Word: kiner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statistics to support their stand. In one game the Yankees and Tigers had banged out a record eleven homers. Homerun production, in fact, was up 27% over last year. Boston's Ted Williams had already hit 24, Cleveland's Al Rosen 25, and the Pirates' Ralph Kiner 20. But although most pitchers were beginning to seem lucky if they lasted through the seventh-inning stretch, there was more than a suspicion that the ball alone was not responsible...
COLLEGE BASEBALL HOME RUNS Williams, Red Sox 11 Dropo, Red Sox 9 Kiner, Pirates 8 Gordon, Braves 8 Stophens...
...finished second in batting in 1937 and 1938 before winning his only championship in '39. He led the league in homers in 1939-40; but when he returned to the Giants in 1946 from three years in the Navy, the Pittsburgh Pirates had a rookie named Ralph Kiner. Kiner played 43 more games than Mize and hit only one more home run to lead the league that year. The next two years Jawn hit 51 and 40; Kiner spoiled the glory with an identical record. At the end of last year, Joe DiMaggio had more home runs than any other...
...another deal last week, the free-handed Pirates boosted Home-Run King Ralph Kiner's salary to $65,000 a year, making him the National League's highest-paid player...
...good spanking for Cinemactress Elizabeth Taylor, 17, was recommended by the Sunday Pictorial, a London tabloid, because "her behavior in breaking off engagements has become as silly as a schoolboy smoking cigars." Meanwhile, in Hollywood, beautiful Elizabeth had a date with a new fellow: Home Run Slugger Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates...