Terry Puhl
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Terry Puhl (born July 8, 1956 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a former professional baseball player.
Pre-MLB Career
As a boy, Puhl quickly showed exceptional baseball skills as a consistent all-round player with a strong work ethic. He batted well, was an outstanding fielder, and ran the bases well. He led local teams at the Sandlot, Bantam and Midget levels to four Saskatchewan championships. The 1971 Melville Lions bantam baseball team won the Western Canadian Bantam Championship and Puhl was named Most Valuable Player. In 1973, he led the Melville Elks midget team to the Canadian National Midget Championship and was again named MVP.
MLB Career
Puhl began his Major League Baseball career in 1977 with the National League's Houston Astros. The following year he was selected as a National League All-Star.
In his first Major League game, Puhl got his first hit and followed it with 1,360 more in his career. Over 15 years, he was a .280 hitter with 62 home runs, 435 RBI, and 217 stolen bases in 1531 games. In the post-season he hit .372 (16-for-43) in 13 games. His performance in the 1980 National League Championship Series (featuring a batting average of over .500) was, at the time, the best performance ever by a hitter in a play-off series. (It has since been superseded.)
Puhl retired in 1991 and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. His son, Stephen Puhl, was selected in the 17th round (514th overall) of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets in 2006.
Puhl continues to hold Major League Baseball's all-time record for lifetime fielding percentage (.980) by an outfielder.
See also
External links
- Terry Puhl at:
- *[Baseball Reference]
- *[RBI Baseball]
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