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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN		MIL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	3B 1B
7	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	MIN		OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	16	2	0	18	1	1B
11	11	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B 1B
12	12	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	GS	29	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
13	13	Apr 19	MIN		KCR	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
14	14	Apr 20	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	MIN	@	NYY	W,11-8	GS	61	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B 1B
17	17	Apr 25	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-0	GS	28	8.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
18	18	Apr 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-2	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B 3B
19	19	Apr 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
20	20	Apr 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
21	21	Apr 30	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
23	23	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 2 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	53	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	3B 1B
25	25	May 4	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
26	26	May 5	MIN		NYY	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
27	29 (2)	May 8	MIN		WSA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	30	May 9	MIN		WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	31	May 11	MIN		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	32	May 12	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
31	33	May 14	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
32	34	May 15	MIN		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
33	35	May 16	MIN		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	36	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
35	37	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
36	38	May 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-6	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
37	39	May 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
38	40	May 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-1	GS	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
39	41	May 22	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
40	42	May 23	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	43	May 25	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
42	44	May 26	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
43	46 (1)	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
44	47	May 29	MIN		BAL	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
45	48	May 30	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
46	49	May 31	MIN		DET	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50	Jun 1	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
48	51	Jun 2	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GS	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B 3B
49	52	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
50	53	Jun 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	3	5	0	3B
51	54	Jun 6	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	55	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
53	56	Jun 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	1	1	5	0	3B
54	57	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-12	GS	32	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	58	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
56	59	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
57	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
58	61	Jun 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
59	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
60	63	Jun 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
61	64	Jun 17	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	65	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	66	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	67	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	L,8-18	CG	49	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
65	68	Jun 21	MIN		OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
66	69	Jun 22	MIN		OAK	W,10-1	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
67	70	Jun 23	MIN		OAK	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
68	71	Jun 25	MIN		MIL	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	73 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
70	74	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		MIL	L,5-8	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	78 (3)	Jul 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
72	79	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
73	80	Jul 4	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
74	84 (3)	Jul 8	MIN		CAL	L,4-7	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
75	85	Jul 9	MIN		KCR	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
76	86	Jul 11 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
77	87	Jul 11 (2)	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
78	88	Jul 15	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	50	12.2	11	2	0	13	1	1B
79	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
81	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	92	Jul 19	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
84	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
85	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
86	96	Jul 23	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
87	97	Jul 24	MIN		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
88	98	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	99	Jul 26	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
90	100	Jul 27	MIN		WSA	W,4-2	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 1B
91	101	Jul 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	102	Jul 30	MIN		NYY	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	103	Jul 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	104	Aug 1	MIN		NYY	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
95	105	Aug 2	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	3B
96	106	Aug 3	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
97	107	Aug 4 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
98	108	Aug 4 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
99	110 (1)	Aug 6	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
100	111	Aug 7	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
101	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
102	113	Aug 10	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
103	114	Aug 11	MIN		BAL	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
104	115	Aug 12	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
105	116	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
106	117	Aug 14	MIN		DET	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
107	118	Aug 15	MIN		DET	L,5-7	GS	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B 1B
108	119	Aug 16	MIN		CLE	W,11-2	GS	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
109	120	Aug 17	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	122 (1)	Aug 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B 1B
111	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
112	124	Aug 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
113	125	Aug 23	MIN	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	127	Aug 25	MIN	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
116	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	130 (1)	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
118	131	Aug 31	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	132	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	CG	43	11.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
120	134 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
121	135	Sep 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
122	136	Sep 5	MIN		OAK	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
123	138 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,10-3	GS	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
124	139	Sep 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
125	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	26	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
126	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	10	0	0	10	1	1B
127	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	39	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
128	143	Sep 12	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	47	10.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
129	144	Sep 13 (1)	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
130	145	Sep 13 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
131	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
132	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
133	148	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
134	149	Sep 18	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
135	150	Sep 19 (1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
136	152 (1)	Sep 20	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
137	153	Sep 21	MIN		MIL	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
138	154	Sep 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
139	155	Sep 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
140	156	Sep 26 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
141	157	Sep 26 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
142	158	Sep 28	MIN		CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
143	159	Sep 29	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
144	160	Sep 30	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
							154gm		1216.2	700	149	13	862	55