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Posted By: howard

Big Mac played some 3B also. Killebrew was a bonus baby and came to the majors at 17 or 18. Like most bonus babies he was very athletic and the hope was that he would learn to play a difficult infield position which would make him even more valuable than he was. It turned out he was inept at the position and like so many other young "infielders" (Mantle, Murcer, Tartabul, etc..) he was moved to a less demanding position(s). The point is that neither Mac or Killer were good defensive players.