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Ralph Kiner was born on October 27, 1922 in Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States and was credited as a baseball player. Ralph Kiner died on February 6, 2014 at the age of 91. Education on record includes Alhambra High School.
My Take
Ralph Kiner is one of those players whose numbers just stop you cold — he led the National League in home runs for seven consecutive seasons from 1946 through 1952, every single year of his first seven in the majors, which is a feat nobody else in baseball history has matched. He did it on some genuinely bad Pittsburgh Pirates teams, which tells you everything: the man could flat-out hit, and opposing pitchers knew it. His career was cut short by a back injury after just ten seasons, but the Hall of Fame voters still came calling in 1975, and rightfully so. And then he reinvented himself entirely as a broadcaster for the New York Mets for over fifty years, becoming beloved in a completely different way — famously mangling names and spinning stories with such warmth that fans adored him for it. He passed away in February 2014 at 91, and baseball genuinely lost a piece of its soul that day.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ralph Kiner
- Name (Japanese)
- ラルフ・カイナー
- Reading
- らるふ・かいなー
- Born
- October 27, 1922 – February 6, 2014
- Origin
- Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
2. Background
- High school
- Alhambra High School
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.ralphkiner.com
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Kiner
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108486
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ralph Kiner born?
Ralph Kiner was born on October 27, 1922.
When did Ralph Kiner die?
Ralph Kiner died on February 6, 2014, aged 91.
Where was Ralph Kiner from?
Ralph Kiner was from Santa Rita, New Mexico, United States.
What did Ralph Kiner do?
Ralph Kiner worked as baseball player.
Which high school did Ralph Kiner attend?
Ralph Kiner attended Alhambra High School.
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