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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 25 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 25 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	May 2	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
13	13	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	15	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	16	May 9 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 9 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	19	May 12	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	20	May 13	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
24	24	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	25	May 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	29	May 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 28	PIT		STL	T,1-1	CG	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 29	PIT		STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
37	37	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 2	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
41	41	Jun 5	PIT		BSN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-16	CG	49	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
43	43	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 11	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 13 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	56	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 24 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 24 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
62	62	Jun 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
63	63	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	63	13.2	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	65	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,10-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	71	Jul 7	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	73	Jul 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	77	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	78	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	81	Jul 19	PIT		BSN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 20	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	83	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	88	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	89	Jul 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	90	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	91	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	92	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	94	Aug 6	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	95	Aug 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	96	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	97	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	98	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	99	Aug 11	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	100	Aug 12	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	101	Aug 13	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	103	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 15 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 16	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 17	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	108	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 21	PIT	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
111	111	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 24	PIT		BRO	W,9-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	113	Aug 25 susp	PIT		BRO	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	114	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	115	Aug 26 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
116	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	117	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	118	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	119	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	120	Aug 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
121	121	Aug 30	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	122	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	124	Sep 2	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	125	Sep 3	PIT		CHC	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	126	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	127	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	128	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	129	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 7	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	131	Sep 8	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	132	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	135 (2)	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	136	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	137	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	138	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	140	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
139	141	Sep 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
140	142	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	143	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	144	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
143	145	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	146	Sep 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	147	Sep 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
146	148	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	149	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	W,16-6	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
148	150	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
149	151	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	152	Sep 29	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	153	Sep 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
152	154	Sep 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
153	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
154	156	Oct 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
							154gm		1346.0	358	5	10	373	1