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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 14	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
3	3	Apr 15	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
4	14 (10)	Apr 29	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
5	15	Apr 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16	May 1	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
7	17	May 2	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
8	18	May 3	MIN		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	4	2	11	4	1B
9	19	May 4	MIN		NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	20	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	21	May 7	MIN		BOS	L,9-11	GS	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B 3B
12	22	May 9	MIN		BAL	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	23	May 10	MIN		BAL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
14	24	May 11	MIN		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
15	25	May 12	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
16	26	May 13	MIN		LAA	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
17	27	May 14	MIN		LAA	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B 3B
18	28	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
19	29	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
20	30	May 18	MIN		KCA	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B 3B
21	31	May 19	MIN		KCA	W,11-1	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	32	May 20	MIN		KCA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
23	33	May 21 (1)	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
24	34	May 21 (2)	MIN		CLE	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
25	35	May 22	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	CG	63	15.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	36	May 23	MIN		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
27	37	May 24	MIN		DET	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B 3B
28	38	May 25	MIN		DET	W,7-6	GS	46	11.0	5	3	0	8	1	3B 1B
29	39	May 26	MIN	@	WSA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B 3B
30	40	May 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-14	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
31	41	May 28	MIN	@	WSA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	42	May 30 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	43	May 30 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	44	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	45	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	46	Jun 4 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
37	47	Jun 4 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
38	48	Jun 5 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
39	49	Jun 5 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
40	50	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B 3B
41	51	Jun 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	52	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B 1B
43	53	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
44	54	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B 3B
45	55	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	56	Jun 12	MIN	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
48	58	Jun 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	59	Jun 15	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
50	60	Jun 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
51	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B 3B
52	62	Jun 18 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
53	63	Jun 18 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-10	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B 1B
54	64	Jun 20	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
55	65	Jun 21	MIN		BAL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
56	66	Jun 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
57	67	Jun 23	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	68	Jun 24	MIN		NYY	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
59	69	Jun 25	MIN		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
60	70	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
61	71	Jun 27 (2)	MIN		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
62	72	Jun 28	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
63	73	Jun 29	MIN		BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
64	74	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
66	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	46	8.1	7	2	0	9	0	1B 3B
67	77	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
68	78	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
69	79	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	80	Jul 5	MIN		LAA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
71	81	Jul 6	MIN		LAA	L,11-12	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
72	82	Jul 7	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
73	83	Jul 8	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
74	84	Jul 9	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
75	85	Jul 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
76	86	Jul 14	MIN	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	87	Jul 15	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B 3B
78	88	Jul 16 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B 3B
79	89	Jul 16 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
80	90	Jul 18	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-4	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B 3B
81	91	Jul 19 (1)	MIN	@	LAA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
82	92	Jul 19 (2)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	1B
83	93	Jul 21	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
84	94	Jul 22	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
85	95	Jul 23	MIN		CLE	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
86	96	Jul 25	MIN		WSA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
87	97	Jul 26	MIN		WSA	W,10-9	GS	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B 3B
88	98	Jul 27	MIN		WSA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
89	99	Jul 28	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
90	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
91	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	102	Aug 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
93	103	Aug 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
94	104	Aug 3	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
95	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	9.2	14	0	0	14	1	1B
96	106	Aug 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
97	107	Aug 6 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	68	14.2	16	1	0	17	1	1B
98	108	Aug 6 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	11	0	1	12	1	1B
99	109	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	13	0	1	14	0	1B
100	110	Aug 7 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
101	111	Aug 8	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
102	112	Aug 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
103	113	Aug 10	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
104	114	Aug 11	MIN		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
105	116 (1)	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
106	117	Aug 14	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
107	118	Aug 15	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
108	119	Aug 16	MIN		KCA	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
109	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
110	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
111	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
112	123	Aug 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	6	1	0	7	1	1B
113	124	Aug 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
114	125	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
115	126	Aug 25	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
116	127	Aug 26	MIN		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
117	128	Aug 27	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
118	129	Aug 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
119	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
120	131	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	132	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
122	133	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
123	134	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
124	135	Sep 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
125	136	Sep 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
126	137	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
127	138	Sep 6 (1)	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
128	139	Sep 6 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	CG	47	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
129	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
130	141	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
131	142	Sep 10 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
132	143	Sep 10 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
133	144	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
134	145	Sep 14 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
135	146	Sep 14 (2)	MIN		LAA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
136	147	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
137	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
138	149	Sep 17 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
139	150	Sep 17 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
140	151	Sep 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
141	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
142	153	Sep 23 (1)	MIN		WSA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
143	154	Sep 23 (2)	MIN		WSA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
144	155	Sep 24	MIN		WSA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
145	156	Sep 26	MIN		CLE	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
146	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,10-4	GS	26	8.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
147	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
148	159	Sep 29	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
149	160	Sep 30	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	27	5.1	6	2	0	8	1	1B
150	161	Oct 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
							166gm		1325.2	1003	143	23	1169	101