June 26th, 2024 by Jake Cain Ralph Kiner and Hank Greenberg are two names that resonate deeply within the history of baseball ...

Ralph Kiner and Hank Greenberg were teammates for only the 1947 season. The 24-year-old Kiner (yes, New York Mets fans, he was once only 24) was in his sophomore season while Greenberg, at the age ...

Hank Greenberg's Noble Struggle. April 28, 2001. By Martie Zad. ... Dick Schaap and Maury Povich as well as players such as Bob Feller, Charlie Gehringer and Ralph Kiner. ...

He had Hank Greenberg for one year, and Hank did help him cut down on his strikeouts.” Porter pointed out that when Kiner hit 54 home runs in 1949, he became one of just three players in history ...

I will remember his cigars. When he invited me to be his guest after a Mets game to talk about baseball on his program, “Kiner’s Korner,” he inevitably was sporting a cigar. He was always ...

Ralph Kiner turns ninety on the 27th of October. Where have the years gone? Many Jewish Press readers grew up watching Kiner's Korner, the post-game television show featuring yesterday's heroes ...

Ralph McPherran Kiner was born on Oct. 27, 1922. He first married tennis star Nancy Chaffee in 1951. Following their divorce, he married Barbara George, and following another divorce, he married ...

Ralph Kiner, who slugged his way to the baseball Hall of Fame and then enjoyed a half-century career as a popular broadcaster, died Thursday. He was 91. Kiner hit 369 home runs during his 10-year ...

— -- RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Slugger and broadcasting icon Ralph Kiner has died at age 91, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Kiner, who died with his family at his side at his ...

FUNNY, how I got to know all about Ralph Kiner in reverse. As a New York kid, I knew him almost exclusively as a Mets’ broadcaster over WOR Channel 9, a man who had been a big leaguer of some… ...

Kiner, who played at the same time, was well on his way to becoming the National League’s whiffingest slugger until he began, with the help of friend and one-season teammate Hank Greenberg, to ...