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Kiner, Ralph

LC control no.n 85346948
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Personal name headingKiner, Ralph
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Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
Birth date19221027
Death date20140206
Place of birthSanta Rita (N.M.)
Place of deathRancho Mirage (Calif.)
Field of activityBaseball
AffiliationNew York Mets (Baseball team)
Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)
Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)
Profession or occupationBaseball announcers Baseball players
Found inHis Kiner's korner, c1987: CIP t.p. (Ralph Kiner)
New York times (online), viewed Feb. 7, 2014 (in obituary published Feb. 6: Ralph Kiner; b. Ralph McPherran Kiner, Oct. 27, 1922, Santa Rita, N.M.; d. Thursday [Feb. 6, 2014], Rancho Mirage, Calif., aged 91; baseball's vastly undersung slugger, who belted more home runs than anyone else over his 10-year career but whose achievements in the batter's box were obscured by his decades in the broadcast booth, where he was one of the game's most recognizable personalities)
Associated languageeng