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June 24, 1955 |
Senator third baseman Harmon Killebrew hits his first major league home run in Washington's 18-7 loss to the Tigers. The 18-year-old rookie, who becomes known as 'Killer,' will finish his 22-year Hall of Fame career with 573 homers. |
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August 10, 1957 |
Mickey Mantle becomes the first player to clear the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium with his 460-foot homer in the Yankees' 6-3 victory over the Orioles. Baltimore's Boog Powell (1962) and Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew (1964) will also accomplish the feat. |
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October 1, 1961 |
Willie Mays hits his 40th home run when he goes deep off Lew Burdette in the Giants' 8-2 victory over Milwaukee in the opener of a twin bill at County Stadium. The 'Say Hey Kid' is the eighth player to reach the mark this season, a major league first, joining Roger Maris (61), Mickey Mantle (54), Harmon Killebrew (46), Orlando Cepeda (46), Jim Gentile (46), Rocky Colavito (45), and Norm Cash (41) in accomplishing the feat. |
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July 4, 1961 |
Appearing as a pinch-hitter for Bill Tuttle, Julio Becquer blasts a two-out ninth-inning grand slam into the right-field seats, giving the Twins a dramatic 6-4 walk-off win over the White Sox in the first game of a doubleheader at Metropolitan Stadium. Minnesota sweeps the twin bill when Harmon Killebrew's only career inside-the-park homer is the difference in the team's 4-2 victory in the nightcap. |
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July 18, 1962 |
For the first time this century, teammates hit grand slams in the same inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew each go deep with the bases full in the first frame at Metropolitan Stadium. The Twins sluggers' four-baggers contribute to the 11-run inning, a team record, in the 14-3 rout of the Indians. |
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May 24, 1964 |
Harmon Killebrew tags the longest homer ever hit in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Twins left fielder's 471-foot shot, which clears the hedge in left-center field, is hit off Milt Pappas in the eighth inning of a 7-6 loss to the Orioles. |
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May 2, 1964 |
At Municipal Stadium, the Twins become the third team in major league history to hit four consecutive home runs in an inning when Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, and Harmon Killebrew all go deep in the top of the 11th frame of the team's 7-3 victory over the A's. Kansas City will surrender 220 round-trippers, breaking the big league mark of 199 established by the team's pitching staff last season. |
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July 13, 1965 |
For the first time in All-Star history, the National League takes the lead in games won over the American League, beating the Junior Circuit, 6-5, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington (MN). Bob Gibson, pitching two innings in relief, strikes out Harmon Killebrew and Joe Pepitone to end the game with Tony Oliva in scoring position, who doubled in the ninth inning, giving the Senior Circuit an 18-17 advantage in ASG contests. |
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June 9, 1966 |
Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh at Metropolitan Stadium, the Twins erupt for the first five-home run inning in American League history. Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher, and Harmon Killebrew all go deep to give the Twins a 9-4 victory over the A's. |
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June 3, 1967 |
Harmon Killebrew launches the longest home run ever hit in Metropolitan Stadium, a 503-foot shot that travels deep in the second deck of the left-center field bleachers. The stadium chair the ball hit by the Twins' outfielder is mounted high on a wall overlooking the flume ride at Nickelodeon Universe in the Mall of America, the former site of the Met, in the precise spot the ball landed in the upper deck in deep left-center field.
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February 18, 1967 |
During a nationally televised celebrity charity softball game at Dodger Stadium, hard-throwing Eddie Feigner strikes out six consecutive big leaguers, including five future Hall of Famers. The 39-year-old right-hander's victims include Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Roberto Clemente, and Maury Wills. |
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May 18, 1968 |
Frank Howard's second home run off Mickey Lolich in the Senators' 8-4 victory over Detroit clears the left-field roof at Tiger Stadium, a feat only previously accomplished by Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, who did it in 1962. Hondo's monstrous shot, estimated to be over 500 feet, is his tenth home run in 20 at-bats in six games and includes collecting 17 RBIs and raising his batting average to .347. |
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June 21, 1969 |
En route to a 14-4 victory over the A's, the Twins score a club-record 11 runs in an inning, setting a major league mark for runs crossing the plate in the 10th frame. In the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum contest, sixteen Minnesota batters collect eight hits and four base on balls, including Harmon Killebrew delivering the big blow with a three-run homer off Lew Krausee. |
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August 10, 1971 |
At Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, Harmon Killebrew becomes the tenth player to join the 500 home run club when he hits the historic homer in the first inning off Mike Cuellar. Later in the game, the 36-year-old first baseman connects for #501, but Killer's two round-trippers are in vain when the Twins lose to the Orioles in 10 innings, 4-3. |
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November 10, 1975 |
The Royals release Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year Hall of Fame career. The 39-year-old slugger, best known for his 21 seasons with the Twins, hit 573 home runs, leading the league on six occasions and good for fifth place on the all-time list. |
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June 27, 1977 |
After offering the job to Twins legend Harmon Killebrew, the Rangers hire Billy Hunter as the team's manager, making him the club's fourth skipper this week. Texas had replaced the fired Frank Lucchesi with Eddie Stanky, who left after one game due to homesickness, making third base coach Connie Ryan, who refused to take the position full-time, the interim manager for six games. |
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April 12, 1980 |
En route to an 18-1 rout of the Red Sox, the Brewers become the third team this century to hit grand slams in the same inning when Cecil Cooper and Don Money each go deep with the bases loaded in the second frame of the County Stadium contest. Twins teammates Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew accomplished the feat against Cleveland in 1962, and Denis Menke and Jim Wynn did it for the Astros in 1969 against the Mets. |
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January 15, 1981 |
Cardinal right-hander Bob Gibson, receiving 337 votes of the 401 BBWAA ballots cast (84%) in his first year of eligibility, is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame this year. Well-known Dodgers Don Drysdale, Gil Hodges, and Twins' slugger Harmon Killebrew fall short of the votes needed for induction. |
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August 12, 1984 |
The Hall of Fame inducts Dodger right-hander Don Drysdale, Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, and perennial All-Star shortstop Luis Aparicio, the players selected by the BBWAA. Other inductees include the Veterans Committee's choice of catcher Rick Ferrell and Brooklyn's captain Pee-Wee Reese. |
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April 20, 1997 |
Mark McGwire's 491-foot blast becomes the only fourth home run to bounce over the left-field roof at Tiger Stadium. The A's first baseman joins Harmon Killebrew (1962), Frank Howard (1968), and Cecil Fielder (1990) as the only players to accomplish the feat. |
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August 24, 1999 |
Ken Griffey Jr. joins Babe Ruth, Ralph Kiner, Duke Snider, Ernie Banks, Harmon Killebrew, and Mark McGwire as the only players to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons. The Mariner outfielder goes deep in the team's 5-0 victory over the Tigers at Safeco Field. |
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April 12, 2002 |
Barry Bonds, with his 574th career round-tripper, passes former Twin first baseman Harmon Killebrew on the all-time home run list. The Giants' left fielder hit his milestone homer, which ranks him sixth overall, in the first inning off Nelson Figueroa in the Giants' 3-2 victory over Milwaukee. |
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July 4, 2009 |
In his 4,145th big-league at-bat, Adam Dunn hits his 300th career home run in Washington's 5-3 win over Atlanta at Nationals Park. The 29-year-old left fielder is the fifth quickest player to reach the milestone, behind only Babe Ruth (3,830), Mark McGwire (3,837), Ralph Kiner (3,883), and Harmon Killebrew (3,928). |
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November 23, 2009 |
Joe Mauer (.365, 28, 96) becomes the fifth Twin to be named the American League's Most Valuable Player, joining Zoilo Versalles (1965), Harmon Killebrew (1969), Rod Carew (1977), and Justin Morneau (2006). The slugging Gold Glove catcher, who missed the first month of the season with a back injury, receives 27 of 28 first-place votes cast by the BBWAA, and the St. Paul native easily outpoints Yankee teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter.
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December 4, 2010 |
Outside of Target Field, the Twins unveil a statue of Harmon Killebrew, one of three sculptures, along with the larger-than-life likenesses of Kirby Puckett and Rod Carew, that the team commissioned Bill Mack to create depicting Minnesota's three Hall of Fame inductees. The 750-pound bronze Bunyanesque work of art replicates the slugger getting full extension on the swing that sent a Jim Maloney fifth-inning pitch into the bleachers at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, tying the 1965 All-Star Game at 5-5.
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November 4, 2010 |
"Jump on board, boys. I'm going to carry us tonight. Don't even worry about it. Just back me up a little, and I'll take us to Game 7." - KIRBY PUCKETT, 1991 World Series speech before Game used as an inscription. The unveiling of a 7½-foot bronze statue depicting Kirby Puckett pumping his fist as he rounds second base following his 11th-inning walk-off homer in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series will take place at Target Field. Sculptor Bill Mack, who also created the ballpark's likenesses of Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew, attended the Metrodome game the night when Puck hit the most iconic home run in Twins history.
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July 3, 2010 |
With homers in his first two at-bats, Twins' DH Jim Thome passes franchise legend Harmon Killebrew with 574 round-trippers and moves into tenth place on the all-time home run list. The team plays a previously recorded message from the much-beloved Hall of Famer in which he congratulates the designated hitter on the career accomplishment.
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May 14, 2012 |
At the age of 19 years and 211 days, Nationals' rookie Bryce Harper becomes the youngest player in franchise history to hit a home run, breaking the mark established by 20 years and 173 days old named Gary Carter as an Expo before the team left Montreal to play in Washington. Harmon Killebrew remains the youngest to homer for a Washington team, accomplishing the feat with the Senators in 1955 at 19 years old and 88 days.
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July 15, 2014 |
A baseball glove (c. 1935) worn and autographed by Lou Gehrig goes for a bid of $287,500 at an auction held in conjunction with the MLB All-Star FanFest in Minneapolis. Other items sold by Hunt Auctions at the event include:
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