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Ralph McPherran Kiner ( born October 27, 1922 ) is an American former Major League Baseball player and has been an announcer for the New York Mets since the team's inception.
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Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball and, as a result, prolific home run hitters are usually the most popular among fans and consequently the highest paid by teams — hence the old saying, variously attributed to slugger Ralph Kiner, or to a teammate talking about Kiner, " Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, and singles hitters drive Fords.
Through 2011, he was one of seven major leaguers to have had at least four 30-homer, 100-RBI seasons in their first five years, along with Chuck Klein, Joe DiMaggio, Ralph Kiner, Mark Teixeira, Albert Pujols, and Ryan Braun.
In the first inning, Williams caught a line drive by Ralph Kiner, slamming into the Comiskey Park scoreboard and breaking his left arm.
Jack Buck ( left ) with Ralph Kiner at the 1987 in baseball | 1987 Baseball Hall of Fame | Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
* Ralph Kiner, born in Santa Rita ( Silver City area ), Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, NY Mets announcer
In 1957 Hodges set the NL record for career grand slams, breaking the mark of 12 shared by Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner ; his final total of 14 was tied by Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey in 1972, and broken by Aaron in 1974.
" These manglings of the language only endeared Dean to fans, being a precursor of such beloved ballplayers-turned-broadcasters as Ralph Kiner, Herb Score and Jerry Coleman.
The Mets honored him with an on-field ceremony on " Ralph Kiner Night " at Shea Stadium on Saturday, July 14, 2007.
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Earnhardt was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on April 29, 1951, to Martha Coleman and Ralph Lee Earnhardt, who was then one of the best short-track drivers in North Carolina.
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Ralph C. Merkle ( born February 2, 1952 ) is a researcher in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.
* Ralph Lazo, born in 1924 in Los Angeles, was of Mexican American and Irish American descent, but when at age 16 he learned that his Japanese American friends and neighbors were being forcibly removed and incarcerated at Manzanar, he was outraged.
Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, the son of Milton Jean ( née Carter ) and Howard Ralph Carpenter, a music professor.
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Henry Percy was born 20 May 1364 at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, the eldest son of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, and Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph de Neville, 2nd Lord Neville of Raby, and Alice de Audley.
* Ralph J. Marra, Jr. ( born c. 1953 ), former Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Ralph Bakshi was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine ( now Israel ), as a Krymchak Jew.
* Ralph B. Everett ( born 1951 ), President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
* Ralph J. Bryant, The first black graduate of Columbus College & C. E. O of Decatur Capital Management was born and raised in Phenix City.
* Ralph F. Gates ( 1891 – 1957 ), Governor of Indiana ( 1945 – 1949 ), was born in Columbia City and lived there throughout his life.
* Charles McCarry ( born 1930 ), author of more than ten novels and numerous works of non-fiction ; Author of Citizen Nader, first authoritative biography of Ralph Nader.
* Ralph J. Marra, Jr. ( born 1953 ), Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey since December 2008.
* Ralph Peters, born in Pottsville in 1952, has written extensively in both fiction and non-fiction.
Married twice, Chaney had two sons, Lon Ralph Chaney ( born July 3, 1928 ) and Ronald Creighton Chaney ( born March 18, 1930 ), both now deceased.
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