Harmon Killebrew Awards

What awards did Harmon Killebrew win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Harmon Killebrew in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"If ever anyone wielded a blunt instrument at home plate, it was Harmon Killebrew. There was nothing subtle about the Idaho strongboy: it was always his intention to mash a pitched ball as hard and as far as he could." - Donald Honig in The Power Hitters (Gramercy Publishing, 04/04/1993, Page 174)

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Harmon Killebrew

Harmon Killebrew Autograph on a 2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia (#14/25)

Harmon Killebrew Autograph on a 2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia (#14/25)
 

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Birth Name:   Harmon Clayton Killebrew, Jr.
Nickname:   Hammerin' Harmon or Killer or The Killer
Born On:   06-29-1936  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Payette, Idaho
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-17-2011
Place of Death Data Died In:   Scottsdale, Arizona
Cemetery:   Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Idaho
High School:   Payette High School (Payette, ID)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   213
First Game:   06-23-1954 (Age 17)
Last Game:   09-26-1975
Draft:   Not Applicable
Harmon Killebrew

Awards

1969 Most Valuable Player Award
1969 Sporting News Player of the Year Award
1970 Sporting News Player of the Year Award
1971 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1984 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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