Word: kiner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pittsburgh, canny Branch Rickey, general manager of the Pirates, traded his most valuable gate attraction, Outfielder Ralph Kiner (and three other players) to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for six players and a bundle of cash. In Slugger Kiner, 30, the Cubs drew a home-run champion of the major leagues for the last six years, promptly put him to work in the same outfield with Hank Sauer who tied Kiner in homers last year (37). Chicago also picked up Kiner's $75,000 salary, second highest in baseball (after St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial's). Rickey...
...Platter Chatter. Columbia Records, Inc. brought out four unbreakable 6-in., 78 r.p.m. records for children, starring Ballplayers Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Bob Feller and Ralph Kiner. Each star gives tips on his specialty ("Here's how to lay down a sacrifice bunt . . ."; "A good pitcher never leaves anything to chance . ; ." etc.). Price per record...
...Braves have been rebuilding since 1918 and with their bunch of rookie in-elders don't look as if they will half the program this year. However, they are better than the rest, which means Ralph Kiner and the Reds and Cubs will probably wind up in that order sixth, seventh, and eighth...
Married. Nancy Chaffee, 22, sixth-ranking U.S. women's tennis star, and Ralph Kiner, 28, Pittsburgh Pirates left fielder; for five seasons in a row, the major leagues' home-run king (51 in 1947, 40 in 1948, 54 in 1949, 47 in 1950, 42 in 1951);* in Santa Barbara, Calif...
Team: Brooklyn (by 5½ games) Pitcher: Roe, Brooklyn (19-2) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.367) Runs Batted In: Irvin, New York (103) Home Runs: Kiner, Pittsburgh...