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Ralph Kiner Stats

Ralph Kiner was born on Friday, October 27, 1922, in Santa Rita, New Mexico. Kiner was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1946, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ralph Kiner baseball stats page.

"I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever." - Ralph Kiner

Ralph Kiner

Ralph Kiner Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#191)

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Birth Name:	Ralph McPherran Kiner
Nickname:	Mr. Home Run
Born On:	10-27-1922
Born In:	Santa Rita, New Mexico
Zodiac:	Scorpio
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02
Weight:	195
First Game:	04-16-1946 (Age 23)
Last Game:	09-25-1955
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1946	Pirates	144	502	63	124	17	3	23	1	81	74	-	109	2	-	1	15	.247	.345	.430
1947	Pirates	152	565	118	177	23	4	51	0	127	98	-	81	1	-	2	12	.313	.417	.639
1948	Pirates	156	555	104	147	19	5	40	1	123	112	-	61	0	-	3	15	.265	.391	.533
1949	Pirates	152	549	116	170	19	5	54	4	127	117	-	61	0	-	1	10	.310	.432	.658
1950	Pirates	150	547	112	149	21	6	47	2	118	122	-	79	0	-	3	22	.272	.408	.590
1951	Pirates	151	531	124	164	31	6	42	3	109	137	-	57	0	-	2	10	.309	.452	.627
1952	Pirates	149	516	90	126	17	2	37	0	87	110	-	77	0	-	7	6	.244	.384	.500
1953	Pirates	41	148	27	40	6	1	7	0	29	25	-	21	0	-	2	1	.270	.383	.466
1953	Cubs	117	414	73	117	14	2	28	1	87	75	-	67	1	-	1	10	.283	.394	.529
1954	Cubs	147	557	88	159	36	5	22	0	73	76	-	90	5	3	2	17	.285	.371	.487
1955	Indians	113	321	56	78	13	0	18	1	54	65	1	46	0	4	0	8	.243	.367	.452
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years		1,472	5,205	971	1,451	216	39	369	13	1,015	1,011	1	749	9	7	24	126	.279	.398	.548

Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1946 Pirates	OF	140	-	-	356	2.5	345	339	6	11	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	0.00	-
1947 Pirates	LF	152	-	-	405	2.7	398	390	8	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	0.00	-
1948 Pirates	LF	154	-	-	398	2.6	388	382	6	10	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	0.00	-
1949 Pirates	LF	152	-	-	330	2.2	323	311	12	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	0.00	-
1950 Pirates	LF	150	-	-	311	2.1	300	287	13	11	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	0.00	-
1951 Pirates	1B	58	-	-	596	10.3	585	556	29	11	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	-
1951 Pirates	LF	94	-	-	209	2.2	202	195	7	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	0.00	-
1952 Pirates	LF	149	-	-	267	1.8	259	250	9	8	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	0.00	-
1953 Pirates	LF	41	-	-	76	1.9	76	71	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1953 Cubs	LF	116	-	-	225	1.9	217	211	6	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	0.00	-
1954 Cubs	LF	147	-	-	313	2.1	304	298	6	9	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	0.00	-
1955 Indians	LF	87	-	-	145	1.7	143	141	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
LF Totals		1,242	0	0	2,679	2.2	2,610	2,536	74	69	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00	--
OF Totals		140	0	0	356	2.5	345	339	6	11	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	0.00	--
1B Totals		58	0	0	596	10.3	585	556	29	11	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	--
10 Years		1,440	-	-	3,631	2.5	3,540	3,431	109	91	73	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	0.00	--

Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1946 Pirates	3	-	-	-	-	n/a	21.8	4.6	6.2	-	-	-
1947 Pirates	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	11.1	7.0	4.4	-	-	-
1948 Pirates	1	-	-	-	-	n/a	13.9	9.1	4.5	-	-	-
1949 Pirates	6	-	-	-	-	n/a	10.2	9.0	4.3	-	-	-
1950 Pirates	2	-	-	-	-	n/a	11.6	6.9	4.6	-	-	-
1951 Pirates	2	1	.667	-	-	n/a	12.6	9.3	4.9	-	-	-
1952 Pirates	3	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	13.9	6.7	5.9	-	-	-
1953 Pirates	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	21.1	7.0	5.1	-	-	-
1953 Cubs	1	1	.500	-	-	n/a	14.8	6.2	4.8	-	-	-
1954 Cubs	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	25.3	6.2	7.6	-	-	-
1955 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	17.8	7.0	5.9	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	22	2	.917	-	-	n/a	14.1	6.9	5.1	-	-	-

Ralph Kiner Ralph Kiner Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1946 Pittsburgh Pirates	43	$5,000.00	-	-
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$10,000.00	-	-
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$30,000.00	Stats	-
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$40,000.00	Stats	-
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$65,000.00	Stats	-
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$90,000.00	Stats	-
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates	4	$65,000.00	Stats	-
1953 Chicago Cubs	4	Undetermined	Stats	-
1954 Chicago Cubs	4	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Cleveland Indians	9	Undetermined	-	-
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