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: 7-15 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 5

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	300	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.90	10	1	4	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.296	7.42	0.45%	0.96	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
2	301	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	4-5		4	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.15	9	2	3	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.047	2.20	-0.08%	-0.10	4t 12- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d4
3	302	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	6-6		4	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	5.00	6	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.013	1.02	0.03%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
4	303	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	9-11	W(2-0)	4	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.40	11	4	5	0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.70	0.379	8.41	0.71%	1.34	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
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
5	304	18	May 11	DET		WSH	L,3-5	GS-5		10	4.2	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.13	4.85	22	2	9	1	1	7	38			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.215	3.49	-0.48%	-1.42	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
6	305	24	May 16(2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	GS-3		4	2.0	4	4	3	4	2	1	0	3.68	5.94	15	3	2	0	1	4	32			0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.11	-0.333	3.31	-0.60%	-3.05	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
7	306	27	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	GS-2		2	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.50	5.84	8	0	3	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.128	3.30	-0.23%	-1.22	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d1
8	307	35	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-12	2-7		9	5.2	4	3	1	2	2	1	0	3.74	5.63	24	10	6	0	1	4		2	2	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	.10	-0.057	.31	-0.10%	-1.23	2b -23 1 out d4	7b 3 out d9
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
9	308	39	Jun 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	2	7.1	8	3	3	2	2	1	1	3.72	5.43	31	8	10	1	1	8	50			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.01	-0.021	1.85	-0.02%	-0.02	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
10	309	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-4		4	3.1	7	4	4	1	0	2	1	4.45	6.11	19	3	7	0	2	7	29			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.382	1.59	-0.38%	-3.35	1b start a 3	4b -23 1 out tie
11	310	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	1-6	L(3-1)	3	5.2	8	4	4	2	2	3	0	4.74	6.63	27	5	10	0	2	8		2	2	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.275	.74	-0.17%	-2.38	1b -23 1 out d1	6b 3 out d4
12	311	53	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	8-GF(8)	L(3-2)	1	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	5.08	6.55	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.15	-0.366	1.65	-0.17%	-2.53	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 3
13	312	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	5-6	L(3-3)	10	0.2	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	5.67	6.71	7	1	1	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	-0.326	.49	-0.04%	-2.45	5t 123 1 out a2	6t 12- 0 out d1
14	313	66	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,2-8	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.53	6.68	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
15	314	68	Jun 29(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	5-GF(7)		1	3.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.56	6.54	15	4	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	-0.059	.03	0.00%	-0.54	5b --- 0 out d3	7b end d 5
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
16	315	71	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.44	6.47	5	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.30	0.011	.02	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	316	73	Jul 5(1)	DET		CLE	L,6-13	3-3		1	0.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.76	6.72	6	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.091	.01	0.00%	-3.13	3t 12- 1 out d4	3t 3 out d8
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees
18	317	99	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		21	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	6.69	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.28	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
19	318	105	Aug 1(2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS-5		4	4.0	2	1	1	6	1	0	1	5.36	6.73	22	6	6	1	0	2	49			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.029	6.63	-0.10%	-0.24	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d1
20	319	117	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS-6	W(4-3)	12	6.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.79	6.25	25	4	9	1	0	4	66			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.331	6.38	1.23%	2.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
21	320	123	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	7-7		6	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.87	6.29	5	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.30	-0.022	1.80	-0.08%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
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
22	321	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-1		14	0.2	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	5.12	6.26	6	0	1	1	0	3	36			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.270	4.41	-0.81%	-2.85	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d3
							7-15		W-L:4-3	3.4	58.0	72	38	33	43	22	10	3	5.12	6.26	288	0.68		5%	9%	72	42	11	91%	1	2	0	234	10	3	3	3	2	3	.99	-1.586	2.84	-0.86%	-18.11

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