Harmon Killebrew

Hall of Fame

First Base

1954—1975

Player LeveL

Superstar

Top 100 Rank

First Base RANK

Player Detail

Harmon Clayton

GIVEN NAME

Killebrew

SURNAME

June 29, 1936, in Payette, ID

BORN

May 17, 2011, in Scottsdale, AZ, USA

DIED

1954—1975

Playing Career

Played from 18-39

PLAYING AGE

Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals

Teams Played For

First Base

PRIMARY POSITION

Minnesota Twins

PRIMARY TEAM

NONE

World Series titles

Killer

NICKNAME

3 UNIFORM NUMBER

#4 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-0 / 195

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Right / Right

BATTED / THREW

June 23, 1954

Major League Debut

September 26, 1975

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Harmon Killebrew?

Hit high, long home runs in bunches. And he did it for a lot of years, mostly in a Twins uniform.

Killebrew hit the longest home runs ever recorded at Metropolitan Stadium (520 feet), and Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium. He was the first batter to hit a ball over the left field roof at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium.

60

HITTING

80

POWER

30

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

50

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2435	2086	573	1584	.256

13 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

1969 AL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
49.2	52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.884	.765	116.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.256	.376	.509

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Bill Skowron

Jim Gentile

Norm Cash

HOME BATTING

AVG	OBP	SLG
.259	.379	.519

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

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Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Earl Battey

Mickey Vernon

Rod Carew

Zoilo Versalles

George Brett

Roy Sievers

Amos Otis

Tony Oliva

Camilo Pascual

Bert Blyleven

Sam Mertes