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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	MIN	@	WSA	W,8-6	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,12-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	MIN		WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 24	MIN		DET	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 25	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	MIN		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	12	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 30	MIN		CLE	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,10-5	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	15	May 2	MIN	@	KCA	W,7-3	GS	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	May 3 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	17	May 3 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 4	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	19	May 6	MIN		LAA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 7	MIN		LAA	W,9-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	21	May 8	MIN		KCA	L,5-6	CG	48	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
22	26 (4)	May 14	MIN		CHW	W,15-7	GS	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
23	27	May 15	MIN	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
24	28	May 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	29	May 17 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	30	May 17 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	31	May 19	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	50	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
28	32	May 20	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	33	May 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	34	May 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	35	May 24 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	36	May 24 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	37	May 25	MIN	@	LAA	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	38	May 26	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
35	39	May 27 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	40	May 27 (2)	MIN	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	57	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	41	May 29	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	42	May 30	MIN		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	43	May 31	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 1	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	45	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	46	Jun 3	MIN		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	47	Jun 4	MIN		NYY	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	48	Jun 5	MIN		BAL	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	49	Jun 6	MIN		BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	50	Jun 7	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	51	Jun 8	MIN	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	52	Jun 9	MIN	@	DET	L,1-16	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	53	Jun 10	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	54	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	55	Jun 12	MIN	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
52	56	Jun 13	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	57	Jun 14 (1)	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	58	Jun 14 (2)	MIN	@	WSA	W,9-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	60 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	62 (1)	Jun 19	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	63	Jun 20	MIN		DET	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	64	Jun 21	MIN		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	65	Jun 22	MIN		CLE	T,8-8	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
60	66	Jun 23	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	67	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	68	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	69	Jun 25	MIN		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	70	Jun 26 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	71	Jun 26 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	72	Jun 27	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	73	Jun 28	MIN		CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	74	Jun 29	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	75	Jun 30	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	76	Jul 1	MIN	@	BOS	W,14-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	77	Jul 2	MIN	@	BOS	W,15-9	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	79	Jul 4 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	80	Jul 4 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	81	Jul 5	MIN	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	82	Jul 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	83	Jul 10	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
78	84	Jul 11	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	85	Jul 12 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	86	Jul 12 (2)	MIN	@	LAA	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	87	Jul 14	MIN		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	88	Jul 15	MIN		WSA	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	89	Jul 16	MIN		WSA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	90	Jul 17	MIN		LAA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	91	Jul 18	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	92	Jul 19 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	93	Jul 19 (2)	MIN		LAA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	94	Jul 21	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
89	95	Jul 22	MIN		KCA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	96	Jul 23	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	98	Jul 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	50	12.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
93	99	Jul 26 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	54	11.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	100	Jul 26 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
95	101	Jul 28	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	102	Jul 29	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	103	Jul 30	MIN		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	104	Jul 31	MIN		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	105	Aug 1	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	106	Aug 2	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	107	Aug 4	MIN		BOS	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	108	Aug 5	MIN		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	109	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
104	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	111	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	CLE	L,8-16	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	113	Aug 9 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
108	114	Aug 9 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	115	Aug 11	MIN		DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	116	Aug 12	MIN		DET	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
111	117	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,6-3	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	118	Aug 14	MIN		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	119	Aug 15	MIN		CLE	W,9-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	120	Aug 16	MIN		CLE	W,13-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	121	Aug 18	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-1	GS	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	123	Aug 21	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	124	Aug 23 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	125	Aug 23 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
120	126	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	127	Aug 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	128	Aug 26	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	129	Aug 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
124	130	Aug 28	MIN		WSA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	131	Aug 29	MIN		WSA	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
126	132	Aug 30	MIN		WSA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	133	Aug 31	MIN		WSA	W,2-1	GS	33	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
129	135	Sep 2	MIN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	136	Sep 3	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	137	Sep 4	MIN		BOS	W,14-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
132	138	Sep 5	MIN		BOS	W,10-4	GS	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	139	Sep 6	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
134	140	Sep 7	MIN		NYY	L,4-5	CG	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	141	Sep 8	MIN		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	142	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	143	Sep 10	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	144	Sep 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
139	145	Sep 12	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	1	2	0	LF
140	146	Sep 13	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	147	Sep 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
142	148	Sep 15	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF
143	149	Sep 16	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	150	Sep 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
145	151	Sep 19	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
146	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	BOS	W,12-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
147	153	Sep 22	MIN	@	KCA	L,9-10	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
148	154	Sep 23	MIN	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
149	155	Sep 25	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
150	156	Sep 26	MIN	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
151	157	Sep 27	MIN	@	LAA	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
152	158	Sep 29	MIN		KCA	L,6-7	CG	61	15.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
153	159	Sep 30	MIN		KCA	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
154	160	Oct 1	MIN		KCA	L,4-5	GS	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
155	161	Oct 2	MIN		LAA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
156	162	Oct 3	MIN		LAA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
157	163	Oct 4	MIN		LAA	L,0-3	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							158gm		1391.0	233	3	7	243	0