Ralph Kiner stats
Last played for the Cleveland Guardians, 1955
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Bio
- Debut
- 1946
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,472
- AB
- 5,205
- R
- 971
- H
- 1,451
- HR
- 369
- RBI
- 1,015
- SB
- 22
- AVG
- .279
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | PIT | 144 | 502 | 63 | 124 | 23 | 81 | 3 | .247 |
| 1947 | PIT | 152 | 565 | 118 | 177 | 51 | 127 | 1 | .313 |
| 1948 | PIT | 156 | 555 | 104 | 147 | 40 | 123 | 1 | .265 |
| 1949 | PIT | 152 | 549 | 116 | 170 | 54 | 127 | 6 | .310 |
| 1950 | PIT | 150 | 547 | 112 | 149 | 47 | 118 | 2 | .272 |
| 1951 | PIT | 151 | 531 | 124 | 164 | 42 | 109 | 2 | .309 |
| 1952 | PIT | 149 | 516 | 90 | 126 | 37 | 87 | 3 | .244 |
| 1953 |  PIT/CHC | 158 | 562 | 100 | 157 | 35 | 116 | 2 | .279 |
| 1954 | CHC | 147 | 557 | 88 | 159 | 22 | 73 | 2 | .285 |
| 1955 | CLE | 113 | 321 | 56 | 78 | 18 | 54 | 0 | .243 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,256
- TB
- 2,852
- XBH
- 624
- HBP
- 24
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | PIT | 579 | 216 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PIT | 666 | 361 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PIT | 670 | 296 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PIT | 667 | 361 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PIT | 672 | 323 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 670 | 333 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 633 | 258 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | 666 | 288 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 643 | 271 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE | 390 | 145 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 46.2
- RC
- 1172.4
- RC/27
- 8.40
- ISOP
- .269
- SECA
- .467
- BB/K
- 1.35
- AB/HR
- 14.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | PIT | 2.5 | 80.1 | 5.7 | .183 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 21.8 | 0 |
| 1947 | PIT | 8.1 | 146.4 | 10.2 | .326 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 1948 | PIT | 5.8 | 121 | 8 | .268 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 1949 | PIT | 7.7 | 153.2 | 10.9 | .348 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 10.2 | 0 |
| 1950 | PIT | 5.2 | 134.7 | 9.1 | .318 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 7.7 | 150.5 | 11 | .318 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 4.1 | 106.8 | 7.4 | .256 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | 2.4 | 117 | 7.8 | .233 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 16.1 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 2.7 | 105.2 | 7 | .201 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE | 0.0 | 58.7 | 6.4 | .209 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 17.8 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ralph Kiner's career stats?
Ralph Kiner played 10 seasons for the Pirates, the Cubs and the Guardians. He was a career .279 hitter with 1,451 hits, 369 home runs and 1,015 RBI. His best season was 1947: a .313 batting average, 51 home runs and 127 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1946 to 1955
All-time career rank
- 89th in home runs (369)
- 257th in rbi (1,015)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.