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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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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.
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
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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!
Mickey Mantle hit 37 home runs in 1955 for the New York Yankees.
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