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Ralph Kiner played 10 major-league seasons (1946-1955) as a OF (1,382), 1B (58). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 24 | PIT | 144 | 502 | 63 | 124 | 23 | 81 | 3 | 74 | 109 | .247 | .775 | 126 |
| 1947 | 25 | PIT | 152 | 565 | 118 | 177 | 51 | 127 | 1 | 98 | 81 | .313 | 1.055 | 187 |
| 1948 | 26 | PIT | 156 | 555 | 104 | 147 | 40 | 123 | 1 | 112 | 61 | .265 | .924 | 157 |
| 1949 | 27 | PIT | 152 | 549 | 116 | 170 | 54 | 127 | 6 | 117 | 61 | .310 | 1.089 | 198 |
| 1950 | 28 | PIT | 150 | 547 | 112 | 149 | 47 | 118 | 2 | 122 | 79 | .272 | .998 | 169 |
| 1951 | 29 | PIT | 151 | 531 | 124 | 164 | 42 | 109 | 2 | 137 | 57 | .309 | 1.079 | 197 |
| 1952 | 30 | PIT | 149 | 516 | 90 | 126 | 37 | 87 | 3 | 110 | 77 | .244 | .884 | 152 |
| 1953 | 31 | PIT|CHN | 158 | 562 | 100 | 157 | 35 | 116 | 2 | 100 | 88 | .279 | .903 | 141 |
| 1954 | 32 | CHN | 147 | 557 | 88 | 159 | 22 | 73 | 2 | 76 | 90 | .285 | .858 | 129 |
| 1955 | 33 | CLE | 113 | 321 | 56 | 78 | 18 | 54 | 0 | 65 | 46 | .243 | .818 | 127 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | OF | 140 | 0 | 339 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 1947 | OF | 152 | 0 | 390 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 1948 | OF | 154 | 0 | 382 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 1949 | OF | 152 | 0 | 311 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| 1950 | OF | 150 | 0 | 287 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 1951 | OF | 94 | 0 | 195 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 1951 | 1B | 58 | 0 | 556 | 29 | 11 | 59 |
| 1952 | OF | 149 | 0 | 250 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 1953 | OF | 157 | 0 | 282 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 1954 | OF | 147 | 147 | 298 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 1955 | OF | 87 | 79 | 141 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ralph Kiner won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1947 (NL), TSN All-Star 1947 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1948 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1949 (NL), TSN All-Star 1949 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1950 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1950 (NL), TSN All-Star 1950 (ML), TSN All-Star 1951 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 30 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 101 / 336 | 0 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 55 / 336 | 0 |
| 1949 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 133 / 336 | 0 |
| 1950 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 91 / 336 | 1 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 49 / 336 | 0 |
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
Ralph Kiner ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #22 | left fielders | 1949 | 198 OPS+ |
| #24 | left fielders | 1951 | 197 OPS+ |
| #51 | left fielders | 1947 | 187 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.