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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
2	2	Apr 17	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
3	3	Apr 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
5	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	12	3	0	15	1
8	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	9	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	CG	58	13.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	T,1-1	CG	37	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
13	13	May 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
14	14	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	15	May 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
16	17 (1)	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
17	18	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	19	May 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
19	20	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	14	2	0	16	1	1B
20	21	May 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	18	0	1	19	0	1B
21	22	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
22	23	May 12	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
23	24	May 13 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
24	25	May 13 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
25	26	May 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
26	27	May 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	28	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
28	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
29	30	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
30	31	May 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-17	GS	48	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
31	32	May 20 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
32	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	12	0	1	13	3	1B
33	34	May 23	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
34	35	May 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
35	36	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	14	1	0	15	1	1B
36	37	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	14	0	0	14	4
37	38	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	2
38	39	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
40	41	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-14	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
41	42	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	3	1B
42	43	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	44	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
44	45	Jun 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
45	46	Jun 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
46	47	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
47	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
48	49	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
49	50	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
50	51	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	52	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
52	53	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
53	54	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	10	3	0	13	0
54	55	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,11-5	GS	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	3
55	56	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GS	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
56	57	Jun 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
57	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
58	59	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	60	Jun 22	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	61	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	L,1-13	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	62	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	63	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
63	64	Jun 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
64	65	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	66	Jun 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	67	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	68	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	11.2	6	1	0	7	0
68	69	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	70	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	71	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	72	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,16-4	CG	29	5.2	2	0	0	2	0
72	76 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	77	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	79	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	80	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	81	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	47	12.0	2	1	2	5	0	LF
78	82	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
79	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	84	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	85	Jul 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,13-12	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	86	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	87	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	88	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	89	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	90	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	CG	52	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	LF
87	91	Jul 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	92	Jul 25	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
89	93	Jul 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	94	Jul 28	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	95	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
92	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
93	97	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	101	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	102	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	103	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-12	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
100	104	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	105	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	106	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	107	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	108	Aug 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	109	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	110	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
107	111	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
108	112	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	113	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	114	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	115	Aug 16	PIT		STL	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	116	Aug 17	PIT		CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	117	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
114	118	Aug 19 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
115	119	Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
117	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
118	122	Aug 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	123	Aug 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
120	124	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	125	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	126	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	127	Aug 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	131	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	132	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	133	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	53	11.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
130	134	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	135	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	136	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	137	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	138	Sep 8	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	139	Sep 9 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
136	140	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	141	Sep 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	142	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
139	143	Sep 14	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
140	144	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
141	145	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
142	146	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
143	147	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	148	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
145	149	Sep 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	150	Sep 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	151	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
148	152	Sep 25	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
149	153	Sep 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	154	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
151	155	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
							152gm		1335.1	751	35	18	804	60