Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew
Born: June 29, 1936
Payette, ID USA
Deceased: 2011
Scottsdale, AZ USA
Primary Position: IF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195
Career: 1954-1975
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Minor League Statistics
Harmon Killebrew compiled a career batting average of .256 with 573 home runs and 1584 RBI in his 2435-game career with the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals. He began playing during the 1954 season and last took the field during the 1975 campaign. Killebrew was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1954 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .400 | .385 | .785 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | Washington Senators | 38 | 89 | 80 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | .200 | .281 | .363 | .643 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | Washington Senators | 44 | 110 | 99 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39 | .222 | .291 | .394 | .685 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1957 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .290 | .333 | .548 | .882 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | Washington Senators | 13 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .194 | .212 | .194 | .406 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | AL | Washington Senators | 153 | 647 | 546 | 98 | 132 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 116 | .242 | .354 | .516 | .870 | 282 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1960 | AL | Washington Senators | 124 | 517 | 442 | 84 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 106 | .276 | .375 | .534 | .909 | 236 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1961 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 150 | 656 | 541 | 94 | 156 | 20 | 7 | 46 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 109 | .288 | .405 | .606 | 1.012 | 328 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
1962 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 155 | 666 | 552 | 85 | 134 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 126 | 1 | 2 | 106 | 142 | .243 | .366 | .545 | .912 | 301 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
1963 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 142 | 596 | 515 | 88 | 133 | 18 | 0 | 45 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 105 | .258 | .349 | .555 | .904 | 286 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
1964 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 158 | 682 | 577 | 95 | 156 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 135 | .270 | .377 | .548 | .924 | 316 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 113 | 479 | 401 | 78 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 69 | .269 | .384 | .501 | .885 | 201 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 162 | 677 | 569 | 89 | 160 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 98 | .281 | .391 | .538 | .929 | 306 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 163 | 689 | 547 | 105 | 147 | 24 | 1 | 44 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 111 | .269 | .408 | .558 | .965 | 305 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 100 | 371 | 295 | 40 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 70 | .210 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 124 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
1969 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 162 | 709 | 555 | 106 | 153 | 20 | 2 | 49 | 140 | 8 | 2 | 145 | 84 | .276 | .427 | .584 | 1.011 | 324 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 157 | 665 | 527 | 96 | 143 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 113 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 84 | .271 | .411 | .546 | .957 | 288 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 147 | 624 | 500 | 61 | 127 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 119 | 3 | 2 | 114 | 96 | .254 | .386 | .464 | .850 | 232 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 139 | 532 | 433 | 53 | 100 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 91 | .231 | .367 | .450 | .817 | 195 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
1973 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 69 | 290 | 248 | 29 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 59 | .242 | .352 | .347 | .698 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1974 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 122 | 382 | 333 | 28 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 61 | .222 | .312 | .360 | .672 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
1975 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 106 | 369 | 312 | 25 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 70 | .199 | .317 | .375 | .692 | 117 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Totals | 2435 | 9831 | 8147 | 1283 | 2086 | 290 | 24 | 573 | 1584 | 19 | 18 | 1559 | 1699 | .256 | .376 | .509 | .884 | 4143 | 243 | 48 | 0 | 77 | 160 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1954 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 2.333 |
1955 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 23 | 17 | 166.0 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 3 | .935 | 3.904 | 3.130 |
1955 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .333 |
1956 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 20 | 18 | 157.0 | 18 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 3.325 | 2.900 |
1956 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 4 | 2 | 24.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.750 | 2.500 |
1957 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 7 | 7 | 64.0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 2.531 | 2.571 |
1957 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1958 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 9 | 8 | 65.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.908 | 2.333 |
1959 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 150 | 149 | 1319.3 | 129 | 325 | 30 | 18 | .938 | 3.097 | 3.027 |
1959 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 4 | 4 | 30.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.761 | 1.500 |
1960 | AL | Washington Senators | 1B | 71 | 71 | 608.7 | 584 | 32 | 8 | 69 | .987 | 9.108 | 8.676 |
1960 | AL | Washington Senators | 3B | 65 | 45 | 437.0 | 45 | 103 | 9 | 7 | .943 | 3.048 | 2.277 |
1961 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 119 | 115 | 997.3 | 972 | 67 | 14 | 91 | .987 | 9.376 | 8.731 |
1961 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 45 | 33 | 309.3 | 28 | 75 | 9 | 10 | .920 | 2.997 | 2.289 |
1961 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.895 | 2.000 |
1962 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 151 | 150 | 1225.0 | 227 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .967 | 1.704 | 1.536 |
1962 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 4 | 2 | 27.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .933 | 4.667 | 3.500 |
1963 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 137 | 137 | 1122.0 | 219 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .987 | 1.813 | 1.650 |
1964 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 157 | 157 | 1390.3 | 232 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .971 | 1.508 | 1.484 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 72 | 70 | 610.0 | 636 | 35 | 8 | 64 | .988 | 9.900 | 9.319 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 44 | 40 | 352.0 | 37 | 78 | 4 | 3 | .966 | 2.940 | 2.614 |
1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 107 | 103 | 915.0 | 83 | 190 | 14 | 11 | .951 | 2.685 | 2.551 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 42 | 40 | 341.3 | 330 | 15 | 4 | 30 | .989 | 9.097 | 8.214 |
1966 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 18 | 18 | 146.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | 1.222 |
1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 160 | 160 | 1369.0 | 1283 | 86 | 11 | 100 | .992 | 9.000 | 8.556 |
1967 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.875 | 1.667 |
1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 77 | 77 | 652.0 | 594 | 56 | 4 | 50 | .994 | 8.972 | 8.442 |
1968 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 11 | 10 | 69.0 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.870 | 2.000 |
1969 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 105 | 96 | 778.0 | 75 | 185 | 20 | 12 | .929 | 3.008 | 2.476 |
1969 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 80 | 66 | 590.3 | 574 | 34 | 2 | 55 | .997 | 9.269 | 7.600 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 138 | 129 | 1075.0 | 108 | 203 | 17 | 14 | .948 | 2.604 | 2.254 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 28 | 26 | 205.0 | 204 | 9 | 3 | 14 | .986 | 9.351 | 7.607 |
1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 90 | 82 | 706.0 | 658 | 56 | 2 | 52 | .997 | 9.102 | 7.933 |
1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 64 | 60 | 511.0 | 42 | 93 | 11 | 3 | .925 | 2.378 | 2.109 |
1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 130 | 128 | 995.0 | 995 | 99 | 9 | 82 | .992 | 9.895 | 8.415 |
1973 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 57 | 57 | 451.0 | 431 | 45 | 1 | 42 | .998 | 9.499 | 8.351 |
1974 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 33 | 31 | 223.7 | 218 | 21 | 2 | 21 | .992 | 9.617 | 7.242 |
1975 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 1B | 6 | 4 | 34.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.412 | 4.667 |
Totals | 2241 | 2120 | 18047.0 | 8849 | 1963 | 215 | 767 | .981 | 5.392 | 4.825 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 7 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .286 | .444 | .429 | .873 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .125 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .273 | .385 | .818 | 1.203 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 13 | 54 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .250 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1965 | AL | Minnesota Twins | WS | 3B | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.700 | 2.571 |
1969 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 3B | 3 | 3 | 31.3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.585 | 3.000 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 3B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.647 | 2.500 |
1970 | AL | Minnesota Twins | ALCS | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 7.000 |
Totals | 13 | 13 | 117.3 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 2.991 | 3.000 |
Awards
1964 - AL TSN All-Star OF
1967 - AL TSN All-Star 1B
1969 - AL TSN All-Star 3B
1969 - AL TSN Player of the Year
1969 - AL Most Valuable Player
1970 - AL TSN All-Star 3B
1970 - AL TSN Player of the Year
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