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Ralph McPherran Kiner (October 27, 1922 – February 6, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball player and broadcaster. An outfielder, Kiner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Indians from 1946 through 1955.
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Ralph McPherran Kiner was a Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1946-1953), Chicago Cubs (1953-1954), and Cleveland Indians ().Did you know that Ralph broke three records once set by Babe Ruth, the fastest player to hit 100 career home runs (376 games / Ruth took 528 games), the fastest player to hit 200 career home runs (706 games / Ruth took 816 games) and the fastest ...
- Ralph McPherran Kiner
- 10-27-1922 (Scorpio)
- Santa Rita, New Mexico
- Mr. Home Run or Ozark
Kiner jokingly recalled: “The Mets hired me because they looked at my background with the Pirates and saw that I had losing experience.”. Kiner spent more than 50 years in the booth for the Mets and became a favorite of a whole new generation of baseball fans. Kiner was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1975. He passed away on Feb. 6, 2014.
Although the Pirates signed Kiner out of high school in 1940, a couple of years in the minors and a hitch in the Navy delayed his arrival in Pittsburgh until 1946. He hit only 23 round trippers, but that was good enough, as the 24-year-old became the first rookie in 40 years to lead the league. In '47 the club did Kiner an enormous favor -- by ...
Jan 4, 2012 · The Pirates rose to fourth place, posting their only winning record during Kiner’s years in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh attendance grew 18 percent to another record, 1.5 million. The 1948 season was the peak of the postwar baseball boom; major-league teams drew nearly 21 million fans, the most until 1962, when both leagues had expanded to 10 teams.
Ralph Kiner is a member of the inaugural Hall of Fame class.
Feb 6, 2014 · Kiner's strikeout total exceeded 90 once, in his rookie season. He placed in the top 10 in MVP Award balloting from 1947-52, though Pittsburgh finished higher than sixth place -- in an eight-team league -- once. "All of us at the Pittsburgh Pirates have heavy hearts upon learning of Ralph Kiner's passing," the team said in reaction to Kiner's ...
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