Terry Puhl Marquee

b. July 8, 1956 · Houston Astros 1977–1990, Kansas City Royals 1991

Terry Puhl was born in Melville, Saskatchewan and became the most accomplished Canadian position player of his era, which was not a crowded field but was not an easy one either. He reached Houston in 1977 and made the All-Star team in his first full season.

He played right field for the Astros for fourteen years and made very few mistakes there — his career fielding percentage is among the highest ever recorded by an outfielder. In the 1980 League Championship Series against Philadelphia he hit .526.

Born in 1956, Puhl batted .280 with 1,361 hits and 217 stolen bases, closed his career with fifteen games for Kansas City in 1991, and later coached college baseball in Texas.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1978

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1977	HOU	60	229	40	69	13	5	0	10	30	31	10	.301
1978	HOU	149	585	87	169	25	6	3	35	48	46	32	.289
1979	HOU	157	600	87	172	22	4	8	49	58	46	30	.287
1980	HOU	141	535	75	151	24	5	13	55	60	52	27	.282
1981	HOU	96	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	31	49	22	.251
1982	HOU	145	507	64	133	17	9	8	50	51	49	17	.262
1983	HOU	137	465	66	136	25	7	8	44	36	48	24	.292
1984	HOU	132	449	66	135	19	7	9	55	59	45	13	.301
1985	HOU	57	194	34	55	14	3	2	23	18	23	6	.284
1986	HOU	81	172	17	42	10	0	3	14	15	24	3	.244
1987	HOU	90	122	9	28	5	0	2	15	11	16	1	.230
1988	HOU	113	234	42	71	7	2	3	19	35	30	22	.303
1989	HOU	121	354	41	96	25	4	0	27	45	39	9	.271
1990	HOU	37	41	5	12	1	0	0	8	5	7	1	.293
1991	KCR	15	18	0	4	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	.222
Career	—	1531	4855	676	1361	226	56	62	435	505	507	217	.280

On this day & linked events

1956

Born July 8, 1956

Melville, SK, CAN

1977

Major-league debut: Terry Puhl

Terry Puhl made a major-league debut on July 12, 1977.

1991

Final major-league game: Terry Puhl

Terry Puhl played a final major-league game on May 29, 1991.

Image: Photographed by Mike F. Campbell ( User, CC BY 3.0