Kirby Puckett Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Kirby Puckett made their MLB debut in 1984 and appeared in 1,783 games over 12 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.318, OPS of 0.837, hit 207 HRs, and recorded 51.1 WAR. They rank 362th all-time in HRs and 198th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Kirby Puckett made their MLB debut in 1984 and played in 1,783 games over 12 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G1,783 (MLB Rank: 431)
AB7,244 (MLB Rank: 259)
H2,304 (MLB Rank: 156)
BA0.318 (MLB Rank: 1,050)
2B414 (MLB Rank: 168)
3B57 (MLB Rank: 571)
HR207 (MLB Rank: 362)
RBI1085 (MLB Rank: 231)
R1071 (MLB Rank: 293)
BB450 (MLB Rank: 939)
OBP0.360 (MLB Rank: 1,938)
SLG0.477 (MLB Rank: 1,007)
OPS0.837 (MLB Rank: 1,019)
SB134 (MLB Rank: 651)
SO965 (MLB Rank: 430)
GIDP188 (MLB Rank: 152)
CS76 (MLB Rank: 279)
Rbat+126 (MLB Rank: 1,313)
WAR51.1 (MLB Rank: 198)
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Kirby Puckett Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Kirby Puckett's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1995)

In 1995, Kirby Puckett played in 137 games and posted the following stats:

G137
AB538
H169
BA0.314
2B39
3B0
HR23
RBI99
R83
BB56
OBP0.379
SLG0.515
OPS0.894
SB3
SO89
GIDP15
CS2
Rbat+130
WAR3.1

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Kirby Puckett's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1986, 31 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1988, 234 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1988, 121 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1985, 21 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1988, 0.356 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1989, 0.379 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1988, 0.545 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1988, 0.920 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1988, 7.8 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Kirby Puckett appeared in 24 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.309, OBP of 0.361, SLG of 0.536, and OPS of 0.897. They also tallied 5 HR, 30 H, 16 RBI, and 3 SB.

Kirby Puckett Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1984
165
0
31
0.296
63
0.655
3.3
0.32
0.336
583
16
69
12
5
187
0.307
75
79
128
11
4
1
14
7
2
4
557
1985
199
4
74
0.288
80
0.715
2.9
0.33
0.385
744
41
87
29
13
266
0.327
90
92
161
9
4
0
21
12
3
5
691
1986
223
31
96
0.328
119
0.903
5.7
0.366
0.537
723
34
99
37
6
365
0.406
148
142
161
14
7
4
20
12
0
2
680
1987
207
28
99
0.332
96
0.9
4.2
0.367
0.534
668
32
91
32
5
333
0.39
132
132
157
16
6
7
12
7
6
0
624
1988
234
24
121
0.356
109
0.92
7.8
0.375
0.545
691
23
83
42
5
358
0.409
156
153
158
17
2
4
6
7
9
0
657
1989
215
9
85
0.339
75
0.843
4.9
0.379
0.465
684
41
59
45
4
295
0.386
131
131
159
21
3
9
11
4
5
0
635
1990
164
12
80
0.298
82
0.811
2.8
0.365
0.446
615
57
73
40
3
246
0.375
124
121
146
15
3
11
5
4
3
1
551
1991
195
15
89
0.319
92
0.812
4.3
0.352
0.46
661
31
78
29
6
281
0.378
126
119
152
27
4
4
11
5
7
8
611
1992
210
19
110
0.329
104
0.864
7.1
0.374
0.49
696
44
97
38
4
313
0.399
145
139
160
17
6
13
17
7
6
1
639
1993
184
22
89
0.296
89
0.824
1.4
0.349
0.474
682
47
93
39
3
295
0.371
120
120
156
15
7
7
8
6
5
1
622
1994
139
20
112
0.317
79
0.902
3.6
0.362
0.54
482
28
47
32
3
237
0.395
131
129
108
11
7
7
6
3
7
1
439
1995
169
23
99
0.314
83
0.894
3.1
0.379
0.515
602
56
89
39
0
277
0.393
130
130
137
15
3
18
3
2
5
0
538