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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	CHC		CIN	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
9	9	Apr 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	10	Apr 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	52	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,10-18	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	16	May 7	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-0	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	18	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	19	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	20	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
21	21	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	22	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	23	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	24	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	25	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	28	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	30	May 22 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	31	May 22 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
32	32	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	33	May 23 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	34	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
35	35	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	36	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,15-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	37	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	38	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	39	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	40	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	41	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	42	May 31	CHC		STL	W,14-4	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
46	46	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	47	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	48	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	50	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	51	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
52	52	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	CG	51	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
55	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF
56	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	57	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	58	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	59	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	60	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	61	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	62	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	63	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
64	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	22	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	68 (2)	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,4-1	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
70	72	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	74	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	75	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
74	76	Jul 8	CHC		MLN	W,9-8	CG	58	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	77	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	78	Jul 10	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 11	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	80	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,9-2	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	81	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	83 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	84	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	87	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	88	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	89	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	91	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	54	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
89	92	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	93	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
91	94	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
92	95	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
93	96	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	97	Jul 29	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	100	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	101	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	102	Aug 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	103	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	104	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
102	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
103	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
104	107	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	110	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	112	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
110	113	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
111	114	Aug 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	115	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
113	116	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	117	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
115	118	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	119	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	120	Aug 20	CHC		MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
118	121	Aug 21	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	122	Aug 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-12	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	123	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
121	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
122	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	126	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
124	127	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	128	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
126	129	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
127	130	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	131	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	132	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	133	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
131	134	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	136	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
134	140 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	142 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	143	Sep 12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	144	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	60	13.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
138	145	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
139	146	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	147	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
141	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
142	149	Sep 20	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
143	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
144	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
145	152	Sep 22	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	153	Sep 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
147	154	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							147gm		1272.1	285	7	9	301	1