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
That's a very good question. Major League Baseball has to make it clear what it wants to do. They're the ones on the spot.
There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.
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.
He might not have looked good in a baseball uniform, but he made that uniform look good on him.
I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.
It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.
I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do,
How the hell can you play here?
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages, ERAs and other statistics. Fame, notoriety and the bright lights fade quickly. To me, true success in life would be to develop both physically and spiritually to our fullest and to endure to the end!
Believe it or not, we had fun playing the game, too. And I don't see that so much anymore. It's great to see these guys again.
The problems he had were in the outfield. When you first saw him out there, 'How is he ever going to be able to play?' But Tony stayed with it, and became a good outfielder.
I don't think we've been together for a long time. I can't remember the last time, ... Right up until that final out of the seventh game, we still had a chance to win. It was a great World Series.
I don't want anybody cheating to get there, that's for sure. It's a shame, any cloud that hangs over baseball, and this is certainly a big, big cloud. It needs to get cleaned up.
Tony had that problem with throwing his bat,