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  • Will Salvy break George Brett’s Royals career home run record?
    • Will Salvy break George Brett’s Royals career home run record?
    Salvy smash. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The record has stood since 1993. When George Brett retired in 1993, he did so with 317 career home runs, all of them coming in a Royals uniform. Brett was not the last of a dying breed—there have been other players, and some active ones, who have played their entire careers for just one organization, but it’s getting rarer. One of those players...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Fred McGriff from Padres
    • This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Fred McGriff from Padres
    Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The Crime Dog comes to Atlanta Braves Franchise History 1961: Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Joe Torre of the Braves startle the Reds with a triple steal in the 6th inning. For Aaron, it is his first steal of home. 1993: The Atlanta Braves obtain 1B Fred McGriff from the Padres in exchange for minor leaguers Melvin Nieves and Donnie Elliott. ...2025
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  • Judge does it Again!
    • Judge does it Again!
    Aaron Judge is at it again, this time hitting 350 home runs in fewest games played. Here’s a look at the list, as reported by several media outlets: Aaron Judge: 1,088 Mark McGwire: 1,280 Juan Gonzalez: 1,298 Alex Rodriguez: 1,301 Harmon Killebrew: 1,319 Albert Pujols: 1,320 Until then, see you at the park. — Joe … Continue reading Judge does it Again!...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: July 1
    • Today in White Sox History: July 1
    On this day 53 years ago, Harmon Killebrew put a ball on the Comiskey Park roof. A Killer puts a baseball over the Comiskey Park roof 1905 White Sox pitcher Frank Owen won both games of a doubleheader at St. Louis, 3-2 and 2-0. In both games he went the distance, and only allowed the Browns seven total hits for the afternoon. It was the first time in American League history that this mile...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Rowland Office’s 29-game hitting streak ends
    • This Day in Braves History: Rowland Office’s 29-game hitting streak ends
    Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - The Braves sign 17-year old Joey Jay making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues. 1975 - Joe Morgan’s three-run home run off of Phil Niekro is the difference in a 3-0 loss by the Braves to the Reds. 1976 - Rowland Office’s 29-game hitting streak ends, but the Braves still beat the Expos 2...2025
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  • Baseball history unpacked, June 9
    • Baseball history unpacked, June 9
    Dennis Wierzbicki-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. *Tyler Colvin’s disappearing home run and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’...2025
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  • This Day in Braves History: Henry Aaron hits his 399th and 400th career homers in same game
    • This Day in Braves History: Henry Aaron hits his 399th and 400th career homers in same game
    Set Number: X11755 R7 F20 The Hammer hits one of many milestone homers he’d hit over the course of his storied career. Braves Franchise History 1933: The Boston Braves fall to the New York Giants 1-0 at the Polo Grounds as umpire Charlie Pfirman officiated his 1,700th consecutive National League game. 1941: A syndicate of 12 people purchased 73 percent of the Braves for $350,000. 1943: ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 26
    • Today in White Sox History: March 26
    On this day 51 years ago, Luis Aparicio retired after being cut loose by the Boston Red Sox. Little Looie is waived into retirement 1938 Monty Stratton, just 25 and coming off of an amazing 15-5, 2.30 ERA, 4.9 WAR season that included All-Star honors, tore his right biceps in an exhibition game against the Cubs. The injury was so bad, it was thought the righthander’s career might be finish...2025
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  • Baseball history unpacked, January 15
    • Baseball history unpacked, January 15
    Happy Birthday, Matt Duffy | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Matt Duffy* and others, and stories of baseball deeds and misdeeds. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colo...2025
  • The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots
    • The Royals Review Hall of Fame ballots
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Who deserves enshrinement in Cooperstown? Baseball writers are currently mulling over this year’s Hall of Fame candidates, with selections to be announced on January 21. None of us at Royals Review have a vote but who would we vote for if we did? You can see the list of eligible candidates and their career statistics here. Here are our ballots with some wr...2024
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  • Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
    • Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
    Photo by Kevin M. Cox/Getty Images Bobby Witt Jr. has had one of the best seasons ever for a shortstop, but it will be hard to overtake Aaron Judge in the MVP race. Bobby Witt is having an all-time great season, especially for a shortstop. Going back to 1969, only two shortstops have put up more than 10 fWAR, 1991 Cal Ripken Jr. and 2002 Alex Rodriguez. For bWAR there are three including ...2024
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  • Remembering Orlando Cepeda
    • Remembering Orlando Cepeda
    Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Last stop with the Royals This story originally ran July 25, 2022, and has been edited for content. After the advent of the designated hitter rule in 1973, American League clubs had to develop a plan as to who their DH would be. Some teams had an in-house option, such as Gates Brown with the Tigers or Tony Oliva with the Twins. Other teams went...2024
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  • My summer baseball reading list
    • My summer baseball reading list
    Just take a look, it’s in a book. When I was about 10 years old, I got really into baseball. I was a bookish kid already, so anytime I went to the library I checked out two kinds of books - Matt Christopher novels and baseball biographies. Matt Christopher wrote a series of fictional kids books about baseball like Catcher with a Glass Arm and The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, which I loved. I also love...2024
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  • A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals history
    • A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals history
    Bill James-style. As the years roll by it’s easy to forget about some of the important historical landmarks in team history. One area that’s always fascinated me is Pitching Game Score, developed by Bill James. This score attempts to gauge a starting pitcher's performance and with complete games becoming a rarity, I wanted to look back at the Royals’ highest Game Score ever. Here is the formula de...2024
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  • Baseball history unpacked, May 8
    • Baseball history unpacked, May 8
    Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Ryne Sandberg wins a game, no-hitters and other performances on a busy day in history. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and vario...2024
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  • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    • The best former Royals player for each MLB team
    Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images What Royals were great with other teams? There is a lull in the baseball season, the perfect time to engage in frivolities and shenanigans. You may have played the internet baseball trivia game Immaculate Grid that asks you to find players that meet specified requirements, many times, “who played for these two teams?” I don’t know if that in...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "That ranks 127th among all MLB position players, just behind Bobby Abreu and Harmon Killebrew (one of whom is in the Hall, and the other should be)."

  • 2024
    "Harmon Killebrew beat him out for the award with a solid, though unspectacular season."

  • 2023
    ", Harmon Killebrew and Ted Williams."

  • 2022
    "Of those, here’s the list who have more than 545 for a single team: Henry Aaron (Braves, 733), Babe Ruth (Yankees, 659), Willie Mays (Giants, 646), Barry Bonds (Giants, 586), Harmon Killebrew (Twins, 559) and Mike Schmidt (Phillies, 548)."

  • 2018
    "Mauer joins Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Bert Blyleven and Tom Kelly as the only members of the Twins organization to have their jersey numbers retired."

  • 2017
    "Miguel Sano could become the first Twins third baseman to start in the All-Star Game since Harmon Killebrew"

  • 2016
    "Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols officially passed Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew for 11th on the all-time home run list Saturday night at Angel Stadium, knocking career home run Number 574 off of Oakland left-hander Dillon Overton in the bottom of the fifth inning."

  • 2015
    "He also was influenced by late Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew."

  • 2014
    "When Harmon Killebrew died in 2011, obituaries recalled the statement of former Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards: “Killebrew can knock the ball out of any park, including Yellowstone."

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Harmon Killebrew trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Will Salvy break George Brett’s Royals career home run record?
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Fred McGriff from Padres
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  • Remembering Al Fitzmorris
    • Remembering Al Fitzmorris
    One of the original Royals Al Fitzmorris, one of the last original Royals, passed away this week after a battle with cancer. He was part of the inaugural Royals team in 1969 and pitched eight seasons with the Royals, eventually becoming part of the community. Fitzmorris was signed by the White Sox as a free agent in 1966, as an outfielder. He made the switch to pitcher in 1967, thinking it would b...2024
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  • • Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
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  • I came around
    • I came around
     Completing the 1970 Topps set is not just the end of a set-building journey for me, but the end of a road to realization that took much longer than the approximately seven years I spent completing the set.I will never say 1970 Topps is my favorite set. Even among Topps sets of the 1970s I can probably put it above only 1979. But I'm a long way from what I thought of the set as a youngster or...2024
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  • • Remembering Orlando Cepeda
    2024
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  • Kansas City baseball trivia
    • Kansas City baseball trivia
    Courtesy of Charlie O. Finley. A few weeks ago, I explored some of the strange things that have happened in Major League history. This week, we look at some of the oddball occurrences surrounding the history of Kansas City baseball. Before the Athletics moved to Kansas City, owner Connie Mack had his eye on a pitching prospect named Lou Brissie. Mack and Brissie reached an agreement that Brissie w...2024
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Harmon Killebrew stats and results

  • • This Day in Braves History: Braves acquire Fred McGriff from Padres
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Rowland Office’s 29-game hitting streak ends
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  • The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken
    • The Hall of Fame’s voting system is irretrievably broken
    The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2022 | Al Yellon The failure of Ichiro Suzuki to be unanimous clinched that. Monday’s announcement by the Hall of Fame that Ichiro Suzuki had been elected, but one vote short of unanimously on the 394 returned ballots by BBWAA members, runs the risk of making these Hall elections irrelevant. Some would argue that they already are, but let’s look at the po...2025
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  • • Bobby Witt Jr. is putting together an MVP-caliber season at the wrong time
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  • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz’s 14 game win streak ends against St. Louis
    • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz’s 14 game win streak ends against St. Louis
    Photo credit should read TOM MIHALEK/AFP via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1953 - The Braves sign 17-year old Joey Jay making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues. 1975 - Joe Morgan’s three-run home run off of Phil Niekro is the difference in a 3-0 loss by the Braves to the Reds. 1976 - Rowland Office’s 29-game hitting streak ends, but the Braves sti...2024
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  • • A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals history
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, May 8
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  • • Remembering Al Fitzmorris
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  • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 20-1)
    • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 20-1)
      This is it. The final episode of the 1975 Topps worst-to-best countdown.This series lasted a little longer than I had intended. Those who wanted me to finish it within a week back when I started in April of last year probably gave up a long time ago. I had planned to wrap it up by September or early October of this year all along. Per usual, life had to butt in.But we're here. Let's ju...2024
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  • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 60-41)
    • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 60-41)
      After a hiatus lasting months, I grabbed my first 1975 Topps buyback since the Great Splurge during April, May and June.I was a bit burned out and the prices set on these things weren't helping. I wanted to see if prices went down. That doesn't appear to be the case yet, but a single card isn't going to hurt me, so now the Greg Luzinski buyback is mine.This is the 518th card in my buyback q...2024
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  • • I came around
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  • Remembering the Life of Jerry Grote
    • Remembering the Life of Jerry Grote
    Photo by Jerry Grote/Newsday via Getty Images Once a Royal, always a Royal This story was originally published in January and is being republished with some updates in the wake of the death of Jerry Grote. In the classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch tells Sundance that yes, he might be able to beat some guy in a gunfight, but maybe not since every year we get older, an...2024
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Top Harmon Killebrew news

  • • Pujols passes Killebrew for 11th on HR list
    Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols officially passed Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew for 11th on the all-time home run list Saturday night at Angel Stadium, knocking career home run No. 574 off of Oakland left-hander Dillon Overton in the bottom of the fifth inning....2016
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  • • Cubs 10, Athletics 1: Patrick Wisdom’s two homers lead a blowout
    Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Cubs smashed hits all over Oakland Monday night. OAKLAND — I feel sorry for A’s fans, really I do. Ownership has torn down the roster so that it’s barely recognizable and former Cub Tony Kemp batted fifth Monday night. Think about that for a minute. Tony Kemp has a .358 career slugging percentage. That would be roughly comparable to the Cubs bat...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: John Smoltz picks up his 200th career win
    Braves Franchise History 1957 - Cubs rookie Frank Ernaga hits a solo home run and then triples in his first two major league at-bats against Warren Spahn. The Cubs beat the Braves 5-1 and Ernaga is the second National League rookie to debut with a triple and a homer. He will hit one more home run in his major league career. 1992 - John Smoltz sets a franchise record by striking out 15 in a 2-1 wi...2023
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  • • Today in Cubs All-Star history: Fergie Jenkins ties a strikeout record
    Fergie Jenkins at Wrigley Field in September 1967 | Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated via Getty Images It has not been matched in the ASG since — and likely never will be. Fergie Jenkins is a beloved Cubs elder statesman, one of the greatest pitchers in franchise history. He posted six straight 20-win seasons for the team, back when that was a true accomplishment, and was electe...2023
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  • • This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron hits his 400th home run
    Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1933 - The Boston Braves fall to the New York Giants 1-0 at the Polo Grounds as umpire Charlie Pfirman officiated his 1,700th consecutive National League game. 1941 - A syndicate of 12 people purchased 73 percent of the Braves for $350,000. 1943 - Boston Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi and suffers a fra...2023
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: There's a Closers Sale Going on at MLB's GM Meetings
    2015
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  • • With 7 RBIs, Papi passes 3 Hall of Famers
    Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, with two three-run homers and an RBI single, passed Hall of Famers Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew and Rogers Hornsby on the all-time RBI list to take 38th place with 1,587....2015
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  • • With 7 RBIs, Papi passes 3 Hall of Famers
    Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, with two three-run homers and an RBI single, passed Hall of Famers Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew and Rogers Hornsby on the all-time RBI list to take 38th place with 1,587....2015
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  • • Baseball history unpacked, June 9
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Harmon Killebrew rumors, scandals

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