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Harmon Killebrew played 22 major-league seasons (1954-1975) as a 1B (969), 3B (791), OF (470), 2B (11). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 18 | WS1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .785 | 123 |
| 1955 | 19 | WS1 | 38 | 80 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 31 | .200 | .643 | 78 |
| 1956 | 20 | WS1 | 44 | 99 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 39 | .222 | .685 | 85 |
| 1957 | 21 | WS1 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .290 | .882 | 145 |
| 1958 | 22 | WS1 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .194 | .406 | 16 |
| 1959 | 23 | WS1 | 153 | 546 | 98 | 132 | 42 | 105 | 3 | 90 | 116 | .242 | .870 | 143 |
| 1960 | 24 | WS1 | 124 | 442 | 84 | 122 | 31 | 80 | 1 | 71 | 106 | .276 | .909 | 151 |
| 1961 | 25 | MIN | 150 | 541 | 94 | 156 | 46 | 122 | 1 | 107 | 109 | .288 | 1.012 | 176 |
| 1962 | 26 | MIN | 155 | 552 | 85 | 134 | 48 | 126 | 1 | 106 | 142 | .243 | .912 | 150 |
| 1963 | 27 | MIN | 142 | 515 | 88 | 133 | 45 | 96 | 0 | 72 | 105 | .258 | .904 | 157 |
| 1964 | 28 | MIN | 158 | 577 | 95 | 156 | 49 | 111 | 0 | 93 | 135 | .270 | .924 | 163 |
| 1965 | 29 | MIN | 113 | 401 | 78 | 108 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 72 | 69 | .269 | .885 | 158 |
| 1966 | 30 | MIN | 162 | 569 | 89 | 160 | 39 | 110 | 0 | 103 | 98 | .281 | .929 | 173 |
| 1967 | 31 | MIN | 163 | 547 | 105 | 147 | 44 | 113 | 1 | 131 | 111 | .269 | .965 | 193 |
| 1968 | 32 | MIN | 100 | 295 | 40 | 62 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 70 | 70 | .210 | .782 | 145 |
| 1969 | 33 | MIN | 162 | 555 | 106 | 153 | 49 | 140 | 8 | 145 | 84 | .276 | 1.011 | 190 |
| 1970 | 34 | MIN | 157 | 527 | 96 | 143 | 41 | 113 | 0 | 128 | 84 | .271 | .957 | 172 |
| 1971 | 35 | MIN | 147 | 500 | 61 | 127 | 28 | 119 | 3 | 114 | 96 | .254 | .850 | 149 |
| 1972 | 36 | MIN | 139 | 433 | 53 | 100 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 94 | 91 | .231 | .817 | 151 |
| 1973 | 37 | MIN | 69 | 248 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 59 | .242 | .698 | 98 |
| 1974 | 38 | MIN | 122 | 333 | 28 | 74 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 45 | 61 | .222 | .672 | 94 |
| 1975 | 39 | KCA | 106 | 312 | 25 | 62 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 54 | 70 | .199 | .692 | 96 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | 3B | 23 | 17 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 3 |
| 1955 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | 3B | 20 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
| 1956 | 2B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 3B | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | 3B | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 1959 | 3B | 150 | 149 | 129 | 325 | 30 | 18 |
| 1959 | OF | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1B | 71 | 71 | 584 | 32 | 8 | 69 |
| 1960 | 3B | 65 | 45 | 45 | 103 | 9 | 7 |
| 1961 | 1B | 119 | 115 | 972 | 67 | 14 | 91 |
| 1961 | 3B | 45 | 33 | 28 | 75 | 9 | 10 |
| 1961 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | OF | 151 | 150 | 227 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1962 | 1B | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1963 | OF | 137 | 137 | 219 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 157 | 157 | 232 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1B | 72 | 70 | 636 | 35 | 8 | 64 |
| 1965 | 3B | 44 | 40 | 37 | 78 | 4 | 3 |
| 1965 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 3B | 107 | 103 | 83 | 190 | 14 | 11 |
| 1966 | 1B | 42 | 40 | 330 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 1966 | OF | 18 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1B | 160 | 160 | 1283 | 86 | 11 | 100 |
| 1967 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1B | 77 | 77 | 594 | 56 | 4 | 50 |
| 1968 | 3B | 11 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 1969 | 3B | 105 | 96 | 75 | 185 | 20 | 12 |
| 1969 | 1B | 80 | 66 | 574 | 34 | 2 | 55 |
| 1970 | 3B | 138 | 129 | 108 | 203 | 17 | 14 |
| 1970 | 1B | 28 | 26 | 204 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 1971 | 1B | 90 | 82 | 658 | 56 | 2 | 52 |
| 1971 | 3B | 64 | 60 | 42 | 93 | 11 | 3 |
| 1972 | 1B | 130 | 128 | 995 | 99 | 9 | 82 |
| 1973 | 1B | 57 | 57 | 431 | 45 | 1 | 42 |
| 1974 | 1B | 33 | 31 | 218 | 21 | 2 | 21 |
| 1975 | 1B | 6 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Harmon Killebrew won: TSN All-Star 1964 (AL), TSN All-Star 1967 (AL), MVP 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1970 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1971, 1970, 1969, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 29 / 280 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 99 / 280 | 1 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 85 / 280 | 0 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 31 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 15 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 96 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 161 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 294 / 336 | 16 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 152 / 336 | 1 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Harmon Killebrew ranks on 6 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6 | third basemen | 1969 | 190 OPS+ |
| #33 | third basemen | 1966 | 173 OPS+ |
| #40 | third basemen | 1970 | 172 OPS+ |
| #43 | first basemen | 1967 | 193 OPS+ |
| #92 | first basemen | 1961 | 176 OPS+ |
| #142 | left fielders | 1964 | 163 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.