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Kirby Puckett (March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his career playing center field for the Minnesota Twins.[1] During his career Puckett received many accolades and awards including ten All Star Game appearances, six Gold Glove awards, a career .318 batting average, an All-Star Game MVP trophy, and two World Series Championship rings.[1] He is well known for his performance in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series that featured the Twins and the Atlanta Braves. During that game Puckett made a spectacular run saving jumping catch at the wall in the third inning. Later, in the eleventh inning Puckett hit a walk off home run to win the game and force a seventh game.[1] In 2001, Puckett was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.[2] Puckett is regarded by many as the greatest Minnesota Twin of all time.[3] Puckett retired on July 12, 1996 due to glaucoma in his right eye. On March 5, 2006, Puckett suffered a major stoke and died of related complications a day later after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain failed.