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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	10.1	7	0	0	7	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
3	3	Apr 18	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
4	4	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
5	5	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	GS	22	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 25	MIN		BOS	W,12-0	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
7	7	Apr 26	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 29	MIN	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-0	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
13	13	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
14	14	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
15	15	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
16	16	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
17	17	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
18	18	May 10	MIN		NYY	W,2-0	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	19	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	86	22.0	27	2	0	29	1	1B
20	21 (1)	May 14	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
21	22	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	23	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
23	24	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	GS	28	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	1B
24	25	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
25	27 (1)	May 21 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	29 (1)	May 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS	40	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
27	30	May 25	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
28	31	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-0	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
29	32	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-16	GS	29	3.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
30	33	May 28	MIN		TEX	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
31	34	May 30	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	35	May 31	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	36	Jun 1	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	GF	11	2.2	4	0	0	4	0	1B
34	37	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
35	38	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
36	39	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
37	40	Jun 5	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
38	41	Jun 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	42	Jun 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
40	43	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
41	44	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	45	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	22	6.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
43	47 (1)	Jun 13	MIN		DET	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
44	48	Jun 14	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
45	49	Jun 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
46	50	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
47	51	Jun 18	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
48	52	Jun 20 (1)	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
49	54 (1)	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
50	55	Jun 23	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
51	56	Jun 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	19	6.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
52	57	Jun 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS	25	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
53	59 (1)	Jun 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
54	60	Jun 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
55	61	Jun 28	MIN		CAL	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
56	62	Jun 29 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
57	64 (1)	Jun 30	MIN		KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	65	Jul 1	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
59	66	Jul 2 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	22	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
60	68 (1)	Jul 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
61	69	Jul 4	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
62	70	Jul 5	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
63	71	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
64	72	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
65	73	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
66	74	Jul 10	MIN		MIL	W,8-1	GS	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
67	75	Jul 11	MIN		MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
68	76	Jul 12	MIN		MIL	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
69	78 (1)	Jul 14	MIN		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
70	79	Jul 15	MIN		BOS	W,7-1	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
71	80	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
72	81	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
73	82	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	37	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
74	83	Jul 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
75	84	Jul 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
76	85	Jul 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	GS	23	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
77	86	Jul 23 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	87	Jul 23 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
79	88	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
80	89	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	4	3	1	8	2	1B
81	90	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
82	91	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
83	92	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	93	Aug 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
85	94	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
86	96 (1)	Aug 4	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
87	97	Aug 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
88	98	Aug 6 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	GS	47	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
89	99	Aug 6 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
90	100	Aug 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-0	GS	25	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
91	101	Aug 8	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
92	102	Aug 9	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
93	103	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
94	104	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
95	105	Aug 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
96	106	Aug 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
97	107	Aug 15	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
98	108	Aug 17 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
99	110 (1)	Aug 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
100	111	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
101	120 (8)	Aug 29	MIN		BAL	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
102	121	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-1	GS	23	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	122	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
104	123	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	GS	23	5.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
105	124	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
106	125	Sep 4 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
107	126	Sep 4 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
108	127	Sep 5	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
109	130 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
110	132 (1)	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
111	133	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	GS	23	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
112	134	Sep 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
113	135	Sep 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
114	136	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	GS	31	6.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
115	137	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
116	138	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
117	139	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,11-1	GS	27	7.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
118	140	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,6-10	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
119	141	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
120	142	Sep 20	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	GS	27	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
121	143	Sep 22	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
122	144	Sep 23	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
123	145	Sep 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
124	146	Sep 27 (1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
125	148 (1)	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
126	149	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
127	150	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
128	152 (1)	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
129	153	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
130	154	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,14-2	GS	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							130gm		995.1	995	99	9	1103	82