Harmon Killebrew stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 1975

Age 90

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Harmon Killebrew played 22 MLB seasons, 1954 to 1975.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,435
AB
8,147
R
1,283
H
2,086
HR
573
RBI
1,584
SB
19
AVG
.256

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1954MIN91314030.308
1955MIN38801216470.200
1956MIN449910225130.222
1957MIN93149250.290
1958MIN133126020.194
1959MIN15354698132421053.242
1960MIN1244428412231801.276
1961MIN15054194156461221.288
1962MIN15555285134481261.243
1963MIN1425158813345960.258
1964MIN15857795156491110.270
1965MIN1134017810825750.269
1966MIN16256989160391100.281
1967MIN163547105147441131.269
1968MIN100295406217400.210
1969MIN162555106153491408.276
1970MIN15752796143411130.271
1971MIN14750061127281193.254
1972MIN1394335310026740.231
1973MIN6924829605320.242
1974MIN122333287413540.222
1975KC106312256214441.199

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
13
AB
40
R
6
H
10
HR
3
RBI
6
SB
0
AVG
.250

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
9,831
TB
4,143
XBH
887
HBP
48
IBB
160
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1954MIN15510000
1955MIN892950000
1956MIN1103970000
1957MIN331740000
1958MIN33601000
1959MIN647282647100
1960MIN517236511300
1961MIN656328733600
1962MIN666301704600
1963MIN596286633400
1964MIN682316618500
1965MIN4792014241200
1966MIN6773066721800
1967MIN6893056931500
1968MIN371124262900
1969MIN7093247152000
1970MIN6652886222300
1971MIN6242324801400
1972MIN5321954111200
1973MIN29086151200
1974MIN382120200600
1975KC369117271400

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
55.8
RC
1,648.2
RC/27
7.20
ISOP
.252
SECA
.444
BB/K
0.92
AB/HR
14.2
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1954MIN0.02.26.6.0770.20.700
1955MIN-0.18.53.6.1630.30.3200
1956MIN-0.511.94.1.1720.30.319.80
1957MIN0.15.66.9.2580.30.315.50
1958MIN-0.10.90.9.0000000
1959MIN3.91056.8.2750.40.8130
1960MIN2.991.27.6.2580.40.714.30
1961MIN5.5133.49.2.3180.51.011.80
1962MIN2.6114.87.3.3030.50.811.50
1963MIN4.1103.17.2.2970.40.711.40
1964MIN4.4122.57.8.2770.40.711.80
1965MIN4.281.47.5.2320.41.0160
1966MIN5.5122.88.2570.41.114.60
1967MIN6.0131.38.7.2890.51.212.40
1968MIN2.251.45.9.2100.4117.40
1969MIN5.7144.89.6.3080.61.711.30
1970MIN4.6124.48.5.2750.51.512.90
1971MIN2.699.57.2100.41.217.90
1972MIN2.778.86.3.2190.41.016.70
1973MIN0.334.14.9.1050.30.749.60
1974MIN-0.541.24.2.1380.30.725.60
1975KC-0.340.94.3.1760.30.822.30

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
90 yearsJun 29, 1936
Debut
1954
AL MVP
1969

What were Harmon Killebrew's career stats?

Harmon Killebrew played 22 seasons for the Twins and the Royals. He was a career .256 hitter with 2,086 hits, 573 home runs and 1,584 RBI. His best season was 1954: a .308 batting average, 0 home runs and 3 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

22 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1954 to 1975

Harmon Killebrew led MLB in home runs (1967, 1969) and RBI (1969); finished top 10 in a stat 12 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 12th in home runs (573)
  • 246th in hits (2,086)
  • 38th in rbi (1,584)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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