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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
2	2	Apr 15	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	MIN		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
4	4	Apr 18	MIN		CLE	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
5	5	Apr 21	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	1	5	1	1B
6	6	Apr 22	MIN	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
7	7	Apr 23	MIN	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
8	8	Apr 24	MIN	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	47	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS	23	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
10	10	Apr 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
11	11	Apr 30	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-0	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
13	13	May 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
14	14	May 2 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
15	15	May 4	MIN		BAL	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
16	16	May 5	MIN		BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
17	17	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
18	18	May 7	MIN		CHW	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
19	19	May 8	MIN		CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
20	20	May 9	MIN		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
21	21	May 10	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	22	May 11	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
23	23	May 12	MIN		CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	24	May 13	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
25	25	May 14	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
26	26	May 15	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
27	27	May 16 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	CG	42	9.1	13	0	0	13	1	1B
28	28	May 16 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
29	29	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	10	1	0	11	2	1B
30	30	May 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
31	32 (1)	May 19 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	33	May 21	MIN		KCA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
33	34	May 22	MIN		KCA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
34	35	May 25	MIN	@	BOS	W,17-5	GS	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
35	36	May 26	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
36	37	May 27	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	4	1B
37	38	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	39	May 29	MIN	@	WSA	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
39	40	May 30	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-0	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
40	42 (1)	May 31 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 2	MIN		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
42	44	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
43	45	Jun 4	MIN		WSA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
44	46	Jun 6	MIN		WSA	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
45	48 (1)	Jun 8	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	49	Jun 9	MIN		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
47	50	Jun 10	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
48	52 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
49	53	Jun 12	MIN	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
50	54	Jun 13	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
51	55	Jun 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
52	56	Jun 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
53	57	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	58	Jun 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	59	Jun 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B 3B
56	60	Jun 20 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	61	Jun 20 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
58	62	Jun 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	1	15	0	1B
59	63	Jun 23	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	3B 1B
60	64	Jun 24	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
61	65	Jun 25	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
62	66	Jun 26	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
63	67	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
64	68	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
65	69	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	L,4-17	CG	51	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	70	Jun 29	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
67	71	Jun 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
69	73	Jul 3	MIN	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	74	Jul 4	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	75	Jul 5 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
72	76	Jul 5 (2)	MIN		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	77	Jul 6	MIN		BOS	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
74	78	Jul 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
75	79	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	80	Jul 10 (1)	MIN		NYY	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B 3B
77	81	Jul 10 (2)	MIN		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	82	Jul 11	MIN		NYY	W,6-5	GS	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B LF
79	83	Jul 15 (1)	MIN		KCA	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
80	84	Jul 15 (2)	MIN		KCA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
81	85	Jul 16	MIN		KCA	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
82	86	Jul 17	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
83	87	Jul 18 (1)	MIN		CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	88	Jul 18 (2)	MIN		CAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
85	89	Jul 19	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	90	Jul 20	MIN		CAL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
87	91	Jul 21 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
88	92	Jul 21 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
89	93	Jul 22	MIN	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
90	94	Jul 23	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	5	0	0	5	1	1B
91	95	Jul 24	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
92	96	Jul 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
93	97	Jul 26	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-2	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	98	Jul 27 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	L,7-10	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B LF
95	99	Jul 27 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-5	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
96	100	Jul 28	MIN	@	WSA	W,8-1	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	101	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	GS	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B 3B
98	102	Jul 31	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS	40	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	103	Aug 1	MIN		BAL	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
100	104	Aug 2	MIN		BAL	W,6-5	GS	20	5.1	5	0	1	6	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	153 (48)	Sep 21	MIN		BAL	L,4-6	CG	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
102	154	Sep 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
103	155	Sep 25 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
104	156	Sep 25 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
105	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	158	Sep 28	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
107	159	Sep 29	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	160	Sep 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
109	161	Oct 2	MIN		CAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
110	162	Oct 3	MIN		CAL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
							118gm		966.0	673	113	12	798	67