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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-33 / in Starts: 35-31
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 290 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	197 (111-49-37)
Avg. MLBer w/ 290 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	179 (92-57-29)

Most Driven In
R Carew	11
Self	5
L Hisle	5
T Oliva	3
D Thompson	2
J Holt	2
S Braun	1
E Soderholm	1

Most Driven In By
B Darwin	7
S Braun	6
Self	5
J Holt	3
D Thompson	3
D Walton	1
G Mitterwald	1

1973 Batting Game Log

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1973 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2139	6 (5)	Apr 13	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GS-6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	3	.44	0.022	.74	0.02%	0.70	1B
2	2140	7	Apr 14	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	3	1.67	-0.183	2.95	-0.19%	-0.94	1B
3	2141	8	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	W,10-5	GS-9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	3	1.27	-0.003	2.18	0.00%	-0.17	1B
4	2142	9	Apr 18	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.214	.508	3	1.09	-0.070	1.95	-0.08%	-0.25	1B
5	2143	10	Apr 20	MIN		TEX	W,5-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.222	.508	3	.38	-0.039	.61	-0.04%	-0.49	1B
6	2144	11	Apr 21	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.240	.182	.422	3	.73	-0.074	1.24	-0.08%	-0.47	1B
7	2145	12	Apr 22	MIN		TEX	W,6-4	GS-8	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.320	.596	3	.89	0.191	1.62	0.21%	1.35	1B
8	2146	13	Apr 24	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.172	.294	.310	.604	3	1.03	-0.051	1.79	-0.05%	-0.59	1B
9	2147	14	Apr 25	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.282	.273	.555	3	2.56	-0.294	4.45	-0.31%	-1.26	1B
10	2148	15	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.279	.270	.549	3	.30	-0.010	.48	-0.01%	-0.34	1B
11	2149	16	Apr 29 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.255	.244	.499	3	.70	-0.070	1.04	-0.06%	-0.80	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	2150	18 (1)	May 2	MIN		CLE	L,4-8	GS-10	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.261	.530	4	1.26	-0.068	1.68	-0.05%	-0.26	1B
13	2151	19	May 4	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	GS-9	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.286	.286	.571	3	1.08	0.170	1.25	0.12%	1.26	1B
14	2152	20	May 5	MIN		BOS	L,1-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.295	.283	.578	3	1.15	-0.011	1.37	-0.01%	-0.33	1B
15	2153	21	May 6	MIN		BOS	W,10-3	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.308	.298	.606	3	.82	0.061	.86	0.04%	1.83	1B
16	2154	22	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,4-14	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.197	.290	.279	.569	3	.83	-0.134	.94	-0.09%	-1.76	1B
17	2155	23	May 9	MIN		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.301	.292	.594	3	1.25	-0.075	1.29	-0.05%	-0.46	1B
18	2156	24	May 11	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.299	.290	.589	3	1.06	-0.061	1.26	-0.04%	-1.31	1B
19	2157	25	May 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.309	.292	.600	5	.55	0.022	.57	0.01%	0.12	1B
20	2158	27 (1)	May 14 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-8	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.314	.289	.603	4	.68	-0.016	.62	-0.01%	-0.38	1B
21	2159	29 (1)	May 15	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-5	GS-9	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.330	.338	.667	5	.80	0.232	.77	0.13%	1.08	1B
22	2160	30	May 16	MIN		CHW	W,8-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.337	.337	.674	5	.66	0.015	.82	0.01%	0.26	1B
23	2161	31	May 17	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.354	.341	.695	3	1.27	0.039	1.81	0.03%	0.55	1B
24	2162	32	May 18	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.340	.326	.666	4	.62	-0.060	.81	-0.05%	-1.05	1B
25	2163	33	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-3	GS-9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.333	.319	.652	4	1.01	0.022	1.43	0.02%	-0.37	1B
26	2164	34	May 20 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.319	.303	.622	3	.52	-0.067	.85	-0.07%	-1.11	1B
27	2165	35	May 20 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.325	.304	.629	4	1.08	-0.003	1.53	0.00%	0.00	1B
28	2166	36	May 22	MIN		KCR	W,8-7	GS-7	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.339	.324	.663	4	1.02	0.170	1.52	0.15%	1.91	1B
29	2167	37	May 23	MIN		KCR	W,8-6	GS-9	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.357	.349	.706	4	1.71	0.357	2.67	0.33%	2.98	1B
30	2168	38	May 24	MIN		KCR	W,2-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.346	.336	.682	4	.94	-0.102	1.55	-0.10%	-1.06	1B
31	2169	39	May 25	MIN		KCR	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.351	.336	.687	4	1.34	0.150	2.34	0.16%	0.89	DH
32	2170	40	May 26	MIN		BAL	L,2-7	CG(7)	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.252	.355	.336	.691	3	.76	0.060	1.05	0.05%	0.49	1B
33	2171	41	May 28	MIN		BAL	W,10-3	GS-9	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.350	.347	.696	4	.60	0.089	.76	0.07%	-0.04	1B
34	2172	42	May 29	MIN	@	MIL	W,1-0	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.347	.339	.686	4	1.05	0.005	1.40	0.00%	0.07	1B
35	2173	43	May 30	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-0	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.351	.333	.684	4	.61	0.050	.92	0.05%	0.89	1B
36	2174	44	May 31	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.361	.364	.725	4	.78	0.253	1.30	0.25%	2.15	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	2175	45	Jun 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.363	.360	.723	4	.59	-0.050	1.00	-0.05%	-0.74	1B
38	2176	46	Jun 2	MIN		DET	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.366	.371	.737	3	1.28	0.100	1.99	0.09%	0.30	1B
39	2177	47	Jun 3	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.361	.718	3	1.02	-0.109	1.76	-0.11%	-1.76	DH
40	2178	48	Jun 6 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-15	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.354	.364	.719	4	1.51	-0.158	2.77	-0.17%	1.15	1B
41	2179	50 (1)	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.346	.355	.701	3	.55	-0.055	1.08	-0.07%	-0.62	1B
42	2180	51	Jun 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.348	.352	.700	3	1.21	-0.026	2.57	-0.03%	-0.43	1B
43	2181	52	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	W,11-4	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.351	.356	.707	4	.51	0.059	1.06	0.07%	0.31	1B
44	2182	54 (1)	Jun 12	MIN		MIL	L,3-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.354	.356	.710	9	.93	0.034	1.83	0.04%	0.33	PH
45	2183	55	Jun 13	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.347	.347	.694	4	1.56	-0.306	3.11	-0.37%	-1.63	1B
46	2184	56	Jun 15	MIN	@	DET	W,13-6	GS-7	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.359	.359	.717	4	1.06	0.135	1.94	0.15%	3.30	1B
47	2185	57	Jun 16	MIN	@	DET	W,5-0	GS-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.366	.357	.723	4	.52	0.031	1.02	0.04%	0.32	1B
48	2186	58	Jun 17	MIN	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.359	.349	.708	3	1.08	-0.110	2.30	-0.14%	-1.13	1B
49	2187	59	Jun 18	MIN		TEX	L,4-7	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.365	.348	.713	4	.82	-0.006	1.61	-0.01%	-0.14	1B
50	2188	60	Jun 19	MIN		TEX	W,7-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.363	.346	.709	4	.91	0.089	1.73	0.10%	0.72	1B
51	2189	61	Jun 20	MIN		TEX	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.356	.339	.695	4	1.03	-0.116	2.04	-0.14%	-1.01	1B
52	2190	62	Jun 21	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.359	.342	.701	3	.96	0.057	2.18	0.08%	0.56	1B
53	2191	63	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.357	.340	.697	1	3.48	-0.098	8.50	-0.14%	-0.23	PH
54	2192	64	Jun 23	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.360	.344	.703	5	1.85	0.263	4.46	0.38%	0.86	1B
55	2193	65	Jun 24 (1)	MIN		CAL	W,5-1	GS-8	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.362	.348	.711	4	.63	0.040	1.36	0.05%	0.08	1B
56	2194	66	Jun 24 (2)	MIN		CAL	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.360	.343	.703	4	.94	-0.036	2.17	-0.05%	-0.42	1B
57	2195	67	Jun 25	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.358	.338	.697	5	1.61	-0.082	3.42	-0.10%	-0.91	1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	2196	141 (73)	Sep 9	MIN		CHW	L,7-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.361	.341	.702	4	.68	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.98	DH
59	2197	142	Sep 10	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.359	.340	.699	9	1.97	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.80	PH
60	2198	144 (1)	Sep 12	MIN		TEX	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.361	.354	.715	4	1.25	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.57	DH
61	2199	146 (1)	Sep 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.362	.352	.714	4	.22	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.05	DH
62	2200	150 (3)	Sep 19	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.357	.345	.702	4	.97	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.85	DH
63	2201	152 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.355	.341	.696	4	1.06	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.49	DH
64	2202	153	Sep 21	MIN		OAK	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.237	.348	.333	.682	4	.51	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-2.64	DH
65	2203	156 (2)	Sep 24	MIN	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.347	.332	.679	4	1.15	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.46	1B
66	2204	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-4	GS-7	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.348	.346	.694	4	.47	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.34	1B
67	2205	158	Sep 26	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.343	.340	.683	4	1.11	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1B
68	2206	159	Sep 27	MIN	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-9	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.347	.347	.694	4	1.54	0.118	.00	0.00%	1.60	1B
69	2207	160	Sep 28	MIN	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS-9	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.352	.347	.698	4	.40	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.97	DH
							36-33		290	248	29	60	9	1	5	32	41	2	59	1	0	0	2	10	0	0	.242	.352	.347	.698		.98	0.099	1.40	-0.01%	1.39

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