kirby puckett was the centerfielder for the 1991 championship-winning twins.
kirby puckett was the centerfielder for the 1991 championship-winning twins.
who was the centerfielder for the 1991 championship-winning twins?
kirby puckett
the twins would contend for the 1992 american league western division title for much of the season but finished six games behind the oakland athletics, who won the division for the fourth time in five seasons. the twins' 90–72 record would be their last winning campaign until 2001, which was tom kelly's last season as the team's manager. over the next several seasons, the players that made up the core of the 1987 and 1991 twins slowly began to leave. dan gladden, the twins' left fielder, departed in the offseason for detroit. jack morris, the pitching hero of the series, signed with toronto and returned to the world series the next year. greg gagne and chili davis departed following the 1992 season, with brian harper leaving at the end of the 1993 season. kent hrbek's production began falling due to injuries that kept him off the field for much of the next two seasons, and he retired in 1994. the twins then traded away both scott erickson and kevin tapani (neither ever regained their 1991 form) in the 1995 season, as well as kirby puckett to retirement due to a loss of vision in his right eye caused by glaucoma. chuck knoblauch was the last hitter of the 1991 team to remain in minnesota, eventually forcing a trade following the 1997 season to the yankees, with whom he won three additional world series titles. after being traded to the playoff-bound boston red sox in 1995, aguilera would return to the twins in 1996, used by tom kelly as a starter. aguilera returned to the pen in 1997, and stayed until midway through the 1999 season, the last remaining player from the 1991 championship team. traded to the cubs, he finished up his career with chicago that season.
1991 world series
each week, there was a "double-down challenge", a game that tested physical or mental abilities. the nature of the challenges varied each week, but mostly required coordination between pairs of twins without direct communication. after each challenge, the highest-scoring twin pairs won the right to move freely between the two houses for a limited time, allowing them visit their twins. the winning twins were also allowed to vote for two pairs of twins to enter the "twin-off".
twinning (tv series)