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Satchel Paige League
9-5-2046
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 76 (OS 76) 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 C  Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR C-
Speed C  Bunt A- Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B D  (13.8%) LF B+ (74.7%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B F  (1.8%) RF A+ (98.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1990 Minors 20 65.00 5 / 9 9 / 10 9 / 9 10 / 10 9 / 10 9 / 9 8 / 8 59 / 65
1990 Pos (C) 20 51.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 51
1991 Minors 21 47.00 6 / 8 6 / 9 4 / 4 2 / 3 3 / 4 9 / 10 7 / 9 37 / 47
1991 Pos (C) 21 102.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 102
1992 Minors 22 52.00 5 / 6 3 / 5 7 / 7 2 / 4 7 / 9 5 / 9 10 / 12 39 / 52
1992 Pos (C) 22 121.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 121
1993 Minors 23 66.00 0 / 9 2 / 7 4 / 15 7 / 8 3 / 9 5 / 8 9 / 10 30 / 66
1993 Pos (C) 23 86.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 86
1994 Minors 24 69.00 0 / 6 4 / 10 7 / 13 5 / 8 4 / 11 2 / 9 6 / 12 28 / 69
1994 Pos (C) 24 86.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 86
1995 Minors 25 52.00 1 / 8 2 / 6 1 / 7 4 / 7 3 / 8 2 / 9 3 / 7 16 / 52
1995 Majors 25 10.75 24 22 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 1 5 / 10
1995 Pos (1B) 25 50.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 50
1995 Pos (C) 25 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 15
1996 Majors 26 63.87 162 93 0 1 / 7 2 / 9 4 / 7 4 / 14 1 / 9 3 / 7 5 / 10 20 / 63
1997 Majors 27 65.23 156 109 6 1 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 8 4 / 12 2 / 11 3 / 9 12 / 65
1998 Majors 28 61.45 155 107 7 2 / 9 1 / 9 4 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 8 8 / 61
1999 Majors 29 35.26 162 40 0 1 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 7 4 / 35
2000 Majors 30 30.34 162 26 0 1 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 7 4 / 30
2001 Majors 31 19.24 108 17 24 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 19
2002 Majors 32 28.71 162 24 0 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 28
2003 Majors 33 40.00 162 57 0 1 / 8 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 2 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 4 6 / 40
2004 Majors 34 65.46 162 118 0 1 / 10 0 / 14 3 / 8 -2 / 11 -3 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 65
2005 Majors 35 61.07 162 119 0 -2 / 9 0 / 11 -1 / 5 1 / 9 -3 / 6 1 / 13 1 / 8 -3 / 61
2006 Majors 36 60.33 162 105 0 3 / 11 -2 / 4 -1 / 11 -5 / 10 -6 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 8 -11 / 60
2007 Majors 37 50.77 162 85 0 -2 / 5 -5 / 9 0 / 9 -6 / 6 -2 / 12 2 / 5 1 / 4 -12 / 50
2008 Majors 38 60.80 162 148 0 -1 / 8 -1 / 6 -3 / 9 -1 / 8 -4 / 6 1 / 11 2 / 12 -7 / 60
2009 Majors 39 52.98 162 100 0 1 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 5 -3 / 5 -1 / 7 0 / 7 -2 / 52
2010 Majors 40 51.86 162 83 0 1 / 11 -6 / 4 -4 / 4 -3 / 8 -8 / 9 0 / 9 -4 / 6 -24 / 51
2011 Majors 41 55.58 162 89 0 -1 / 5 -1 / 6 0 / 11 -6 / 7 -4 / 8 1 / 7 1 / 11 -10 / 55
2012 Majors 42 34.68 162 55 0 -3 / 8 -4 / 6 -3 / 4 -1 / 5 -4 / 4 -2 / 6 -2 / 1 -19 / 34
2013 Majors 43 38.91 143 63 19 1 / 4 -6 / 4 1 / 5 -5 / 8 -6 / 7 -1 / 6 -2 / 4 -18 / 38
2014 Minors 44 9.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 9
2014 Majors 44 4.42 18 5 0 -2 / 1 -6 / 0 -3 / 1 -4 / 0 -1 / 0 -3 / 1 -1 / 1 -20 / 4
2014 Pos (1B) 44 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
Total 2872 1465 56 20 / 184 1 / 169 33 / 176 5 / 174 -6 / 171 41 / 187 50 / 180 152 / 1754
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.