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Ralph Kiner
Ralph McPherran Kiner

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 16, 1946
Final Game September 25, 1955
Born October 27, 1922 in Santa Rita, NM

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 23 PIT NL 144  502   63  124  17  3  23   81   3     74 109  .247  .345  .430  117  216   2           1  15 MVP-30
 1947 24 PIT NL 152  565  118  177  23  4  51  127   1     98  81  .313  .417  .639  173  361   1           2  12 MVP-6
 1948 25 PIT NL 156  555  104  147  19  5  40  123   1    112  61  .265  .391  .533  146  296   0           3  15 MVP-7,AS
 1949 26 PIT NL 152  549  116  170  19  5  54  127   6    117  61  .310  .432  .658  186  361   0           1  10 MVP-4,AS
 1950 27 PIT NL 150  547  112  149  21  6  47  118   2    122  79  .272  .408  .590  156  323   0           3  22 MVP-5,AS
 1951 28 PIT NL 151  531  124  164  31  6  42  109   2  1 137  57  .309  .452  .627  184  333   0           2  10 MVP-10,AS
 1952 29 PIT NL 149  516   90  126  17  2  37   87   3  0 110  77  .244  .384  .500  141  258   0           7   6 MVP-23,AS
 1953 30 TOT NL 158  562  100  157  20  3  35  116   2  1 100  88  .279  .391  .512  132  288   1           3  11 AS
         PIT NL  41  148   27   40   6  1   7   29   1  0  25  21  .270  .383  .466  121   69   0           2   1
         CHC NL 117  414   73  117  14  2  28   87   1  1  75  67  .283  .394  .529  136  219   1           1  10
 1954 31 CHC NL 147  557   88  159  36  5  22   73   2  0  76  90  .285  .371  .487  121  271   5   3       2  17
 1955 32 CLE AL 113  321   56   78  13  0  18   54   0  0  65  46  .243  .367  .452  116  145   0   4   1   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons         5205      1451     39     1015      2     749  .279  .398  .548  149        9   7   1  24 126
               1472       971      216    369       22   1011                            2852
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573  107  160  24  4  41  112   2  0 111  82  .279  .398  .548  149  314   1   1   0   3  14
 Career High    158  565  124  177  36  6  54  127   6  1 137 109  .313  .452  .658  186  361   5   4   1   7  22
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 23 PIT NL  579  395   74   5.0    94| .247  .265| .345  .340| .430  .371| .775  .711| 117  .598  11.0   1.1     
 1947 24 PIT NL  666  401  150   9.9   108| .313  .278| .417  .353| .639  .411|1.056  .765| 173  .801  59.8   5.7     
 1948 25 PIT NL  670  423  115   7.2   104| .265  .271| .391  .346| .533  .401| .924  .747| 146  .708  37.6   3.7     
 1949 26 PIT NL  667  389  156  10.7   106| .310  .273| .432  .347| .658  .408|1.090  .755| 186  .826  69.2   6.7     
 1950 27 PIT NL  672  420  131   8.3   111| .272  .273| .408  .350| .590  .423| .998  .774| 156  .738  47.1   4.5     
 1951 28 PIT NL  670  378  150  10.7   106| .309  .271| .452  .345| .627  .410|1.079  .756| 184  .828  70.6   6.9  66%
 1952 29 PIT NL  633  396   98   6.6    99| .244  .264| .384  .337| .500  .393| .884  .730| 141  .702  32.3   3.3 100%
 1953 30 TOT NL  666  418  112   7.1   111| .279  .276| .391  .347| .512  .429| .903  .776| 132  .669  28.9   2.7  66%
         PIT NL  175  109   26   6.3   109| .270  .273| .383  .344| .466  .425| .849  .769| 121  .620   5.4   0.5 100%
         CHC NL  491  309   86   7.4   112| .283  .276| .394  .348| .529  .431| .923  .779| 136  .684  23.5   2.2  50%
 1954 31 CHC NL  643  423  101   6.4   110| .285  .275| .371  .347| .487  .426| .858  .772| 121  .629  18.5   1.8 100%
 1955 32 CLE AL  390  255   57   6.0   106| .243  .271| .367  .351| .452  .404| .819  .755| 116  .620   8.6   0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     6256 3898 1144   7.8   105| .279  .272| .398  .346| .548  .408| .946  .755| 149  .731 383.6  37.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 23 PIT NL OF 140 339 6 11 2 .969 .977 2.46 2.16 64 76 0 1947 24 PIT NL OF 152 390 8 7 1 .983 .977 2.62 2.19 152 0 0 1948 25 PIT NL OF 154 382 6 10 1 .975 .978 2.52 2.20 154 0 0 AS 1949 26 PIT NL OF 152 311 12 7 3 .979 .977 2.12 2.25 152 0 0 AS 1950 27 PIT NL OF 150 287 13 11 2 .965 .978 2.00 2.14 150 0 0 AS 1951 28 PIT NL OF 94 195 7 7 1 .967 .981 2.15 2.23 94 0 0 AS 1B 58 556 29 11 59 .982 .989 10.09 9.29 AS 1952 29 PIT NL OF 149 250 9 8 0 .970 .981 1.74 2.10 149 0 0 AS 1953 30 TOT NL OF 157 282 11 8 3 .973 .980 1.87 2.11 157 0 0 AS PIT NL OF 41 71 5 0 1 1.000 .979 1.85 2.11 41 0 0 CHC NL OF 116 211 6 8 2 .964 .980 1.87 2.11 116 0 0 1954 31 CHC NL OF 147 298 6 9 1 .971 .975 2.07 2.18 147 0 0 1955 32 CLE AL OF 87 141 2 2 0 .986 .982 1.64 2.08 87 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 28 PIT NL 1B 58 556 29 11 59 .982 .989 10.09 9.29 1946 23 PIT NL OF 140 339 6 11 2 .969 .977 2.46 2.16 64 76 0 1947 24 PIT NL OF 152 390 8 7 1 .983 .977 2.62 2.19 152 0 0 1948 25 PIT NL OF 154 382 6 10 1 .975 .978 2.52 2.20 154 0 0 1949 26 PIT NL OF 152 311 12 7 3 .979 .977 2.12 2.25 152 0 0 1950 27 PIT NL OF 150 287 13 11 2 .965 .978 2.00 2.14 150 0 0 1951 28 PIT NL OF 94 195 7 7 1 .967 .981 2.15 2.23 94 0 0 1952 29 PIT NL OF 149 250 9 8 0 .970 .981 1.74 2.10 149 0 0 1953 30 TOT NL OF 157 282 11 8 3 .973 .980 1.87 2.11 157 0 0 PIT NL OF 41 71 5 0 1 1.000 .979 1.85 2.11 41 0 0 CHC NL OF 116 211 6 8 2 .964 .980 1.87 2.11 116 0 0 1954 31 CHC NL OF 147 298 6 9 1 .971 .975 2.07 2.18 147 0 0 1955 32 CLE AL OF 87 141 2 2 0 .986 .982 1.64 2.08 87 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1382 2875 80 80 14 .974 .978 2.14 2.17 1306 76 0 1B 58 556 29 11 59 .982 .989 10.09 9.29 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1440 3431 109 91 73 .975 .980 2.46 2.45
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1948   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1949   PIT NL   *   5   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1950   PIT NL   *   6   1   2  1  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1951   PIT NL       2   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1952   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/6      2  15   3   4  1  0  3   4   0   2   0  0   0   0   0  .267  .267  .933 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1948 *
1949 (LF)
1950 (LF)
1951 *
1952
1953 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-30-0.01
1947-NL-6-0.30
1948-NL-7-0.16
1949-NL-4-0.40
1950-NL-5-0.27
1951-NL-10-0.15
1952-NL-23-0.02
Car-163-1.31 shares

Batting Average
1947 NL-.313-4
1949 NL-.310-5
1951 NL-.309-7

On-base %
1947 NL-.417-3
1948 NL-.391-7
1949 NL-.432-3
1950 NL-.408-6
1951 NL-.452-1
1952 NL-.384-6
Car-.398-65

Slugging %
1946 NL-.430-9
1947 NL-.639-1
1948 NL-.533-4
1949 NL-.658-1
1950 NL-.590-3
1951 NL-.627-1
1952 NL-.500-4
Car-.548-27

OPS
1947 NL-1.055-1
1948 NL-.924-4
1949 NL-1.089-1
1950 NL-.998-2
1951 NL-1.079-1
1952 NL-.884-6
Car-.946-25

Games
1947 NL-152-5
1948 NL-156-1
1949 NL-152-9
1953 NL-158-1

At Bats
1947 NL-565-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1947 NL-666-8
1948 NL-670-4
1950 NL-672-8
1951 NL-670-10

Runs
1947 NL-118-3
1948 NL-104-5
1949 NL-116-4
1950 NL-112-3
1951 NL-124-1
1952 NL-90-9

Hits
1947 NL-177-6

Total Bases
1946 NL-216-9
1947 NL-361-1
1948 NL-296-4
1949 NL-361-2
1950 NL-323-4
1951 NL-333-2
1952 NL-258-7
1953 NL-288-8

Doubles
1951 NL-31-7
1954 NL-36-7

Home Runs
1946 NL-23-1
1947 NL-51-1
1948 NL-40-1
1949 NL-54-1
1950 NL-47-1
1951 NL-42-1
1952 NL-37-1
1953 NL-35-5
Car-369-68

RBI
1946 NL-81-5
1947 NL-127-2
1948 NL-123-3
1949 NL-127-1
1950 NL-118-2
1951 NL-109-2
1952 NL-87-9
1953 NL-116-6

Bases on Balls
1946 NL-74-6
1947 NL-98-4
1948 NL-112-2
1949 NL-117-1
1950 NL-122-2
1951 NL-137-1
1952 NL-110-1
1953 NL-100-2
1954 NL-76-8

Strikeouts
1946 NL-109-1
1947 NL-81-2
1950 NL-79-3
1952 NL-77-7
1953 NL-88-6
1954 NL-90-2

Adjusted OPS+
1947 NL-173-1
1948 NL-146-4
1949 NL-186-1
1950 NL-156-4
1951 NL-184-1
1952 NL-141-7
Car-149-35

Runs Created
1947 NL-150-1
1948 NL-115-3
1949 NL-156-2
1950 NL-131-2
1951 NL-150-2
1952 NL-98-4
1953 NL-112-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1947 NL-60-1
1948 NL-38-4
1949 NL-69-2
1950 NL-47-2
1951 NL-71-1
1952 NL-32-5
1953 NL-29-10
Car-384-75

Batting Wins
1947 NL-5.7-1
1948 NL-3.7-4
1949 NL-6.7-1
1950 NL-4.5-2
1951 NL-6.9-1
1952 NL-3.3-5
1953 NL-2.7-10
Car-37.2-79

Extra-Base Hits
1946 NL-43-9
1947 NL-78-2
1948 NL-64-4
1949 NL-78-2
1950 NL-74-2
1951 NL-79-1
1952 NL-56-6
1954 NL-63-7

Times on Base
1947 NL-277-1
1948 NL-262-3
1949 NL-288-4
1950 NL-274-4
1951 NL-303-2
1952 NL-243-6
1953 NL-260-7

Offensive Win%
1947 NL-.801-1
1948 NL-.708-4
1949 NL-.826-1
1950 NL-.738-3
1951 NL-.828-2
1952 NL-.702-5
Car-.731-45

Hit By Pitch
1952 NL-7-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 NL-15-4
1948 NL-15-7
1950 NL-22-2
1954 NL-17-8

Power/Speed Number
1949 NL-10.8-7

At Bats per Home Run
1946 NL-21.8-1
1947 NL-11.1-1
1948 NL-13.9-1
1949 NL-10.2-1
1950 NL-11.6-1
1951 NL-12.6-1
1952 NL-13.9-1
1953 NL-16.1-6
Car-14.1-6

Outs
1948 NL-423-7

 

Black Ink: Batting - 52 (24) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 145 (99) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.9 (195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 136.5 (95) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Joe Garagiola, Catfish Metkovich, and Howie Pollet to the Chicago Cubs for Toby Atwell, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, George Freese, Bob Addis, Gene Hermanski, and $150,000.

November 16, 1954: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on September 30, 1954. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for players to be named later and Sam Jones. The Chicago Cubs sent Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. The Cleveland Indians sent $60,000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

October 24, 1955: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


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