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<p data-mce-fragment="1"><b data-mce-fragment="1">Ralph McPherran Kiner</b><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>(October 27, 1922 – February 6, 2014) was an American<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>player and broadcaster. An<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfielder">outfielder</a>, Kiner played for the<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>,<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, and<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians">Cleveland Indians</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>from 1946 through 1955.</p> <p data-mce-fragment="1">Following his retirement, Kiner served from 1956 through 1960 as<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)">general manager</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>of the<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League">Pacific Coast League</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres_(PCL)" title="San Diego Padres (PCL)" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres_(PCL)">San Diego Padres</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_1-0" class="reference" data-mce-fragment="1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner#cite_note-NYTObit-1" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner#cite_note-NYTObit-1">[1]</a></sup><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>He also served as an<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcer" title="Announcer" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Announcer">announcer</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>for the<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets">New York Mets</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>from the team's inception until his death. Though injuries forced his retirement from active play after 10 seasons, Kiner led all of his<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League_(baseball)">National League</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>contemporaries in home runs between 1946 and 1952. He was elected to the<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>in 1975.</p> <p data-mce-fragment="1">After his death, Kiner was named "one of baseball's genuine and most charming gentlemen" by baseball writer Marty Noble.<sup id="cite_ref-Nobleobit_2-0" class="reference" data-mce-fragment="1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner#cite_note-Nobleobit-2" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner#cite_note-Nobleobit-2">[2]</a></sup></p>