Kirby Puckett Signed AUTO letter on Twins letterhead from 1995 BAS LOA
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Kirby Puckett (D. 2006 at age 45) played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career as a center fielder for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995). Puckett is the Twins' all-time leader in career hits, runs, doubles, and total bases. At the time of his retirement, his .318 career batting average was the highest by any right-handed American League batter since Joe DiMaggio.
After being forced to retire at age 35 due to loss of vision in one eye from a central retinal vein occlusion, Puckett was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001, his first year of eligibility. On the morning of March 5, 2006, Kirby Puckett suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke at his home and died soon after. Puckett died at the second-youngest age (behind Lou Gehrig) of any Hall of Famer inducted while living, and the youngest to die after being inducted in the modern era of the five-season waiting period.
Offered is an original 8.5” x 11” typed letter signed on Minnesota Twins letterhead dated May 5, 1995 thanking a friend for brining his group to the team’s HOME opener. Signed in blue ink. Comes with the original postmarked mailing envelope.
Puckett in letter format is SUPER RARE!
BAS (Beckett) LOA
Item: 13812
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| Price: $795.00 | | |
