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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-0	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 11	MIN		OAK	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
6	6	Apr 17	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 18	MIN	@	OAK	W,11-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
8	8	Apr 19	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 21	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 22	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 23	MIN		CHW	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 24	MIN		DET	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 25	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 26	MIN		DET	W,6-0	GS	26	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 27	MIN		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 29	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
18	18	Apr 30	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	20	May 2	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 3	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
22	22	May 5	MIN	@	DET	W,8-5	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 6	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	24	May 7	MIN	@	DET	W,9-6	GS	18	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	25	May 8	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 9	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	30	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
27	27	May 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	28	May 12	MIN		BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 13	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
30	30	May 14	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,11-7	GS	34	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
32	32	May 17	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	33	May 18	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B 3B
34	34	May 19	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
35	35	May 20	MIN	@	KCR	W,10-5	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
36	36	May 22	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	37	May 23	MIN		CAL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
38	38	May 24	MIN		CAL	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B 3B
39	39	May 25	MIN		MIL	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
40	40	May 26	MIN		MIL	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	41	May 28	MIN		MIL	W,11-2	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	42	May 29	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
43	43	May 30	MIN		NYY	W,10-6	GS	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
44	44	May 31	MIN		NYY	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 2	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	46	Jun 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
47	47	Jun 5	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	48	Jun 6	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	49	Jun 7	MIN	@	WSA	W,10-9	GS	59	11.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B 3B
50	50	Jun 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
52	52	Jun 12	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B 3B
53	53	Jun 13	MIN		BOS	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
54	54	Jun 14	MIN		BOS	W,10-2	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	55	Jun 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	56	Jun 16	MIN		WSA	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B 3B
57	57	Jun 17	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
58	58	Jun 19	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	60	Jun 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,11-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	61	Jun 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
62	62	Jun 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	63	Jun 24	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	64	Jun 25	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	65	Jun 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
66	66	Jun 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
67	67	Jun 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	68	Jun 28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
69	69	Jun 29	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,8-5	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
72	72	Jul 2	MIN		KCR	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	73	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
74	74	Jul 4	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	GS	50	12.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B 3B
75	75	Jul 5	MIN		CHW	W,12-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	76	Jul 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
77	77	Jul 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
78	79 (1)	Jul 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	PH 1B 3B
79	80	Jul 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	81	Jul 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	82	Jul 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	83	Jul 16	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
83	84	Jul 17	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
84	85	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	86	Jul 19	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	87	Jul 20	MIN		CLE	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	88	Jul 21	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	89	Jul 22	MIN		DET	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	90	Jul 23	MIN		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
90	91	Jul 24	MIN		BAL	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	92	Jul 25	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	93	Jul 26	MIN		BAL	L,1-11	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
93	94	Jul 27	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
94	95	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B 3B
95	96	Jul 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	30	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
96	97	Jul 30	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
97	98	Jul 31	MIN	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	45	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	99	Aug 1	MIN	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	42	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
99	100	Aug 2	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
100	101	Aug 3 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
101	102	Aug 3 (2)	MIN		MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	103	Aug 4	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
103	104	Aug 5	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
104	105	Aug 6	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
105	106	Aug 7	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
106	107	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	108	Aug 9 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	109	Aug 9 (2)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	110	Aug 10	MIN		OAK	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
110	111	Aug 11	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	112	Aug 12	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
112	113	Aug 13	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
113	114	Aug 14	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
114	116 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
115	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
116	118	Aug 18	MIN		NYY	W,8-7	GS	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	1B 3B
117	119	Aug 19	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	120	Aug 20	MIN		NYY	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	121	Aug 21	MIN		WSA	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	122	Aug 22	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	123	Aug 23	MIN		WSA	L,1-11	GS	37	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
122	124	Aug 25	MIN		BOS	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
123	125	Aug 26	MIN		BOS	W,7-0	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
124	126	Aug 27	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	127	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
126	128	Aug 28 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	129	Aug 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
128	130	Aug 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	131	Sep 1 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	132	Sep 1 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
131	133	Sep 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
132	134	Sep 4	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
133	135	Sep 5	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
134	136	Sep 6	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
135	137	Sep 7 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
136	138	Sep 7 (2)	MIN		MIL	W,8-3	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
137	139	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
138	140	Sep 9	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
139	141	Sep 10 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
140	142	Sep 10 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
141	143	Sep 11	MIN		CHW	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B 3B
142	144	Sep 12	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
143	145	Sep 13	MIN		CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
144	146	Sep 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
145	147	Sep 15 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	GS	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
146	148	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
147	151 (2)	Sep 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
148	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	GS	20	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
149	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
150	154	Sep 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
151	155	Sep 23	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
152	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
153	158 (1)	Sep 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
154	159	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
155	160	Sep 29	MIN		KCR	L,13-14	GS	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
156	161	Sep 30	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
157	162	Oct 1	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	GS	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							166gm		1280.1	312	212	20	544	28