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Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. (/ ˈ k ɪ l ɪ b r uː /; June 29, 1936 – May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. He spent most of his 22-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Minnesota Twins.
Unlike batting average, slugging percentage gives more weight to extra-base hits with doubles, ... Harmon Killebrew* .5085 100 Richie Sexson.5069 Notes
In 1965, his first season in Washington, he batted .289 with 21 home runs in 143 games. In 1967, Howard hit 36 home runs, third in the AL behind Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski. [13] During a one-week stretch from May 12–18, 1968, Howard hit 10 home runs in 20 at bats. [8] He hit 13 home runs in 16 games.
Offensively Mele again had balance with good hitting, power and speed up and down his lineup that included the AL's leading hitter (Tony Oliva, at .321), and 20-plus home runs from five different players, including top-level slugger Harmon Killebrew, normally good for 40+ per year, though limited to 25 in 1965 due to missing nearly two months ...
[citation needed] Particularly memorable home run feats included combining with Harmon Killebrew to become the first pair to hit grand slams in the same inning on July 18, 1962, [19] hitting home runs in three consecutive at-bats on May 17, 1963, [20] and teaming with Killebrew, Tony Oliva, and Jimmie Hall to hit four consecutive home runs on ...
Harmon Killebrew had 17 HR and 40 RBI at the All-Star break, but was injured in the game and missed the second half of the season. It took until their eighth season for the Twins to get no-hit and then it happened profoundly, as their first opposing no-hitter was the perfect game thrown by Oakland's Jim "Catfish" Hunter on May 8 in Oakland.
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Harmon Killebrew hit 48 home runs and drove in 126, leading the AL in both categories. Bob Allison hit 29 home runs, drove in 102 runs, and led the Twins in runs scored with 102. Camilo Pascual became the Twins' first 20-game winner and led the AL with 206 strikeouts.