#99 Ralph Kiner, First Base, 34 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Phillies Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Ralph Kiner
10/27/1922 34 USA,NM,SANTA RITA 6"2 200
First Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Very inconsistent Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 8,500,000 1958 12 Year(s), 38 Days (2102 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 79 Days (2143 total Days) 12 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Talent | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 1 1 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 2 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 8 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 7 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 8
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
6/24 | PIT | W 7-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #9 | | |
6/28 | @NYN | W 9-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
7/2 | BRO | L 7-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
7/18 | BRO | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
8/25 | @CHN | L 3-10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
8/29 | NYN | L 2-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
8/30 | NYN | W 8-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/11 | NYN | W 9-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/19 | SLN | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/22 | CHN | W 12-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 41 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | .138 | .206 | .224 | .430 | .353 | .086 |
Projected | 43 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | .138 | .206 | .224 | .430 | .353 | .086 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.8 | 1.4 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .156 | .226 | .382 |
vs. RHP | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .148 | .258 | .222 | .480 |
Close/Late | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 |
Scoring Position | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .188 | .410 |
Pinch Hitting | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .219 | .179 | .397 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 21 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .156 | .206 | .188 | .393 |
Road | 20 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .115 | .200 | .269 | .469 |
March/April | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .190 | .227 | .381 | .608 |
May | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .167 | .182 | .348 |
June | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .143 | .333 | .214 | .548 |
July | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
August | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Sept/Oct | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1946 | 140 | 500 | 134 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 92 | 75 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 106 | 2 | 1 | .268 | .368 | .466 | .834 | PIT |
1947 | 140 | 500 | 143 | 21 | 4 | 36 | 103 | 99 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .404 | .560 | .964 | PIT |
1948 | 140 | 500 | 143 | 21 | 4 | 36 | 103 | 99 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .404 | .560 | .964 | PIT |
1949 | 140 | 500 | 143 | 21 | 4 | 36 | 103 | 99 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .404 | .560 | .964 | PIT |
1950 | 147 | 525 | 155 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 119 | 98 | 109 | 3 | 6 | 83 | 1 | 0 | .295 | .415 | .579 | .994 | PIT BOS |
1951 | 148 | 536 | 159 | 19 | 3 | 40 | 132 | 108 | 99 | 2 | 5 | 81 | 2 | 1 | .297 | .405 | .567 | .972 | BOS,AL |
1952 | 147 | 532 | 132 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 125 | 99 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .369 | .508 | .877 | BOS |
1953 | 149 | 526 | 144 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 142 | 99 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 2 | .274 | .391 | .576 | .967 | BOS |
1954 | 145 | 517 | 135 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 102 | 95 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .378 | .493 | .871 | NYY |
1955 | 144 | 504 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 120 | 77 | 84 | 2 | 8 | 123 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .338 | .472 | .810 | NYY PHI |
1956 | 113 | 343 | 96 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 77 | 73 | 67 | 1 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 3 | .280 | .394 | .551 | .945 | PHI |
1957 | 41 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .206 | .224 | .430 | PHI |
Total | 1594 | 5541 | 1508 | 176 | 25 | 405 | 1223 | 1025 | 1051 | 16 | 53 | 1038 | 14 | 11 | .272 | .387 | .532 | .919 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1951 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .321 | .423 | .745 |
1955 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .391 | .588 | .980 |
Total | 11 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .353 | .488 | .841 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 11 | 6 | 69 | 4 | 8 | 74 | 1 | .986 | 62.0 | 10.74 | | | | |
Leftfield | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.0 | 2.77 | | | | |
Centerfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (A) on 5/30/1950 (Going to PIT: CF Jim Piersall, P Dick Littlefield, P Willard Nixon, LF Charlie Maxwell. Going to BOS: LF Ralph Kiner)... All Star Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game... Awards Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1952, hitting .522 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Achievements Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 9/14/1950... Drove in 9 runs against Cleveland on 7/8/1951... Drove in 7 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 7/13/1951... Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (A), driving in 7 runs on 7/26/1952... Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1953, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 12 RBI... Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/12/1954 to a 5-year deal worth $8,500,000 per year... Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/21/1955 (Going to PHI: C Red Wilson, LF Ralph Kiner. Going to NYY: P Steve Ridzik)... Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (N) on 4/7/1955... Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 4/18/1955... Injured on 8/9/1956 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP 1950 - .415 - 5th
| SLG 1950 - .579 - 5th 1951 - .567 - 4th 1953 - .576 - 4th
| OPS 1950 - .994 - 5th 1951 - .972 - 7th 1953 - .967 - 6th
| Homeruns 1950 - 44 - 2nd 1951 - 40 - 3rd 1952 - 38 - 5th 1953 - 49 - 1st 1954 - 36 - 3rd 1955 - 37 - 7th
| RBI 1950 - 119 - 5th 1951 - 132 - 2nd 1952 - 125 - 3rd 1953 - 142 - 1st 1955 - 120 - 8th
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Runs 1951 - 108 - 5th
| BB 1950 - 109 - 5th 1951 - 99 - 8th 1952 - 104 - 5th 1953 - 104 - 6th 1954 - 100 - 7th
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