Harmon Killebrew

1954–1975 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Washington Senators (1901-60)

2,435G

.256AVG

.376OBP

.509SLG

More career statistics

2,086H

573HR

1,584RBI

19SB

5Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	18	20
Batting · Strikeouts	1,699	1,704
Batting · Plate appearances	9,831	9,833
Batting · Runs	1,283	1,282
Batting · RBI	1,584	1,583
Batting · Walks	1,559	1,561

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,435	9,831	8,147	1,283	2,086	290	24	573	1,584	1,559	1,699	19	18	48	77	4,143	.256	.376	.509	.885

Streaks

13longest hitting streak · 1963-07-06 to 1963-07-20

40longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Intentional Walks	1966-06-16	1 in 1,129 games	box score ↗
53	Three-Homer Game	1963-09-21	1 in 321 games	box score ↗
52	7 RBI	1969-09-07	1 in 6,468 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1203	4764	1018	291	827	769	796	.259	.375	.519
Away	1232	5069	1068	282	756	792	908	.254	.367	.498

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	240	985	215	39	138	144	167	.259	.364	.442
May	443	1822	403	111	305	278	329	.265	.374	.528
June	468	1846	383	109	307	315	300	.255	.378	.518
July	427	1737	380	112	300	277	278	.264	.378	.541
August	396	1621	329	83	256	248	293	.243	.356	.471
September	441	1744	365	115	269	284	321	.253	.372	.523
October	20	78	11	4	8	15	16	.180	.333	.426

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-white-sox	278	1118	240	72	177	173	175	.258	.369	.533
boston-red-sox	268	1105	260	61	199	172	210	.285	.391	.543
baltimore-orioles	266	1067	234	68	170	152	190	.259	.362	.525
cleveland-guardians	246	944	199	56	145	119	181	.244	.337	.483
detroit-tigers	246	985	196	68	162	166	182	.241	.368	.522
new-york-yankees	241	984	206	47	154	139	163	.248	.351	.467
kansas-city-athletics	169	698	158	50	120	96	121	.269	.364	.571
california-angels	160	641	133	32	91	121	103	.259	.396	.480

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1954	Washington Senators (1901-60)	9	13	4	–	3	–	.308	–	–
1955	Washington Senators (1901-60)	38	80	16	4	7	–	.200	–	–
1956	Washington Senators (1901-60)	44	99	22	5	13	–	.222	–	–
1957	Washington Senators (1901-60)	9	31	9	2	5	–	.290	–	–
1958	Washington Senators (1901-60)	13	31	6	–	2	–	.194	–	–
1959	Washington Senators (1901-60)	153	546	132	42	105	3	.242	–	–
1960	Washington Senators (1901-60)	124	442	122	31	80	1	.276	–	–
1961	Minnesota Twins	150	541	156	46	122	1	.288	–	–
1962	Minnesota Twins	155	552	134	48	126	1	.243	–	–
1963	Minnesota Twins	142	515	133	45	96	–	.258	–	–
1964	Minnesota Twins	158	577	156	49	111	–	.270	–	–
1965	Minnesota Twins	113	401	108	25	75	–	.269	–	–
1966	Minnesota Twins	162	569	160	39	109	–	.281	–	–
1967	Minnesota Twins	163	547	147	44	113	1	.269	–	–
1968	Minnesota Twins	100	295	62	17	40	–	.210	–	–
1969	Minnesota Twins	162	555	153	49	140	8	.276	–	–
1970	Minnesota Twins	157	527	143	41	113	–	.271	–	–
1971	Minnesota Twins	147	500	127	28	119	3	.254	–	–
1972	Minnesota Twins	139	433	100	26	74	–	.231	–	–
1973	Minnesota Twins	69	248	60	5	32	–	.242	–	–
1974	Minnesota Twins	122	333	74	13	54	–	.222	–	–
1975	Kansas City Royals	106	312	62	14	44	1	.199	–	–