Harmon Killebrew: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1984

Born: June 29, 1936

1954: Signed by Washington Senators

Debut: June 23, 1954 (Senators)

1955: First HR hit at age 18 (vs. Tigers)

1958: Becomes starter for Senators

1960: Surgery for nasal irritation

1961: Senators move to Minnesota

1961: Only 5 hit game of career (June 12)

1962: He and Bob Allison each hit grand slams in same game (first time since 1890)

1962: First to hit ball over left field roof at Tiger Stadium

1963: Only 3 HR Game of career (September 21)

1963: Knee surgery

1965: First player to be elected to All Star Game at 3 positions

1965: Twins win Pennant

1967: Hit longest home run at Metropolitan Stadium (520 feet)

1969: Twins win AL West

1969: AL MVP (.276, 49, 140, 106 Runs, 145 Walks, .427 OBP, .584 SLG, 1.011 OPS)

1970: Twins win AL West

1971: HR in All Star Game in Detroit

1971: Hit 500th home run

1971: Lou Gehrig Award

1975: Signed by Kansas City Royals

1976: Retired

1976-88: Broadcaster

1984: Elected to Hall of Fame (83.1%)

1999: Finalist All Century Team

2011: Died


Accomplishments:
13x All Star

1969 AL MVP

6x HR Champ

500 Homer Club

.256

573 HR

1584 RBI

1283 Runs

2086 Hits

573 HR

1584 RBI

.376 OBP

.509 SLG

.884 OPS

4143 TB

100+ Runs: 2x

20+ HR: 13x

30+ HR: 10x

40+ HR: 7x

100+ RBI: 9x

100+ Walks: 7x

.400 OBP: 4x

.500 SLG: 11x

.606 SLG (1961)

1.010+ OPS: 2x

300+ TB: 6x

Led league in Games (162): 1969

Led League in RBI: 2x

Led league in walks: 4x

Led league in OBP (.427): 1969

Led league in SLG (.555): 1963

Led league in HBP (8): 1964

Led league in SF (8): 1967

Led league in IBB: 3x

Postseason: .250, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .944 OPS (3 Series)