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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	52	11.1	1	5	1	7	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	64	16.2	12	1	0	13	3	3B 1B
3	3	Apr 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS	25	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 16	MIN	@	SEP	W,6-4	GS	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
9	9	Apr 19	MIN		CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
10	10	Apr 20	MIN		CAL	W,12-1	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GS	24	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22	MIN		OAK	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GS	36	7.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
14	14	Apr 24	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
15	15	Apr 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	18	Apr 28	MIN		KCR	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 29	MIN		KCR	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	Apr 30	MIN		SEP	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	MIN		SEP	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
22	22	May 3	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
23	23	May 4	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
24	24	May 6	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 7	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
26	26	May 9	MIN	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	29	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 11	MIN	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
28	28	May 13	MIN		BAL	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
29	29	May 14	MIN		BAL	L,8-9	GS	44	9.0	6	3	2	11	1	3B 1B
30	30	May 15	MIN		BAL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
31	31	May 17	MIN		DET	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
32	32	May 18	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
33	33	May 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	34	May 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
35	35	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
36	36	May 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
37	37	May 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	38	May 25 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
39	39	May 25 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
40	40	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
41	41	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
42	42	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
43	43	May 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
44	44	May 31	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	33	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
46	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
47	47	Jun 3	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	GS	27	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
48	48	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
49	49	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	L,0-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
50	50	Jun 7	MIN		WSA	W,10-1	GS	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
51	51	Jun 8	MIN		WSA	L,5-7	CG	51	12.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
52	52	Jun 9	MIN		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	53	Jun 10	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
54	54	Jun 11	MIN		BOS	L,5-13	CG	49	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
55	55	Jun 13	MIN		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
56	56	Jun 14	MIN		CLE	L,0-12	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	57	Jun 15	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 1B
58	58	Jun 16	MIN		CAL	W,8-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
59	59	Jun 17	MIN		CAL	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
60	60	Jun 18	MIN		CAL	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
61	61	Jun 19	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	GS	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
62	62	Jun 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	56	13.1	6	6	0	12	0	1B 3B
63	63	Jun 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,14-4	GS	45	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B 1B
64	64	Jun 22 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	65	Jun 22 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	17	0	0	17	2	1B
66	66	Jun 23	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-5	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B 3B
67	67	Jun 24	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	68	Jun 25	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
69	69	Jun 26	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	70	Jun 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-9	GS	48	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B 1B
71	71	Jun 28	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B 3B
72	72	Jun 29 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
73	73	Jun 29 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,12-2	GS	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
74	74	Jun 30	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
76	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	30	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
77	77	Jul 3	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	51	10.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B 3B
78	78	Jul 4	MIN		OAK	W,10-4	GS	27	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
79	79	Jul 5	MIN		OAK	W,13-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	80	Jul 6	MIN		OAK	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 1B
81	81	Jul 7	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
82	82	Jul 8	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
83	83	Jul 9	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	84	Jul 10	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B 1B
85	85	Jul 11	MIN		SEP	W,9-3	GS	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
86	86	Jul 12	MIN		SEP	W,11-1	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	87	Jul 13 (1)	MIN		SEP	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
88	88	Jul 13 (2)	MIN		SEP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
89	89	Jul 14	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	90	Jul 16 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-8	GS	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
91	91	Jul 16 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
92	92	Jul 17	MIN		CHW	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	93	Jul 18 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	94	Jul 18 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	95	Jul 19 susp	MIN	@	SEP	W,11-7	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
96	96	Jul 20	MIN	@	SEP	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	57	16.0	11	1	0	12	2	3B 1B
99	99	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
100	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
101	101	Jul 29 (1)	MIN		DET	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
102	102	Jul 29 (2)	MIN		DET	W,11-5	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
103	103	Jul 30	MIN		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
104	104	Jul 31	MIN		DET	W,5-3	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	105	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	106	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B 3B
107	107	Aug 3	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	DET	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
109	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	53	12.2	3	1	0	4	0	3B
110	110	Aug 6	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
111	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
115	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
116	116	Aug 13	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
117	117	Aug 15	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
119	119	Aug 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS	53	13.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B 1B
120	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.1	2	3	1	6	1	3B
121	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
123	123	Aug 22	MIN		NYY	W,6-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
124	124	Aug 23	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
125	125	Aug 24	MIN		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	126	Aug 25	MIN		WSA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
127	127	Aug 26	MIN		WSA	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B 3B
128	128	Aug 27	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
129	129	Aug 29	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	GS	22	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
130	130	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	131	Aug 31	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	132	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
133	133	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	134	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	W,7-1	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	135	Sep 4	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-5	GS	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B 1B
136	136	Sep 5	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
137	137	Sep 6	MIN	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	70	16.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
138	138	Sep 7	MIN	@	OAK	W,16-4	GS	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
139	139	Sep 8	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B 3B
140	140	Sep 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,11-7	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
141	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
142	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
143	143	Sep 12	MIN		KCR	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
144	144	Sep 13	MIN		KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
145	145	Sep 14	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
146	146	Sep 15	MIN		OAK	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
147	147	Sep 16	MIN		OAK	W,11-3	GS	27	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
148	148	Sep 17	MIN		CAL	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
149	149	Sep 18	MIN		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
150	150	Sep 19	MIN		SEP	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B 3B
151	151	Sep 20	MIN		SEP	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
152	152	Sep 21	MIN		SEP	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B 3B
153	153	Sep 22	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
154	154	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
155	155	Sep 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
156	156	Sep 25	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
157	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	SEP	L,3-4	GS	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
158	158	Sep 28 (1)	MIN	@	SEP	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
159	159	Sep 28 (2)	MIN	@	SEP	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B 3B
160	160	Sep 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
161	161	Oct 1	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
162	162	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
							185gm		1368.1	649	219	22	890	67