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...groundkeepers at the Polo Grounds had to shovel sawdust around the mound to give Maglie some solid footing. He struggled with a wet baseball for six innings trying to keep his sweeping curve under control. He succeeded well enough: not a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, including Slugger Ralph Kiner, had managed to cross the plate. Maglie had little more than an inning to go to break the record set by Hubbell...
Going after a soaring first-inning smash by Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner, Ted threw himself high and hard against the left-field wall. He caught the ball, and went on to play for eight innings, driving in a run and making another hair-raising catch. But his left elbow hurt. After the game (the National League won for the first time in five years, 4-3), X rays' showed why: Ted had been playing for eight innings with a fractured elbow...
...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...