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Satchel Paige League
6-8-2044
Junior Puckett Center Field
Retired (2014, Age 44)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .762 Status Retired (2014) Option Years 0  
H 1542 Age 73 (OS 74) Date of Birth 07-23-1970
HR 222 Drafted Round 3, Pick 49
(1990)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(17 games)
RBI 827
SB 128
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C-
Speed Bunt A- Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B (13.8%) LF B+ (74.7%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B (1.8%) RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1995 PHI
22
83
7
26
1
2
4
14
5
20 0 0
0
1 0
.870
.352
.518
.205
.313
1996 PHI
105
371
41
101
16
3
9
46
27
95 1 3
2
1 5
.725
.321
.404
.132
.272
1997 PHI
115
415
51
118
15
4
10
59
31
101 1 2
4
4 21
.746
.334
.412
.128
.284
1998 PHI
111
436
67
140
21
1
22
74
28
111 2 2
5
5 25
.888
.363
.525
.204
.321
1999 PHI
59
170
22
52
3
1
10
29
12
44 0 0
2
0 0
.863
.352
.512
.206
.306
2000 PHI
51
121
19
37
6
1
5
17
12
23 1 0
5
1 4
.869
.373
.496
.190
.306
2001 PHI
36
68
6
17
3
0
1
5
6
16 0 0
3
1 0
.649
.311
.338
.088
.250
2002 LAN
45
120
13
27
7
1
2
13
5
23 0 1
2
0 0
.604
.254
.350
.125
.225
2003 LAN
62
231
38
57
6
3
10
28
17
54 0 0
12
3 0
.727
.298
.429
.182
.247
2004 LAN
118
474
84
151
19
3
28
91
47
102 2 3
16
11 3
.929
.380
.549
.230
.319
2005 LAN
122
468
76
134
20
3
25
89
39
116 2 4
24
7 3
.843
.341
.502
.216
.286
2006 LAN
115
423
57
124
20
3
17
69
24
83 3 3
11
5 0
.809
.333
.475
.182
.293
2007 LAN-PHI
94
327
34
84
13
2
14
46
25
67 5 1
8
7 13
.756
.318
.437
.180
.257
2008 PHI
148
562
77
139
13
7
25
75
35
124 3 1
9
7 23
.723
.295
.429
.181
.247
2009 PHI
111
371
39
97
20
2
13
54
32
78 0 4
12
10 21
.748
.317
.431
.170
.261
2010 PHI
102
300
34
78
13
0
10
44
27
50 5 0
6
8 2
.735
.331
.403
.143
.260
2011 PHI
112
337
25
66
12
0
6
25
25
76 1 0
2
6 2
.538
.253
.285
.089
.196
2012 PHI
61
199
17
42
10
0
7
24
23
42 0 1
1
2 17
.658
.291
.367
.156
.211
2013 PHI
74
224
26
50
5
2
4
25
23
54 0 1
4
2 19
.611
.294
.317
.094
.223
2014 PHI
11
20
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
5 0 0
0
0 3
.243
.143
.100
.000
.100
Total
1674
5720
733
1542
223
38
222
827
444
1284 26 26
128
81 161
.762
.324
.438
.169
.270
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2014-11-01Junior Puckett has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2014-09-20The Philadelphia Athletics have waived Junior Puckett.
2014-07-05The Philadelphia Athletics have acquired Junior Puckett from the waiver wire.
2014-04-30The Philadelphia Athletics have waived Junior Puckett.
2014-04-21The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Dan Flesch to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Buddy David to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Hiromi Kikuchi to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Allan Colbert to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have designated Todd Bryant for assignment. The Philadelphia Athletics have designated Omar Diaz for assignment. The Philadelphia Athletics have designated Hiroshi Ito for assignment. The Philadelphia Athletics have designated Junior Puckett for assignment.
2013-07-11Junior Puckett of the Philadelphia Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
2007-07-21Trade #1763517 has been completed between the Los Angeles Sharks and the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics receive Junior Puckett, Hipolito Vowinkel, Draft Pick 2008 Round 2 CIN (Maury Foley), Draft Pick 2008 Round 2 SF (Robin Kippert), Draft Pick 2010 Round 2 LAN (Reggie Kearney), Draft Pick 2010 Round 1 LAN (Mike Reitz), Draft Pick 2009 Round 2 LAN (Edgar Walbeck), Draft Pick 2009 Round 1 LAN (Karl Kainer) from the Los Angeles Sharks in exchange for Dan McMillan, Al Kimsey.
2002-04-01Trade #1732951 has been completed between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Los Angeles Sharks. The Los Angeles Sharks receive Junior Puckett from the Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Draft Pick 2005 Round 2 LAN (Bill Brackenridge), Draft Pick 2004 Round 2 LAN (Bill James).
2001-08-01Junior Puckett of the Philadelphia Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2001-05-23The Philadelphia Athletics have placed Junior Puckett on the trade block.
1998-09-23Junior Puckett of the Philadelphia Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1997-06-06Junior Puckett of the Philadelphia Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1995-09-05The Philadelphia Athletics have promoted Junior Puckett to the major league team. The Philadelphia Athletics have sent Jim Abbott to the minors.