Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Clayton Killebrew, nicknamed "The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. During his 22-year career in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Minnesota Twins, Killebrew was a prolific power hitter who, at the time of his retirement, was second only to Babe Ruth in American Leaguehome runs and was the AL career leader in home runs by a right-handed batter. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 June 1936
CityPayette, ID
CountryUnited States of America
No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.
I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
At Tiger Stadium, the dugouts are so low that you walk in and hit your head on the ceiling. People would say, 'Don't feel bad. Ty Cobb did the same thing.'
The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most experienced medical centers treating esophageal cancer in the world.
Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.
Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.
I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
It's a mess whichever way you look at it. There would normally be big hoopla, I'm sure. The commissioner would make a big deal out of it. I just hate to see this cloud over the game.
There's a little sadness to it, too because some of the guys that were lost over the years, that aren't here with us.
Kirby was in the process of completely changing his life.
He was in a very happy, positive mood at the time of his passing. He was in love and excited about getting married.
He might not have looked good in a baseball uniform, but he made that uniform look good on him.