Harmon Killebrew

Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew
	First baseman / third baseman / leftfielder
Born: June 29, 1936 ; Payette , United States
Died on: May 17, 2011 in ; Scottsdale , United States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
	With the Washington Senators on June 23, 1954
Last MLB assignment
	September 26, 1975 with the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics ; (until end of career)
Batting average	, 256
Hits	2,086
Home runs	573
Runs Batted In	1,584
Teams
	Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1954–1974); Kansas City Royals (1975);
Awards
	13 × All-Star (1959, 1959, 1961, 1961, 1963–1971); AL MVP (1969); 6 × batsman with the most home runs in the AL (1959, 1962–1964, 1967, 1969); 3 × batsman with the most RBIs in the AL (1962, 1969, 1971); In his honor, the # 3 in the Minnesota Twins is no longer awarded;
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1984
Quota	83.13%

Harmon Clayton Killebrew (born June 29, 1936 in Payette , Idaho , † May 17, 2011 in Scottsdale , Arizona ), nicknamed " Killer " and " Hammerin 'Harmon ", was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

Career

As the first baseman, he played in his 22-year professional career for the Washington Senators , Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals . During that time he scored 573 home runs .

Killebrew was one of the top hitters of the 1960s, hitting at least 40 home runs per season for eight straight years. With the Minnesota Twins he reached the 1965 World Series , which they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers . In 1969 he was named Most Valuable Player of the American League . Six times he had the most home runs in the league at the end of the season, three times the most run batted in . Killebrew has been elected to the All-Star Team 11 times. In 1984 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Stations as a player

Web links

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Player information and statistics from MLB or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)

Harmon Killebrew in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)

Killebrew's Baseball Card timeline (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Killebrew, Harmon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Killebrew, Harmon Clayton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Payette , Idaho
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 2011
Place of death	Scottsdale , Arizona

Harmon Killebrew


First baseman / third baseman / leftfielder
Born: June 29, 1936 Payette , United StatesUnited States
Died on: May 17, 2011 in Scottsdale , United StatesUnited States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
With the Washington Senators on June 23, 1954
Last MLB assignment
September 26, 1975 with the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 256
Hits	2,086
Home runs	573
Runs Batted In	1,584
Teams
Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1954–1974) Kansas City Royals (1975)
Awards
13 × All-Star (1959, 1959, 1961, 1961, 1963–1971) AL MVP (1969) 6 × batsman with the most home runs in the AL (1959, 1962–1964, 1967, 1969) 3 × batsman with the most RBIs in the AL (1962, 1969, 1971) In his honor, the # 3 in the Minnesota Twins is no longer awarded
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1984
Quota	83.13%