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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 18	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 21 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	9 (2)	Apr 25	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS	33	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
8	10	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	11	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	12	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	13	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	15	May 2	PIT		PHI	W,8-3	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	17 (1)	May 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	19	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	20	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	22 (1)	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	23	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-16	CG	50	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	24	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	25	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	26	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	27	May 23	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	28	May 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	29	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	30	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
27	31	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	32	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
29	33	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,11-12	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	34	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
31	35	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	36	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
33	37	Jun 4 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	38	Jun 4 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	39	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	40	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	L,8-13	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	41	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	W,10-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	42	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	47 (4)	Jun 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 16 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
41	49	Jun 16 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	51	Jun 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	52	Jun 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
45	53	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
46	54	Jun 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	55	Jun 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
48	56	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	57	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	58	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	59	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	60	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	61	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	62	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	63	Jun 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	64	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	65	Jul 2	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-0	GS	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	66	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	67	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	69	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
62	70	Jul 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	71	Jul 6	PIT	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	72	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
65	73	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	74	Jul 11	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	75	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	76	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	W,8-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	77	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	78	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	79	Jul 15	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	80	Jul 16	PIT		BSN	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	81	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	82	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	83	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
76	84	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	85	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	86	Jul 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	88	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	89	Jul 26	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	90	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
83	91	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	92	Jul 28	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	94	Aug 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	96 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	97	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	98	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	99	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	100	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	102 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		CHC	T,4-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	106 (3)	Aug 16	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
94	107	Aug 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
95	108	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	109	Aug 20	PIT		BRO	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	110	Aug 21	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	111	Aug 22	PIT		NYG	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	112	Aug 23	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	113	Aug 24	PIT		NYG	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	114	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	115	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	116	Aug 26	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	117	Aug 27	PIT		BSN	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
105	118	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	119	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	120	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	121	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	122	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	123	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	124	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	125	Sep 3	PIT		CHC	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	126	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	129 (2)	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	130	Sep 8 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	49	10.2	3	0	0	3	0
116	131	Sep 8 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
117	132	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	133	Sep 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	134	Sep 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	135	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	136	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	137	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	53	14.0	8	0	1	9	0
123	138	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	139	Sep 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	140	Sep 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
126	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	142	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	143	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
129	144	Sep 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	145	Sep 21	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	48	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	146	Sep 22 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	GF	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	147	Sep 22 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	148	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	149	Sep 24 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-0	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
135	150	Sep 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	69	16.0	5	0	0	5	0
136	151	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	152	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	153	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	154	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	155	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							140gm			334	7	11	352	2