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Historical player · 1954–1975 · ★ Hall of Fame 1984

Harmon Killebrew

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 195 · Born 6/29/1936 · From Payette, ID USA · Debut 1954-06-23 · Final 1975-09-26

Career · batting

2,435

8,147

2,086

573

RBI

1,584

1,559

AVG/OPS

0.256 · 0.885

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1954–1974

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559

#1 on the Twins

↓ 266 K. Hrbek

Hits

2,024

#7 on the Twins

↑ 61 R. Carew

↓ 31 M. Vernon

RBI

1,540

#1 on the Twins

↓ 454 K. Hrbek

#145 on the Twins

↑ 1 E. Delahanty

↓ 1 P. Donovan

Runs

1,258

#2 on the Twins

↑ 208 S. Rice

↓ 104 J. Judge

1,505

#1 on the Twins

↓ 231 E. Yost

Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1975–1975

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#113 on the Royals

↑ 1 B. Martinez

↓ 1 G. Zaun

Hits

#220 on the Royals

↑ 1 R. Herrera

↓ 1 T. Pendleton

RBI

#175 on the Royals

↑ 1 A. Frazier

↓ 1 D. Mientkiewicz

#246 on the Royals

↑ 1 A. Almonte

Runs

#238 on the Royals

↑ 1 K. Koslofski

↓ 1 A. Blanco

#125 on the Royals

↑ 1 G. Zaun

↓ 1 J. Hernandez

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

573

#12 all-time MLB

↑ 10 M. McGwire

↓ 4 R. Palmeiro

Hits

2,086

#250 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Cedeno

↓ 1 T. Wallach

RBI

1,584

#42 all-time MLB

↑ 3 C. Beltran

↓ 1 A. Kaline

#3,287 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adcock

↓ 1 R. Abercrombie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1954	Senators	AL	9	13	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	0.308	0.400	0.385
1955	Senators	AL	38	80	12	16	1	0	4	7	0	9	31	0.200	0.281	0.363
1956	Senators	AL	44	99	10	22	2	0	5	13	0	10	39	0.222	0.291	0.394
1957	Senators	AL	9	31	4	9	2	0	2	5	0	2	8	0.290	0.333	0.548
1958	Senators	AL	13	31	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	0.194	0.212	0.194
1959	Senators	AL	153	546	98	132	20	2	42	105	3	90	116	0.242	0.354	0.516
1960	Senators	AL	124	442	84	122	19	1	31	80	1	71	106	0.276	0.375	0.534
1961	Twins	AL	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	1	107	109	0.288	0.405	0.606
1962	Twins	AL	155	552	85	134	21	1	48	126	1	106	142	0.243	0.366	0.545
1963	Twins	AL	142	515	88	133	18	0	45	96	0	72	105	0.258	0.349	0.555
1964	Twins	AL	158	577	95	156	11	1	49	111	0	93	135	0.270	0.377	0.548
1965	Twins	AL	113	401	78	108	16	1	25	75	0	72	69	0.269	0.384	0.501
1966	Twins	AL	162	569	89	160	27	1	39	110	0	103	98	0.281	0.391	0.538
1967	Twins	AL	163	547	105	147	24	1	44	113	1	131	111	0.269	0.408	0.558
1968	Twins	AL	100	295	40	62	7	2	17	40	0	70	70	0.210	0.361	0.420
1969	Twins	AL	162	555	106	153	20	2	49	140	8	145	84	0.276	0.427	0.584
1970	Twins	AL	157	527	96	143	20	1	41	113	0	128	84	0.271	0.411	0.546
1971	Twins	AL	147	500	61	127	19	1	28	119	3	114	96	0.254	0.386	0.464
1972	Twins	AL	139	433	53	100	13	2	26	74	0	94	91	0.231	0.367	0.450
1973	Twins	AL	69	248	29	60	9	1	5	32	0	41	59	0.242	0.352	0.347
1974	Twins	AL	122	333	28	74	7	0	13	54	0	45	61	0.222	0.312	0.360
1975	Royals	AL	106	312	25	62	13	0	14	44	1	54	70	0.199	0.317	0.375
Career			2,435	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	573	1,584	19	1,559	1,699	0.256	0.376	0.509

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	969	929	7,810.3	7,521	555	69	678
3B	791	718	6,241.7	607	1,388	127	88
OF	470	468	3,937.7	709	14	18	0
2B	11	5	57.3	12	6	1	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1984	BBWAA	335	303	Inducted
1983	BBWAA	269	281	Ballot
1982	BBWAA	246	312	Ballot
1981	BBWAA	239	301	Ballot