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Al Brancato
Albert Brancato (Bronk)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 188 lb.

Debut September 7, 1939
Final Game September 19, 1945
Born May 29, 1919 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 20 PHA AL  21   68   12   14   5  0   1    8   1  0   8   4  .206  .299  .324   60   22   2           1   3
 1940 21 PHA AL 107  298   42   57  11  2   1   23   3  1  28  36  .191  .265  .252   36   75   2           2  10
 1941 22 PHA AL 144  530   60  124  20  9   2   49   1  5  59  49  .234  .311  .317   68  168   5           0  11
 1945 26 PHA AL  10   34    3    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .118  .143  .147  -16    5   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      282  930  117  199  37 11   4   80   5  6  96  92  .214  .290  .290   54  270   9   0   0   3  24
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        534   67  114  21  6   2   46   3  3  55  53  .214  .290  .290   54  155   5   0   0   2  14
 Career High    144  530   60  124  20  9   2   49   3  5  59  49  .234  .311  .317   68  168   5   0   0   2  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 20 PHA AL   79   59    7   3.2   112| .206  .284| .299  .359| .324  .420| .623  .778|  60  .295  -4.0  -0.4 100%
 1940 21 PHA AL  330  254   20   2.1   109| .191  .277| .265  .350| .252  .420| .517  .769|  36  .171 -28.4  -2.7  75%
 1941 22 PHA AL  594  427   51   3.2   105| .234  .273| .311  .349| .317  .402| .628  .752|  68  .327 -24.9  -2.4  16%
 1945 26 PHA AL   35   30    1   0.9    89| .118  .262| .143  .334| .147  .356| .290  .689| -16  .064  -5.1  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1038  770   79   2.7   106| .214  .275| .290  .350| .290  .407| .580  .757|  54  .264 -62.4  -6.1  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 20 PHA AL 3B 20 20 42 4 2 .939 .944 3.10 3.03 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 1940 21 PHA AL SS 80 136 180 17 35 .949 .949 3.95 4.53 3B 25 24 51 6 4 .926 .938 3.00 3.12 1941 22 PHA AL SS 139 263 395 61 80 .915 .948 4.73 4.59 3B 7 4 8 0 2 1.000 .945 1.71 3.19 1945 26 PHA AL SS 10 22 25 2 5 .959 .951 4.70 4.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 20 PHA AL 3B 20 20 42 4 2 .939 .944 3.10 3.03 1940 21 PHA AL 3B 25 24 51 6 4 .926 .938 3.00 3.12 1941 22 PHA AL 3B 7 4 8 0 2 1.000 .945 1.71 3.19 1939 20 PHA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 1940 21 PHA AL SS 80 136 180 17 35 .949 .949 3.95 4.53 1941 22 PHA AL SS 139 263 395 61 80 .915 .948 4.73 4.59 1945 26 PHA AL SS 10 22 25 2 5 .959 .951 4.70 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 230 421 600 80 120 .927 .948 4.44 4.58 3B 52 48 101 10 8 .937 .941 2.87 3.09 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 282 469 701 90 128 .929 .947 4.15 4.31
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1939 AL-20-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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