When Harmon Killebrew slammed his 500th home run on August 10, 1971, he became just the tenth member of that ultra-exclusive clubbing cohort. Ultimately reaching 573 career dingers, Killebrew was fifth on the all-time homer list when he put his powerful swing out to pasture in 1975.
The Killer never had a record-setting HR season, but he put up 40+ round-trippers an astonishing eight times—six of those leading the American League.
Harm’s prodigious power was the defining characteristic of Twins Baseball (TM) for the first decade of the franchise’s existence.
The newbie: Santana silences with 17 strikeouts!
Last Day Division Title (2006)
Kirby Puckett takes Milwaukee (1987)
Breaking the playoff losing streak (2023)
Thome christens Target Field (2010)
Santana strikes out 17 (2007)