There was no player named Mel Kiner. Most likely you mean Ralph Kiner, who hit 42 homers while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951. The Pirates fined 7th in the eight team National League that year, with Kiner leading the league in home runs
Again, there was no Mel Kiner in major league baseball. Ralph Kiner, however, hit 47 home runs for the NL last place Pittsburgh Pirates. That lead the NL in homers for Kiner for the 5th straight year. He would go on the lead in NL in home runs in both 1951 and 1952.
Ralph Kiner hit 54 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949.
Ralph Kiner hit 37 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952.
Ralph Kiner hit 23 home runs in his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1946.
Ralph had 369 career MLB home runs.
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Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize both hit 51 home runs that year. Amazing to consider that the previous year's HR champ in the NL was also Kiner -- with 23 home runs!
In 1951, Ralph Kiner played in 151 games for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, batting in all of them. He had 531 at bats, getting 164 hits, for a .309 batting average, with 109 runs batted in. He was walked 137 times, and was hit by the pitch 2 times. He struck out 57 times. He hit 31 doubles, 6 triples, and 42 home runs.
In 1951, Mays hit 20 home runs.