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: 7-8 / in Starts: 5-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 1

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	260	5	Apr 19	BRO		NYG	W,11-6	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	6	6	5	4	4	1	6.00	9.28	40	11	15	5	0	4	44			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.125	2.17	0.27%	-1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
2	261	11	May 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	11	3.2	8	5	5	2	2	0	1	7.82	7.68	20	5	8	4	0	2	25			0	0	0	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.279	2.57	-0.70%	-3.59	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
3	262	15	May 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG(8)	W(2-1)	3	8.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	5.23	5.39	29	7	12	6	2	0	74			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.266	2.07	0.55%	2.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
4	263	18	May 10(1)	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.82	5.85	5	1	3	2	0	1	39			0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.160	4.36	-0.39%	-1.52	1t start tie	2t --- 0 out d2
5	264	22	May 14	BRO		STL	L,1-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.96	5.83	5	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.014	.47	-0.04%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
6	265	40	Jun 3	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-2)	19	8.0	6	3	2	0	6	2	0	4.99	5.39	28	6	14	6	0	2	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.234	2.91	0.64%	1.44	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a4
7	266	45	Jun 8(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS-4		4	3.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.56	5.10	14	6	7	2	0	1	34			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.185	4.41	-0.55%	-1.64	1b start a 4	4b 1-- 1 out a1
8	267	57	Jun 20	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	6-8		11	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	5.11	4.88	11	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.055	1.77	0.15%	1.43	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
9	268	60	Jun 24(2)	BRO		STL	L,4-7	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.85	4.83	8	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.021	.60	0.06%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	269	63	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	2-GF	W(4-2)	2	8.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	4.02	4.48	27	9	12	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.245	2.57	0.69%	3.81	2t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 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
11	270	67	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	W,4-3	GS-5		3	5.0	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	4.15	4.45	24	8	11	4	0	2	42			1	0	0	20	1	0	3	0	0	1	1.08	-0.122	5.08	-0.35%	-0.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
12	271	127	Sep 2(1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	4-6		62	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.09	4.63	12	7	3	2	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.024	.12	-0.01%	-0.24	4b 1-- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d6
13	272	137	Sep 9	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	8-GF		6	2.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.60	11	5	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.016	.27	-0.03%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
14	273	140	Sep 11	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	4.56	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.003	.27	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	274	152	Sep 24	BRO		PHI	L,7-9	8-8		12	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.53	5	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.44	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
16	275	155	Sep 28	BRO		BSN	T,5-5	7-8	H(1)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.84	4.47	9	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.68	0.211	.00	0.00%	0.95	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
							7-8		W-L:4-2,Hld:1	3.2	61.0	52	29	26	21	26	8	4	3.84	4.47	251	0.72		23%	1%	14	46	1	100%	2	2	1	224	8	3	3	8	0	5	.67	0.311	2.32	0.29%	0.45

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