Harmon Killebrew, the Hall of Fame ballplayer who finished his career with the Kansas City Royals, died today at the age of 74, six months after going public with his ongoing battle with esophageal cancer.
Killebrew is best-known for his time with the Minnesota Twins, who retired his number in 1975, but he spent his last season playing professional baseball wearing the powder-blue uniform in KC.
Killebrew played only one season with the Royals, appearing in 106 games in which he hit 14 home runs and batted in 44 more. That was in the team's winning years, and the club finished 91-71, though it didn't make the playoffs.
Killebrew was known as a power hitter, leading the American League in home runs six times and in RBIs three times, as well as playing on 11 All-Star Teams, being named 1969's AL MVP, and earning the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1971.
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