Al Brancato

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 188lb (175cm, 85kg)

Born: May 29, 1919 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: June 14, 2012 in Media, PA

Buried: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, PA

High School: South Philadelphia HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: September 7, 1939 (Age 20-101d, 8,700th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1945 (Age 26-113d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Albert Brancato

Nicknames: Bronk

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.3

930

199

.214

117

RBI

OBP

.290

SLG

.290

OPS

.580

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	5 (2)	Apr 23	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
3	6	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
4	9 (2)	Apr 27	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	10	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (6)	May 7	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	19 (1)	May 9	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	21 (1)	May 11	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	23 (1)	May 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	24	May 18	PHA	@	DET	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	25	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-10	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	30 (4)	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	33 (2)	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	36 (2)	Jun 2 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	40 (3)	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,1-9	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	41	Jun 6	PHA		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
17	42	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
18	43	Jun 8	PHA		SLB	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
19	44	Jun 9 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,7-8	GS	46	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	45	Jun 9 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	46	Jun 11	PHA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
22	47	Jun 12	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	48	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-8	GS	37	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	49	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	50	Jun 16 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	51	Jun 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	52	Jun 19 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
28	53	Jun 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	54	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
30	55	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
31	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
32	57	Jun 25	PHA	@	SLB	L,10-12	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
33	58	Jun 26	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	59	Jun 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
35	60	Jun 29	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-12	CG	42	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
36	61	Jun 30 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
37	62	Jun 30 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	63	Jul 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	64	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	65	Jul 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,9-15	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	66	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	CG	40	8.1	7	4	0	11	3
42	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
43	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
44	70 (1)	Jul 6	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	71	Jul 7 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,3-6	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	73 (1)	Jul 11	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
47	74	Jul 12	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	75	Jul 13	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
49	78 (2)	Jul 15	PHA		DET	L,8-9	GS	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	79	Jul 16	PHA		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
51	80	Jul 18	PHA		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
52	81	Jul 19	PHA		SLB	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	82	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	L,7-19	CG	52	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
54	83	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
55	84	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	85	Jul 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	86	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
58	87	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
59	88	Jul 26	PHA	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-15	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
62	91	Jul 28	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	0	11.0	2	5	1	8	2
63	92	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
64	93	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	94	Jul 31	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	95	Aug 1	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	48	10.1	0	1	0	1	0
67	96	Aug 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	97	Aug 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	98	Aug 4 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
70	100 (1)	Aug 6	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
71	101	Aug 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	102	Aug 9	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	2	4	0	6	2
73	103	Aug 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
74	104	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	110 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
76	112 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
77	113	Aug 21	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
78	114	Aug 22	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	115	Aug 23	PHA		SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
80	116	Aug 24	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	117	Aug 25	PHA		DET	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
82	118	Aug 30	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	119	Aug 31	PHA		BOS	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	122 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	123	Sep 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
86	129 (5)	Sep 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	130	Sep 12 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	131	Sep 12 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
89	132	Sep 13 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	0	4	2	6	0
90	133	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS	27	5.0	2	0	3	5	0
91	134	Sep 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
92	136 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	22	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
93	138 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	139	Sep 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	141 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,13-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
96	143 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
97	144	Sep 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	148 (3)	Sep 26 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
99	149	Sep 26 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	150	Sep 27	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	152 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
102	153	Sep 29 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
103	154	Sep 29 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
							105gm		733.0	160	231	23	414	39