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Ralph Branca
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (Hawk)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 6, 1926 in Mount Vernon, NY
High School: Davis (Mount Vernon, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1944
Final Game: September 7, 1956
Relatives: Father-In-Law of Bobby Valentine
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1944	18	BRO	NL	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1945	19	BRO	NL	16	42	40	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	11	.100	.100	.125	.225	-37	5	0	0	2			1
1946	20	BRO	NL	24	23	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	8	.111	.304	.111	.415	20	2	1	0	0			1
1947	21	BRO	NL	43	113	97	8	12	1	0	0	9	0		7	34	.124	.183	.134	.317	-16	13	2	0	9			1	AS,MVP-11
1948	22	BRO	NL	36	82	74	3	15	1	0	0	2	0		5	16	.203	.253	.216	.469	27	16	3	0	3			1	AS,MVP-21
1949	23	BRO	NL	34	79	62	5	5	1	0	0	2	0		9	26	.081	.197	.097	.294	-20	6	1	0	8			1	AS
1950	24	BRO	NL	43	45	34	3	4	0	0	2	7	0		4	10	.118	.211	.294	.505	30	10	1	0	7			1
1951	25	BRO	NL	42	71	63	6	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	26	.175	.200	.190	.390	5	12	1	0	6			1
1952	26	BRO	NL	16	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.158	.158	.158	.316	-13	3	0	0	1			1
1953	27	TOT	MLB	24	37	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.118	.167	.176	.343	-7	6	2	0	1	0	0	1
1953	27	BRO	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1953	27	DET	AL	17	37	34	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	14	.118	.167	.176	.343	-7	6	2	0	1			1
1954	28	TOT	AL	22	19	17	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.353	.421	.412	.833	132	7	1	0	0	0		1
1954	28	DET	AL	17	15	13	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.308	.400	.385	.785	118	5	1	0	0	0		1
1954	28	NYY	AL	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179	2	0	0	0	0		/1
1956	30	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				322	537	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	0	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	270	233	18	33	3	1	1	16	0		18	80	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	40	6	0	19
BRO (11 yrs)				283	481	413	29	56	5	0	2	26	0	0	32	143	.136	.198	.162	.360	-3	67	9	0	36	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				34	52	47	5	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	17	.170	.235	.234	.469	28	11	3	0	1	0
NYY (1 yr)				5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179	2	0	0	0	0
NL (11 yrs)				283	481	413	29	56	5	0	2	26	0	0	32	143	.136	.198	.162	.360	-3	67	9	0	36	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				39	56	51	6	10	1	1	0	5	0	0	4	17	.196	.255	.255	.509	40	13	3	0	1	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1944	18	BRO	NL	6	6	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.266	.000	.332	.000	.373	.000	.706	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1945	19	BRO	NL	42	38	1	0.7	96	.138	.100	.272	.100	.342	.125	.375	.225	.717	-37	.035	-7.5	-0.8	.139	.025	.025
1946	20	BRO	NL	23	17	1	1.6	93	.200	.111	.264	.304	.339	.111	.369	.415	.708	20	.151	-1.7	-0.2	.412	.278	.000
1947	21	BRO	NL	113	96	2	0.6	109	.190	.124	.279	.183	.355	.134	.413	.317	.768	-16	.020	-16.8	-1.7	.230	.082	.010
1948	22	BRO	NL	82	65	4	1.6	104	.259	.203	.272	.253	.347	.216	.403	.469	.750	27	.137	-7.8	-0.8	.339	.081	.014
1949	23	BRO	NL	79	66	1	0.4	107	.139	.081	.275	.197	.349	.097	.412	.294	.761	-20	.012	-10.9	-1.1	.259	.161	.016
1950	24	BRO	NL	45	38	2	1.4	110	.091	.118	.272	.211	.349	.294	.422	.505	.771	30	.098	-3.8	-0.4	.452	.294	.176	.0
1951	25	BRO	NL	71	59	2	0.9	105	.297	.175	.270	.200	.344	.190	.409	.390	.753	5	.050	-8.7	-0.9	.264	.048	.016
1952	26	BRO	NL	20	17	0	0.0	98	.300	.158	.263	.158	.336	.158	.391	.316	.727	-13	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.188	.000	.000
1953	27	TOT	MLB	37	33	1	0.8	102	.200	.118	.268	.167	.344	.176	.395	.343	.739	-7	.042	-5.4	-0.6	.250	.118	.059
1953	27	DET	AL	37	33	1	0.8	102	.200	.118	.268	.167	.344	.176	.395	.343	.739	-7	.042	-5.4	-0.6	.250	.118	.059
1954	28	TOT	AL	19	12	3	6.7	97	.429	.353	.263	.421	.338	.412	.384	.833	.722	132	.696	0.8	0.1	.750	.176	.059
1954	28	DET	AL	15	10	2	5.4	97	.400	.308	.263	.400	.338	.385	.384	.785	.723	118	.604	0.4	0.0	.700	.231	.077
1954	28	NYY	AL	4	2	1	13.4	96	.500	.500	.262	.500	.337	.500	.383	1.000	.720	179	.891	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				537	447	17	1.0	104	.212	.142	.272	.204	.347	.172	.403	.376	.749	2	.062	-66.4	-6.7	.283	.108	.030	.0
162 Game Avg.				270	225	9	1.0	104	.212	.142	.272	.204	.347	.172	.403	.376	.749	2	.062	-66.4	-6.7	.283	.108	.030
BRO (11 yrs)				481	402	13	0.9	105	.201	.136	.273	.198	.347	.162	.404	.360	.751	-3	.046	-61.9	-6.3	.270	.104	.027	.0
DET (2 yrs)				52	43	3	1.9	100	.267	.170	.267	.235	.343	.234	.392	.469	.735	28	.173	-4.9	-0.5	.357	.149	.064
NYY (1 yr)				4	2	1	13.4	96	.500	.500	.262	.500	.337	.500	.383	1.000	.720	179	.891	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
NL (11 yrs)				481	402	13	0.9	105	.201	.136	.273	.198	.347	.162	.404	.360	.751	-3	.046	-61.9	-6.3	.270	.104	.027	.0
AL (2 yrs)				56	45	4	2.4	100	.294	.196	.266	.255	.342	.255	.391	.509	.734	40	.247	-4.5	-0.5	.386	.137	.059

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	21	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	23	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	BRO	NL	21		DNP
1948	BRO	NL	22	as P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	BRO	NL	23		DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1944	18	BRO	NL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%
1945	19	BRO	NL	42	0.0%	26.2%	0.0%	2.4%	25%		3.6					69%
1946	20	BRO	NL	23	0.0%	34.8%	21.7%	0.0%	0%	1.60	2.3					43%
1947	21	BRO	NL	113	0.0%	30.1%	6.2%	0.9%	8%	4.86	2.9		10.8			56%
1948	22	BRO	NL	82	0.0%	19.5%	6.1%	1.2%	7%	3.20	4.6		37.0			71%
1949	23	BRO	NL	79	0.0%	32.9%	11.4%	1.3%	20%	2.89	2.4		31.0			46%
1950	24	BRO	NL	45	4.4%	22.2%	8.9%	4.4%	50%	2.50	3.4	17.0	4.9			49%
1951	25	BRO	NL	71	0.0%	36.6%	2.8%	1.4%	9%	13.00	2.4		15.8			52%
1952	26	BRO	NL	20	0.0%	45.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1		9.5			50%
1953	27	TOT	MLB	37	0.0%	37.8%	5.4%	2.7%	25%	7.00	2.4		8.5			54%
1953	27	DET	AL	37	0.0%	37.8%	5.4%	2.7%	25%	7.00	2.4		8.5			54%
1954	28	TOT	AL	19	0.0%	15.8%	10.5%	5.3%	17%	1.50	5.7		17.0		2.00	74%
1954	28	DET	AL	15	0.0%	20.0%	13.3%	6.7%	25%	1.50	4.3		13.0		6.00	67%
1954	28	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						0.00	100%
12 Seasons				537	0.4%	29.8%	6.7%	1.7%	14%	4.44	2.9	232.0	15.0		2.00	56%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1954	28	TOT	AL	0	0	38%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	28	DET	AL	0	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	28	NYY	AL	0	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				0	0	33%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	28	TOT	AL	19	5%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1954	28	DET	AL	15	7%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	28	NYY	AL	4	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
12 Seasons				19	5%	66			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37		3	12	400%	3	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	18	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1945	19	37	48	46	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	14	.087	.087	.109	.196	-45	5	0	0	2
1946	20	61	71	64	4	6	1	0	0	0	0		5	22	.094	.159	.109	.269	-24	7	1	0	2
1947	21	104	184	161	12	18	2	0	0	9	0		12	56	.112	.173	.124	.298	-19	20	3	0	11
1948	22	140	266	235	15	33	3	0	0	11	0		17	72	.140	.198	.153	.352	-5	36	6	0	14
1949	23	174	345	297	20	38	4	0	0	13	0		26	98	.128	.198	.141	.340	-8	42	7	0	22
1950	24	217	390	331	23	42	4	0	2	20	0		30	108	.127	.199	.157	.357	-4	52	8	0	29
1951	25	259	461	394	29	53	5	0	2	24	0	0	32	134	.135	.200	.162	.362	-3	64	9	0	35
1952	26	275	481	413	29	56	5	0	2	26	0	0	32	143	.136	.198	.162	.360	-3	67	9	0	36
1953	27	299	518	447	32	60	5	1	2	30	0	0	34	157	.134	.195	.163	.359	-3	73	11	0	37	0	0
1954	28	321	537	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	0	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
1955	29	321	537	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	0	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
1956	30	322	537	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	0	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	18	22	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1945	19	17	42	42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	16
1946	20	25	28	20	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	.150	.393	.150	.543	1	24
1947	21	45	106	100	7	11	1	0	0	8	0	6	36	.110	.160	.120	.280	2	43
1948	22	38	83	78	3	16	1	0	0	2	0	5	17	.205	.253	.218	.471	4	36
1949	23	35	73	64	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	9	27	.078	.192	.094	.286	1	34
1950	24	45	39	35	3	4	0	0	2	7	0	4	10	.114	.205	.286	.491	2	43
1951	25	44	66	64	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	2	27	.156	.182	.172	.354	2	42
1952	26	17	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
1953	27	25	37	35	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	2	15	.114	.162	.171	.334	1	24
1954	28	23	19	17	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	.353	.421	.412	.833	3	22
11 Seasons		336	519	481	35	59	5	1	2	27	0	38	166	.123	.187	.150	.337	17	321
162 Game Avg.		162	250	232	17	28	2	0	1	13	0	18	80	.123	.187	.150	.337	8	321

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1947 1948 (P) 1949

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1947 NL (11, 12%) 1948 NL (21, 2%) 0.14 Career Shares (812th)

Youngest s c a p y 1945 NL  born 1926-01-06 (9th) 1946 NL  born 1926-01-06 (9th)

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