Ralph M Kiner was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1975 along with Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, William Herman and Judy Johnson. Kiner was an OF\1B with 10 seasons MLB experience playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1946-1953), Chicago Cubs (1953-1954) and Cleveland Indians (1955). For his MLB career he hit .279/.398/.548 with 369 HR, 1015 RBI, 971 R, 22 SB in 1472 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1947 when he hit .313/.417/.639 with 51 HR, 127 RBI, 118 R, 1 SB in 152 games, 1949 when he hit .310/.432/.658 with 54 HR, 127 RBI, 116 R, 6 SB in 152 games and 1951 when he hit .309/.452/.627 with 42 HR, 109 RBI, 124 R, 2 SB in 151 games.
Kiner led the National League in home runs seven times in 1946 (23), 1947, 1948 (40), 1949, 1950 (47), 1951 and 1952 (37). He led the NL RBI in 1949. He led the NL in runs in 1951.
He was an All Star six times (1948-1953).
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