Kirby Puckett

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Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Major League Baseball player human professional baseball player

Kirby Puckett was a Hall of Fame center fielder renowned for his clutch hitting, defensive brilliance, and key role in leading the Minnesota Twins to two World Series titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Label Occurrences
Kirby Puckett canonical 4
Puckett 2

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
AllStar 1986 ⓘ
1987 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
1993 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
1995 ⓘ
AllStarSelectionCount 10 ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
battingAverage .318 ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from stroke ⓘ
collegeAttended Bradley University ⓘ
Triton College ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-03-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfRetirementAnnouncement 1996-07-12 ⓘ
familyName Kirby Puckett self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Puckett
finalMLBGameDate 1995-09-28 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam Minnesota Twins ⓘ
fullName Kirby Puckett self-link ⓘ
givenName Kirby ⓘ
GoldGloveAwardCount 6 ⓘ
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 2001 ⓘ
HallOfFameVotePercentage 82.14 ⓘ
HallOfFameVotingBody Baseball Writers' Association of America ⓘ
hits 2304 ⓘ
homeRuns 207 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 34 ⓘ
knownFor Game 6 walk-off home run in 1991 World Series ⓘ
clutch hitting ⓘ
defensive excellence in center field ⓘ
league American League ⓘ
minorLeagueTeam Orlando Twins ⓘ
Toledo Mud Hens ⓘ
Visalia Rawhide ⓘ
surface form: Visalia Oaks
MLBDebutDate 1984-05-08 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Minnesota Twins ⓘ
notableAchievement helped lead Minnesota Twins to 1987 World Series championship ⓘ
helped lead Minnesota Twins to 1991 World Series championship ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Phoenix, Arizona, United States ⓘ
playedFor Minnesota Twins ⓘ
positionPlayed center fielder ⓘ
reasonForRetirement loss of vision in right eye ⓘ
runsBattedIn 1085 ⓘ
SilverSluggerAwardCount 6 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamRetiredNumber 34 ⓘ
teamRetiredNumberBy Minnesota Twins ⓘ
teamTenureEnd 1995 ⓘ
teamTenureStart 1984 ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1987 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minnesota Twins → notablePlayer → Kirby Puckett ⓘ
Kirby Puckett → fullName → Kirby Puckett self-link ⓘ
Kirby Puckett → familyName → Kirby Puckett self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puckett
1987 World Series games → notablePlayerForTwins → Kirby Puckett ⓘ
subject surface form: 1987 World Series
Gary Puckett → familyName → Kirby Puckett ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puckett
1993 Major League Baseball season → allStarGameMVP → Kirby Puckett ⓘ