Killebrew led the league six times in home runs and three times in RBIs, and was named to eleven All-Star teams.

Killebrew continued his hitting prowess for the Twins upon his return, and at one point led them on a six-game winning streak.

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 ).

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 signed his contract under Major League Baseball ( MLB )' s Bonus Rule, which required that he spend two full seasons on the major league roster.

Making his major league debut four days after signing and six days from his 18th birthday ( becoming the youngest active player in the majors at the time ), Killebrew was called on to run for Clyde Vollmer, who had drawn a bases loaded walk off of Chicago White Sox starter Jack Harshman while pinch hitting for Senators reliever Chuck Stobbs.

A year and one day after making his major league debut, Killebrew hit his first major league home run on June 24, 1955 in the 5th inning off Detroit Tigers starter Billy Hoeft, five days shy of his 19th birthday.

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.

In addition, he became the first of four Twins to lead the league in WAR, a stat that measures a player's overall production both in the field and at the plate, ( along with teammate Zoilo Versalles, Rod Carew, and current Twin Joe Mauer ) and the only one not to win the MVP in the same season ( finishing a distant 15th behind winner Elston Howard and behind teamamates Camilo Pascual, Earl Battey, and Killebrew on the 1963 ballot ).

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 ).

Outfielder Carl Yastrzemski, in his seventh season with the Red Sox, transformed his hitting style to become a pull-hitter, eventually winning the 1967 AL Triple Crown, leading the league in batting average, home runs ( tying Harmon Killebrew of the Twins ), and RBI.

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.

For the franchise's first year in Minnesota, Killebrew was named team captain by manager Cookie Lavagetto.

On June 12, 1961, Killebrew had the only five-hit game of his career in a losing effort by the Twins.

On July 18 in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Killebrew and Bob Allison became the first teammates since 1890 to hit grand slams in the same inning as the Twins scored 11 runs in the first.

On July 11, the day before the All-Star break, defending AL champion Yankees had a one-run lead over the Twins going into the bottom of the 9th inning, but Killebrew hit a two-run home run for the win.

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.

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.

After his MVP season, Killebrew signed a new contract with the Twins worth $ 90, 000 ($ today ).

He was set to lead a team that had undergone a lot of change ; Killebrew was one of only four Twins remaining from the 1965 pennant-winning club.

He missed his first All-Star Game since 1962, but instead of expressing disappointment in his streak ending, he noted that Twins shortstop Danny Thompson should have had the opportunity to play instead ; Thompson mentioned the same thing about Killebrew.

In his honor, the Twins held a Harmon Killebrew Day in August, where it was announced that they would retire his number ; Killebrew responded by leading the Twins to a 5 – 4 victory over the Orioles.

On January 24, 1975, eight days after getting his release from the Twins, Killebrew signed a one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals.

After the death of Harmon Killebrew in 2011, the Minnesota Twins decided to wear their cream-colored third jersey – a direct throwback of the uniforms used for most of Killebrew's career – for every home game for the rest of the year.

The Twins had such players as César Tovar, Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Allison, and Zoilo Versalles in the lineup, but Moore was almost untouchable.

In doing so he displaced fellow Twins player Harmon Killebrew as the # 10 all-time home run hitter.

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.

In 1963, he was invited to spring training with the Twins and management hoped that the lefty Oliva would counterbalance their right-handed sluggers Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew.

On August 23, 1954, Killebrew made his first start in the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics, hitting two singles and a double as the Senators won the game, 10 – 3.

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.

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.

Sluggers Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison, who had already been stars in Washington, were joined by Tony Oliva and Zoilo Versalles, and later second baseman Rod Carew and pitchers Jim Kaat and Jim Perry, winning the American League pennant in 1965.

* June 29 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player ( d. 2011 )

Harmon Clayton Killebrew (; June 29, 1936 – May 17, 2011 ), nicknamed " Killer " and " Hammerin ' Harmon ", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder.

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.

He would also be voted to his second straight All-Star team ( where he would collect his only all-star hit, a third inning single that scored Boston Red Sox third baseman Frank Malzone from secondbase to tie the game at 3-3 ), and finish seventh in the American League Most Valuable Player Award balloting ( behind Killebrew and winner and fellow catcher Elston Howard ).

Notable American baseball players in history include Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Warren Spahn, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, Cal Ripken, Roger Clemens, Rickey Henderson, Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn, and Jackie Robinson, who was instrumental in dissolving the color line and allowing African-Americans into the major leagues.