Harmon Killebrew

Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: June 29, 1936 in Payette, ID us

Died: May 17, 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Payette, ID

High School: Payette HS (Payette, ID)

School: Albertson College (Caldwell, ID)

Debut: June 23, 1954 (Age 17-359d, 11,147th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1975 (Age 39-089d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984. (Voted by BBWAA on 335/403 ballots)
View Harmon Killebrew's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Agents: John Boggs & Associates

Full Name: Harmon Clayton Killebrew

Nicknames: Killer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

60.3

8147

2086

573

.256

1283

RBI

1584

OBP

.376

SLG

.509

OPS

.884

OPS+

143

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
5	5	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
6	6	Apr 17	MIN		WSA	W,13-1	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 18	MIN		WSA	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
8	8	Apr 20	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
9	9	Apr 21	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 22	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
11	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
12	12	Apr 25	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
13	13	Apr 26	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
14	14	Apr 27	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
15	15	Apr 28	MIN		CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
16	16	Apr 29	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
17	17	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	6	3	0	9	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	19	May 2	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	20	May 3	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
21	21	May 4	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	22	May 5	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
23	23	May 6	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
24	24	May 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
25	25	May 8	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
26	26	May 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	27	May 10 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
28	28	May 10 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
29	29	May 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	30	May 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
31	31	May 14	MIN		OAK	L,8-13	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
32	32	May 16	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
33	33	May 19 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
34	34	May 19 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
35	35	May 20	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
36	36	May 21	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
37	37	May 22	MIN		DET	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	38	May 24	MIN		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
39	39	May 25	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
40	40	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	41	May 27	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
42	42	May 28	MIN		CLE	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	43	May 29	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	44	May 30	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
45	45	May 31	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	55	13.1	11	3	0	14	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	1B
47	47	Jun 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
48	48	Jun 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	4	4	0	8	0	1B
49	49	Jun 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
50	50	Jun 4	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	51	Jun 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
52	52	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
53	53	Jun 7 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	1B
54	54	Jun 7 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	55	Jun 9	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
56	56	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
57	57	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	2	1B
58	58	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
59	59	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
60	60	Jun 14	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
61	61	Jun 15	MIN		BAL	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
62	62	Jun 16	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
63	63	Jun 17	MIN		WSA	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
64	64	Jun 18	MIN		WSA	W,9-8	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	65	Jun 19	MIN		WSA	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
66	66	Jun 21	MIN		NYY	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
67	67	Jun 22	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
68	68	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
69	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	22	5.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
71	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
72	72	Jun 29	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
73	73	Jun 30	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
75	77 (2)	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
76	78	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
77	79	Jul 6	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
78	80	Jul 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	147 (66)	Sep 11	MIN		CLE	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
80	148	Sep 13	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	150 (1)	Sep 15	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	154 (3)	Sep 20	MIN		OAK	L,1-7	GS	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
83	157 (2)	Sep 23	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
84	158	Sep 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
85	159	Sep 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	25	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
86	160	Sep 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	161	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
88	162	Sep 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							88gm		721.0	601	71	7	679	51