Harmon Killebrew: Ultimate Slugger

Harmon Killebrew: Ultimate Slugger

• Impact of 'Bonus Baby' status (1953-1957) on career
• Memorable 1965 Twins season and World Series loss
• Post-career struggles and Twins' redemption

<DIV>When Hall of Famer Harmon "Killer" Killebrew died in May 2011, the baseball world lost one of its best hitters and one of the finest ambassadors the game has ever known. Killebrew was second only to Babe Ruth in home runs by an American League slugger, and finished his career with 573 home runs and in 11th place for all-time Major League Baseball history. This book takes a look at the 22-year career of a perennial Most Valuable Player candidate and baseball powerhouse, reviewing his life in and out of baseball and peeling back the mystery surrounding this intensely private athlete. This biography is a look not only at Killebrew's long career as a player, but his life as an announcer and businessman after his retirement from baseball.</DIV>