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Classic Sports Card of The Day

08 Jun

1962 Topps baseball card of one of the premier power hitters of all time, Harmon Killebrew, who passed away recently. Nicknamed “Killer”, he is second on the all-time American League list of total career home runs, trailing only Babe Ruth. Killebrew played 22 seasons in the majors, for the AL Washington/Minnesota franchise and the Kansas City Royals, mostly in an era when the game was dominated by pitchers, which makes his power numbers even more impressive. He was an eleven time All Star and was voted AL MVP in 1969, when he clubbed 49 HRs and drove in 140 runs. His jersey # 3 has been retired by the Twins, and he was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1984.

 

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