Kirby Puckett was born March 14 of 1960. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Kirby played his entire 12 year career with the Minnesota Twins.
Puckett collected 200 hits five times in his career. He got 200 hits each year from 1986 to 1989.
He collected six Gold Gloves and six Silver Sluggers.
He won the ALCS MVP in 1991 and the All Star Game MVP in 1993. He also won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1996.
In his career, Puckett collected 2,304 hits, 414 doubles, 207 home runs, 1,085 RBIs, 1,071 runs, and posted a .318 career batting average in 1,783 career games.
Kirby hit a walk off home run in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series.
He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.