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Featured in this issue...
Kirby Puckett
*How to Have the Heart and Soul of a Champion
*Discovering Your Own Formula to Win
*How to Develop an Achievement Philosophy
*The Contagious Affect of Enthusiasm on Your Team
PLUS:
*How to Deal with Negative Circumstances
*How to Regulate Your Thoughts
*Ridding Yourself of Resentment
*Seeking the Opportunity in the Difficulty
*Recharging Your Relationships
...and much, much more
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Kirby Puckett
(
March 14
,
1960
[1]
–
March 6
,
2006
) was a
center fielder
in
Major League Baseball
who played his entire major-league career with the
Minnesota Twins
from
1984
to
1995
. Puckett led the Twins to
World Series
titles in
1987
and
1991
, the only two championships for the franchise since their move to
Minnesota
in
1961
.
His gregarious personality and dynamic style of play endeared him to fellow players and fans alike. He is the Twins franchise's all-time leader (1961-present) in career
hits
,
runs
,
doubles
and
total bases
, and his .318 career
batting average
was the highest by any right-handed
American League
batter in the second half of the 20th century.
He was the first baseball player during the 20th century to record 1,000 hits in his first five full calendar years in Major League Baseball (since joined by
Ichiro Suzuki
), and one of only two to record 2,000 hits during his first ten full calendar years. After being forced to retire at age 35 due to loss of vision in one eye from
glaucoma
, he was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame
in
2001
in his first year of eligibility.
Early life
Puckett was born in
Chicago, Illinois
, and raised in the
Robert Taylor Homes
housing project. Unheralded in high school, he worked in a
Ford
plant and as a census taker before briefly attending
Bradley University
where he was named to the first team All Missouri Valley Conference as a freshman. He transferred to
Triton College
and was subsequently drafted by the Twins in the first round of the
1982
baseball draft.
Early career - 1982-1990
Puckett started his
minor league
career with the
Elizabethton Twins
in
Tennessee
in 1982. At the time, Puckett was a
slap hitter
and outstanding defensive center fielder and produced a .382 batting average in his first season. After his time in the minor leagues, including a stint with the
Visalia Oaks
, he was promoted to the major leagues earning a spot on the Minnesota Twins roster on
May 8
,
1984
. Called up to replace center fielder
Jim Eisenreich
, who had a condition that eventually was revealed to be
Tourette syndrome
, Puckett quickly proved himself. On
May 8
, he became only the 9th player in history to record 4 hits in the first full game of a career, by going 4 for 5 against the
California Angels
.
[2]
He was one of the league's best rookies in 1984, batting .296 and leading all American League center fielders in
outfield assists
, with 16. He had a similar season in
1985
, when he played in every game and batted .288. Coincidentally, in 1985, the song "
Centerfield
" by
John Fogerty
was released as a single. The single created an immediate association in Minnesota with the electric performance and humble personality of the team's rapidly rising center fielder.
In his third season, Puckett burst into stardom. It all began in the off-season, when he worked with hitting coach
Tony Oliva
on driving the ball for distance. Despite his small stature, 5 foot 8 inch (1.73 m), Puckett had immense strength and the quick wrists of a power hitter. In
1986
, he added this to his game, blasting 31
home runs
, raising his average to .328 and winning the first of his six
Gold Glove Awards
for outstanding defensive play.
1987
In
1987
, Puckett led the Twins to the
World Series
. Their second since relocating to Minnesota (
1965
loss to the
Los Angeles Dodgers
) came after batting .332 with 28 home runs and 99
RBI
in the regular season. His performance was even more impressive in the seven-game Series upset over the
St. Louis Cardinals
, batting a whopping .357.
During that championship year, Puckett put on his best performance on
August 30
in
Milwaukee
against the
Brewers
, when he went 6-for-6 with two home runs, one off of
Juan Nieves
in the third and the other off of closer
Dan Plesac
in the ninth. He also denied
Robin Yount
a
grand slam
with a catch in center field.
1988
Puckett had his best season, statistically speaking, in
1988
, hitting .356 with 24 home runs and 121 RBI, to finish third in the
MVP balloting
for the second straight season. The Twins won 91 games, six more than in their championship season the year before, but finished second to the powerful
Oakland Athletics
in the
American League West
.
1989-1990
Puckett won the AL batting title in
1989
with a mark of .339, making him the first right-handed batter to win the title in eight years. In April 1989, he earned his 1,000th hit, the first (since joined by
Ichiro Suzuki
) player in the 20th century to do so in his first five seasons. He continued to play well in
1990
, but the Twins slipped all the way down to last place in the AL West.
Late career - 1991-1995
In
1991
, the Twins got back on the winning track and Puckett led the way by batting .319, eighth in the league. Minnesota surged past Oakland in midseason and captured the division title, then upset the favored
Toronto Blue Jays
in five games in the
American League Championship Series
. Puckett batted .429 with two home runs and six RBI in the playoffs to win MVP honors.
1991 World Series
The
World Series
that followed is considered by many to be the most exciting ever. Both the Twins and their opponent, the
Atlanta Braves
, had finished last in their respective divisions in the year before winning their league pennant, something that had never been done before. Going into Game 6, the Twins trailed three games to two and had to win to stay alive. Puckett gave the Twins an early lead by scoring
Chuck Knoblauch
with a triple, and helped to hold off an Atlanta rally in the third inning with a leaping catch off the plexiglas outfield wall that stole a sure double by
Ron Gant
(in later seasons, the plexiglas would be removed). The game went into
extra innings
, and in the first at-bat of the bottom of the 11th, Puckett hit a dramatic
walk-off home run
on a 2-1 count off
Charlie Leibrandt
to keep his team alive, rocketing a hanging changeup into the left-center seats. After his retirement, the seat occupied by the fan who caught the ball was replaced by one made of gold-colored plastic with the seat number "34," Puckett's uniform number. This dramatic game has been widely remembered as the high point in Puckett's career. The images of Puckett rounding the bases, arms raised in triumph, are always included in video highlights of Puckett's career, often accompanied by
CBS Sports
commentator
Jack Buck
's words,
"And we'll see you tomorrow night!"
In the years to come, and especially after Puckett's death, Game 6 came to symbolize his entire career as an excellent ballplayer who always came through for the Twins when they needed it the most. The next night, Puckett's Twins won 1-0 in 10 innings for their second
World Series title
in Minnesota.
1992-1995
The Twins contended for one more season and then began to slip, but Puckett refused to follow suit. In
1994
, Puckett, now playing in right field, won his first league RBI title by driving in 112 runs in just 108 games, and he was having another brilliant season in
1995
before having his jaw broken by a
Dennis Martínez
fastball on
September 28
.
Retirement
On
March 28
,
1996
, after tattooing the
Grapefruit League
(spring training) for a .360 average, he woke up without vision in his right eye. He was diagnosed with
glaucoma
, and several surgeries over the next few months could not restore vision in the eye; Puckett never played professional baseball again. On
July 12
, Puckett announced his retirement from baseball at age 35. His lifetime batting average of .318 was the highest of any right-handed batter since
Joe DiMaggio
retired in
1951
. Puckett moved to
Scottsdale, Arizona
, in the winter of 2003. Until his death, the Twins tried to get Puckett to come back into the organization in a coaching capacity.
Awards and accolades
Puckett appeared in 10 straight
All-Star Games
and was named the MVP of the
1993
All-Star Game in
Baltimore
. The Twins retired his
number 34
in
1997
. In
2001
he was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame
in his first year of eligibility, becoming the sixth player ever to be inducted before reaching the age of 41. In
1999
, he ranked Number 86 on
The Sporting News
'
list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
. He also was a six time Golden Glove winner.
Puckett had been admired throughout his career and for some years after. His unquestionable baseball prowess, outgoing personality, charity work, community involvement, healthy image, good rapport with the media, and nice-guy attitude earned him the respect and admiration of fans across the country. In
1993
, he received the
Branch Rickey Award
for his community service work.
[3]
Controversy
Puckett became the subject of controversy in the years before his death. He was arrested and charged with groping a woman in a restroom at Redstone American Grill in
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
, on
September 5
,
2002
. He was tried and acquitted.
In the
March 17
2003
edition of
Sports Illustrated
, columnist
Frank Deford
wrote an article entitled "The Rise and Fall of Kirby Puckett", that documented Puckett's alleged indiscretions and attempted to contrast his private image with the much-revered public image he maintained prior to his arrest. A companion of many years to Puckett commented once that when Puckett could not play baseball anymore, "He started to become full of himself and very abusive." His weight ballooned to over 300 pounds and he was alleged to have begun to perform lewd acts in public, such as urinating in the parking lot of a shopping center in plain view of other people.
Death
On the morning of
March 5
2006
, Kirby Puckett suffered a massive
hemorrhagic stroke
at his home in
Scottsdale, Arizona
. He underwent emergency
surgery
that day to relieve pressure on his brain; the surgery failed, and his former teammates and coaches were notified the following morning. Many, including
1991
teammates
Shane Mack
and
Kent Hrbek
, flew to Phoenix to be at his bedside during his final hours along with Kirby's ex-wife Tonya Puckett and two kids Kirby Jr. and Catherine. His autopsy report, released after the end of the 2006 season, revealed the cause of his stroke was
hypertension
due to his post-career weight gain.
He died on
March 6
in
Phoenix
of complications from the stroke shortly after being disconnected from life support,
[4]
just 8 days away from his 46th birthday. The official cause of death was recorded as "
cerebral hemorrhage due to hypertension.
" Puckett died at the second-youngest age (behind
Lou Gehrig
) of any Hall of Famer inducted while living, and the youngest to die after being inducted in the modern era of the five-season waiting period. Puckett is survived by his children, son Kirby Jr. and daughter Catherine. At the time of his death he was engaged to marry Jodi Olson, with an expected wedding date of
June 24
.
A private memorial service was held in Twin Cities suburb of
Wayzata
on the afternoon of
March 12
(declared "Kirby Puckett Day" in
Minneapolis
), followed by a public ceremony held at the Metrodome attended by family, friends, ballplayers past and present, and approximately 15,000 fans (an anticipated capacity crowd dwindled through the day due to an incoming blizzard that night). Speakers at the latter service included Hall of Famers
Harmon Killebrew
,
Cal Ripken
and
Dave Winfield
, and a multitude of former teammates and coaches.
Quotations
“
I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short, but I've got 10 All-Star Games, two World Series championships, and I'm a very happy and contented guy. It doesn't matter what your height is, it's what's in your heart. -- at his 1996 retirement press conference.
”
“
Don't take anything for granted, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
”
“
Kirby Puckett's going to be all right. Don't worry about me. I'll show up, and I'll have a smile on my face. The only thing I won't have is this uniform on. But you guys can have the memories of what I did when I did have it on.
”
“
I told
Chili Davis
, maybe I should bunt to get on base. He said "Bunt?! Bunt my you know what! Get a good hanging change up and hit it out let's go home!" I said "O.K., that's exactly what I'll do. -- Describing his walkoff home run in the
1991 World Series
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