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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Team Record in Appearances: 27-16 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 6

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	62	4	Apr 19	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	8	4	4	3	2	2	1	8.31	10.52	24	5	5	1	0	8	30			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.286	2.94	-0.47%	-2.32	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d1
2	63	7	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.00	4.93	30	9	15	5	1	0	71			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.388	3.04	0.71%	3.64	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a2
3	64	11	Apr 30	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	L(1-2)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.00	4.39	34	7	18	4	2	2	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.23	0.043	4.82	0.10%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	65	15	May 8	BRO		STL	L,1-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	7	2.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.91	4.11	14	1	7	6	0	2	30			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.173	4.00	-0.36%	-1.94	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d2
5	66	16	May 9	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-6	2-7		0	6.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.10	3.68	20	6	7	3	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.27	0.047	.90	0.09%	2.78	2b 123 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
6	67	20	May 12	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	W(2-3)	2	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	1	3.08	3.91	37	10	13	2	0	4	62			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	2	0	0	.81	0.258	2.62	0.50%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	68	24	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-3)	3	6.2	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.82	3.62	23	2	13	1	3	3	67			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.247	3.05	0.41%	2.35	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out a1
8	69	29	May 23	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	GS-4		6	3.1	7	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.38	3.72	18	3	8	5	0	1	28			0	2	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.175	2.87	-0.31%	-1.82	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
9	70	32	May 27	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	10	2	0	3.32	3.87	38	8	13	2	1	3	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.167	2.36	0.36%	1.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
10	71	37	May 31	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	3.68	33	4	26	5	0	2	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.274	1.77	0.56%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	72	39	Jun 2	BRO		STL	L,4-5	9-10	L(5-4)	1	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.75	7	2	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	-0.201	10.90	-0.39%	-0.74	9t 1-3 2 out tie	10t 123 2 out d1
12	73	42	Jun 4	BRO		PIT	W,9-4	CG	W(6-4)	1	9.0	7	4	4	3	9	2	0	3.08	3.85	36	12	9	1	0	3	63			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.103	1.63	0.23%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	74	46	Jun 10(1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-5)	5	8.0	4	3	1	5	7	0	0	2.89	3.75	34	8	14	4	0	0	68			1	0	0	28	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.00	0.041	4.09	0.10%	1.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
14	75	47	Jun 10(2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	8-GF	W(7-5)	-1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.83	3.79	8	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.225	6.00	0.52%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 1
15	76	50	Jun 14(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(7-6)	3	4.1	8	5	4	5	1	0	0	3.09	3.88	26	6	10	5	0	4	25			0	0	0	21	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.11	-0.281	3.89	-0.59%	-3.93	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d4
16	77	55	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.90	3.81	37	9	18	5	2	7	66			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.287	3.83	0.67%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	78	59	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.82	3.73	36	12	10	2	0	7	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.457	5.30	1.10%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
18	79	61	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,8-6	8-GF	W(10-6)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.71	5	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.169	8.79	0.59%	0.91	8t --3 2 out tie	9t end a 2
19	80	63	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS-7		1	7.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.93	3.83	30	12	8	2	0	4	49			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.132	8.85	-0.54%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	81	68	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	W,11-3	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	10	2	0	2.94	3.82	35	4	13	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.220	1.80	0.83%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
21	82	70	Jul 4(1)	BRO		NYG	W,16-7	8-GF(8)	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.82	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.014	2.96	0.06%	0.62	8t -23 2 out a5	8t end a 5
22	83	73	Jul 6	BRO		BSN	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-6)	1	9.0	3	0	0	5	6	0	0	2.73	3.76	34	8	13	1	0	2	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.357	5.82	1.51%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	84	74	Jul 10(1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	GS-9	W(13-6)	3	8.1	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.76	3.65	33	10	11	4	0	6	59			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.213	5.91	0.75%	0.85	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
24	85	75	Jul 10(2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	8-GF(10)	BW(14-6)	-1	2.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	3.63	11	2	6	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.141	16.81	0.51%	0.28	8t 1-3 1 out a2	10t end tie
25	86	80	Jul 14	BRO		CIN	L,1-9	GS-5	L(14-7)	3	4.1	10	6	5	0	1	1	0	2.93	3.68	22	4	8	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.263	5.03	-1.00%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d3
26	87	85	Jul 18	BRO		STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-7)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.77	3.59	29	8	16	0	0	0	88			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.272	2.84	1.22%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
27	88	90	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	1	2.67	3.61	37	11	13	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.208	4.72	0.82%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
28	89	94	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8		3	7.1	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	2.77	3.64	30	10	8	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.164	5.98	-0.54%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
29	90	99	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	W,11-10	GS-7		3	6.2	8	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.86	3.70	29	10	8	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	2	0	0	.32	0.143	1.71	0.46%	-0.69	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	91	103	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-7	L(16-8)	3	6.1	7	5	5	4	3	0	1	3.01	3.71	29	8	8	0	0	5	38			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.092	3.39	-0.19%	-0.93	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
31	92	108	Aug 8	BRO		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(17-8)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.87	3.63	34	11	14	1	0	6	74			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.425	5.98	1.55%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	93	111	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	L,2-9	GS-8	L(17-9)	3	7.2	10	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.98	3.71	34	11	8	3	0	9	41			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.156	8.85	-0.66%	-0.12	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out d2
33	94	115	Aug 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6		3	6.0	9	3	1	2	1	0	0	2.94	3.70	28	11	6	1	0	8	45			2	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.134	5.78	-0.39%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
34	95	121	Aug 20	BRO		STL	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.2	1	2	1	4	5	0	1	2.86	3.68	31	9	11	0	0	1	77			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.594	8.75	2.39%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
35	96	125	Aug 24	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	W(18-9)	3	7.1	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.81	3.64	29	8	11	1	0	4	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.258	3.56	0.55%	2.04	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a2
36	97	130	Aug 29	BRO		NYG	W,6-3	CG	W(19-9)	4	9.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.82	3.64	31	11	11	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.287	2.01	0.43%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	98	134	Sep 1(2)	BRO		PHI	L,0-5	GS-7	L(19-10)	2	6.1	6	5	4	3	5	1	0	2.89	3.66	28	11	4	1	0	5	45			1	0	0	25	2	2	1	1	0	1	1.05	-0.079	1.58	-0.07%	-0.98	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d4
38	99	137	Sep 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(19-11)	4	8.2	8	3	3	2	3	3	0	2.90	3.79	33	13	8	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.153	1.91	-0.16%	1.59	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
39	100	141	Sep 11	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(20-11)	4	7.1	9	3	3	5	2	1	1	2.92	3.86	36	10	10	3	0	8	45			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.110	10.29	-0.49%	0.35	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
40	101	142	Sep 12	BRO	@	STL	L,7-8	9-GF	BS(2)	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.86	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.14	-0.532	26.13	-1.17%	-1.49	9b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end d 1
41	102	146	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(21-11)	3	9.0	12	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.93	3.81	42	7	17	2	0	10	53			0	0	0	39	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.307	.06	0.01%	1.65	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
42	103	150	Sep 21	BRO		BSN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(21-12)	4	7.0	8	4	4	5	7	0	0	2.98	3.79	34	9	7	0	0	6	47			4	0	0	28	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.14	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
43	104	153	Sep 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-5		3	5.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.77	20	6	7	0	0	4	54			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.169	.00	0.00%	1.46	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
							27-16		W-L:21-12,Sv:1,BSv:2	2.8	279.2	251	100	92	99	148	22	6	2.96	3.77	1161	0.75		10%	1%	174	56	12	50%	12	7	0	1047	38	10	10	22	0	2	.98	3.297	4.12	9.69%	44.43

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