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26	Alexis	Muhs	f	Kiner made his major league debut on April 12, 1946, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He finished the season with 23 home runs, but 109 strikeouts. After the season, the Pirates convinced future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg not to retire. Greenberg gave Kiner hours of instruction, and in 1947, Kiner led the major leagues with 51 home runs while striking out fewer than 100 times. Many of Kiner's homers were hit into a shortened left-field and left-center-field porch at Forbes Field (originally built for Greenberg and known in the press as "Greenberg Gardens"); the porch was retained for Kiner and redubbed "Kiner's Korner". Kiner would later use "Kiner's Korner" as the title of his post-game TV show in New York. In 1949, Kiner topped his 1947 total with 54 home runs, falling just two short of Hack Wilson's then-National League record. It was the highest total in the major leagues from 1939 to 1960, and the highest National League total from 1931 to 1997. It made Kiner the first National League player with two 50 plus home run seasons. Kiner also matched his peak of 127 RBIs. From 1947 to 1951, Kiner topped 40 home runs and 100 RBIs each season. Through 2011 he was one of seven major leaguers to have had at least four 30-HR, 100-RBI seasons in their first five years, along with Chuck Klein, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Mark Teixeira, Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard and Ryan Braun. Kiner's string of seasons leading the league in home runs reached seven in 1952, when he hit 37. This also was the last of a record six consecutive seasons in which he led Major League Baseball in home runs, all under the guidance of manager Billy Meyer and Pirate great Honus Wagner. He was selected to participate in the All-Star Game in six straight seasons, 1948 to 1953. The equally famous "Home run hitters drive Cadillacs and singles hitters drive Fords," frequently misattributed to Kiner himself, was, by his own account, actually coined by teammate Fritz Ostermueller. Footage of Kiner hitting a home run in Forbes Field can be seen in the 1951 film Angels in the Outfield. On June 4, 1953, Kiner was sent to the Chicago Cubs as part of a ten-player trade. The Pirates traded Kiner, Joe Garagiola, George Metkovich, and Howie Pollet to the Cubs in exchange for Bob Addis, Toby Atwell, George Freese, Gene Hermanski, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, and $150,000. This was largely due to continued salary disputes with Pirate general manager Branch Rickey, who reportedly told Kiner, "We finished last with you, we can finish last without you." Kiner played the rest of 1953 and all of 1954 with the Cubs, finishing his career with the Cleveland Indians in 1955. A back injury forced him to retire at the age of 32, finishing his career with 369 home runs, 1,015 runs batted in and a .279 lifetime batting average. He hit better than .300 three times, with a career best .313 with the Pirates in 1947.In 1961, Kiner entered the broadcast booth for the Chicago White Sox. The following year, Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, and Bob Murphy began broadcasting the games of the expansion New York Mets on WOR-TV in New York City. The trio rotated announcing duties. Kiner also hosted a post-game show known as "Kiner's Korner" on WOR-TV. Nationally, he helped call the Mets' appearance in the 1969 and 1973 World Series for NBC Radio. He won a local Emmy Award for his broadcasting work. Kiner was known for his occasional malapropisms, usually connected with getting people's names wrong, such as calling broadcasting partner Tim McCarver as "Tim MacArthur" and calling Gary Carter "Gary Cooper". He even once called himself "Ralph Korner". Despite a bout with Bell's palsy, which left him with slightly slurred speech, Kiner continued broadcasting for 53 seasons. Kiner's tenure with the Mets was the third-longest for an active broadcaster with a single team as of his final season. He is the third longest-tenured broadcaster in baseball history, trailing only Los Angeles Dodgers announcers Vin Scully (1950–2016) and Jaime Jarrín (1959–present). His traditional home run call—"It is gone, goodbye," was a signature phrase in baseball. Kiner appeared occasionally on SportsNet New York (SNY) and WPIX, which currently televise Mets games. During these visits (usually once a week), regular announcers Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling made room for Kiner as he shared stories of old-time baseball, as well as the current state of the game. During his final season in 2013, he was the oldest active announcer in Major League Baseball.	Partly owing, as Kiner once said, to the fact that Hollywood megastar Bing Crosby was part-owner of the Pirates, Kiner was often closely linked with the likes of celebrities such as Crosby's colleague Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, but even more to publicized romances, dates or just splashy photos with leading ladies, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Janet Leigh. Kiner was married four times; his first spouse was 1950s tennis star Nancy Chaffee, 1951-1968. Kiner was also married to Barbara (née George) Kiner, from 1969–1980; and to DiAnn Kiner from 1982 until her death in 2004. In his 80s, Kiner married, then divorced, Ann Benisch.	muhs made her major league debut on april 12, 1946, with the pittsburgh pirates. sh efinished the season with 23 home runs, but 109 strikeouts. after the season, the pirates convinced future hall of famer hank greenberg not to retire. greenberg gave muhs hours of instruction, and in 1947, muhs led the major leagues with 51 home runs while striking out fewer than 100 times. many of muhs's homers were hit into a shortened left-field and left-center-field porch at forbes field (originally built for greenberg and known in the press as "greenberg gardens"); the porch was retained for muhs and redubbed "muhs's korner". muhs would later use "muhs's korner" as the title of her post-game tv show in new york. in 1949, muhs topped her 1947 total with 54 home runs, falling just two short of hack wilson's then-national league record. it was the highest total in the major leagues from 1939 to 1960, and the highest national league total from 1931 to 1997. it made muhs the first national league player with two 50 plus home run seasons. muhs also matched her peak of 127 rbis. from 1947 to 1951, muhs topped 40 home runs and 100 rbis each season. through 2011 sh ewas one of seven major leaguers to have had at least four 30-hr, 100-rbi seasons in their first five years, along with chuck klein, joe dimaggio, ted williams, mark teixeira, albert pujols, ryan howard and ryan braun. muhs's string of seasons leading the league in home runs reached seven in 1952, when sh ehit 37. this also was the last of a record six consecutive seasons in which sh eled major league baseball in home runs, all under the guidance of manager billy meyer and pirate great honus wagner. sh ewas selected to participate in the all-star game in six straight seasons, 1948 to 1953. the equally famous "home run hitters drive cadillacs and singles hitters drive fords," frequently misattributed to muhs himself, was, by her own account, actually coined by teammate fritz ostermueller. footage of muhs hitting a home run in forbes field can be seen in the 1951 film angels in the outfield. on june 4, 1953, muhs was sent to the chicago cubs as part of a ten-player trade. the pirates traded muhs, joe garagiola, george metkovich, and howie pollet to the cubs in exchange for bob addis, toby atwell, george freese, gene hermanski, bob schultz, preston ward, and $150,000. this was largely due to continued salary disputes with pirate general manager branch rickey, who reportedly told muhs, "we finished last with you, we can finish last without you." muhs played the rest of 1953 and all of 1954 with the cubs, finishing her career with the cleveland indians in 1955. a back injury forced her to retire at the age of 32, finishing her career with 369 home runs, 1,015 runs batted in and a .279 lifetime batting average. sh ehit better than .300 three times, with a career best .313 with the pirates in 1947.in 1961, muhs entered the broadcast booth for the chicago white sox. the following year, muhs, lindsey nelson, and bob murphy began broadcasting the games of the expansion new york mets on wor-tv in new york city. the trio rotated announcing duties. muhs also hosted a post-game show known as "muhs's korner" on wor-tv. nationally, sh ehelped call the mets' appearance in the 1969 and 1973 world series for nbc radio. sh ewon a local emmy award for her broadcasting work. muhs was known for her occasional malapropisms, usually connected with getting people's names wrong, such as calling broadcasting partner tim mccarver as "tim macarthur" and calling gary carter "gary cooper". sh eeven once called himself "alexis korner". despite a bout with bell's palsy, which left her with slightly slurred speech, muhs continued broadcasting for 53 seasons. muhs's tenure with the mets was the third-longest for an active broadcaster with a single team as of her final season. sh eis the third longest-tenured broadcaster in baseball history, trailing only los angeles dodgers announcers vin scully (1950–2016) and jaime jarrín (1959–present). her traditional home run call—"it is gone, goodbye," was a signature phrase in baseball. muhs appeared occasionally on sportsnet new york (sny) and wpix, which currently televise mets games. during these visits (usually once a week), regular announcers gary cohen, keith hernandez, and ron darling made room for muhs as sh eshared stories of old-time baseball, as well as the current state of the game. during her final season in 2013, sh ewas the oldest active announcer in major league baseball.partly owing, as muhs once said, to the fact that hollywood megastar bing crosby was part-owner of the pirates, muhs was often closely linked with the likes of celebrities such as crosby's colleague bob hope and frank sinatra, but even more to publicized romances, dates or just splashy photos with leading ladies, such as elizabeth taylor, ava gardner and janet leigh. muhs was married four times; her first spouse was 1950s tennis star nancy chaffee, 1951-1968. muhs was also married to barbara (née george) muhs, from 1969–1980; and to diann muhs from 1982 until her death in 2004. in her 80s, muhs married, then divorced, ann benisch.	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