Ralph Kiner

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: October 27, 1922 in Santa Rita, NM us

Died: February 6, 2014 in Rancho Mirage, CA

Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Farmington, NM

High School: Alhambra HS (Alhambra, CA)

Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 16, 1946 (Age 23-171d, 10,099th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1955 (Age 32-333d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975. (Voted by BBWAA on 273/362 ballots)
View Ralph Kiner's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: Ralph McPherran Kiner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.0

5205

1451

369

.279

971

RBI

1015

OBP

.398

SLG

.548

OPS

.946

OPS+

149

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	12	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	2	1	1	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	15	Apr 30	PIT		BSN	W,11-5	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PIT		NYG	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
17	17	May 2	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
19	19	May 4	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
20	20	May 5	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	21	May 6	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	24	May 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	GS	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	26	May 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	27	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	28	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	35 (6)	May 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	36	May 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	37	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	38	May 27	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	63	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	39	May 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	40	May 29	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	41	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	42	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	43	May 31	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	44	Jun 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	45	Jun 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	46	Jun 3	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	47	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	48	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	49	Jun 6	PIT		NYG	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	50	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	51	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	52	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	53	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	54	Jun 11	PIT		BSN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	55	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	56	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	57	Jun 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	58	Jun 15 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	62	Jun 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	63	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	LF
58	64	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	66	Jun 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	68	Jun 27	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	69	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	70	Jun 29	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	71	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	73	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	74	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	81	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	82	Jul 11	PIT		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	85	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	86	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	87	Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	88	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	89	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	90	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	91	Jul 19	PIT		BRO	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
86	92	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
87	93	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-14	GS	36	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
88	94	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	98	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	99	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	100	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
95	101	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
96	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	10.2	0	1	0	1	0	LF
97	103	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	104	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	105	Aug 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	23	5.2	2	0	0	2	0
100	106	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	107	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-8	CG	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	108	Aug 5	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	109	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	110	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	111	Aug 8	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	112	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	113	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	114	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	117	Aug 15	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	118	Aug 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	119	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	120	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	121	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	122	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	123	Aug 20	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	124	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	125	Aug 22 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	126	Aug 23	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	127	Aug 24 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	128	Aug 24 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	129	Aug 26	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
124	130	Aug 27	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	131	Aug 28	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	CG	55	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	132	Aug 30	PIT		STL	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	133	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	136	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	137	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	138	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	139	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
134	140	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
135	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	142	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	46	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
137	143	Sep 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	144	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	145	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-16	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
140	146	Sep 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	147	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
142	148	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
143	149	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
144	150	Sep 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
145	151	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	152	Sep 21	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	153	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	154	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
149	155	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
							149gm		1296.0	240	8	8	256	0