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Harmon Killebrew
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Birthdate: 6/29/1936    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 213 lbs. Place of Birth: Payette, ID, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the top Home Run hitters of all-time. Harmon Killebrew hit over 40 homers in a season eight times; twice he hit 49. Hall of Fame Baseball Player by baseballhistorian.com Harmon Killebrew led the league in homers six times and in RBI's three times. Played in eleven All-Star games and drove in more than 100 runs nine different times. He hit 573 career home runs, which was the fifth highest in history as we entered the year 2000. In 1959, Harmon Killebrew hit two homers in a game five times in a three week period. July 18, 1962, he hit 2 grand slams in one game. In 1963, he hit 4 homers in a doubleheader- an AL record. 1969, Killebrew was MVP; hitting 49 home runs and driving in 140 runs, leading the league in both. Killebrew struck out often but also drew a lot of base on balls. In his career he struck out 1669 times and walked 1559 times in 22 years. Hall of Famer, .256 lifetime batting average and 1584 lifetime RBI's. baseballhistorian.com


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
22 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1954 WSH (AL) 9 13 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .400 SLG
1955 WSH (AL) 38 80 12 16 1 0 4 7 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .281 SLG
1956 WSH (AL) 44 99 10 22 2 0 5 13 10 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .291 SLG
1957 WSH (AL) 9 31 4 9 2 0 2 5 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .333 SLG
1958 WSH (AL) 13 31 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 .194 .212 SLG
1959 WSH (AL) 153 546 98 132 20 2 42 105 90 116 3 2 1 7 0 4 .242 .354 SLG
1960 WSH (AL) 124 442 84 122 19 1 31 80 71 106 1 0 3 1 0 3 .276 .375 SLG
1961 MIN (AL) 150 541 94 156 20 7 46 122 107 109 1 2 6 3 0 5 .288 .405 SLG
1962 MIN (AL) 155 552 85 134 21 1 48 126 106 142 1 2 6 4 0 4 .243 .366 SLG
1963 MIN (AL) 142 515 88 133 18 0 45 96 72 105 0 0 4 3 0 6 .258 .349 SLG
1964 MIN (AL) 158 577 95 156 11 1 49 111 93 135 0 0 5 8 0 4 .270 .377 SLG
1965 MIN (AL) 113 401 78 108 16 1 25 75 72 69 0 0 12 4 0 2 .269 .384 SLG
1966 MIN (AL) 162 569 89 160 27 1 39 110 103 98 0 2 18 2 0 3 .281 .391 SLG
1967 MIN (AL) 163 547 105 147 24 1 44 113 131 111 1 0 15 3 0 8 .269 .408 SLG
1968 MIN (AL) 100 295 40 62 7 2 17 40 70 70 0 0 9 2 0 4 .210 .361 SLG
1969 MIN (AL) 162 555 106 153 20 2 49 140 145 84 8 2 20 5 0 4 .276 .427 SLG
1970 MIN (AL) 157 527 96 143 20 1 41 113 128 84 0 3 23 2 0 8 .271 .411 SLG
1971 MIN (AL) 147 500 61 127 19 1 28 119 114 96 3 2 14 0 0 10 .254 .386 SLG
1972 MIN (AL) 139 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 94 91 0 1 12 1 0 4 .231 .367 SLG
1973 MIN (AL) 69 248 29 60 9 1 5 32 41 59 0 0 2 1 0 0 .242 .352 SLG
1974 MIN (AL) 122 333 28 74 7 0 13 54 45 61 0 0 6 0 0 4 .222 .312 SLG
1975 KCR (AL) 106 312 25 62 13 0 14 44 54 70 1 2 4 1 0 2 .199 .317 SLG
22 years   2435 8147 1283 2086 290 24 573 1584 1559 1699 19 18 160 48 0 77 .256 .376 .SLG



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