Not too long ago my buddy Jason Schwartz asked me to create a "dedicated" 1972 Harmon Killebrew highlight card celebrating his 500th Major League home run, which he hit in 1971.
Originally on the blog some years ago, I created a highlight card that combined both 500th homer milestones for Killebrew and Frank Robinson, who also reached the mark in 1971. Well here's the "dedicated version" to celebrate "Killer's" 500th:
The future Hall of Famers reached the milestone almost a month
apart during the 1971 season, with Killebrew getting there first on August 10th, and Robinson joining him on September 13th.
The pair would eventually end up with 1159 home runs between them!
Killebrew smashed 573 lifetime homers while Robinson topped him with
586.
As
a kid getting into baseball history in the late-70's/early-80's I
became obsessed with Killebrew, since I never knew about him (getting
into baseball around 1976/1977), so seeing his career numbers blew me
away.
573 lifetime home runs, six-time American League home run champ,
100+ runs batted in nine times, 11-time All-Star, and Hall of Fame
induction in 1984.
Incredible!
