Terry Puhl

Terry Puhl, professional baseball player, was born on July 8, 1956 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Baseball - July 8 - 1956 - Melville, Saskatchewan - Canada

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Puhl began his Major League Baseball career in 1977 with the National League's Houston Astros. The following year he was selected as an All-Star.

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Major League Baseball - 1977 - National League - Houston Astros - All-Star

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In the 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 NLCS (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 (It has since been superseded).

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Home run - RBI - Stolen base

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As a boy, Puhl quickly showed exceptional baseball skills as an all around consistent 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 (MVP). In 1973, he led the Melville Elks midget team to the Canadian National Midget Championship and was again named MVP.

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Terry 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, Steve Puhl, is an up-and-coming player in the minor leagues.

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1991 - Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame - 1994 - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

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Terry Puhl continues, to this day, to hold major league baseball's all-time record for lifetime fielding percentage for an outfielder.

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