Ralph Kiner
Ralph Kiner
Ralph McPherran Kinerwas an American Major League Baseball player. An outfielder, Kiner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Indians from 1946 through 1955. He also served as an announcer for the New York Mets from the team's inception until his death. Though injuries forced his retirement from active play after 10 seasons, Kiner's tremendous slugging outpaced all of his National League contemporaries between the years 1946 and 1952. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth27 October 1922
CitySanta Rita, NM
CountryUnited States of America
Cadillacs are down at the end of the bat.
All of his saves have come in relief appearances.
You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.
On this special Fathers Day, we'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Birthday.
Solo homers usually come with no one on base.
It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car.
All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium.
The Mets just had their first .500-or-better April since July of 1992.
[Judge and Jury] is outstanding. I have learned more about the history of baseball, true history, than from anything I have ever read or heard about. [It's] research and documentation clarifies so many of the personalities and events that took place before 'my time' in the game. Jacques Barzun's quote: 'Whoever would know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball' should be supplanted by [this] biography of Landis.
Some guys are inwardly outgoing
He's (Bruce Sutter) going to be out of action the rest of his career.
Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs
Jose DeLeon on his career has seventy-three wins and one-hundred and five RBIs.
(Don) Sutton lost thirteen games in a row without winning a ballgame.