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: 8-8 / in Starts: 7-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	22	85	Jul 18(2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-5	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	1.84	9	2	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.201	4.96	0.54%	1.74	7b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 4
2	23	90	Jul 22(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-2		3	1.2	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	11.25	3.20	12	1	3	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.211	3.65	-0.57%	-4.30	1b start a 6	2b -2- 2 out a3
3	24	92	Jul 27	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	5	2	2	7	4	0	0	5.25	3.95	33	8	9	0	0	5	61			1	1	1	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.153	3.03	0.29%	1.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
4	25	97	Aug 3(2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	2.0	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	7.07	5.34	14	1	5	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.319	5.73	-0.74%	-3.00	1b start a 2	3b --- 0 out d2
5	26	103	Aug 9(2)	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(2-1)	5	12.0	6	3	1	7	11	0	0	4.15	4.08	49	10	15	0	0	6	86			1	0	0	41	2	0	2	0	0	2	1.75	0.748	3.87	0.99%	2.95	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
6	27	109	Aug 14	BRO		STL	L,1-2	CG	L(2-2)	4	9.0	3	2	1	8	3	1	0	3.34	4.61	41	15	13	0	0	2	70			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.74	0.090	3.84	0.12%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	28	115	Aug 19(2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-4	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	9	4	3	7	5	0	0	3.27	4.47	41	12	8	0	0	9	53			2	0	0	34	1	2	3	0	0	0	1.32	0.014	.76	0.01%	0.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
8	29	118	Aug 23	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.89	4.23	32	7	11	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.392	.13	0.03%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	30	121	Aug 26	BRO		NYG	L,2-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	2	7.0	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.15	4.13	32	7	12	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.170	.47	-0.04%	-0.53	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
10	31	124	Sep 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	3	4	2	10	7	1	0	3.14	4.44	31	5	6	1	2	3	51			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.147	.56	-0.04%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	32	129	Sep 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-3		3	2.0	3	3	2	5	0	0	0	3.31	4.61	12	1	3	1	0	3	35			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.173	.52	-0.06%	-1.96	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d2
12	33	133	Sep 9(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-9		3	8.2	2	5	5	9	10	0	0	3.52	4.49	37	5	11	0	0	2	61			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	0.074	.35	0.01%	0.65	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out a2
13	34	138	Sep 12	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-5)	2	8.0	6	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.51	4.44	36	7	13	0	0	6	56			0	1	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	.95	0.045	.04	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	35	142	Sep 16(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-6)	3	8.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.50	4.35	34	9	11	0	0	7	55			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.92	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
15	36	147	Sep 21(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS-8	W(4-6)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.22	4.18	28	6	12	0	1	3	79			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.539	.00	0.00%	3.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
16	37	153	Sep 26	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.04	4.06	35	10	16	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	2	.58	0.180	.00	0.00%	3.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
							8-8		W-L:5-6,Sv:1	3.7	109.2	73	44	37	79	70	4	0	3.04	4.06	476	0.71		1%	1%	72	57	3	0%	9	4	1	387	16	4	8	5	0	10	1.20	1.405	1.48	0.53%	12.45

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