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    Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. (/ˈkɪlɪbruː/; June 29, 1936 – May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball...
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    1950s, Welker told Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith about Harmon Killebrew, a young baseball player from Payette who was batting .847 for a semi-professional...
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    losing teams. In 1954, the Senators signed future Hall of Fame member Harmon Killebrew. By 1959, he was the Senators' regular third baseman and led the league...
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    Killebrew Root Beer is a root beer beverage produced with the endorsement of former Minnesota Twins baseball player Harmon Killebrew and currently sold...
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    blizzard). Speakers at the latter service included Hall of Famers Harmon Killebrew, Cal Ripken Jr. and Dave Winfield, and many former teammates and coaches...
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  • AL batting title), Tony Oliva (.309, 24 HR, 101 RBI) and league MVP Harmon Killebrew (49 HR, 140 RBI – both league-leading totals). Carew stole home 7 times...
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    (letter). p. 4. "Harmon Killebrew in final days of cancer battle". CBS News. May 13, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2016. "Harmon Killebrew ends cancer fight"....
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    stadium, commemorating a 520-foot (160 m) home run hit by hall-of-famer Harmon Killebrew on June 3, 1967. In 1986, the Bloomington Port Authority signed an...
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  • Flavius C. Killebrew (born 1949), President of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi Gwendolyn Killebrew (1941–2021), American contralto Harmon Killebrew (1936–2011)...
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    Harmon Killebrew led the league in home runs six times for the Minnesota Twins franchise, once while the team was in Washington and five times in Minnesota...
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  • 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...
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    17-year-old Harmon Killebrew. Because of his $30,000 signing bonus, an enormous amount for that time, baseball rules required Killebrew to spend the...
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    Oliva would counterbalance their right-handed sluggers Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew. While there, he became friends with teammate, and fellow Cuban, shortstop...
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    to right (south)—were particularly friendly to pull hitters such as Harmon Killebrew. The 330 marker in right was actually closer to right-center, leading...
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  • politician Harmon Dobson (1913–1967), American entrepreneur and co-founder of Whataburger Harmon Killebrew (1936–2011), American baseball player Harmon Murray...
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    Maris 141 Baltimore Orioles New York Yankees Rocky Colavito 140 1962 Harmon Killebrew† 126 Minnesota Twins Norm Siebern 117 1963 Dick Stuart 118 Boston Red...
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    have Hall of Fame careers: Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente. Of the four, only Killebrew, a bonus baby for the Washington Senators...
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    Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010. "Harmon Killebrew Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the...
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  • grand slam from each side of the plate. Babe Ruth statistics @ mlb.com Harmon Killebrew statistics @ mlb.com Henry Aaron statistics @ mlb.com Barry Bonds statistics...
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    612 9 Sammy Sosa 609 10 Frank Robinson* 586 11 Mark McGwire 583 12 Harmon Killebrew* 573 13 Rafael Palmeiro 569 14 Reggie Jackson* 563 15 Manny Ramirez...
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  • Harmon Killebrew, giving him the elusive triple crown. He led the American League in batting average (.326), home runs due to the tie with Killebrew (44)...
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    franchise history to have his number retired. (The other three were Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, and Tony Oliva.) Hrbek was also inducted into the Minnesota...
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    091 Hal McRae 2,091 247 Alvin Dark 2,089 248 César Cedeño 2,087 249 Harmon Killebrew* 2,086 250 Tim Wallach 2,085 251 Ed McKean 2,084 Jimmy Sheckard 2,084...
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  • Coveleski Waite Hoyt Stan Musial American League Most Valuable Player – Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins Cy Young Award – Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers and...
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  • Walter Johnson 1925 – Roger Peckinpaugh 1965 – Zoilo Versalles 1969 – Harmon Killebrew 1977 – Rod Carew 2006 – Justin Morneau 2009 – Joe Mauer 1970 – Jim...
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    Tony Oliva (with his bronze statue nearby) Centerfield gate is #3 for Harmon Killebrew Target Plaza gate (in right field) is #34 in tribute to Kirby Puckett...
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    ending his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1927 and 1928 Harmon Killebrew: 21 seasons with the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins before being...
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    Minnesota in 1961, Allison became a local favorite and along with teammate Harmon Killebrew made one of the most dangerous one-two punches in baseball. In 1963...
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  • Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown, tying Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead in home runs (44) while leading the league in runs...
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  • Maloney, which included a pair of two-run homers by Dick McAuliffe and Harmon Killebrew, tying the game at 5-all. The winning run scored in the seventh versus...
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