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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		KCA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	MIN		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	MIN		KCA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 15	MIN		CAL	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
12	12	May 1 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
13	13	May 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
14	14	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	15	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	16	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 8 (1)	MIN		BOS	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
18	18	May 8 (2)	MIN		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	20	May 12	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
21	21	May 13	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
22	22	May 14	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	23	May 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
24	24	May 16	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
25	25	May 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
26	26	May 18	MIN		CHW	W,7-1	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
27	27	May 19	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 22 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	31	May 22 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 24	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
33	33	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
34	34	May 26	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
35	35	May 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	40	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B 3B
36	36	May 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
37	37	May 29 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	38	May 29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
39	39	May 30 (1)	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
40	40	May 30 (2)	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 31	MIN		BAL	L,5-14	CG	52	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	43	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
44	44	Jun 3	MIN		CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
45	45	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
46	46	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
47	47	Jun 7	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
48	48	Jun 8	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
49	49	Jun 9	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
50	50	Jun 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	51	Jun 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	52	Jun 12	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	55	Jun 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	56	Jun 15 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	57	Jun 15 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	59	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	L,1-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 3B
60	60	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	61	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
62	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
63	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	CAL	L,7-10	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	64	Jun 22	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	65	Jun 24 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	66	Jun 24 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-2	GS	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 3B
67	67	Jun 25	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	68	Jun 26 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	69	Jun 26 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	70	Jun 27	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	71	Jun 28	MIN		CLE	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
72	73 (1)	Jun 30	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	74	Jul 1 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	75	Jul 1 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
75	76	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
76	77	Jul 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
78	79	Jul 4	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
79	80	Jul 5	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	81	Jul 6	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
81	82	Jul 7	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
82	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
83	84	Jul 9	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
84	85	Jul 10	MIN		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
85	86	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	87	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
87	88	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
88	89	Jul 17 (1)	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	3B
89	90	Jul 17 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	91	Jul 18	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
91	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	3B
92	93	Jul 19 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
93	94	Jul 20	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
94	95	Jul 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	96	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
96	97	Jul 23	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	98	Jul 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
100	101	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
101	102	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	103	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	104	Aug 1	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
104	105	Aug 2	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	106	Aug 3	MIN		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
107	108	Aug 5	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	109	Aug 6	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	3B
109	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	111	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
111	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
112	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
113	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
114	115	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
115	116	Aug 12	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
116	117	Aug 14 (1)	MIN		KCA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	118	Aug 14 (2)	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
118	119	Aug 15	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	GS	30	8.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
119	120	Aug 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
120	121	Aug 17	MIN		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	122	Aug 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
122	123	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
123	124	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
124	125	Aug 21	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	126	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-0	GS	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
126	127	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
127	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	51	10.1	7	1	0	8	1	1B
128	129	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
129	130	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
130	131	Aug 28 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	64	14.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	132	Aug 28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
132	133	Aug 29	MIN		WSA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
133	134	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
134	135	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,11-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
135	136	Sep 2	MIN		NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
136	137	Sep 3 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
137	138	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
138	139	Sep 4	MIN		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
139	140	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	141	Sep 6	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
141	142	Sep 7	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 1B
142	143	Sep 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
143	144	Sep 10	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
144	145	Sep 11	MIN		BAL	W,11-6	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
145	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
146	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
148	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
149	150	Sep 17	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
150	151	Sep 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
151	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
152	153	Sep 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
153	154	Sep 23	MIN		DET	W,12-4	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
154	155	Sep 24	MIN		DET	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
155	156	Sep 25	MIN		DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
156	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
157	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
158	159	Sep 30 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-7	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
159	160	Sep 30 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
160	161	Oct 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
161	162	Oct 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							167gm		1403.0	436	205	18	659	41