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Harmon Killebrew

Harmon Killebrew

1954–1975  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 195 lb  ·  b. 1936 Payette, ID

Career 2,435 G · 2,086 H · 573 HR · 1,584 RBI · .256 AVG

Seasons leading his league
16
8 best in baseball 8 league only
78 Top-5 finishes
9 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1969 Best season

Spanning 1959–1972, peaking at 4 titles in 1969.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club
Team records #1 Twins career HR #1 Twins career RBI #1 Twins career OPS #1 Twins 1964 HR #1 Twins 1969 RBI #2 Twins career R #6 Twins 1961 OPS #7 Twins career H
Led in Home Runs for 3 straight seasons (1962–1964) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 229th League titles 16
  • 246th Best in baseball 8
  • 113th Top-5 finishes 78

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Home Runs 6 1st 3 yrs (1962–1964) 1963 45 1964 49 1967 44 1969 49 1959 AL 42 1962 AL 48 1961 #3 1966 #2 1970 #2 1972 #3
Walks 4 1st 2 yrs (1966–1967) 1966 103 1967 131 1971 114 1969 AL 145 1962 #3 1964 #3 1970 #2 1972 #3
Runs Batted In 3 1st — 1969 140 1962 AL 126 1971 AL 119 1959 #3 1963 #3 1964 #3 1966 #2 1967 #2
First Base Assists 1 1st — 1972 AL 99
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1963 AL .555 1959 #2 1960 #3 1962 #2 1966 #2 1967 #3 1969 #3 1970 #3
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1969 AL .427 1966 #3 1967 #3
First Base Double Plays — #2 — 1967 #2
First Base Putouts — #2 — 1967 #2
Third Base Range Factor — #2 — 1959 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage — #3 — 1959 #3
Third Base Putouts — #3 — 1959 #3
Third Base Assists — #2 — 1959 #2
Total Bases — #2 — 1959 #2 1963 #3 1964 #3 1966 #3 1967 #2 1969 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. — #2 — 1962 #2 1963 #2 1966 #2 1967 #3 1969 #2
Runs — #2 — 1964 #3 1967 #2

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1972 1 1B A 99
1971 2 RBI 119 BB 114
1969 4 HR 49 RBI 140 OBP .427 BB 145
1967 2 HR 44 BB 131
1966 1 BB 103
1964 1 HR 49
1963 2 HR 45 SLG .555
1962 2 HR 48 RBI 126
1959 1 HR 42

Batting

  led the league   22 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 WS1 AL 9 13 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 .308 .400 .385 .785
1955 WS1 AL 38 80 12 16 1 0 4 7 9 31 0 .200 .281 .363 .643
1956 WS1 AL 44 99 10 22 2 0 5 13 10 39 0 .222 .291 .394 .685
1957 WS1 AL 9 31 4 9 2 0 2 5 2 8 0 .290 .333 .548 .882
1958 WS1 AL 13 31 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 .194 .212 .194 .406
1959 WS1 AL 153 546 98 132 20 2 42 105 90 116 3 .242 .354 .516 .870
1960 WS1 AL 124 442 84 122 19 1 31 80 71 106 1 .276 .375 .534 .909
1961 MIN AL 150 541 94 156 20 7 46 122 107 109 1 .288 .405 .606 1.012
1962 MIN AL 155 552 85 134 21 1 48 126 106 142 1 .243 .366 .545 .912
1963 MIN AL 142 515 88 133 18 0 45 96 72 105 0 .258 .349 .555 .904
1964 MIN AL 158 577 95 156 11 1 49 111 93 135 0 .270 .377 .548 .924
1965 MIN AL 113 401 78 108 16 1 25 75 72 69 0 .269 .384 .501 .885
1966 MIN AL 162 569 89 160 27 1 39 110 103 98 0 .281 .391 .538 .929
1967 MIN AL 163 547 105 147 24 1 44 113 131 111 1 .269 .408 .558 .965
1968 MIN AL 100 295 40 62 7 2 17 40 70 70 0 .210 .361 .420 .782
1969 MIN AL 162 555 106 153 20 2 49 140 145 84 8 .276 .427 .584 1.011
1970 MIN AL 157 527 96 143 20 1 41 113 128 84 0 .271 .411 .546 .957
1971 MIN AL 147 500 61 127 19 1 28 119 114 96 3 .254 .386 .464 .850
1972 MIN AL 139 433 53 100 13 2 26 74 94 91 0 .231 .367 .450 .817
1973 MIN AL 69 248 29 60 9 1 5 32 41 59 0 .242 .352 .347 .698
1974 MIN AL 122 333 28 74 7 0 13 54 45 61 0 .222 .312 .360 .672
1975 KCA AL 106 312 25 62 13 0 14 44 54 70 1 .199 .317 .375 .692
Career — — 2,435 8,147 1,283 2,086 290 24 573 1,584 1,559 1,699 19 .256 .376 .509 .884

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1954 WS1 AL 2B 3 3 27.0 5 2 0 0 7 1.000 2.33
1955 WS1 AL 3B 23 17 166.0 23 49 5 3 77 .935 3.13
2B 3 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.33
1956 WS1 AL 3B 20 18 157.0 18 40 3 3 61 .951 2.90
2B 4 2 24.0 6 4 1 1 11 .909 2.50
1957 WS1 AL 3B 7 7 64.0 2 16 1 2 19 .947 2.57
2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1958 WS1 AL 3B 9 8 65.0 8 13 0 1 21 1.000 2.33
1959 WS1 AL 3B 150 149 1319.1 129 325 30 18 484 .938 3.03
OF 4 4 30.2 6 0 0 0 6 1.000 1.50
1960 WS1 AL 1B 71 71 608.2 584 32 8 69 624 .987 8.68
3B 65 45 437.0 45 103 9 7 157 .943 2.28
1961 MIN AL 1B 119 115 997.1 972 67 14 91 1,053 .987 8.73
3B 45 33 309.1 28 75 9 10 112 .920 2.29
OF 2 2 19.0 3 1 0 0 4 1.000 2.00
1962 MIN AL OF 151 150 1225.0 227 5 8 0 240 .967 1.54
1B 4 2 27.0 14 0 1 4 15 .933 3.50
1963 MIN AL OF 137 137 1122.0 219 7 3 0 229 .987 1.65
1964 MIN AL OF 157 157 1390.1 232 1 7 0 240 .971 1.48
1965 MIN AL 1B 72 70 610.0 636 35 8 64 679 .988 9.32
3B 44 40 352.0 37 78 4 3 119 .966 2.61
OF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1966 MIN AL 3B 107 103 915.0 83 190 14 11 287 .951 2.55
1B 42 40 341.1 330 15 4 30 349 .989 8.21
OF 18 18 146.2 22 0 0 0 22 1.000 1.22
1967 MIN AL 1B 160 160 1369.0 1,283 86 11 100 1,380 .992 8.56
3B 3 3 24.0 2 3 1 0 6 .833 1.67
1968 MIN AL 1B 77 77 652.0 594 56 4 50 654 .994 8.44
3B 11 10 69.0 7 15 3 1 25 .880 2.00
1969 MIN AL 3B 105 96 778.0 75 185 20 12 280 .929 2.48
1B 80 66 590.1 574 34 2 55 610 .997 7.60
1970 MIN AL 3B 138 129 1075.0 108 203 17 14 328 .948 2.25
1B 28 26 205.0 204 9 3 14 216 .986 7.61
1971 MIN AL 1B 90 82 706.0 658 56 2 52 716 .997 7.93
3B 64 60 511.0 42 93 11 3 146 .925 2.11
1972 MIN AL 1B 130 128 995.0 995 99 9 82 1,103 .992 8.42
1973 MIN AL 1B 57 57 451.0 431 45 1 42 477 .998 8.35
1974 MIN AL 1B 33 31 223.2 218 21 2 21 241 .992 7.24
1975 KCA AL 1B 6 4 34.0 28 0 0 4 28 1.000 4.67
Career — — 1B 969 929 7810.1 7,521 555 69 678 8,145 .992 8.33
— — 3B 791 718 6241.2 607 1,388 127 88 2,122 .940 2.52
— — OF 470 468 3937.2 709 14 18 0 741 .976 1.54
— — 2B 11 5 57.1 12 6 1 1 19 .947 1.64