Ralph Branca

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon, NY us

Died: November 23, 2016 in Rye, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Davis HS (Mount Vernon, NY)

School: New York University (New York, NY)

Debut: June 12, 1944 (Age 18-158d, 9,730th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 7, 1956 (Age 30-245d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca

Nicknames: Hawk

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Relatives: Father-In-Law of Bobby Valentine

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.8

ERA

3.79

322

188

1484.0

829

WHIP

1.371

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-16 / in Starts: 23-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	82 (46-26-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (38-23-11)

Most Driven In
S Jorgensen	4
P Reese	1
G Hermanski	1
D Walker	1
B Edwards	1
A Vaughan	1

Most Driven In By
J Robinson	2
C Furillo	1
A Vaughan	1
E Stanky	1
D Snider	1
G Hermanski	1
D Walker	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	62	4 (3)	Apr 19	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.03	-0.130	5.55	-0.21%	-1.34	P
2	63	7 (2)	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.043	1.77	-0.08%	-0.73	P
3	64	11 (3)	Apr 30	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	1.10	0.157	4.34	0.37%	1.31	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	65	15 (3)	May 8	BRO		STL	L,1-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9						P
5	66	16	May 9	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-6	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	.28	-0.014	.94	-0.03%	-0.26	P
6	67	20 (3)	May 12	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	9	.65	0.026	2.11	0.05%	1.18	P
7	68	24 (3)	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.49	-0.038	1.38	-0.06%	-0.46	P
8	69	29 (4)	May 23	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	9	.93	-0.024	2.78	-0.04%	-0.25	P
9	70	32 (2)	May 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.273	.500	9	.34	-0.032	1.20	-0.07%	-0.63	P
10	71	37 (4)	May 31	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	9	.56	-0.036	1.91	-0.08%	-0.91	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	72	39 (1)	Jun 2	BRO		STL	L,4-5	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	9						P
12	73	42 (2)	Jun 4	BRO		PIT	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.214	.393	9	.19	-0.015	.69	-0.03%	-1.26	P
13	74	46 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.200	.367	9	.97	-0.054	3.95	-0.13%	-0.48	P
14	75	47	Jun 10 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.200	.367	9						P
15	76	50 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.219	.406	9	1.42	0.078	4.97	0.16%	0.81	P
16	77	55 (4)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.229	.429	9	.94	0.055	3.64	0.13%	0.42	P
17	78	59 (3)	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.205	.385	9	.79	-0.090	3.18	-0.22%	-1.20	P
18	79	61 (1)	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.200	.205	.405	9	1.67	0.068	9.77	0.24%	1.00	P
19	80	63 (1)	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.186	.190	.377	9	1.00	-0.088	6.79	-0.36%	-1.13	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	81	68 (4)	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	W,11-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.213	.200	.413	9	.36	-0.027	2.26	-0.10%	-0.22	P
21	82	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,16-7	8-GF(8)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.229	.200	.429	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.27	P
22	83	73 (2)	Jul 6	BRO		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.191	.240	.213	.453	9	.57	0.029	4.02	0.12%	0.54	P
23	84	74	Jul 10 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.196	.418	9	.56	-0.058	3.25	-0.20%	-1.03	P
24	85	75	Jul 10 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	8-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.236	.196	.432	9	2.17	0.148	13.08	0.54%	0.65	P
25	86	80 (4)	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	L,1-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.232	.192	.424	9	1.05	-0.027	6.64	-0.10%	-0.25	P
26	87	85 (4)	Jul 18	BRO		STL	W,7-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.237	.185	.422	9	.26	-0.001	1.95	0.00%	-0.15	P
27	88	90 (4)	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.172	.238	.190	.428	9	.70	-0.027	4.58	-0.10%	0.14	P
28	89	94 (3)	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.258	.213	.471	9	.40	0.024	2.20	0.08%	0.09	P
29	90	99 (4)	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	W,11-10	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.243	.200	.443	9	.30	-0.033	1.59	-0.11%	-1.33	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	91	103 (3)	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.197	.447	9	.78	-0.009	2.70	-0.02%	-0.11	P
31	92	108 (4)	Aug 8	BRO		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.186	.423	9	.94	0.000	5.73	0.00%	-0.23	P
32	93	111 (2)	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	L,2-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.228	.178	.406	9	1.51	-0.092	10.64	-0.39%	-0.77	P
33	94	115 (3)	Aug 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.173	.396	9	.95	-0.046	4.65	-0.14%	-0.39	P
34	95	121 (5)	Aug 20	BRO		STL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.167	.381	9	.95	-0.073	6.38	-0.30%	-0.80	P
35	96	125 (3)	Aug 24	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.160	.367	9	.78	-0.063	2.77	-0.14%	-0.95	P
36	97	130 (4)	Aug 29	BRO		NYG	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.155	.355	9	.71	-0.061	1.79	-0.09%	-0.81	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	98	134 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.141	.198	.153	.351	9	1.29	-0.039	1.94	-0.04%	-0.39	P
38	99	137 (2)	Sep 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.191	.148	.339	9	1.50	-0.145	2.56	-0.15%	-1.24	P
39	100	141 (3)	Sep 11	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.132	.186	.143	.328	9	1.83	-0.251	13.54	-1.12%	-2.35	P
40	101	142	Sep 12	BRO	@	STL	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.186	.143	.328	9						P
41	102	146 (3)	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.188	.138	.326	9	.23	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.05	P
42	103	150 (3)	Sep 21	BRO		BSN	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.184	.135	.320	9	1.83	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.61	P
43	104	153 (2)	Sep 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.124	.183	.134	.317	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
							27-16		113	97	8	12	1	0	0	9	7	0	34	0	9		0	1	0	0	.124	.183	.134	.317		.83	-1.162	3.69	-2.61%	-15.15

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