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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 16	PIT		PHI	W,14-12	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		BRO	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	Apr 28	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	16	May 2	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 3	PIT		STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 4	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 9 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	20	May 9 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	21	May 10 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	22	May 10 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
23	23	May 14	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	26	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
27	27	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 19	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
29	29	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 21	PIT		PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	31	May 23	PIT		NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	32	May 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
33	33	May 25	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	34	May 27 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-14	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	35	May 27 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	38	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	39	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42 (2)	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	43	Jun 3	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
42	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	41	Jun 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	42	Jun 7 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	43	Jun 7 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	44	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	45	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-10	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	46	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	48 (1)	Jun 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	49	Jun 14 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	50	Jun 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,6-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	51	Jun 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	52	Jun 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	53	Jun 17	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	54	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	55	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-8	GS	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
58	56	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
59	57	Jun 20	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	LF
60	58	Jun 21	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	59	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	60	Jun 23	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	61	Jun 24	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
64	62	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	63	Jun 26	CHC		NYG	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	64	Jun 27	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	65	Jun 28	CHC		NYG	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
69	67	Jun 30	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	68	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
73	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	72	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
76	74	Jul 6	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
77	75	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	76	Jul 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	77	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	78	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
81	79	Jul 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	80	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	81	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	82	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	83	Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	84	Jul 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	85	Jul 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	86	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
89	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	89	Jul 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
92	90	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	91	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	92	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
95	93	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	95	Jul 29	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	96	Jul 30	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	97	Jul 31	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	98	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	99	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	100	Aug 4	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	101	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	102	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
105	103	Aug 6	CHC		NYG	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	104	Aug 7	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	105	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	106	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	107	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	108	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	109	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
112	110	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
113	111	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	112	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	113	Aug 15	CHC		MLN	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
116	114	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	115	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	116	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	117	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	118	Aug 20	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	119	Aug 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	56	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
124	122	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	123	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
126	124	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	125	Aug 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
128	126	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
129	127	Aug 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	128	Aug 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
131	129	Aug 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
132	130	Aug 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
134	132	Sep 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
135	133	Sep 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	134	Sep 5	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
137	135	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	LF
138	136	Sep 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
139	137	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
140	138	Sep 7 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	139	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
142	140	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
143	141	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
144	142	Sep 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
145	143	Sep 14	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
146	144	Sep 15	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
147	145	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
148	146	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	L,4-16	CG	48	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
149	147	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	148	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
151	149	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
152	150	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
153	151	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
154	152	Sep 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
155	153	Sep 25	CHC		STL	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
156	154	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
157	155	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							157gm		1337.0	268	12	8	288	3