Harmon Killebrew Washington Senators
Career: Harmon Killebrew, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984, was the face of the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise beginning with his first full season in 1959 and continuing through to the early 1970s. He is one of 30 Idaho natives to make the majors, and the only Hall of Famer.
From Baseball Reference's Bullpen page...
Notable Achievements
- 11-time AL All-Star (1959, 1961 & 1963-1971)
- AL MVP (1969)
- AL On-Base Percentage Leader (1969)
- AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1963)
- 6-time AL Home Runs Leader (1959, 1962-1964, 1967 & 1969)
- 3-time AL RBI Leader (1962, 1969 & 1971)
- 4-time AL Bases on Balls Leader (1966, 1967, 1969 & 1971)
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 13 (1959-1967 & 1969-1972)
- 30-Home Run Seasons: 10 (1959-1964, 1966, 1967, 1969 & 1970)
- 40-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1959, 1961-1964, 1967, 1969 & 1970)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 9 (1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967 & 1969-1971)
- 100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1967 & 1969)
- Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 1984
In 1960: After his first All-Star season in 1959, Killebrew's numbers fell off a bit in 1960. While he raised his average over 30 points his homers and RBI totals were down. He didn't receive any MVP votes or make the All-Star squad, a situation that didn't occur again until the end of the decade.
Off The Charts: Killebrew led all of MLB with 393 homers in the 1960s, topping 40 six times during the decade – in which he also led the AL in homers six times. In 1965, Killebrew was elected to start at first base for AL All-Star team, becoming the first player elected to an All-Star Team at three positions (Killebrew had previously been elected to start at 3B and LF).
Just look at those career achievements. Very impressive. And to think that he still had to wait four years to get into Cooperstown.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that he had to wait that long just didn't make sense.
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