Kirby Puckett
Chronology
| 1961 | Born March 14 in Chicago, Illinois |
| 1982 | Drafted in first round by Minnesota Twins; is sent to minor league in Elizabethton, Tennessee, in the Appalachian League |
| 1983 | Promoted to Class A team Visalia Oaks in Visalia, California |
| 1984 | Joins Minnesota Twins major league team; makes debut on May 8, with four hits in five times at bat |
| 1986 | Undergoes intensive training with batting coach to improve his ability to hit home runs; finishes season sixth in American League's Most Valuable Player voting and second in runs scored; marries Tonya Hudson—they will have a daughter, Catherine, and a son, Kirby Jr. |
| 1987 | Begins hosting television show The Kirby Puckett Report |
| 1989 | Becomes the highest-paid player in baseball for a brief time |
| 1991 | In sixth game of the World Series, as Twins face the Atlanta Braves, Puckett hits an eleventh-inning home run that wins the game for Minnesota and forces a seventh game, which they also win |
| 1992 | On December 4, signs a five-year, $30 million contract with Minnesota Twins |
| 1995 | Is hit in the face on September 28 by a fastball, which shatters his jaw and ends his playing season |
| 1996 | On March 28, wakes up unable to see out of his right eye; is diagnosed with glaucoma and undergoes four surgeries in four months without improvement of his vision |
| 1996 | On July 12, announces his retirement from baseball |
| 1997 | Twins retire Puckett's jersey number 34; Puckett continues to serve with Twins as executive vice president |
| 2001 | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 2002 | Wife, Tonya, files for divorce in February and seeks sole custody of their children |
| 2002 | In September, is charged with assaulting a woman in a restaurant restroom; claims innocence |
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