Killebrew had a. 115 average through June 16, and as a result was sent back to Charlotte ; he finished the season there with a. 325 batting average and 15 home runs in 70 games.

Killebrew finished the season with 42 home runs to tie for the American League lead ; it also tied the Senator's single-season record set by his teammate Roy Sievers two years earlier.

Killebrew finished the season with a. 258 batting average, 45 home runs, and 96 RBI, and led the league in home runs and slugging percentage (. 555 ).

Having to win only once to clinch the pennant, Killebrew hit a home run in the first game and recorded two hits in each game, but Boston won twice and Minnesota finished in a second place tie with the Detroit Tigers.

Killebrew finished the season with a. 269 batting average and 113 RBIs, and led the AL with 44 home runs and 131 walks.

He continued his success through the second half of the year, and at season's end Killebrew had hit 41 home runs with 113 RBIs and finished third in MVP voting behind teammate Tony Oliva and Baltimore's Boog Powell, who won the award.

Killebrew finished the season with a. 231 batting average, 26 home runs, and 74 RBIs.

In 1969 he had career highs with 48 homers ( Killebrew was the home run champion with 49 ), 111 runs ( second in the AL to Reggie Jackson ), a. 296 batting average and a. 574 slugging mark, and the Senators had their best year with an 86 – 76 record though they finished far behind the Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Division.

But although his batting average fell off sharply after 1961, Cash hit 30 or more homers four more times, and at least 20 in ten of the next eleven seasons ; he also finished second in the league in home runs three times ( 1962 Killebrew, 1965 T. Conigliaro, and 1971 Bill Melton ), with the Tigers finishing among the AL's top three scoring teams every year from 1961 through 1968.

Yastrzemski enjoyed his best season in, when he won the American League Triple Crown with a. 326 batting average, 44 home runs ( tied with Harmon Killebrew ) and 121 RBIs.

Killebrew spent most of the 1957 season with the Southern Association's Chattanooga Lookouts, where he hit a league-high 29 home runs with 101 RBIs and was named to the All-Star Game.

Killebrew was bothered by injury early in the 1960 season.

Among his other accomplishments over the course of the season, Killebrew accumulated a team-leading 122 RBIs, achieved a career-best batting average of. 288 and had a slugging percentage of over. 600 for the only time in his career.

After the season ended, Killebrew took part in a home run hitting contest with Jim Gentile and Roger Maris, whose 61 home runs that year broke the single-season record ; Killebrew hit 20 to win the contest.

Killebrew moved to left field, where he started off the season slowly.

He hit under. 200 in both April and June, and because of this Killebrew was not selected to play in either 1962 All-Star Game, the last season he was not named an All-Star before 1972.

Over the course of the season, Killebrew hit 48 home runs, 126 RBIs, and had 107 walks, all career highs at the time.

Killebrew ended the regular season with 25 home runs and 75 RBI, his lowest numbers in a full season due to the injury.

At the start of the 1966 season, Killebrew scored few home runs ; halfway through May, he had only hit two home runs, his lowest total at that point of a season since 1960, when he had missed the first two months of the season.

During the 1967 season, Killebrew showed his ability to hit long home runs when, on June 3, 1967, he struck the longest home run recorded at Metropolitan Stadium, a shot Off of Lew Burdette in the 4th inning that landed in the second deck of the bleachers.

The Twins, led by Killebrew, were in the pennant race throughout the season, and had a one-game lead as the final two games of the season began against the Boston Red Sox.

Killebrew started the 1968 season in a different venue ; he served as a prosecution witness in a case where his name was being used to sell stocks in Idaho, unknown to him.

Despite this, the season was unsuccessful for Killebrew, whose batting average barely passed. 200 most of the year ; after a strong start, he hit below. 200 in both May and June and his average stood at. 204 with 13 home runs going into the all-star break.

After enduring seven months of rehabilitation for his injury, Killebrew remained in pain but rebounded to have his best season in 1969.

Jim Landis' 380-foot home run over left in the first inning gave the Sox a 1-0 lead, but Harmon Killebrew came back in the bottom of the first with his second homer in two days with the walking Bob Allison aboard.

Former manager Tom Kelly surrounded by former teammates Dan Gladden, Jim " Mudcat " Grant, and Kent Hrbek, Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, and friends at the Memorial at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | Metrodome on March 12, 2006On the morning of March 5, 2006, Kirby Puckett suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke at the home he shared with Olson.

Also, it is not required to be the sole leader in each category ; for example, Yastrzemski is considered to have won the Triple Crown in 1967 even though he was only tied with Harmon Killebrew for the league lead in home runs.

Killebrew was a stocky 6-foot tall, 195-pound hitter with a compact swing that generated tremendous power.

Killebrew was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in December 2010, and died five months later.

In his first two seasons, Killebrew struck out 34 times in only 93 at bats, contributing to a. 215 batting average with four home runs.

Killebrew with the Senators in 1959.

During a game against the Orioles, Twins third baseman Rich Rollins made a poor throw to first and while trying to save the play, Killebrew collided with the runner and dislocated his elbow, putting him out of action until mid-September.

In the 1965 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Killebrew and Zoilo Versalles led the Twins with. 286 batting averages, and Killebrew hit a home run off Don Drysdale in Game 4.

Killebrew attracted so much attention in Washington that he was visited by President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower, who frequently attended games, and Griffith turned down a $ 500, 000 offer for Killebrew from the Cincinnati Reds.

Killebrew was named to both 1961 All-Star games.

Baltimore avoided Killebrew by walking him six times in the three games to avoid pitching to him, which was as many times as they walked the rest of the Twins team.

Killebrew only played in 69 games that season, hitting five home runs.

Killebrew also had defensive difficulties at third base, where he played behind veteran Eddie Yost.

The game was stopped and the Twins played a pre-recorded message from Harmon Killebrew congratulating Thome on the achievement during which he said, "... I'm glad he was able to hit it in a Twins uniform.

A host of major league stars played for the Charlotte Hornets including Van Lingle Mungo ( 1929 ), Early Wynn ( 1939 ), Harmon Killebrew ( 1956 ), Tony Oliva ( 1962 ) and Graig Nettles ( 1967 ).

Many notables have played on the field, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Ferguson Jenkins, Kiki Cuyler, and Rogers Hornsby.