Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 14, 1960 in Chicago, IL
High School: Calumet City (Chicago, IL)
School: Bradley University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1984
Final Game: September 28, 1995
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2001 (423/515 ballots).
Died: March 6, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 24 MIN AL 128 583 557 63 165 12 5 0 31 14 7 16 69 .296 .320 .336 .655 79 187 11 4 4 2 1 *8 RoY-3
1985 25 MIN AL 161 744 691 80 199 29 13 4 74 21 12 41 87 .288 .330 .385 .715 92 266 9 4 5 3 0 *8 MVP-21
1986 26 MIN AL 161 723 680 119 223 37 6 31 96 20 12 34 99 .328 .366 .537 .903 141 365 14 7 2 0 4 *8 AS,MVP-6,GG,SS
1987 27 MIN AL 157 668 624 96 207 32 5 28 99 12 7 32 91 .332 .367 .534 .900 132 333 16 6 0 6 7 *8/D AS,MVP-3,GG,SS
1988 28 MIN AL 158 691 657 109 234 42 5 24 121 6 7 23 83 .356 .375 .545 .920 152 358 17 2 0 9 4 *8 AS,MVP-3,GG,SS
1989 29 MIN AL 159 684 635 75 215 45 4 9 85 11 4 41 59 .339 .379 .465 .843 131 295 21 3 0 5 9 *8/D AS,MVP-7,GG,SS
1990 30 MIN AL 146 615 551 82 164 40 3 12 80 5 4 57 73 .298 .365 .446 .811 120 246 15 3 1 3 11 *8/79D456 AS
1991 31 MIN AL 152 661 611 92 195 29 6 15 89 11 5 31 78 .319 .352 .460 .812 119 281 27 4 8 7 4 *89 AS,MVP-7,GG
1992 32 MIN AL 160 696 639 104 210 38 4 19 110 17 7 44 97 .329 .374 .490 .864 138 313 17 6 1 6 13 *8/D456 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
1993 33 MIN AL 156 682 622 89 184 39 3 22 89 8 6 47 93 .296 .349 .474 .824 120 295 15 7 1 5 7 *89D/7 AS
1994 34 MIN AL 108 482 439 79 139 32 3 20 112 6 3 28 47 .317 .362 .540 .902 129 237 11 7 1 7 7 *9D/8 AS,MVP-7,SS
1995 35 MIN AL 137 602 538 83 169 39 0 23 99 3 2 56 89 .314 .379 .515 .894 130 277 15 3 0 5 18 *9D/8456 AS,MVP-21
12 Seasons 1783 7831 7244 1071 2304 414 57 207 1085 134 76 450 965 .318 .360 .477 .837 124 3453 188 56 23 58 85
162 Game Avg. 162 712 658 97 209 38 5 19 99 12 7 41 88 .318 .360 .477 .837 124 314 17 5 2 5 8

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 24 MIN AL 583 416 58 3.7 100 .337 .296 .268 .320 .331 .336 .405 .655 .736 79 .414 -17.9 -1.8 .522 .081 .039 .0
1985 25 MIN AL 744 521 88 4.5 103 .323 .288 .267 .330 .334 .385 .414 .715 .748 92 .493 -9.9 -1.0 .624 .169 .097 6.7
1986 26 MIN AL 723 485 127 7.0 102 .349 .328 .264 .366 .332 .537 .412 .903 .744 141 .677 35.4 3.4 .857 .271 .209 24.3
1987 27 MIN AL 668 446 116 7.0 108 .350 .332 .268 .367 .337 .534 .431 .900 .768 132 .648 27.7 2.6 .855 .261 .202 16.8
1988 28 MIN AL 691 456 126 7.4 97 .376 .356 .263 .375 .328 .545 .396 .920 .724 152 .721 43.5 4.3 .855 .222 .189 9.6
1989 29 MIN AL 684 450 107 6.4 99 .360 .339 .269 .379 .335 .465 .395 .843 .730 131 .668 26.3 2.6 .778 .202 .126 9.9
1990 30 MIN AL 615 410 88 5.7 100 .324 .298 .267 .365 .336 .446 .399 .811 .736 120 .620 16.0 1.6 .756 .254 .149 7.1
1991 31 MIN AL 661 463 91 5.3 101 .343 .319 .266 .352 .335 .460 .403 .812 .739 119 .569 14.0 1.4 .719 .201 .141 12.7
1992 32 MIN AL 696 460 114 6.7 97 .361 .329 .263 .374 .332 .490 .390 .864 .722 138 .681 31.7 3.2 .823 .246 .161 17.9
1993 33 MIN AL 682 465 100 5.8 103 .316 .296 .267 .349 .337 .474 .408 .824 .745 120 .580 16.4 1.6 .765 .257 .178 11.7
1994 34 MIN AL 482 322 84 7.0 111 .314 .317 .273 .362 .345 .540 .434 .902 .779 129 .619 18.8 1.7 .876 .294 .223 9.2
1995 35 MIN AL 602 391 102 7.0 110 .339 .314 .272 .379 .346 .515 .429 .894 .774 130 .629 24.3 2.2 .873 .307 .201 5.3
12 Seasons 7831 5285 1201 6.1 102 .342 .318 .267 .360 .335 .477 .409 .837 .744 124 .618 226.3 21.8 .772 .229 .159 162.7
162 Game Avg. 712 480 109 6.1 102 .342 .318 .267 .360 .335 .477 .409 .837 .744 124 .618 21 2 .772 .229 .159 15

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 27 MIN AL ALCS DET W 5 24 24 3 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 .208 .208 .375 .583 9 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 MIN AL WS STL W 7 31 28 5 10 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 .357 .419 .464 .884 13 0 1 0 0 0
1991 31 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 5 23 21 4 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 .429 .435 .762 1.197 16 0 0 0 1 0
1991 31 MIN AL WS ATL W 7 31 24 4 6 0 1 2 4 1 0 5 7 .250 .367 .583 .950 14 1 0 1 1 4
2 Seasons (4 Series) 24 109 97 16 30 3 2 5 15 3 1 8 17 .309 .361 .536 .897 52 1 1 1 2 4
2 ALCS 10 47 45 7 14 2 0 3 8 1 0 1 9 .311 .319 .556 .875 25 0 0 0 1 0
2 WS 14 62 52 9 16 1 2 2 7 2 1 7 8 .308 .393 .519 .913 27 1 1 1 1 4

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 MIN AL 26 as CF 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIN AL 29 as CF 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 30 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 32 as LF 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 33 as LF 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 2.000 2.667 6 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 34 as RF 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 35 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons (10 Appearances) 25 24 3 7 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 5 .292 .320 .458 .778 11 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 24 MIN AL 583 0.0% 11.8% 2.7% 2.9% 10% 4.31 8.1 18.0 1.55 84%
1985 25 MIN AL 744 0.5% 11.7% 5.5% 6.2% 23% 2.12 7.9 172.8 9.3 2.17 81%
1986 26 MIN AL 723 4.3% 13.7% 4.7% 10.2% 33% 2.91 6.9 21.9 7.1 1.10 76%
1987 27 MIN AL 668 4.2% 13.6% 4.8% 9.7% 31% 2.84 6.9 22.3 6.3 1.50 77%
1988 28 MIN AL 691 3.5% 12.0% 3.3% 10.3% 30% 3.61 7.9 27.4 5.4 0.86 1.19 81% 23% 9.5% 17%
1989 29 MIN AL 684 1.3% 8.6% 6.0% 8.5% 27% 1.44 10.8 70.6 7.5 1.25 1.88 84% 22% 3.7% 4%
1990 30 MIN AL 615 2.0% 11.9% 9.3% 8.9% 34% 1.28 7.5 45.9 6.9 1.36 1.93 76% 18% 6.2% 4%
1991 31 MIN AL 661 2.3% 11.8% 4.7% 7.6% 26% 2.52 7.8 40.7 6.9 0.94 1.33 79% 20% 6.3% 13%
1992 32 MIN AL 696 2.7% 13.9% 6.3% 8.8% 29% 2.20 6.6 33.6 5.8 1.05 1.48 76% 20% 8.3% 11%
1993 33 MIN AL 682 3.2% 13.6% 6.9% 9.4% 35% 1.98 6.7 28.3 7.0 0.76 1.06 75% 21% 8.4% 12%
1994 34 MIN AL 482 4.2% 9.8% 5.8% 11.4% 40% 1.68 9.3 22.0 3.9 0.76 1.01 79% 22% 10.2% 13%
1995 35 MIN AL 602 3.8% 14.8% 9.3% 10.3% 37% 1.59 6.0 23.4 5.4 0.72 0.88 72% 21% 11.1% 20%
12 Seasons 7831 2.6% 12.3% 5.8% 8.7% 29% 2.14 7.5 35.0 6.7 0.95 1.39 78% 21% 7.9% 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 24 MIN AL 6 0 34% 246 14 7 67% 13 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 15 41% 39 26 12 10 7 3 22 8 14
1985 25 MIN AL 7 0 32% 290 21 12 64% 21 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 25 43% 42 30 11 9 2 6 21 6 14
1986 26 MIN AL 12 0 38% 328 20 12 63% 20 11 0 1 0 0 2 0 14 21 47% 44 28 15 7 4 3 26 8 18
1987 27 MIN AL 7 0 31% 292 12 7 63% 11 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 18 46% 36 22 14 8 6 2 23 7 15
1988 28 MIN AL 8 0 36% 324 6 7 46% 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 24 61% 36 21 14 7 1 5 28 1 24
1989 29 MIN AL 7 0 26% 328 11 4 73% 9 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 7 16 46% 38 31 7 4 1 3 26 4 21
1990 30 MIN AL 10 0 33% 277 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 20 49% 28 19 9 19 11 8 21 5 16
1991 31 MIN AL 13 0 36% 283 11 5 69% 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 19 59% 45 20 25 12 5 7 26 7 17
1992 32 MIN AL 12 0 35% 306 17 7 71% 16 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 26 60% 41 24 15 11 2 9 41 8 32
1993 33 MIN AL 8 0 31% 227 8 6 57% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 15 56% 29 17 12 4 1 3 21 4 15
1994 34 MIN AL 8 0 38% 187 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 15 48% 21 12 9 5 2 3 14 7 7
1995 35 MIN AL 9 0 29% 254 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 52% 37 24 12 8 1 7 17 3 13
12 Seasons 107 0 33% 3342 134 76 64% 129 71 5 4 0 1 16 3 94 235 51% 436 274 155 104 43 59 286 68 206
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 24 MIN AL 583 32% 165 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 80 11 14% 39 9 23% 270 34 13% 27 10 37% 28 15 54% 0
1985 25 MIN AL 744 31% 199 1 0 0 0 1.15 4 0 11 0 4 2 2 0 6 5 83% 119 9 8% 46 24 52% 387 72 19% 32 21 66% 44 27 61% 0
1986 26 MIN AL 723 24% 223 4 1 0 2 2.17 31 0 11 25 6 14 17 0 4 2 50% 103 14 14% 43 15 35% 333 65 20% 28 12 43% 42 18 43% 0
1987 27 MIN AL 668 29% 207 2 0 0 0 0.93 28 0 10 17 11 18 10 0 3 0 0% 143 16 11% 61 25 41% 398 77 19% 53 30 57% 57 28 49% 0
1988 28 MIN AL 691 25% 234 29 1 1 0 0 0 0.10 24 0 15 16 8 13 11 0 1 0 0% 154 17 11% 60 23 38% 455 100 22% 55 37 67% 56 32 57% 0
1989 29 MIN AL 684 30% 215 24 1 1 1 0 0 1.12 9 0 9 8 1 7 2 0 3 0 0% 168 21 13% 68 31 46% 454 81 18% 52 32 62% 63 29 46% 0
1990 30 MIN AL 615 30% 164 31 5 1 1 0 0 2.94 12 0 8 8 4 6 6 0 4 1 25% 122 15 12% 45 19 42% 358 70 20% 43 26 60% 48 23 48% 0
1991 31 MIN AL 661 25% 195 56 8 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 8 7 7 8 0 13 8 62% 165 27 16% 78 30 38% 421 77 18% 43 29 67% 39 21 54% 0
1992 32 MIN AL 696 20% 210 80 13 2 1 0 0 1.76 19 3 17 16 3 9 10 0 9 1 11% 166 17 10% 68 26 38% 495 96 19% 56 40 71% 68 31 46% 0
1993 33 MIN AL 682 23% 184 27 9 0 0 0 0 22 2 22 15 7 12 10 0 9 1 11% 164 15 9% 61 23 38% 475 73 15% 41 20 49% 49 18 37% 0
1994 34 MIN AL 482 24% 139 12 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 12 12 8 12 8 0 1 1 100% 98 11 11% 49 28 57% 348 96 28% 47 35 74% 54 26 48% 0
1995 35 MIN AL 602 24% 169 24 4 1 0 0 0 1.33 23 1 8 17 6 13 10 0 2 0 0% 140 15 11% 68 23 34% 405 80 20% 53 24 45% 48 20 42% 0
12 Seasons 7831 26% 2304 283 41 13 4 0 2 1.59 207 7 151 142 65 113 94 0 62 23 37% 1622 188 12% 686 276 40% 4799 921 19% 530 316 60% 596 288 48% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 MIN AL 691 2029 2.94 1378 68% 14% 16% 28% 42% 86% 2% 59% 81% 50% 4% 25 4 10% 72 40 5% 38 33 14% 0 3 0
1989 29 MIN AL 684 2024 2.96 1313 65% 15% 14% 26% 44% 84% 3% 55% 84% 47% 4% 28 1 13% 87 48 4% 30 16 22% 0 1 4
1990 30 MIN AL 615 1981 3.22 1235 62% 18% 14% 29% 39% 82% 4% 51% 83% 45% 6% 37 5 14% 87 35 7% 44 13 19% 0 2 3
1991 31 MIN AL 661 2126 3.22 1380 65% 17% 15% 28% 40% 83% 2% 54% 82% 45% 4% 26 6 13% 84 42 5% 33 19 13% 0 0 0
1992 32 MIN AL 696 2264 3.25 1469 65% 15% 16% 32% 37% 85% 6% 55% 81% 49% 6% 42 7 13% 93 42 6% 40 21 16% 0 0 0
1993 33 MIN AL 673 2164 3.22 1395 64% 15% 18% 29% 38% 85% 3% 55% 78% 49% 4% 24 3 11% 76 33 4% 29 17 12% 9 0 1
1994 34 MIN AL 455 1474 3.24 945 64% 15% 15% 30% 40% 85% 4% 54% 82% 46% 4% 20 3 13% 60 28 6% 26 14 15% 27 0 0
1995 35 MIN AL 553 1892 3.42 1135 60% 18% 19% 27% 37% 82% 8% 49% 77% 35% 7% 38 5 18% 102 46 8% 46 26 22% 49 0 0
8 Seasons 5028 15954 3.17 10250 64% 16% 16% 29% 40% 84% 4% 54% 81% 46% 5% 240 34 13% 661 314 6% 286 159 17% 85 6 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 24 128 583 557 63 165 12 5 0 31 14 7 16 69 .296 .320 .336 .655 79 187 11 4 4 2 1
1985 25 289 1327 1248 143 364 41 18 4 105 35 19 57 156 .292 .325 .363 .688 86 453 20 8 9 5 1
1986 26 450 2050 1928 262 587 78 24 35 201 55 31 91 255 .304 .340 .424 .764 106 818 34 15 11 5 5
1987 27 607 2718 2552 358 794 110 29 63 300 67 38 123 346 .311 .347 .451 .798 112 1151 50 21 11 11 12
1988 28 765 3409 3209 467 1028 152 34 87 421 73 45 146 429 .320 .352 .470 .823 120 1509 67 23 11 20 16
1989 29 924 4093 3844 542 1243 197 38 96 506 84 49 187 488 .323 .357 .469 .826 122 1804 88 26 11 25 25
1990 30 1070 4708 4395 624 1407 237 41 108 586 89 53 244 561 .320 .358 .466 .824 122 2050 103 29 12 28 36
1991 31 1222 5369 5006 716 1602 266 47 123 675 100 58 275 639 .320 .357 .466 .823 121 2331 130 33 20 35 40
1992 32 1382 6065 5645 820 1812 304 51 142 785 117 65 319 736 .321 .359 .468 .827 123 2644 147 39 21 41 53
1993 33 1538 6747 6267 909 1996 343 54 164 874 125 71 366 829 .318 .358 .469 .827 123 2939 162 46 22 46 60
1994 34 1646 7229 6706 988 2135 375 57 184 986 131 74 394 876 .318 .358 .474 .832 123 3176 173 53 23 53 67
1995 35 1783 7831 7244 1071 2304 414 57 207 1085 134 76 450 965 .318 .360 .477 .837 124 3453 188 56 23 58 85

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 24 128 579 557 64 165 12 5 0 32 14 16 69 .296 .320 .336 .655 59 128
1985 25 161 737 689 78 197 29 13 4 73 21 41 87 .286 .328 .383 .712 86 161
1986 26 161 716 676 120 219 36 6 30 97 20 33 99 .324 .362 .528 .890 128 161
1987 27 157 653 611 90 194 30 5 26 93 11 30 91 .318 .352 .511 .863 109 157
1988 28 158 689 655 115 232 42 5 24 127 6 23 83 .354 .373 .544 .917 133 158
1989 29 159 682 633 77 213 45 4 9 87 11 41 59 .336 .377 .463 .840 110 159
1990 30 146 615 552 84 165 40 3 12 82 5 57 73 .299 .366 .447 .813 90 146
1991 31 152 641 601 92 185 28 6 14 89 10 29 78 .308 .340 .444 .784 91 152
1992 32 160 700 643 110 214 39 4 19 116 17 45 97 .333 .379 .495 .873 120 160
1993 33 156 678 620 89 182 39 3 22 89 8 46 93 .294 .347 .473 .819 100 156
1994 34 153 665 609 101 183 42 4 26 143 8 37 67 .300 .344 .511 .855 107 108
1995 35 154 661 593 86 178 41 0 24 102 3 59 100 .300 .363 .491 .854 106 137
12 Seasons 1845 8016 7439 1106 2327 423 58 210 1130 134 457 996 .313 .355 .470 .824 1239 1783
162 Game Avg. 162 704 653 97 204 37 5 18 99 12 40 87 .313 .355 .470 .824 109 1783

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1991-AL-ALCS MVP
1993-ML-AS MVP
1993-ML-Branch Rickey Award
1996-ML-Roberto Clemente 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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-AL-21-1%
1986-AL-6-27%
1987-AL-3-51%
1988-AL-3-56%
1989-AL-7-21%
1991-AL-7-20%
1992-AL-2-53%
1994-AL-7-26%
1995-AL-21-1%
2.56 Career Shares (48th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 AL--.328--3rd
1987 AL--.332--4th
1988 AL--.356--2nd
1989 AL--.339--1st
1990 AL--.298--10th
1991 AL--.319--8th
1992 AL--.329--2nd
Career--.318--58th

Slugging % s c a p y
1986 AL--.537--3rd
1988 AL--.545--4th
1992 AL--.490--8th
Career--.477--192nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1986 AL--.903--4th
1988 AL--.920--6th
1992 AL--.864--8th
Career--.837--208th

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL--161--4th
1986 AL--161--6th
1988 AL--158--4th
1989 AL--159--8th
1992 AL--160--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1985 AL--691--1st
1986 AL--680--2nd
1987 AL--624--6th
1988 AL--657--1st
1989 AL--635--5th
1992 AL--639--6th
1993 AL--622--6th
1994 AL--439--9th
Career--7244--217th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1985 AL--744--2nd
1986 AL--723--3rd
1988 AL--691--6th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1986 AL--119--2nd
1988 AL--109--5th
1992 AL--104--4th

Hits s c a p y
1985 AL--199--4th
1986 AL--223--2nd
1987 AL--207--1st
1988 AL--234--1st
1989 AL--215--1st
1991 AL--195--7th
1992 AL--210--1st
1993 AL--184--6th
1994 AL--139--7th
1995 AL--169--10th
Career--2304--136th

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 AL--365--2nd
1987 AL--333--3rd
1988 AL--358--1st
1989 AL--295--5th
1992 AL--313--1st
1993 AL--295--9th
1994 AL--237--6th
1995 AL--277--9th
Career--3453--155th

Doubles s c a p y
1986 AL--37--7th
1988 AL--42--2nd
1989 AL--45--2nd
1990 AL--40--6th
1992 AL--38--6th
1993 AL--39--5th
1994 AL--32--5th
1995 AL--39--3rd
Career--414--135th

Triples s c a p y
1985 AL--13--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1986 AL--31--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1988 AL--121--2nd
1992 AL--110--6th
1994 AL--112--1st
Career--1085--198th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--965--250th

Singles s c a p y
1984 AL--148--4th
1985 AL--153--2nd
1986 AL--149--4th
1987 AL--142--4th
1988 AL--163--1st
1989 AL--157--2nd
1991 AL--145--4th
1992 AL--149--3rd
Career--1626--133rd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1986 AL--141--4th
1988 AL--152--6th
1992 AL--138--7th

Runs Created s c a p y
1986 AL--127--3rd
1988 AL--126--4th
1989 AL--107--7th
1992 AL--114--5th
Career--1201--183rd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1986 AL--35--4th
1988 AL--43--5th
1992 AL--32--9th
Career--226--208th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1986 AL--3.4--4th
1988 AL--4.3--5th
1992 AL--3.2--8th
Career--21.8--221st

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 AL--74--4th
1988 AL--71--3rd
1989 AL--58--9th
1990 AL--55--10th
1992 AL--61--9th
1994 AL--55--5th
Career--678--183rd

Times On Base s c a p y
1986 AL--264--4th
1987 AL--245--10th
1988 AL--259--6th
1989 AL--259--7th
1992 AL--260--8th
Career--2810--243rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1986 AL--.677--5th
1988 AL--.721--7th
1989 AL--.668--9th
1992 AL--.681--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 AL--7--9th
1994 AL--7--8th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 AL--9--3rd
1994 AL--7--7th
Career--58--216th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 AL--11--9th
1992 AL--13--7th
1995 AL--18--3rd
Career--85--156th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 AL--17--10th
1989 AL--21--4th
1991 AL--27--1st
Career--188--115th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1985 AL--12--5th
1986 AL--12--9th
Career--76--233rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1986 AL--24.3--5th
1992 AL--17.9--6th
Career--162.7--133rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1985 AL--521--1st
1986 AL--485--5th
1993 AL--465--10th

Salary s c a p y
1990 AL--$2,816,667--2nd
1993 AL--$5,300,000--4th
1994 AL--$5,300,000--6th
1995 AL--$6,300,000--8th
1996 AL--$6,200,000--9th
1997 AL--$7,200,000--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (93), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 85 (186), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 154 (72), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (154), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Don Mattingly (891)
  2. Cecil Cooper (886)
  3. Carl Furillo (873)
  4. Kiki Cuyler (871) *
  5. Cesar Cedeno (870)
  6. Tony Oliva (867)
  7. Minnie Minoso (864)
  8. Joe Medwick (859) *
  9. Felipe Alou (858)
  10. Cy Williams (855)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Farmer Weaver (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Farmer Weaver (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jo-Jo Moore (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Demaree (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Greenwell (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Greenwell (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Greenwell (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Greenwell (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Al Oliver (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Al Oliver (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Al Oliver (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Al Oliver (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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