Terry Puhl

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: July 8, 1956 in Melville, Canada ca

High School: Melville Comprehensive HS (Melville, SK)

Debut: July 12, 1977 (Age 21-004d, 13,907th in major league history)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 29, 1991 (Age 34-325d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Terry Stephen Puhl

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.3

4855

1361

.280

676

RBI

435

217

OBP

.349

SLG

.388

OPS

.737

OPS+

112

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 62 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

13 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 29 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	62

Platoon
vs RHP	52
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	41
Home	21

Outs
0	25
1	23
2	14

11 Opps
ATL	11
CIN	10
LAD	7
NYM	6
SDP	6
MON	6
STL	5
PIT	4
PHI	3
SFG	2
CHC	2

51 Pitchers
Phil Niekro	3
Larry McWilliams	3
Burt Hooton	2
Bill Gullickson	2
Danny Cox	2
Bob Welch	2
Gaylord Perry	2
Mario Soto	2
Tom Seaver	2
Buddy Schultz	1
Craig Swan	1
Al Hrabosky	1
Enrique Romo	1
David Cone	1
Dickie Noles	1
Randy Jones	1
Don Sutton	1
Tommy Boggs	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Scott Sanderson	1
Tug McGraw	1
Tom Hume	1
John Pacella	1
Bob Forsch	1
Fred Norman	1
Rick Matula	1
Andy Hawkins	1
Frank Pastore	1
Steve Bedrosian	1
Jeff Stember	1
Greg Harris	1
Rick Mahler	1
Andy McGaffigan	1
Don Robinson	1
Joe Price	1
John Dopson	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Jay Tibbs	1
Neil Allen	1
Ron Robinson	1
Bryn Smith	1
Ross Grimsley	1
Bob Walk	1
Jim Bibby	1
Steve Rogers	1
Juan Eichelberger	1
Orel Hershiser	1
Mike Krukow	1
Mike Armstrong	1
Bill Campbell	1
Eric Show	1

12 Parks
Astrodome (HOU)	21
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	8
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
Qualcomm St (SAN)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	5
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	26
8	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	59
3	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
-2-	4
1--	4
123	3
1-3	2
--3	1

84 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	48
1 on	9
2 on	2
3 on	3
Any on	14

Inning
1	22
2	3
3	8
4	2
5	10
6	3
7	4
8	6
9	4

1-3	33
4-6	15
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	5
+1	10
Tied	29
-1	3
-2	4
-4..	6

Ahead	20
Tied	29
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	59
3-1	1
0-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	49
CF	8
LF	5

OrderPos
1st	23
2nd	19
7th	10
3rd	7
6th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-04-06	HOU	@	CIN	Tom Seaver	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1978-05-16	HOU		PHI	Tug McGraw	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	---		1	1	7	0.006	100%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1978-07-03	HOU	@	CIN	Fred Norman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1979-04-29	HOU	@	PIT	Don Robinson	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	1979-04-30	HOU	@	STL	Buddy Schultz	tied 4-4	t 9	2	1--		2	1	9	0.488	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Howe Scores
6	6	3	1	1979-05-20 (1)	HOU		SDP	Gaylord Perry	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.108	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	4	1	1979-05-21	HOU	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
8	8	5	1	1979-06-01	HOU		MON	Ross Grimsley	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.076	86%		Home Run
9	9	6	1	1979-06-29	HOU	@	SDP	Gaylord Perry	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.107	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	7	1	1979-07-22	HOU	@	STL	Bob Forsch	behind 2-6	t 3	1	---		1	3	8	0.059	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	8	1	1979-08-08	HOU	@	LAD	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	8	0.107	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1980-04-10	HOU		LAD	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.113	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	2	1	1980-04-17	HOU	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1980-05-09	HOU	@	ATL	Larry McWilliams	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.104	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	2	1980-05-09	HOU	@	ATL	Larry McWilliams	behind 2-3	t 5	2	---		1	1	9	0.152	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1980-05-20	HOU	@	NYM	Craig Swan	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---		1	1	9	0.214	71%		Home Run
17	17	6	1	1980-06-22	HOU		PIT	Jim Bibby	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---		1	2	8	0.135	32%		Home Run
18	18	7	1	1980-06-30	HOU	@	ATL	Rick Matula	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	8	1	1980-07-03	HOU	@	ATL	Al Hrabosky	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---		1	1	9	0.124	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	9	1	1980-07-13 (2)	HOU		ATL	Tommy Boggs	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---		1	2	9	0.141	65%		Home Run (Deep CF)
21	21	10	1	1980-07-25	HOU	@	MON	Steve Rogers	behind 2-7	t 9	0	---		1	1	9	0.007	1%		Home Run
22	22	11	1	1980-08-01	HOU	@	NYM	John Pacella	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.108	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run
23	23	12	1	1980-08-05	HOU		SFG	Jeff Stember	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.113	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run
24	24	13	1	1980-08-17 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	Mike Armstrong	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	-2-		2	2	9	0.022	99%		Home Run; J. Morgan Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1981-04-14	HOU		ATL	Bob Walk	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.113	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	2	1	1981-05-10	HOU	@	CIN	Frank Pastore	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---		1	1	9	0.156	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	3	1	1981-08-15	HOU	@	SDP	Juan Eichelberger	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1-3		3	3	9	0.181	88%		Home Run; D. Sutton Scores; C. Reynolds Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1982-04-10	HOU	@	ATL	Steve Bedrosian	behind 0-5	t 3	1	1--		2	1	9	0.087	17%		Home Run; C. Reynolds Scores
29	29	2	1	1982-04-25	HOU		CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.115	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	1982-05-01	HOU	@	PIT	Enrique Romo	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---		1	1	9	0.018	98%		Home Run
31	31	4	1	1982-05-22	HOU		NYM	Neil Allen	behind 1-5	b 9	0	123		4	7	9	0.458	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores; P. Garner Scores; C. Reynolds Scores/unER
32	32	5	1	1982-05-28	HOU	@	NYM	Randy Jones	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	9	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run
33	33	6	1	1982-06-16	HOU		ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.115	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	7	2	1982-06-16	HOU		ATL	Phil Niekro	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--		2	2	9	0.186	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Walling Scores
35	35	8	1	1982-07-16	HOU		PIT	Larry McWilliams	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	7	9	0.125	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1983-05-18	HOU	@	STL	Joaquín Andújar	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.106	58%		Home Run
37	37	2	1	1983-07-03	HOU		LAD	Tom Niedenfuer	ahead 6-1	b 8	2	-2-		2	2	9	0.003	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; O. Moreno Scores
38	38	3	1	1983-07-09	HOU	@	NYM	Tom Seaver	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.107	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	1983-07-21	HOU	@	MON	Bill Gullickson	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	---		1	2	9	0.090	84%		Home Run
40	40	5	1	1983-08-01	HOU	@	SDP	Eric Show	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.109	59%		Home Run
41	41	6	1	1983-09-02	HOU	@	CHC	Dickie Noles	behind 1-3	t 5	1	--3		2	2	9	0.182	47%		Home Run; B. Knepper Scores
42	42	7	1	1983-09-18	HOU	@	CIN	Mario Soto	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---		1	2	9	0.117	76%		Home Run
43	43	8	1	1983-09-19	HOU	@	LAD	Bob Welch	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.107	59%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1984-06-25 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	Rick Mahler	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---		1	7	9	0.103	68%		Home Run
45	45	2	1	1984-06-30	HOU	@	PHI	Bill Campbell	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	-2-		2	7	9	0.049	98%		Home Run; J. Cruz Scores
46	46	3	1	1984-07-08	HOU	@	MON	Bill Gullickson	behind 3-8	t 7	2	---		1	7	9	0.014	3%		Home Run
47	47	4	1	1984-07-28 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	Andy Hawkins	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---		1	7	9	0.131	78%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	5	1	1984-08-10 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	Tom Hume	ahead 6-4	t 5	0	---		1	6	9	0.085	85%		Home Run
49	49	6	1	1984-08-12	HOU	@	CIN	Andy McGaffigan	tied 0-0	t 2	2	-2-		2	7	9	0.196	68%		Home Run; E. Cabell Scores
50	50	7	1	1984-08-23	HOU		STL	Danny Cox	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---		1	2	9	0.135	39%		Home Run
51	51	8	1	1984-09-23	HOU		CIN	Joe Price	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---		1	6	9	0.228	81%		Home Run
52	52	9	1	1984-09-29	HOU	@	CIN	Jay Tibbs	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---		1	3	9	0.045	10%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1985-05-17	HOU		STL	Danny Cox	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---		1	2	9	0.114	52%		Home Run
54	54	2	1	1985-05-25	HOU	@	CHC	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---		1	2	9	0.118	59%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1986-05-04	HOU	@	MON	Bryn Smith	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	123		4	8	9	0.265	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Walling Scores; K. Bass Scores; A. Ashby Scores
56	56	2	1	1986-06-28	HOU		LAD	Bob Welch	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---		1	7	9	0.076	89%		Home Run
57	57	3	1	1986-10-01	HOU	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	1--		2	2	9	0.116	91%		Home Run; B. Doran Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1987-09-26	HOU	@	CIN	Ron Robinson	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	1-3		3	7	7	0.237	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Walling Scores/unER; G. Davis Scores/unER; T. Puhl Scores/unER
59	59	2	1	1987-09-28	HOU		LAD	Orel Hershiser	tied 3-3	b 5	1	123		4	7	7	0.241	93%		Home Run; K. Bass Scores; D. Walling Scores; G. Davis Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1988-07-10	HOU		NYM	David Cone	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	9	0.134	27%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	2	1	1988-07-20	HOU	@	MON	John Dopson	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(0-2) MCX	1	3	7	0.113	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	3	1	1988-07-21	HOU		PHI	Greg Harris	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	9	0.074	95%		Home Run