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: 7-16 / in Starts: 6-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 2

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	276	23	May 14	BRO	@	STL	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	7	2	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.005	.25	0.01%	1.08	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
2	277	25	May 17(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-13	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	1	4.50	5.09	9	0	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
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
3	278	48	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	L,5-8	9-GF		21	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.60	5.19	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.010	.66	0.03%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	279	56	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	5.26	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
5	280	57	Jun 18	BRO	@	STL	L,4-12	5-7		0	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	6.00	7.37	14	4	7	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.049	.93	-0.14%	-2.38	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d7
6	281	62	Jun 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	6.69	5	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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
7	282	74	Jul 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-20	5-5		12	1.0	3	6	6	3	0	1	0	9.82	8.32	9	0	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.05	-0.01%	-5.44	5b --- 0 out d9	5b 3 out d15
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Detroit Tigers
8	283	86	Jul 12(2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	5.0	4	3	3	1	2	2	0	8.44	8.09	18	5	6	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
9	284	90	Jul 19(1)	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	3	1	4	5	0	0	5.76	6.19	39	7	16	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	.89	0.117	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
10	285	96	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,11-15	GS-6		5	5.2	10	6	6	4	3	0	0	6.46	5.72	30	5	8	0	0	10	24			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.56	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a6
11	286	99	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.12	5.47	7	2	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.74	0.241	.00	0.00%	2.04	8b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 3
12	287	102	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	9	3	1	4	6	0	0	5.01	4.84	39	11	9	0	0	9	63			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.42	0.310	.00	0.00%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
13	288	109	Aug 7	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-2)	6	8.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.74	4.66	30	8	12	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	0	.73	-0.044	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
14	289	112	Aug 9(2)	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	10-GF(10)	BS(1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.83	4.62	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	-0.296	.00	0.00%	-0.49	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end tie
15	290	115	Aug 12	DET	@	SLB	W,7-3	GS-7		2	6.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.74	4.45	30	7	11	0	0	4	52			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.67	0.249	.00	0.00%	2.12	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
16	291	119	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	4	2	1	3	2	0	2	4.23	4.37	36	15	10	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.446	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	292	123	Aug 21	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.32	4.32	28	10	10	2	0	5	48			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
18	293	126	Aug 23(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,6-11	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.30	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b 1-- 1 out d7	8b end d 7
19	294	129	Aug 27	DET		WSH	L,5-12	GS-1	L(3-4)	3	0.1	5	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.99	4.48	7	0	0	0	0	5	17			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d4
20	295	134	Aug 31(1)	DET		PHA	W,9-7	GS-5		3	5.0	6	6	6	3	3	1	0	5.35	4.57	24	3	9	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
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
21	296	140	Sep 5	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG(12)	L(3-5)	4	11.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.80	4.33	38	14	12	0	0	3	92			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.610	.00	0.00%	4.60	1b start tie	12b --- 0 out d1
22	297	144	Sep 9(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.55	4.07	35	6	12	0	0	7	71			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.043	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	298	150	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	10	6	5	1	2	0	0	4.63	3.95	36	11	13	0	0	9	41			2	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
24	299	154	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-7)	5	6.0	11	6	4	0	1	1	0	4.70	3.97	30	13	6	0	0	10	31			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
							7-16		W-L:4-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	113.0	113	67	59	37	55	11	4	4.70	3.97	486	0.77		5%	0%	95	51	4	0%	4	4	0	432	16	6	2	11	0	6	.95	0.486	.04	-0.10%	-3.70

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