Harmon Clayton Killebrew (Killer)

Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 29, 1936 in Payette, ID
High School: Payette HS (Payette, ID)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1954 (Age 17)   vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Twins/Senators/Royals 1954-1975
Agents: John Boggs [*]
Final Game: September 26, 1975 (Age 39)   vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1984 (335/403 ballots).
   View Harmon Killebrew Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: May 17, 2011 in Scottsdale, AZ
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Payette, ID
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• 3/29 B-R Blog: Baseball license plate: Baseball is on my brain... Today I encountered this license plate: I immediately wondered if any batter has exactly 886 extra...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Seasons With 100+ Games Played & RBI > Half TB: Just goofing around, I decided to run a query of "For single seasons, From 1901 to 2010, requiring RBI>.5*TB and At least...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Chili Davis and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/2 B-R Blog: Lots of RBI; Not So Many Runs Scored: In Major League history there have been 492 instances of a player posting at least 120 RBI in a season.  Typically, a player...

• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/24 Mets360.com: Ed Kranepool and the bat pose: On Wednesday, Doug Parker wrote about an Ed Kranepool card that I had not seen before. This card, issued in 2005, was modeled...
• 2/17 B-R Blog: Extra Inning Home Runs: From 1974-2010 (The era for which the batting event finder is complete.)  forty-eight players hit more home runs than Jack Clark's...
• 2/9 B-R Blog: Fewest singles in a career: Here are the 20 players since 1901 who hit the fewest singles per plate appearance (minimum 3000 PAs) over their careers: Rk Player...

• 1/31 B-R Blog: Greatest birthday performances from the last 20 years: Following are the best birthday performances by batters for each different age. I determined "best" by highest Winning Probability...
• 1/30 B-R Blog: At least 3 times as many homers as doubles in a season: This came up in the comments on another thread, so here is the list. Here are reasons where the batter had at least 3 times as...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/1 The Golden Sombrero: Around The League: Harmon Killebrew, Hall of Fame, Braves’ bullpen, and Cubs’ prospects: Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and is currently being treated at the Mayo Clinic...

• 12/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: I Dreamed A BBA Hall of Fame Ballot: Please do not be alarmed.  Nobody has been foolish enough to actually entrust yours truly with a vote that actually helps determine...

• 11/22 B-R Blog: Seasons Of 60+ RE24 Age 26 Or Younger: In honor of Mr. Votto winning the N.L. MVP Award this season, here's a list of players with seasons where they were age 26 or...

• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...

• 7/23 The Captain's Blog: Road Map to 600: A Snapshot of Arod’s Prolific HR History: Alex Rodriguez has hit 599 home runs, including at least one against 365 different pitchers for 26 different teams in 31 different...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/26 B-R Blog: Oh, To Be Young(?) In The 1960’s: Using Play Index, I was just looking at the best young batters in baseball during the 1960's - Rk Player OPS+ PA From To Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm 1 Frank...
• 6/22 B-R Blog: Counting When It Didn’t Count: Some All-Star fun via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder - batters with 6+ PA in a single All-Star Game: Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos....
• 6/7 B-R Blog: Extra Inning Blowouts: Generally speaking, extra inning games are nail biters, exciting to the end. Occasionally however,  the road team will explode...