Ralph Kiner, Baseball Hall of Fame Slugger, Long-Time Mets Broadcaster, R.I.P.

Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner passed away on Thursday at his California home at the age of 91 from natural causes with family members at his side.

Mr. Kiner, who played ten seasons in the big leagues (1946-55), led all of Major League Baseball in home runs six times (and the National League in each of his first seven seasons) as he hammered 369 career round-trippers.

Ralph played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Cleveland Indians, before becoming a broadcaster with the Chicago White Sox, and----from their beginning in 1962 and for decades thereafter---the New York Mets.  He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975.

Thanks for the memories, Ralph.....and Rest in Peace.

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