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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	12	Apr 26	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	66	17.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	14	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	15	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
17	17	May 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	18	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	19	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
20	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	21	May 6	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	22	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
23	23	May 8 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	24	May 8 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	25	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	26	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	27	May 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	28	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	30 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	31	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-0	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
31	32	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	34 (1)	May 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
33	35	May 24	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	36	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
36	38	May 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	43 (4)	Jun 1	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	GF	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
38	44	Jun 2	CLE		BAL	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	45	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	46	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
41	47	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	49 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	50	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	53	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	57 (3)	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	60	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	63 (2)	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	65 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
53	68 (2)	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	69	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	70	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	72 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	76 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	61	15.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
58	78 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	79	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	80	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	81	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	83 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	85 (1)	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	89 (3)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
66	98 (7)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	109 (10)	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	111 (1)	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
69	113 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	115 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	121 (3)	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	125 (3)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
75	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	130	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	131	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	132	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	133	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	134	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3		13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
83	137 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	140 (2)	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1		15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
85	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	142	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
87	143	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							87gm		701.2	142	2	2	146	0