453 9 3 4 .994 .985 2.92 2.52 3.08 2.91 157 1349.7 1989 29 MIN AL CF 157 438 13 4 3 .991 .984 2.87 2.46 3.06 2.78 154 1328.3 1990 30 MIN AL CF 125 317 6 3 0 .991 .985 2.58 2.42 2.79 2.74 122 1041.3 1991 31 MIN AL CF 144 345 13 5 5 .986 .989 2.49 2.40 2.65 2.76 143 1216.7 1992 32 MIN AL CF 149 395 9 3 3 .993 .986 2.71 2.60 2.85 2.90 147 1274.7 1993 33 MIN AL CF 95 216 8 2 1 .991 .986 2.36 2.45 2.50 2.76 94 807.0 1994 34 MIN AL CF 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.43 3.60 2.70 0 5.0 1995 35 MIN AL CF 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .990 2.00 2.38 2.65 2.73 4 34.0 1987 27 MIN AL DH 8 1989 29 MIN AL DH 2 1990 30 MIN AL DH 4 1992 32 MIN AL DH 9 1993 33 MIN AL DH 17 1994 34 MIN AL DH 13 1995 35 MIN AL DH 28 1990 30 MIN AL LF 9 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 2.22 1.74 2.34 2.19 9 77.0 1993 33 MIN AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.29 2.19 1 7.0 1984 24 MIN AL OF 128 438 16 3 4 .993 .983 3.55 2.17 3.63 2.51 128 1125.7 1985 25 MIN AL OF 161 465 19 8 5 .984 .982 3.01 2.10 3.10 2.44 160 1404.3 1986 26 MIN AL OF 160 429 8 6 3 .986 .980 2.73 2.06 2.84 2.39 157 1385.0 1987 27 MIN AL OF 147 341 8 5 2 .986 .980 2.37 2.00 2.47 2.31 147 1273.3 1988 28 MIN AL OF 158 450 12 3 4 .994 .979 2.92 2.14 3.08 2.47 157 1349.7 1989 29 MIN AL OF 157 438 13 4 3 .991 .980 2.87 2.12 3.06 2.42 154 1328.3 1990 30 MIN AL OF 141 354 9 4 3 .989 .981 2.57 2.04 2.74 2.39 140 1194.3 1991 31 MIN AL OF 152 373 13 6 5 .985 .983 2.54 2.03 2.66 2.37 152 1306.0 1992 32 MIN AL OF 149 394 9 3 3 .993 .983 2.70 2.17 2.85 2.47 147 1274.7 1993 33 MIN AL OF 139 312 13 2 2 .994 .983 2.34 2.09 2.39 2.41 139 1222.3 1994 34 MIN AL OF 95 204 13 3 2 .986 .982 2.28 2.09 2.37 2.37 95 823.7 1995 35 MIN AL OF 109 194 9 4 1 .981 .983 1.86 1.99 1.96 2.33 108 930.3 1990 30 MIN AL RF 9 17 4 0 3 1.000 .977 2.33 1.81 2.49 2.23 9 76.0 1991 31 MIN AL RF 19 27 0 1 0 .964 .978 1.42 1.76 2.72 2.19 9 89.3 1993 33 MIN AL RF 47 97 4 0 1 1.000 .978 2.15 1.85 2.23 2.23 44 408.3 1994 34 MIN AL RF 95 204 12 3 2 .986 .980 2.27 1.88 2.37 2.20 95 818.7 1995 35 MIN AL RF 106 183 9 4 1 .980 .979 1.81 1.63 1.93 2.05 104 896.3 1990 30 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00 1992 32 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 1995 35 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 6.00 0 0.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1696 4392 142 51 37 .989 .981 2.67 2.08 1684 14617.7 10 1432 276# CF*1432 3853 110 42 30 .990 .986 2.77 2.49 1413 12245.0 RF* 276 528 29 8 7 .986 .979 2.02 1.77 261 2288.7 DH 81 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 10 21 0 1 0 .955 .981 2.10 1.75 10 84.0 2B* 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 4.50 0 2.3 3B* 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.33 0 3.3 SS* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1707 4392 143 51 37 .989 .981 2.66 2.09
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   5  24   3   5  1  0  1   3   0   5  .208  .208  .375   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN STL     W   7  28   5  10  1  1  0   3   2   1  .357  .419  .464   1  1   0   0   1 
 1991   ALCS  MIN TOR     W   5  21   4   9  1  0  2   5   1   4  .429  .435  .762   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    MIN ATL     W   7  24   4   6  0  1  2   4   5   7  .250  .367  .583   1  0   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0  10  45   7  14  2  0  3   8   1   9  .311  .319  .556   1  0   0   1   0 
  2 World Series        2-0  14  52   9  16  1  2  2   7   7   8  .308  .393  .519   2  1   1   1   1 
  4 Postseason Series   4-0  24  97  16  30  3  2  5  15   8  17  .309  .361  .536   3  1   1   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   MIN AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1987   MIN AL       4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3   0  0   0   0   0           
 1988   MIN AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1989   MIN AL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1990   MIN AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1991   MIN AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1992   MIN AL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1993   MIN AL   *   3   1   2  1  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1994   MIN AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
 1995   MIN AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 10/10    6  24   3   7  1  0  1   3   1   5   1  0   0   0   0  .292  .320  .458 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1986 (CF)
1987 *
1988 *
1989 (CF)
1990 *
1991 *
1992 (LF)
1993 (LF)
1994 (RF)
1995 (RF)

Awards
1991-ALCS MVP
1993-ML-AS MVP
1993-ML-Branch Rickey Award

Gold Gloves
1986-AL--OF
1987-AL--OF
1988-AL--OF
1989-AL--OF
1991-AL--OF
1992-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

Silver Sluggers
1986-AL--OF
1987-AL--OF
1988-AL--OF
1989-AL--OF
1992-AL--OF
1994-AL--OF
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1985-AL-21-0.01
1986-AL-6-0.27
1987-AL-3-0.51
1988-AL-3-0.56
1989-AL-7-0.21
1991-AL-7-0.20
1992-AL-2-0.53
1994-AL-7-0.26
1995-AL-21-0.01
Car-48-2.56 shares

Batting Average
1986 AL-.328-3
1987 AL-.332-4
1988 AL-.356-2
1989 AL-.339-1
1990 AL-.298-10
1991 AL-.319-8
1992 AL-.329-2
Car-.318-57

Slugging %
1986 AL-.537-3
1988 AL-.545-4
1992 AL-.490-8

OPS
1986 AL-.903-4
1988 AL-.920-6
1992 AL-.864-8

Games
1985 AL-161-4
1986 AL-161-6
1988 AL-158-4
1989 AL-159-8
1992 AL-160-4

At Bats
1985 AL-691-1
1986 AL-680-2
1987 AL-624-6
1988 AL-657-1
1989 AL-635-5
1992 AL-639-6
1993 AL-622-6
1994 AL-439-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1985 AL-744-2
1986 AL-723-3
1988 AL-691-6

Runs
1986 AL-119-2
1988 AL-109-5
1992 AL-104-4

Hits
1985 AL-199-4
1986 AL-223-2
1987 AL-207-1
1988 AL-234-1
1989 AL-215-1
1991 AL-195-7
1992 AL-210-1
1993 AL-184-6
1994 AL-139-7
1995 AL-169-10

Total Bases
1986 AL-365-2
1987 AL-333-3
1988 AL-358-1
1989 AL-295-5
1992 AL-313-1
1993 AL-295-9
1994 AL-237-6
1995 AL-277-9

Doubles
1986 AL-37-7
1988 AL-42-2
1989 AL-45-2
1990 AL-40-6
1992 AL-38-6
1993 AL-39-5
1994 AL-32-5
1995 AL-39-3

Triples
1985 AL-13-3

Home Runs
1986 AL-31-6

RBI
1988 AL-121-2
1992 AL-110-6
1994 AL-112-1

Singles
1984 AL-148-4
1985 AL-153-2
1986 AL-149-4
1987 AL-142-4
1988 AL-163-1
1989 AL-157-2
1991 AL-145-4
1992 AL-149-3

Adjusted OPS+
1986 AL-141-4
1988 AL-152-6
1992 AL-138-7

Runs Created
1986 AL-127-3
1988 AL-126-4
1989 AL-107-7
1992 AL-114-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1986 AL-35-4
1988 AL-43-5
1992 AL-32-9

Batting Wins
1986 AL-3.4-4
1988 AL-4.3-5
1992 AL-3.2-8

Extra-Base Hits
1986 AL-74-4
1988 AL-71-3
1989 AL-58-9
1990 AL-55-10
1992 AL-61-9
1994 AL-55-5

Times on Base
1986 AL-264-4
1987 AL-245-10
1988 AL-259-6
1989 AL-259-7
1992 AL-260-8

Offensive Win%
1986 AL-.677-5
1988 AL-.721-7
1989 AL-.668-9
1992 AL-.681-10

Hit By Pitch
1986 AL-7-9
1994 AL-7-8

Sac. Flies
1988 AL-9-3
1994 AL-7-7

Intentional Walks
1990 AL-11-9
1992 AL-13-7
1995 AL-18-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 AL-17-10
1989 AL-21-4
1991 AL-27-1

Caught Stealing
1985 AL-12-5
1986 AL-12-9

Power/Speed Number
1986 AL-24.3-5
1992 AL-17.9-6

Outs
1985 AL-521-1
1986 AL-485-5
1993 AL-465-10

Salary
1990 AL-$2,816,667-2
1993 AL-$5,300,000-4
1994 AL-$5,300,000-6
1995 AL-$6,300,000-8
1996 AL-$6,200,000-9
1997 AL-$7,200,000-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 22 (92) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 122 (153) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 39.3 (154) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 159.5 (70) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  6. Cesar Cedeno (870)
  7. Tony Oliva (867)
  8. Minnie Minoso (865)
  9. Joe Medwick (859) *
  10. Felipe Alou (858)
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  10. Al Oliver (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions 

January 12, 1982: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Minnesota Twins$130,000
1986Minnesota Twins$255,000
1987Minnesota Twins$465,000
1988Minnesota Twins$1,090,000
1989Minnesota Twins$2,000,000
1990Minnesota Twins$2,816,667
1991Minnesota Twins$3,166,667
1992Minnesota Twins$2,966,667
1993Minnesota Twins$5,300,000
1994Minnesota Twins$5,300,000
1995Minnesota Twins$6,300,000
1996Minnesota Twins$6,200,000
1997Minnesota Twins$7,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$43,190,001

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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